RE: Weekend report

You always find the neatest sounding things. Tell Ms. Fatma I'm glad she's
better and happy birthday! Sounds like you two had a fun trip.  

Andrea H
hodgesaa@earthlink.net
EarthLink Revolves Around You.


> [Original Message]
> From: james singer <jsinger@igc.org>
> To: Chat <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Date: 2/19/2005 8:17:50 PM
> Subject: [CHAT] Weekend report
>
> Ms Fatma has had pneumonia all this week and declared today that she 
> had cabin fever and needed a ride in the country.
>
> Well, ain't no country around here. So after a lengthy discussion, we 
> settled on a visit to TropiFlora, the world-class bromeliad, orchid, 
> aroid, cactus, succulent, et cetera nursery just north of Sarasota.
>
> It was in shambles. We found a few things [ducking under yellow tape 
> and walking the back roads], but when we went to check out, I casually 
> said: "Looks like a war zone out there." Guy running the register said: 
> "We're still trying to recover from Frances. We had 18 hours of 70 mile 
> per hour winds." "We live," I told him, "less than 40 miles south of 
> here and we had no destruction from Frances whatever." I don't think he 
> believed me. We bought a bonsai ficus and a "fire stick" red pencil 
> plant.
>
> On the way home, and quite by accident, we discovered a new nursery 
> and, of course, had to stop and shop. Bought only three small 
> plants--an Algerian ivy for a hanging basket outside our back door, a 
> variegated English ivy that we have never seen before [fantastic 
> pattern], and a variegated cactus. All 3 to 6 inch size. But we also 
> bought a nice Japanese pot and saucer for the bonsai ficus and a 
> Mexican terra cotta sun that has a metal collar with sun's rays of 
> triangular-shaped metal wire.
>
> The Mexican terra cotta sun is Ms Fatma's birthday present. I'll post a 
> picture after I figure out how to hang it <G>
>
>
>
> Island Jim
> Southwest Florida
> 27.0 N, 82.4 W
> Hardiness Zone 10
> Heat Zone 10
> Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
> Maximum 100 F [38 C]
>
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