Re: Exodus

Puyallup, WA, outside of Tacoma. Was assigned to Madigan Army Medical  
Center at the time.

Cathy, west central IL, z5b

On Mar 14, 2008, at 4:40 PM, james singer wrote:

> Where, Cathy?
>
> Apropos of nothing, there's a guy on one of the Georgia Strait  
> islands who's growing avocados. None had bloomed last I heard.
>
>
> On Mar 14, 2008, at 5:28 PM, Cathy Carpenter wrote:
>
>> 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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>>> Island Jim
>>> Southwest Florida
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>>> Sunset Zone 25
>>> Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
>>> Maximum 100 F [38 C]
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> Island Jim
> Southwest Florida
> 27.1 N, 82.4 W
> Hardiness Zone 10
> Heat Zone 10
> Sunset Zone 25
> Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
> Maximum 100 F [38 C]
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