Re: Smoke gets in my eyes

I got a new one, similar to Husker Red, but prettier, this year, called Mystica.

--
Kitty
neIN, Zone 5

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Richard Apking <redfour@omni-tech.net>
> Hi Zem,
> Have you tried a penstemon called Husker Red?  It along with a bunch 
> more penstemons was bred by a guy at the North Platte NE agriculture school.
> 
> Zemuly Sanders wrote:
> > Precious gets nervous when there are  fireworks here.  (The park where 
> > they are set off  is next door.)  However, I think you could fire a 
> > cannon next to Otis, and he would never notice.  That dog is not 
> > affected by anything. He has the most easy going personality -- except 
> > when it comes to being socialized... <LOL>
> >
> > BTW, I just got 2 new penstemons, 'Cathedral Rose' and 'Electric 
> > Blue.'  I certainly don't need any more plants, but how can I water 
> > them every day at work and not bring them home?
> >
> > zem
> > zone 7
> > West TN
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pam Evans" <gardenqueen@gmail.com>
> > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 4:19 PM
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] Smoke gets in my eyes
> >
> >
> >> What the heck is so special about making noise?  I've never liked loud
> >> noises.  And it makes my cat a nervous wreck.  I just don't "get it" -
> >> sorry.  A better way to celebrate Independence Day would be to do 
> >> something
> >> civic minded.  Saturday I'll go down and help the gal w/ the 
> >> festivities at
> >> the park, same gal who runs the feed store, so she's got her hands 
> >> full and
> >> not too many volunteers.
> >>
> >> On 7/1/08, Theresa G. <macycat3@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> And besides, the headphones pop out of your ears anyway.
> >>> Theresa
> >>>
> >>> Judy Browning wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> I never turn completely over, just side to side. I tuck the ipod 
> >>>> under my
> >>>> pillow. I usually rouse enough to turn it off & take out the 
> >>>> earbuds after a
> >>>> few hours, but sometimes it's still on when my alarm goes off in the
> >>>> morning.
> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kitty" <kmrsy@comcast.net>
> >>>> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> >>>> Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 6:10 AM
> >>>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Smoke gets in my eyes
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> ?? What happens when you turn over during the night?  Aren't you 
> >>>> afraid of
> >>>>> strangling yourself?
> >>>>> ;+)
> >>>>>
> >>>>> -- 
> >>>>> Kitty
> >>>>> neIN, Zone 5
> >>>>>
> >>>>> -------------- Original message ----------------------
> >>>>> From: "Judy Browning" <judylee@lewiston.com>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> Oh, I'm with you on the noise. I'm working all weekend Fri-Mon, 
> >>>>>> and it's
> >>>>>> hard to get to sleep with that noise. I'll make sure my iPod is 
> >>>>>> charged
> >>>>>> and
> >>>>>> sleep with the earbuds in. Maybe that will help.
> >>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna" <gossiper@sbcglobal.net>
> >>>>>> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> >>>>>> Sent: Monday, June 30, 2008 7:02 PM
> >>>>>> Subject: RE: [CHAT] Smoke gets in my eyes
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> > Doubt the police could arrest just about the entire town.....It 
> >>>>>> > isn't
> >>>>>> > like there is only one or two houses having parties and doing 
> >>>>>> this.
> >>>>>> > Block parties are very popular here. They drive around, but for 
> >>>>>> the >  >
> >>>>>> most
> >>>>>> > part, that day you can get away with making as much noise as 
> >>>>>> you can
> >>>>>> > afford. They don't allow it to happen the entire weekend.... 
> >>>>>> just on >  >
> >>>>>> the
> >>>>>> > 4th. I guess I am the old prude here as I just don't enjoy the 
> >>>>>> loud
> >>>>>> > noises..especially if it goes on all night.
> >>>>>> >
> >>>>>> >
> >>>>>> >  Donna
> >>>>>> >
> >>>>>> >
> >>>>>> > Kitty <kmrsy@comcast.net> wrote:
> >>>>>> >  >> > And they are not legal here
> >>>>>> >
> >>>>>> > If not legal, can't you call police? Or do you just not want to 
> >>>>>> > spoil
> >>>>>> > their fun?
> >>>>>> > --
> >>>>>> > Kitty
> >>>>>> > neIN, Zone 5
> >>>>>> >> I don't take the chance on folks behaving themselves around 
