Re: Re: Tx. skies

You're fine darlin' - everyone goes through spells where everything they
touch blows up. But it's so nice when they're over!! Great news about
those babies. Keep me posted!!

hang in - P

---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: Kitty <kmrsy@earthlink.net>
Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
Date:  Tue, 8 Apr 2003 07:48:27 -0500 (EST)

>Hey, Pam!
>Thanks.  Didn't mean to be so whingey.  Just seems lately that every time I turn around.....
>One bright spot:  Mick and Braveheart both came back negative for Bartonellosis. Still waiting on Seamus' results.  
>
>Kitty
>
>-------Original Message-------
>From: "Pamela J. Evans" <gardenqueen@gbronline.com>
>Sent: 04/08/03 06:42 AM
>To: gardenchat@hort.net
>Subject: Re: [CHAT] Tx. skies
>
>> 
>> Kitty darlin' - putting you on my list.  I've had years like that - one
>minor disaster after another.
>Frustrating beyond words.  As my mother is so fond of saying - this too
>shall pass....
>
>take care!
>
>Pam
>
>---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
>From: "Kitty Morrissy" <kmrsy@earthlink.net>
>Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
>Date:  Mon, 7 Apr 2003 23:29:12 -0500
>
>>Thanks for the good words Rich. As Donna mentioned earlier, it changed to
>>an ice storm by the time it got here.  So no accumulation.  Meanwhile, I
>>forgot to mention that the 4-bulb 4-foot fluorescent fixture in my
>kitchen
>>had been dying for the last 6 months and now was totally not working.  A
>>friend came over to help fix it tonight and for a variety of reasons, it
>>took nearly 4 hours to do it.  (Does the magic sphere have a thing about
>>the number 4?)  Had to buy 2 transformers, more bulbs, new drill bits
>etc.,
>>but there's finally light in my kitchen - which is in the center of the
>>house; no windows.  But, oddly, now the dining room light doesn't
>>work......hmmmm......and the guy that checked the roof leak said I need a
>>new roof...of course.
>>
>>Kitty
>>
>>
>>> [Original Message]
>>> From: Richard T. Apking <richa@midlands.net>
>>> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
>>> Date: 4/7/2003 9:26:13 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Tx. skies
>>>
>>> Hi Kitty,
>>> Sounds as though that if it wasn't for bad luck, you wouldn't have any
>>luck
>>> at all.
>>> I've been down that path, where everything falls to s__t in a
>handbasket.
>>> The English say something about a stiff upper lip, whatever that is. 
>>Can't
>>> see how that would help, but that's what they say.
>>> The 12" that is on the way to you has already half melted, that's the
>good
>>> part about spring snows, they usually don't last too long.
>>> Keep smiling, that way no one will know what you are up to.  Rich
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Kitty Morrissy" <kmrsy@earthlink.net>
>>> To: "Agardenchat" <gardenchat@hort.net>
>>> Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2003 4:58 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Tx. skies
>>>
>>>
>>> > Rich,
>>> > Heard?  What do YOU think of them?  Sounds as though you may have
>been
>>> > reallllly looking at them.  I think the world can be beautiful almost
>>> > anywhere, depending how you look at it.
>>> > Meanwhile, snow's on it's way here, too.  Supposedly up to a foot. 
>So I
>>> > took Zem's advice.  Used my kitchen trash container (empty!) to put
>over
>>> my
>>> > frits; rose cones over the hellebores, the new little tree peony, and 
>my
>>> > precious budded Bergenia.  Also a blanket of landscape fabric over
>>> > containers for my sale and brought into the FL rm the newly potted
>>roses,
>>> > Fargesia, and many small plants.  I don't think the temps would
>really
>>> > bother any of them.  It's the weight of the snow I fear more.  Don't
>>want
>>> > to see my hellebores smashed.  Can't do much about my Leonard Messel
>>> > Magnolia.  It had just begun to bloom.  It can take a fair amount of
>>cold,
>>> > though, so still may make it through. Then again, the snow could pass 
>us
>>> > right by - it's happened b4.  Add to this, my water heater just died,
>>the
>>> > roof appears to have a leak, the front door is jammed because the
>screws
>>> > that hold the bolt are stripped, my car plate needs renewed and I
>>already
>>> > spent my tax return. Ah, such is life.
>>> >
>>> > Kitty
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > > [Original Message]
>>> > > From: Richard T. Apking <richa@midlands.net>
>>> > > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
>>> > > Date: 4/6/2003 3:16:53 PM
>>> > > Subject: Re: [CHAT] Tx. skies
>>> > >
>>> > > Hi Kitty,
>>> > > I've always heard that the sunsets in NE are the most beautiful,
>>because
>>> > of
>>> > > all the dust in the air.
>>> > > Rich
>>> > > ----- Original Message -----
>>> > > From: "Kitty Morrissy" <kmrsy@earthlink.net>
>>> > > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
>>> > > Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2003 9:16 AM
>>> > > Subject: Re: [CHAT] Tx. skies
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > > > Noreen,
>>> > > > What I meant was - any incredible color, texture, etc, unexpected 
>in
>>> any
>>> > > > particular part of the world.  I'm not trying to say Indiana
>skies
>>can
>>> > > beat
>>> > > > TX skies or that anyone's mother wears army boots.  I just mean
>that
>>> > > > wherever you are, if you look around you - reallllly look - you
>can
>>be
>>> > > > surprised.
>>> > > >
>>> > > > Kitty
>>> > > >
>>> > > >
>>> > > > > [Original Message]
>>> > > > > From: <TeichFlora@aol.com>
>>> > > > > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
>>> > > > > Date: 4/6/2003 3:24:21 AM
>>> > > > > Subject: Re: [CHAT] Tx. skies
>>> > > > >
>>> > > > > Kitty it's not the blue part, it's the color and formation of
>the
>>> > clouds
>>> > > > that
>>> > > > > appear at sunset.  Totally unnatural vivid colors, ranging from
>>> > purples
>>> > > > to
>>> > > > > oranges, etc.  And the formations of the clouds yet too.  This
>is
>>> what
>>> > > > makes
>>> > > > > it so different.  Blue skies are common, since we don't see too
>>many
>>> > > gray
>>> > > > > days here at all.  Heck, most of the time even when it rains,
>it's
>>> > > > > sunny....especially during spring/summer.
>>> > > > > Noreen
>>> > > > > zone 9
>>> > > > > Texas Gulf Coast
>>> > > > >
>>> > > > > In a message dated 4/6/2003 12:02:37 AM Central Standard Time,
>>> > > > > gardenchat-owner@hort.net writes:
>>> > > > >
>>> > > > > > Noreen, Gene,
>>> > > > > > I'm sure Texas gets many more too-blue-to-be-true skies than
>>> > Indiana,
>>> > > > but
>>> > > > > > occasionally we get some zingers, especially in fall.  I have
>>> > pictures
>>> > > > of a
>>> > > > > > fabulous fall day in  Brown County with a sky of an
>unbelievable
>>> > shade
>>> > > > of
>>> > > > > > blue.  But it really was that color that day.  I think
>sometimes
>>> > > > Hoosiers
>>> > > > > > appreciate them even more because we have such a high
>percentage
>>> of
>>> > > gray
>>> > > > > > days.
>>> > > > > >
>>> > > > > > Kitty
>>> > > > >
>>> > > >
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