Re: No gardening?

Lonely is realizing you're the patriarch [or matriarch] of your clan.

On Dec 13, 2007, at 5:50 PM, Judy Browning wrote:
Alta was our last parent. It is a lonely feeling. Enjoy the time you have with yours. Oh my, your husband will definitely be in my prayers today. I hate that white knuckle driving. I'm glad to hear he's going slow, but that will make it a real marathon as well. 
Take care of yourself too.
I'm debating with myself whether I can go back to work tomorrow or not. Definitely feeling better, but still a little headache & general achy chilled feeling. 
----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris" <chrispn@optonline.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 1:27 PM
Subject: RE: [CHAT] No gardening?



Judy,
I'm so sorry to hear about your mother-in-law. Now that I'm older I really appreciate having my MIL and father still in my life. I get very melancholy 
knowing that there may not be much time left with them.
We are experiencing ice and freezing rain since about noon. I'm out sick for the second day, and I consider myself lucky as I would be driving my 33 mile commute on a sheet of ice! My husband is driving home from Boston as I write this. I couldn't convince him to stay over night. It will probably be a VERY long drive! It usually takes 6 hours. Last I heard, he was driving 15 mph. There is more snow north of here, so it will be slow going for him. 
We have an inch of that wet compacted snow on the grassy areas, but my
walkway is coated in ice. I hate when he goes on business trips in the
winter! So far the power seems to be ok- no flickering lights.
Boy, Jesse, I feel for you! I worry about keeping all my animals and plants warm. Years ago we were without power for a week due to an ice storm. At that time I had an extensive collection of African Violets and gesneriads. 
It didn't take long without power to turn my collection into mush.

I did get outdoors last weekend to plant a few bags of alliums that I
ordered very late in the season. I never finished the fall list of chores. 
I always seem to be playing "catch up" on all fronts. :(

Stay well everyone,

Chris Petersen
Northport, Long Island, New York
Zone 7a (Average min temp 50 - 00)

chris@widom-assoc.com

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Southwest Florida
27.1 N, 82.4 W
Hardiness Zone 10
Heat Zone 10
Sunset Zone 25
Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
Maximum 100 F [38 C]

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