> >>>>>> here. >> It
> >>>>>> >> is
> >>>>>> >> the one day a year I water everything, including the grass and 
> >>>>>> >> roof.
> >>>>>> >> (Yes, I hose down the roof right before sunset and before 
> >>>>>> going to >>  >>
> >>>>>> bed.
> >>>>>> >> Every year someone looses their home to a bottle rocket 
> >>>>>> landing on
> >>>>>> the
> >>>>>> >> roof it seems.)
> >>>>>> >>
> >>>>>> >>
> >>>>>> >> Although it usually isn't the immediate neighbors that are 
> >>>>>> lighting
> >>>>>> >> stuff off, they seem to fly over to my yard from the next 
> >>>>>> block. >> July
> >>>>>> >> 5th is always clean up the mess day. sigh. And they are not legal
> >>>>>> here
> >>>>>> >> either. I am hoping who ever it is has moved!
> >>>>>> >>
> >>>>>> >>
> >>>>>> >> Donna
> >>>>>> >>
> >>>>>> >>
> >>>>>> >> "Johnson, Cyndi D Civ USAF AFMC 95 CG/SCSRT"
> >>>>>> >> wrote:
> >>>>>> >> We will be in the mountains so I am hoping not only are people 
> >>>>>> in >> my
> >>>>>> >> neighborhood going to be cautious (HAH!) but I sure hope no 
> >>>>>> one up >>  >>
> >>>>>> there
> >>>>>> >> decides it would be fun to light up the forest. It doesn't do any
> >>>>>> good
> >>>>>> >> to ban them here though. You can go up one of the hills and 
> >>>>>> see >>
> >>>>>> rockets
> >>>>>> >> going off all over the valley. Huge fireworks too, like in the
> >>>>>> >> city-sponsored displays, not just little ones. I have no idea 
> >>>>>> where
> >>>>>> >> they
> >>>>>> >> come from - Mexico I guess, or other states where they're legal.
> >>>>>> >>
> >>>>>> >> Cyndi
> >>>>>> >>
> >>>>>> >>
> >>>>>> >> -----Original Message-----
> >>>>>> >> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net 
> >>>>>> [o*@hort.net]
> >>>>>> On
> >>>>>> >> Behalf Of Theresa G.
> >>>>>> >> Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 4:16 PM
> >>>>>> >> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> >>>>>> >> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Smoke gets in my eyes
> >>>>>> >>
> >>>>>> >> I am freaked out about July 4th and fireworks. Really, the 
> >>>>>> state >>
> >>>>>> should
> >>>>>> >>
> >>>>>> >> just ban them outright this year. I'll be in Seattle and I 
> >>>>>> home my
> >>>>>> >> neighborhood is sane about the whole thing while I'm gone.
> >>>>>> >> Theresa
> >>>>>> >>
> >>>>>> >> David Franzman wrote:
> >>>>>> >> > Hi Cyndi
> >>>>>> >> > Its so smokey here that I can taste it. The nearest major 
> >>>>>> fire >> > from
> >>>>>> >> > me is 40 miles away as the crow flies but its like winter 
> >>>>>> here as
> >>>>>> >> well. No
> >>>>>> >> > sun for the last 3 or 4 days...only nuclear night. Very 
> >>>>>> strange. >> > At
> >>>>>> >> one
> >>>>>> >> > point there were almost 1,000 fires in California. So many 
> >>>>>> that >> >  >>
> >>>>>> > fires
> >>>>>> >> that
> >>>>>> >> > hundreds are going without anybody trying to put them out. 
> >>>>>> AND >> > ITS
> >>>>>> >> ONLY
> >>>>>> >> > JUNE. Just wait until September after six months of no rain.
> >>>>>> >> > David
> >>>>>> >> >
> >>>>>> >> >
> >>>>>> >> >
> >>>>>> >> > -----
> >>>>>> >> > Original Message ----
> >>>>>> >> > From: "Johnson, Cyndi D Civ USAF AFMC 95 CG/SCSRT"
> >>>>>> >> >
> >>>>>> >> > To: gardenchat@hort.net
> >>>>>> >> > Sent: Wednesday, June
> >>>>>> >> > 25, 2008 2:49:27 PM
> >>>>>> >> > Subject: [CHAT] Smoke gets in my eyes
> >>>>>> >> >
> >>>>>> >> > How are our friends
> >>>>>> >> > in northern California? It is incredibly smoky/hazy
> >>>>>> >> > here. While we are
> >>>>>> >> > hundreds of miles from all the fires burning up north
> >>>>>> >> > we seem to be getting
> >>>>>> >> > all the smoke. This morning the sun was just a
> >>>>>> >> > bright red ball on the horizon
> >>>>>> >> > and visibility now is pretty low. My eyes
> >>>>>> >> > are definitely bothering me.
> >>>>>> >> > Had a
> >>>>>> >> > great weekend in the local mountains, although our horses think
> >>>>>> >> > they had to
> >>>>>> >> > work entirely too hard. Came home to some giant zucchini and
> >>>>>> >> > - hallelujah -
> >>>>>> >> > green beans ready to pick! Don't know if I'll manage to
> >>>>>> >> > can anything this
> >>>>>> >> > year, I may not get enough, but right now there are
> >>>>>> >> > more than plenty for fresh
> >>>>>> >> > eating.
> >>>>>> >> >
> >>>>>> >> > Cyndi
> >>>>>> >> >
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> >> Pam Evans
> >> Kemp TX
> >> zone 8A
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