Re: OT: Iris Blooms and Murhphy's Law
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- Subject: Re: OT: Iris Blooms and Murhphy's Law
- From: I* <I*@aol.com>
- Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1998 17:29:59 -0600 (MDT)
In a message dated 98-04-11 13:16:14 EDT, you write:
>Finally, thinking of what life will be like with no pay check. I leave for
>work. The predicted high winds have already materialized. I think of the
>irises while at work pretending to be engrossed in the papers on my desk,
>knowing the pristine perfection of the newly open blooms has already
>passed.
Donald.... Loved this tale!!! In Western New York this is called "Iris
Anxiety". When we worry about every single thing. I once wrote a poem about
it, but I could never hope to find it now. I do remember it started:
It's too cold,
It's too hot,
I KNOW I'm getting iris rot
and so on. I worry when it rains, I worry when it does not. I worry about
ANY temperature at all. I worry about over fertilizing, under fertilizing,
not fertilizing or what I fertilized with. I worry about organic gardening...
irisborer... hail, meteor showers, and a direct nuclear hit on my new bed. I
worry that the show is scheduled too early or too late. And so it goes.
Funny thing - as soon as they bloom, I'm so enraptured I don't worry!
There is a daylily hybridizer named David Kirchhoff who does a program called
"The Healing Power of Daylilies". He claims that growing daylilies is every
bit as good as taking prozac.
I don't think he's wrong.... but it's a pity he doesn't grow irises.
(especially beardless <BG>)
Kathy Guest... feelthy and happy
in East Aurora, NY
