Re: Donna and tornadoes

Oh man - glad they are ok!   Thanks for the update Vera!

On 6/8/08, Vera Metzke <vmetzke@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Greetings all - Wanted to report on the Illinois tornadoes.  Donna's town
> and very close was effected and she is without power.  I don't know of
> damages in her area but they are all intact.  With power out she will be
> unable to check in as she does so well for all of us.
>
> Vera
>
> On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 3:41 PM, <Aplfgcnys@aol.com> wrote:
>
> > After a couple of weeks of rather cool weather - yesterday it did not
> > get out of the 60s - today it is 92.  Everything is cooking - just
> looking
> > totally wilted.  We need rain so badly, and now this.
> >
> > However, despite the droughty and cool spring, the blooms have been
> > spectacular.  Everyone's Rhododendrons are blooming more heavily
> > than I have ever seen them before.  My Kousa dogwood has massive
> > blooms.  The peonies are astonishing - or were until this heat hit them.
> > We were on the Taconic Parkway this afternoon, and the roadside is
> > just blanketed with white multiflora roses.  I know they are considered
> > a noxious weed and an invasive alien - though when we first moved out
> > here nearly half a century ago they were sold as ideal hedging.  I have
> > never seen them bloom as heavily as they are right now - and fragrant!
> > I still wish we had had a gentler introduction to the heat.  I need to go
> > out and water, but just can't make myself go out until it cools down a
> > bit - if it does.
> > Auralie
> >
> >
> >
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