Re: Exodus

I lived two years in the Pacific Northwest, but could not tolerate the  
unremitting clouds in the winter. In the summer, you couldn't ask for  
a better place.

Cathy, west central IL, z5b

On Mar 14, 2008, at 2:29 PM, james singer wrote:

> Yes, it is, Melody. I've been there a few times--most of the  
> surviving members of my mother's tribe moved there in the 60s for  
> some reason. I remember especially the Rose Test Garden in  
> Washington Park. I don't much care for roses, but that garden was so  
> spectacular when I was there that I almost became a convert.
>
>
> On Mar 14, 2008, at 10:32 AM, Melody wrote:
>
>> Jim: What I've seen of Oregon is absolutely stunning. Marty and the  
>> kids
>> and I got out there a few months before Tony died...I wanted to  
>> meet him
>> and his lovely Janice before his cancer made it impossible. We all  
>> fell
>> in love with the place...truly, truly breathtaking. In what part of  
>> OR
>> does your sister reside? BTW, I'm sure if you are anywhere near
>> Portland, Janice would probably love to have you see Tony's  
>> garden...I
>> know she worried something terrible about not being able to keep up  
>> with
>> it after Tony died as she is not a gardener...he had some magnificent
>> plantings!
>>
>>
>>
>> Blessings in Christ's mercy,
>>
>> Melody
>>
>> Work for the Lord:  the pay isn't much but the retirement is out of  
>> this world!
>>
>> --- On Fri 03/14, james singer < islandjim1@verizon.net > wrote:
>> From: james singer [mailto: islandjim1@verizon.net]
>> To: gardenchat@hort.net
>> Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2008 06:00:34 -0400
>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Exodus
>>
>> Hi Melody.<br><br>Nope, farthest north in the West I've lived is
>> Sacramento. Oregon will <br>be a new experience.<br><br><br>On Mar  
>> 14,
>> 2008, at 5:45 AM, Melody wrote:<br><br>> IJ: Didn't you once live and
>> work in the PNW before? Or am I not <br>> remembering
>> correctly?<br>><br>><br>> Blessings in Christ's mercy,<br>><br>>
>> Melody<br>><br>> Work for the Lord: the pay isn't much but the
>> retirement is out of <br>> this world!<br>><br>> --- On Thu 03/13,  
>> Cathy
>> Carpenter < cathy.c@insightbb.com > wrote:<br>> From: Cathy Carpenter
>> [mailto: cathy.c@insightbb.com]<br>> To: gardenchat@hort.net<br>>  
>> Date:
>> Thu, 13 Mar 2008 21:45:26 -0500<br>> Subject: Re: [CHAT]
>> Exodus<br>><br>> If you pass through/near Quincy, IL, I have spare
>> bedrooms. Squinty<br>> <br>would have to deal with four other cats,  
>> but
>> we could manage. <br>> Oregon<br>> <br>has always seemed to me to  
>> be a
>> horticultural mecca, so even though<br>> <br>the stuff you could grow
>> isn't subtropical, I'm sure you'd have <br>>
>>
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