Re: What a week!

One of my boys deposited a dead rabit in my garage the other day.  I just
put him in a bag and drop off at the CES dumpster.

Kitty
neIN, Z5
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Zemuly Sanders" <zsanders@midsouth.rr.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 6:32 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] What a week!


> Speaking of dead things...This summer I did the really stupid thing of
> putting a dead armadillo in my garbage can.  It was probably hit by a car,
> but it walked to the end of my driveway before dying.  I didn't know what
to
> do with it, and in a fit of idiocy wrapped it in plastic, put it in
another
> plastic bag and stuck it in the big green can for THREE DAYS!  It melted.
I
> am grateful the garbage man still picks up my trash.
> zem
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <hodgesaa@earthlink.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 6:03 PM
> Subject: RE: [CHAT] What a week!
>
>
> > Sounds like you have had quite a week Daryl, and it's only
> > Tuesday............glad you found your dog, and that the rodent is dead
> > (isn't that  just the most HORRIBLE stench) and that your roof is done.
> > Gardening pays off!
> > A
> >
> > Andrea H
> > Beaufort, SC
> >
> >
> >> [Original Message]
> >> From: Daryl <pulis@mindspring.com>
> >> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> >> Date: 9/13/2005 5:45:59 PM
> >> Subject: [CHAT] What a week!
> >>
> >> For those that were following the roofing saga, good news! We finally
> > have a
> >> new roof, with a 20 year guarantee an a 5 year guarantee on leaks.
Yeah!
> > In
> >> the bad news department, the roof deck was in worse shape than we/he
had
> >> thought, so it cost a bunch more than we were prepared for. In the good
> > news
> >> department, I had given the roofer a bunch of plants so he gave us a
good
> >> price (considering the cost of shingles and all). And he was close-by
> > (saved
> >> a bunch on gas), so he showed up a couple of weeks early,
> >>
> >> In other news, my ancient computer hard drive started clicking
ominously
> > on
> >> Wednesday morning and wouldn't  boot into Windows so I ran into Sam's
> >> Club
> >> and snagged a Compaq.  I've spent the better part of 3 days
transferring
> >> necessary files and getting it up and running. But, it looks like it's
> >> mostly working now.
> >> In the bad news department, my elderly dog freaked out with the roofers
> >> hammering and thumping around ( it was like living in a drumset for a
> > couple
> >> of days) and I spent hours trying to find him ( you wouldn't believe
how
> >> small a space a dog can get into!) . In the good news department, I
found
> >> him.
> >>
> >> In the bad news department, the hammering/.thumping cause the old drain
> > pipe
> >> under the sink to break. In the good news department, well, I guess the
> > good
> >> news is that I had spare towels.
> >>
> >> In the bad news department, I cracked my toe moving the computer stuff
> >> around. In the good news department, it was only one toe and it's still
> > warm
> >> enough to wear sandals.
> >>
> >> In the bad news department, there's a dead rodent in the wall between
the
> >> utility room and the kitchen. In the good news department, it's a dead
> >> rodent.
> >>
> >> It's been quite a week, but as I've gathered things for the people who
> > lost
> >> all to the hurricane, I know I'm truly blessed.
> >>
> >> d - (Heading back out to water. Would you believe it? After more than 2
> > feet
> >> of rain in the summer, we're dry as a bone. Even the trees are wilting.
I
> >> suppose part of that is that they put on a lot of surface roots in
order
> > to
> >> survive the flooding, and a lot of leaves because they could. We're
> >> having
> >> lots of leaf drop now. )
> >>
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