Re: Thanks

Melody - I'm sorry about Katie, that is so sad.  You did the right
thing of course, not that it makes it any easier to bear.  Chin up &
keep us posted.

On 7/21/05, Donna <gossiper@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Sorry to hear about Katie.... sometime we have to do what is best, even when
> it hurts.
> 
> Donna
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> > Behalf Of Melody
> > Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 12:11 AM
> > To: gardenchat@hort.net
> > Subject: [CHAT] Thanks
> >
> > Thanks to all of you for the wonderful birthday wishes.
> >
> > Say! I guess we got some rain here today while I slept...kids said it
> > poured for a bit. Can't tell...ground is still rock hard. I haven't been
> > able to do much in the garden for a while now...we've had some darned
> > hot weather here lately...high 90's with humidity nearing 100%. Pretty
> > dangerous weather and it has been unremitting. Has felt like August
> > since mid-June. Here where I live the weather guys say we are down
> > almost 7 inches of rain so far and we are in an offical drought county
> > as of this week. The corn, though tall like it should be, is not
> > producing any ears and many farmers around here are cutting their fields
> > for silage already...bad news economically for them.
> >
> >
> > For me what all of this translates into is that the ground is so darned
> > hard you can't even get a shovel into it, much less get the weeds pulled
> > out. But despite that, my garden seems to be flourishing in some
> > respects. The roses seem to have temporarily discontinued blooming, but
> > that is okay...everything else seems to be doing well and I have lots of
> > color and variety, especially with the coneflowers, daylilies, phlox,
> > hibiscus, etc. that are blooming. As compared to many of the gardens
> > I've seen, things look pretty good. I haven't done any watering so far,
> > which is my usual practice as I like to encourage drought tolerance and
> > deep roots in my plants. However, since it doesn't look much like we'll
> > be getting any significant rain any time soon and we're heading into a
> > 100 degree weekend, I thought tomorrow on my first day of my
> > mini-vacation I would water everything really well. Of course, now that
> > I'm going to start watering, it will mean I am committed to once a
> >
> > week watering for the duration but I think I can handle that.
> >
> > On a sadder note, we had to put our last remaining kitty to sleep today.
> > Her name was Katie, she was 8 years old and for the past 2 years she has
> > had a terrible seizure disorder. Despite her medication regimen, she
> > started having seizures again on Monday and by today she was seizing
> > almost nonstop. Her seizures had become so violent that she ripped out 5
> > of her claws in the past 24 hrs. She had had enough and so had all of
> > us...it was time. Thanks in advance for the many thoughts and prayers I
> > am sure all of you will send...I'll probably not make it back on line
> > for a few days since Thursday through Monday promise to be very busy,
> > but I'll catch up with you then.
> >
> >
> >
> > Melody
> > Hills, IA  zone 5
> >
> > Work for the Lord:  the pay isn't much but the retirement is out of this
> > world!
> >
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Pam Evans
Kemp TX
zone 8A

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