Re: weather

No, no, no, we love your strong opinions, that's what makes this group fun.
Go ahead - Unwrap!!!!
Kitty

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pamela J. Evans" <gardenqueen@gbronline.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2004 3:41 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] weather


> No offense meant. I guess I'll just have to keep my apparently too
> strong opinions under wraps. Never was very good at that - sorry all....
>
>
> ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
> From: "Kitty" <kmrsy@comcast.net>
> Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Date:  Sat, 17 Jan 2004 14:42:41 -0500
>
> >Yeah, what she said.....but I also like to razz Pam once in a while ;+)
> >Kitty
> >
> >----- Original Message ----- 
> >From: <TeichFlora@aol.com>
> >To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> >Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2004 10:10 AM
> >Subject: Re: [CHAT] weather
> >
> >
> >> Auralie, I truly don't think anyone of us in the south looks down upon
or
> >> judges anyone living in the north...or vice versa for that matter.  I
for
> >one, am
> >> truly sorry that you got that impression.  I think Pam is just
expressing
> >her
> >> love for the heat....which not everyone shares.  I for one dont' like
it
> >very
> >> hot, but do love the 70's and 80's....on the other hand, I don't like
it
> >cold
> >> either.   I know many folks (non-gardeners)  that live for the winter
> >though
> >> and would be miserable in our climate.  To each their own.  Isn't that
> >what
> >> makes the world so interesting?? If we were all alike it would be
terribly
> >> boring.   I think this group has an open mind and enjoys hearing about
> >others
> >> experiences, etc.  We might not want to trade places with that person,
but
> >it's
> >> interesting to learn about different interests, experiences, etc..  We
> >share info
> >> about our lives to give others a better idea how things are where we
> >> are....not to say one is better than the other...but to share.
Everything
> >has its
> >> pros and cons.... no place is perfect, no person is perfect.
> >>
> >> Noreen
> >> zone 9
> >> Texas Gulf Coast
> >> In a message dated 1/16/2004 9:35:08 PM Central Standard Time,
> >> gardenchat-owner@hort.net writes:
> >>
> >> Pam, I think you should consider two things.  One, is that if everybody
> >loved
> >> hot weather as much as you do, you would be crowded out.  Look at
Florida
> >and
> >> California now  - far too many people.  The other is that many of us
have
> >> chosen to live in different climates for reasons other than gardens -
> >jobs,
> >> in
> >> particular.
> >> I grew up in the Florida panhandle, and couldn't wait to get away from
> >that
> >> whole ambience.  I fell in love with New York before I ever though I
could
> >> live here.  I won't say I married my husband because he was a ticket to
> >New
> >> York,
> >> but it didn't hurt.  We lived in the city for nearly three  years -
until
> >my
> >> second child was immanent.  We knew we couldn't really afford to live
> >there
> >> with small children, but thought we could live in the "country" for a
few
> >> years
> >> and then move back.  It  was about fifteen years before I really
realized
> >I
> >> could never live in the city again.  I still could live there if we
could
> >> afford
> >> "garden apartments" like some people we knew once had - but I doubt
they
> >even
> >> exist for millionaires any more.
> >>   I don't enjoy the extreme cold we are having this year, but it's
mostly
> >> because I am concerned for my plants.  If we had had a snow cover last
> >week
> >> when
> >> the temps were below zero I wouldn't have been so concerned.  I enjoy
the
> >tr
> >> ansitions from one season to another. Of course you can grow things
that
> >we
> >> can't, but we can grow things that you can't.  My grandmother, who had
> >been a
> >> child in upstate New York, never got over longing for lilacs and
peonies
> >> which
> >> would not grow in Florida.  I would  hate to give them up, too.  Others
> >talk
> >> about having different interests in the winter.  I, too, have other
> >> interests,
> >> but not seasonal.  My indexing business takes up a lot of time whatever
> >the
> >> season, but since I am free-lance it is erratic.  Been very busy this
> >winter.
> >>  The
> >> gardens I build in my daydreams during the winter when the seed
catalogs
> >> arrive are as great a pleasure to me as the ones that actually develop
> >during
> >> the
> >> growing seasons - sometimes better because the actual ones never quite
> >live
> >> up
> >> to my dreams.  So don't feel sorry for us northeners, or look down on
us
> >for
> >> being misguided about where we live.  We love our gardens.  The motto
of
> >the
> >> current president of the Federated Garden Clubs of New York State is
> >"Bloom
> >> where you're planted."  That's what we try to do.
> >> Auralie
> >>
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> Pam Evans
> Kemp TX/zone 8A
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