--- In iris-photos@yahoogroups.com, "Mary Swann-Young" <MryL1@...>
wrote:
>
I lack somewhat in the compassion department. I intelectually hear
the news... flooding, crop loss, disaster areas,... but I'm young
enough that I'm just desensitized to it.
"Blooms gone, tags gone, pods gone." I can feel that, on a gut
level. It's a succinct representation of the loss of what has been
acomplished and what has been hoped for.
Thanks for giving me perspective.
Christian
>
> Hi guys, I'm back! First photo May 24. Second, June 6 -lake
across the road is
> really a cornfield.
>
> More rain in May than May through October last year. More rain in
June also.
>
> Got hit by the edge of a tornado on May 30 (night before the local
show) which
> uprooted 4 35-year-old spruce trees and left half the neighbor's
apple tree in front
> of my garage door. Foliage looked like it was
> blasted by buckshot and flattened. Pods that escaped the wind are
mostly
> rotting off the stalks, but I should get some of the ones I wanted.
>
> BTW, Linda - breeding for lucky ones seems to be working. The tree
being cut up
> missed you PFIC1 by about a foot.
>
> Glad to hear some of you getting rebloom. Haven't seen anything
coming here yet.
>
> Mary Lou, near Indianapolis, Z5
>
