Hi Margaret,
I noticed the toolbar with the heading, "Filter". Next time
I get one, I'll give it a shot. Time I learned this little trick.
Ah, the wedding (August 25th) is almost upon me. I have yet to
pick up my shoes and bag, get my hair done, and pick up a few
things. But I did get my car inspected, new tires, new brakes,
and new windshield wipers. Somehow, I wanted that reassurance
that my car would roll on command. Where we are, they have dis-
contined public bus service as we used to know it.
My darling daughter signed her last letter to me as
"Your little bucket of stress".
Here, they now have "Flex" bus service. This is that you call them up and
they will tell you when a RIPTA (Rhode Island Public Transit) will
be in your area, and you can run out and catch the bus. Still a
deal if you can time it right ($1.25 usually) because the cabs
charge a $1.00 a mile. No more regular bus line.
So I drove my car into my favorite garage for service and managed
to catch a ride home with someone I knew there. When it was
time to go pick the car up, I called the "Flex" service. She said that
you need to make an appointment two days in advance. I blanched.
I whined. Finally, she hooked me up with a bus and I got there.
"It will be passing near Aunt Carrie's at 2:35 pm". I looked.
It was 2:30 pm. "OK, bye", I said, and sprinted out the door.
I cut through people's yards. I was puffing but I made the named
street corner in time. Sure enough, the bus rolled in.
I'm proud of myself.
My gladiolas were just coming up in a spot near the road. These
were a variety of colors and I was looking forward to see what they
would be as this was the partial order from Gurney's. They were in
a raised bed about 25 ft. into the yard.
I had ordered 48 bulbs so I was expecting at least half that in blooms.
Would you believe that some moron came into my yard and picked them?
&*^%$!! tourists. They took the blooms and the ones about to bloom.
For the first time I'm considering a fence. Across the street my
neighbor had a huge hedge that affords him privacy, but it's a
pain to keep sheared. Now he has to get up on a step ladder.
It seems it only takes a few to change the complexion of a neighborhood.
On the church grounds, there is a high school with many shrubs and
bushes, some of them holly. The priest told me that so many came and
picked the holly that there was none left. Nada, nothing.
Where do these people get the idea that someone is growing things
for them personally?
But, so far, I still have my garden. Tomatoes, cukes, basil, and the
last of the lettuce, and now the squash is beginning.
Lots of flowers left, and many colors for me to enjoy. Feng Shui
at its best.
Best,
June
Hmmm, I'd be more inclined to go Texan and string up a little
hotwire, the better to surprise (or shock, tee hee) trespassers with.
;-) Actually, that's likely to be illegal, tempting though it might
be. We used to live in the mountains southwest of Denver, and we had
people stop and misbehave in our yard all the time, maybe because it
looked more like the surrounding great outdoors than a yard. We even
had trees cut at Christmastime, the larger equivalent of June's glads.
Therese
East Texas, zone 8b
Oh June, that's terrible! If you lived in Pittsburgh, I'd pick and bring
you over some of my glads to make up for it. People! It never fails to
amaze me - the crass things they will do. Considering the trend seems to
indicate that manners and public behavior will get worse not better, I
think I'd go for the fence. Nowadays, you can get something really
pretty that will make an architechtural statement and even improve the
look of your place. I'm not talking chain link, here. I've seen some
beautiful ones. Wrought iron is my favorite. Of course, the nicest ones
are pricey. Naturally the ones/types I like are the $$ ones. But even
in the new plastics they have some fencing that really looks good.
Karen in Pittsburgh, PA (zone 5b/6)
On Wed, 8 Aug 2001 09:08:27 -0400 "june m. dean"
writes:
________________________________________________________________
GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO!
Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less!
Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit:
http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.
Hi Karen,
You're a doll. I don't cut the yard flowers much, I leave them
to enjoy while I'm outside. Well, they spoiled the surprise for
me -- now I'll won't know what the new bulbs would have been like.
