Over the top, or around the bend
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- Subject: Over the top, or around the bend
- From: J* I* J* <j*@ix.netcom.com>
- Date: Wed, 8 Jan 1997 23:34:29 -0700 (MST)
Well, I think I am completely infected. I have this lone stalk of
Winterscape that is trying to bloom. But, we are having a few days of
subzero nights. So I took a tall box witha 12 X 16 cross section, cut
the end out of it, covered it with plastic to protect it from dew, and
put it over the plant. Then put a small light underneath the box to keep
the blooms from freezing.
I think I need to get a life...
Speaking of life, and birthdays (how's that for a segue),
Simone Clarks was on Jan 4th.
On Jan 4 in:
1493, Christopher Columbus returned to Europe from the New World with
six native Americans he believed were from India, hence he called them
"Indians". He thought he sailed around the world to India.
1642, King Charles I with 400 soldiers attacks the English parliament.
1821 Elizabeth Ann Seton 1st native-born American saint, dies in
Maryland
1912, The closest approach to earth by the moon was 221,441 miles apart
center to center.
And born on Jan 4th in:
1643 Sir Isaac Newton Mathematician, Philosopher, Astronomer, Physicist,
Scientist, Author, English, founder of the Law of Gravitation
1914 Jane Wyman and in 1941 her daughter Maureen Reagan
1965 Julia Ormond (one of my favorite actresses)
Happy (belated) birthday Simone
On Jan 8th in:
1656 Oldest surviving commercial newspaper begins (Haarlem, Netherlands)
1838, first telegraph message sent using dots & dashes.
1889, Dr Herman Hollerith receives first US patent for a tabulating
machine.
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John | "There be dragons here"
| Annotation used by ancient cartographers
| to indicate the edge of the known world.
John Jones, jijones@ix.netcom.com
Fremont CA, USDA zone 8/9 (coastal, bay)
Max high 95F/35C, Min Low 28F/-2C average 10 days each
Heavy clay base for my raised beds.
