Re: Drat that rat, anyway! or Let's kill Phil!

Melody, I haven't tried snow angels, the snow blows and drifts so that some
areas are almost bare, and others are hip-deep or higher. However, when my
grandson was here over the Christmas holiday, he dug a small cave in the
snow. He's 14 and still sweet-natured; I am blessed.

Maria NE PA, zone 5b

> From: "Melody" <mhobertm@excite.com>
> Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Date: Mon,  3 Feb 2003 18:15:11 -0500 (EST)
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Drat that rat, anyway! or Let's kill Phil!
> 
> Oh, Maria--I feel for you, I really do...I'll quit my whining now.  But I'll
> bet four feet of snow makes lovely snow angels.  :-)
> 
> Melody, IA (Z 5/4)
> 
> "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious."
> --Albert Einstein
> 
> --- On Mon 02/03, Maria Olshin < marolsh@ptd.net > wrote:
> From: Maria Olshin [mailto: marolsh@ptd.net]
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2003 11:06:44 -0500
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Drat that rat, anyway! or Let's kill Phil!
> 
> I'd take six more weeks of winter in a heartbeat! Here, there was snow on
> Mother's Day within recent memory. And this is the hardest winter I've ever
> seen here. Melody, how I envy you your mild winter. I've had more than four
> feet of snow so far, and there are 4-foot snowbanks all around my house. Oh,
> hurry Spring!
> 
>> From: Kitty <kmrsy@earthlink.net>
>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Drat that rat, anyway! or Let's kill Phil!
>> 
>> Melody,
>> Six weeks from Feb 2 is March 16, a few days shy of the first day of
>> spring. so I don't think it matters whether he sees his shadow - there's
>> 6 more wks of winter no matter what!
>> 
>> 
>> You wrote, "This very mild winter we've had so far is spoiling me."
>> Here, last winter was mild. This winter has been very cold and the most
>> snow we've seen in years, although still not really that much. At least
>> it was finally warm enough for me to work in the garage this weekend. I
>> took a bunch of cuttings; seemed like a good time to get them started.
>> 
>> 
>> Kitty
>> 
>> 
>> -------Original Message-------
>> From: Melody <mhobertm@excite.com>
>> Sent: 02/03/03 07:26 AM
>> To: gardenchat@hort.net
>> Subject: [CHAT] Drat that rat, anyway! or Let's kill Phil!
>> 
>>> 
>>> Man! The more winters go by that the dreaded rodent of Pennsylvania sees
>> his shadow the less I like him! Does anyone know what his record of
>> correct predictions is, just out of curiosity? I saw a press release
>> that said he has seen his shadow 41 times over the past 50 years...what
>> I want to know is how many of those 41 times has he been correct? This
>> very mild winter we've had so far is spoiling me completely...although
>> we've had a couple of inches in the past week and we may get another
>> inch later today...I just want spring to be here!!!! I've been working
>> on my quilt to keep myself occupied but with new catalogs arriving in
>> the mail daily filled with seeds and plants of every kind imaginable,
>> I'm having major gardening withdrawals! The good news is that the indoor
>> plants are actually making it through the winter--I haven't killed any
>> of them yet so I must be having a run of good luck there! Well, enough
>> whining...have a great day everyone!
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Melody, IA (Z 5/4)
>> 
>> "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious."
>> --Albert Einstein
>> 
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