But the bulbs are still there. However, I planted them very
shallowly, and I would have to dig them up in the fall. Most of
my bulbs winter over but they are usually planted a bit under the
dirt. These are very close to the surface as I planted them
in the warm sun and was impatient to see them.
The noive of some people children. :)
I like the idea of a fence too. Something nice. We have the ocean
salt air to contend with, so wrought iron rusts out very fast.
I could do the living fence thing very quickly as I get lots of
honeysuckle shoots that grow super fast. I wouldn't have to paint,
but pruning would be a necessity. I like pruning, but I don't like
cleaning up after and disposing of the branches, etc.
I'll see what's around. Gotta be something good out there.
I'm over the glad loss today. I've had the deer do worse. :)
But knowing it was a person just galled.
Still, I must have more than the person who took them. They must
have no class and no flowers either.
Best,
June
That happens some in the urban areas of Pittsburgh around Xmas. Always
seems to make the evening news when somebody wakes up and discovers the
evergreen tree in the front yard has been cut off.
Karen in Pittsburgh, PA (zone 5b/6)
________________________________________________________________
GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO!
Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less!
Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit:
http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.
Hi Therese,
Texans know how to do things right. :) Christmas tree stealing is on
the upswing I think. At least I read about it more. Here, many are
decorated with lights at that time too. Another popular thing to steal
seems to be the American Flag. Right off the flagpole.
Now, as the heat climbs and the beaches are filled up, many look for
private property near the water so they can refresh themselves.
I had to put a sissel rope across the driveway because of the numerous
people who zoom down my road to turn around in my driveaway.
After they ran over a few things, my patience ran thin.
But these are the "dog" days of summer here. One might be
dealing with a complete nutcase. When the dewpoint
is 70%, the temps in the 80's or 90's F, the sun beating down, I stay
in the shade like my mother told me. :)
Road rage and parking spot fights are numerous, but the difference now
is that more women are involved. Had a sickening case last week.
So all those who look to me like they are nuts, get away with more
with me. If I were to get hurt, the courts wouldn't be of much help.
In a few weeks the temps will drop. (Ontario has some
57 F degree weather that might drop down too.)
I saw a girl with her boyfriend come up the road last year on foot.
She looked around, didn't see me, and sprinted into my yard toward
the lilies. Then she saw me. I had completely frozen in my tracks.
She glared at me and sullenly left. Her boyfriend said to her
"You were made." I would treat a person like that just like I would
treat a snarling dog off its leash.
Best,
June
> Ah, the wedding (August 25th) is almost upon me.
Good anniversary date. That's mine, too, as of 1962.
> My darling daughter signed her last letter to me as
> "Your little bucket of stress".
If it's sufficiently stressful, she won't want to go through that again,
and the marriage will last.
> I had ordered 48 bulbs so I was expecting at least half that in blooms.
> Would you believe that some moron came into my yard and picked them?
> &*^%$!! tourists. They took the blooms and the ones about to bloom.
June, I initially agreed with you. I always like to blame tourists. But
what are they going to do with cut flowers? I'd suspect a resident of the
area, passing by, or a redneck neighbor.
Yep, I'm up to my eyeballs in squash, basil, snap beans, beautiful lettuces
and some unidentified cole crops. Tomatoes don't seem to be ripening very
fast yet though. Margaret L
If it is a tourist area where people rent condos for the week, then they
have a place to put the cut flowers, vase included in the unit no doubt.
I always used to have flowers (bought, not stolen) when I was a tourist
staying in a condo.
Karen in Pittsburgh, PA (zone 5b/6)
On Thu, 9 Aug 2001 05:57:26 -0600 Margaret Lauterbach
> June, I initially agreed with you. I always like to blame tourists.
> But
> what are they going to do with cut flowers? I'd suspect a resident
> of the
> area, passing by, or a redneck neighbor.
________________________________________________________________
GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO!
Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less!
Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit:
http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.
Hi Karen,
If they had taken just the two that were in bloom, I might
suspect a child, but they took the ones about to bloom, still
green, too. So I think it was an adult.
A classless, tasteless, moronic adult. :)
Best,
June
