Thanks, yes I do love to plant. We have missed the floods fot the last years thank goodness. My yard has been 50 years soon and really to big for me, however alwys planting something if I can not get in the yard I plant things in the house. lol On Apr 12, 2013 10:56 AM, "marilyn E B" <[email protected]> wrote: > Sopharia I have missed you and worried when you were in the area where > there was storms and flooding, When I get to thinking about you, I go look > at your picture of flowers growing in the wheelbarrow. > > > On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 8:30 PM, Sopharia Hurst <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > thank you Carol that is so sweet > > On Apr 12, 2013 4:01 AM, "CAROL KUNZ" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > We love you too Sopharia! > > > > > > Carol K in Michigan > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 1:55 PM, Sopharia Hurst <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > I have missed alot in my fog but I always carried each one of you in > my > > > > heart. > > > > On Apr 11, 2013 4:06 AM, "Shirley Sullivan" <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I am always thinking of Emma, I know she wrote a obituary for > > herself, > > > > she > > > > > told me it was on her computer, and she told her daughter all about > > > it, I > > > > > was hoping it would be posted ?? I asked about it, her son Bruce > > said > > > he > > > > > would look into it, but nothing ever came of it ???? Don't know > what > > > > that's > > > > > all about ??? I still miss her, I have her photo [ one of her > looking > > > > good, > > > > > on Mothers day at a restaurant] right here in my computer Room, up > on > > > one > > > > > of my boards. I look at the photo and say, [I wish you were here, I > > > have > > > > > something I would love to share with you, or maybe a little joke I > > > would > > > > > tell her] I miss her posts, I would call her sometimes, especially > > in > > > > the > > > > > last two years of her life, I miss the sound of her laughter. Life > is > > > so > > > > > precious, I maybe saw Emma in person three or four times, but we > just > > > > > clicked, we didn't agree on everything, but we bonded in the way > two > > > > women > > > > > do sometimes, we both had three children, two son's and a daughter, > > we > > > > both > > > > > married our sweethearts, ! > > > > > we both worked for the same Telephone Co. in LosAngeles, maybe at > > the > > > > > same time, there were so many women working there, we might have > even > > > > > passed in the halls. When ever I am missing Emma a lot, I go back > and > > > > read > > > > > some of her posts, in the Memory Lane archives. Boy did we use to > > write > > > > up > > > > > a storm, there were sometimes over three thousand posts a month, > and > > > > than I > > > > > see names like Sopharia, of course our beloved Donna, Karen Uphoff, > > > > Eleanor > > > > > Richardson, also Walter Freeman and his wife Shirley, I do hear > from > > > > Walter > > > > > now and than. Valentine was a regular, she was the one who got me > > > started > > > > > on Memory Lane in the first place, I hear from her sometimes !!! > What > > > > ever > > > > > happened to Maureen Gallagher ??? How about TheIowaFarmGirl, > > Margaret, > > > > just > > > > > to mention a few, there were so many !!! Where are they all now ??? > > I > > > > know > > > > > some are not with us anymore, but some just faded away, or got to > ill > > > to > > > > > post anymore !!! When I first started posting, I had just had a > > stroke, > > > > had > > > > > trouble remembering ! > > > > > words, sometimes couldn't put two words together, one time I > > couldn't > > > > > remember how to spell BABY, I thought to my self, [will I ever be > the > > > > > same] ??? I think writing on Memory Lane was good for me, because > > > little > > > > by > > > > > little, I got my self back !! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > If you remember a special person who use to post on Memory Lane, > let > > us > > > > > know who they were, and what happen to them, or where they are now > > ??? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > A big thank you, to all that are praying for my son Jim, I > appreciate > > > it > > > > > more than I can express. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sully, in Sunny California > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > > > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without > > > the > > > > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > > the > > > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the > > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > -- > "If you don't get outside every day, even for a minute, you have not > appreciated what God has done. 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thank you Carol that is so sweet On Apr 12, 2013 4:01 AM, "CAROL KUNZ" <[email protected]> wrote: > We love you too Sopharia! > > Carol K in Michigan > > > On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 1:55 PM, Sopharia Hurst <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > I have missed alot in my fog but I always carried each one of you in my > > heart. > > On Apr 11, 2013 4:06 AM, "Shirley Sullivan" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > I am always thinking of Emma, I know she wrote a obituary for herself, > > she > > > told me it was on her computer, and she told her daughter all about > it, I > > > was hoping it would be posted ?? I asked about it, her son Bruce said > he > > > would look into it, but nothing ever came of it ???? Don't know what > > that's > > > all about ??? I still miss her, I have her photo [ one of her looking > > good, > > > on Mothers day at a restaurant] right here in my computer Room, up on > one > > > of my boards. I look at the photo and say, [I wish you were here, I > have > > > something I would love to share with you, or maybe a little joke I > would > > > tell her] I miss her posts, I would call her sometimes, especially in > > the > > > last two years of her life, I miss the sound of her laughter. Life is > so > > > precious, I maybe saw Emma in person three or four times, but we just > > > clicked, we didn't agree on everything, but we bonded in the way two > > women > > > do sometimes, we both had three children, two son's and a daughter, we > > both > > > married our sweethearts, ! > > > we both worked for the same Telephone Co. in LosAngeles, maybe at the > > > same time, there were so many women working there, we might have even > > > passed in the halls. When ever I am missing Emma a lot, I go back and > > read > > > some of her posts, in the Memory Lane archives. Boy did we use to write > > up > > > a storm, there were sometimes over three thousand posts a month, and > > than I > > > see names like Sopharia, of course our beloved Donna, Karen Uphoff, > > Eleanor > > > Richardson, also Walter Freeman and his wife Shirley, I do hear from > > Walter > > > now and than. Valentine was a regular, she was the one who got me > started > > > on Memory Lane in the first place, I hear from her sometimes !!! What > > ever > > > happened to Maureen Gallagher ??? How about TheIowaFarmGirl, Margaret, > > just > > > to mention a few, there were so many !!! Where are they all now ??? I > > know > > > some are not with us anymore, but some just faded away, or got to ill > to > > > post anymore !!! When I first started posting, I had just had a stroke, > > had > > > trouble remembering ! > > > words, sometimes couldn't put two words together, one time I couldn't > > > remember how to spell BABY, I thought to my self, [will I ever be the > > > same] ??? I think writing on Memory Lane was good for me, because > little > > by > > > little, I got my self back !! > > > > > > > > > If you remember a special person who use to post on Memory Lane, let us > > > know who they were, and what happen to them, or where they are now ??? > > > > > > > > > A big thank you, to all that are praying for my son Jim, I appreciate > it > > > more than I can express. > > > > > > > > > Sully, in Sunny California > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the > > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Pat, Being able to move them inside and have fresh veggies until Christmas is just wonderful. I hope I can make proper choices for containers in size and soil etc., my little garden patch is right of to the side of my front porch, gets good sun also. I have started Coleus and Lupines from seed inside to plants in the less sunny spots and will do a few others, would like to do one pot of different lettuces and then tomatoes and cucumbers-love yellow squash as well--so many choices! Trying to plan where things will grow best right now! Helen

Thank you Jeannie, you have really given me lots of great ideas for planting here---I am planning where to put things right now-we can't really plant until around Mothers Day here because we can get hard frosts right into early June. I am really looking forward to gardening. When we lived In Texas I had gardens three seasons of the year and a huge vegetable garden but had a husband then to haul and shovel and we used black plastic to keep out weeds also had auto watering system-so this will be a different kind of garden for me! Love your wonderful ideas for getting started! Thanks a lot! Helen

It has been hard emotionally at times. I doubt I will ever be in another relationship. I have buried 2 husbands. Won't risk doing it again. So I live alone on the ranch. I've rescued 3 sweet ponies, They have become large dogs. They follow me around, when I do chores. This week I adopted a pair of cats. They are brothers, family needed to move couldn't take the cats. I have 5 dogs now. We are all well, happy. On Thursday, April 11, 2013, CAROL KUNZ wrote: > Lana, > > Well, well, well, so that is "our" Belva I keep seeing on Facebook? I knew > it was YOU but I wasn't sure of Belva there! > > I remember you here writing about your daughters wedding and sending the > pics of her in her wedding dress and then sadly losing your husband. My > husband had died the year prior so I knew what raw emotions you had but > losing 3 more in the next year or so must have been really hard. > > I am sure all those grandchildren help though. > > Carol K in Michigan > > > On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 7:25 PM, **** LANA **** <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > On Wednesday, April 10, 2013, marilyn E B wrote: > > > > > Lil Ellen is still around, not sure how her health is holding up. She > > posts > > > sometimes on Queen Ema's Court and no I am not a member but I hear > things > > > through the grape vine.Please do not confuse that Ema with our other > > sweet > > > Emma. I do not know what happened to this message as I am now entering > > from > > > the center of the page. I know there are members who read but do not > > post. > > > I love the members who post daily or weekly and I wonder if we have > just > > > rehashed some things too many times. Maybe we need to share some > > different > > > memories. > > > > > > Marilyn > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 3:02 PM, mbousman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > On the bottom of the this message and all ML's messages is a link > > > > > > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > > > > > Just go to photos on the left. The site needs updating bad. I never > > > > learned how to use the web stuff when I had to switch to publisher. I > > > still > > > > have many photos that need to be added, and pages that are off kilter > > > from > > > > my attempt to use publisher :) > > > > > > > > I will do it tho, right now I'm praying to keep my computer alive > > until I > > > > get a new one and will have to deal with new stuff. Mine is > > overheating > > > > after a little time on. > > > > > > > > And no we didn't do anything about Maureen, she's probably still here > > as > > > an > > > > unknown member. But I hope that we live in peace, the war was > > > emotionally > > > > hard on all of us. > > > > > > > > Margy > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: [email protected] > > > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of CAROL KUNZ > > > > Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2013 2:47 PM > > > > To: memory-lane > > > > Subject: Re: [ML] Remembering Tessa & Emma > > > > > > > > First of all Sully, thanks for your input to Memory lane almost > daily, > > I > > > > appreciate you and I am sorry I so seldom write to the list anymore. > I > > > too > > > > miss Emma and Tess. > > > > > > > > We had a gal named Ellen, "Lil Ellen" who lived in Washington State > and > > > > possibly had a home in Crossville, TN. Ellen had Cancer I think. > > Years > > > > ago > > > > I had planned on meeting her at a Restaurant in a Casino in Coeur 'd > > > alene, > > > > Idaho and she cancelled. I never did get to meet her and I wonder > what > > > > happened to her. > > > > > > > > Most of us knew Pat Houser who left in a huff over Emma, and a few > > > others! > > > > She's been gone since '08. > > > > > > > > I know Sharon Kline writes when she can and is caring for her ill > > husband > > > > but I miss her almost daily musings. > > > > > > > > How about Belva from Florida? She used to write a lot of interesting > > > > stuff, > > > > what ever happened to her? > > > > > > > > Marge Bauer has probably passed away, she would be 99 now! > > > > > > > > Those are a few that I remember and Oh, one more, that nut job by the > > > name > > > > of Maureen (not Maureen Reilly) who wrote often, I forget what really > > > > topped > > > > it off and Elaine had to do something drastic to get rid of her I > > > believe. > > > > She was really crazy. > > > > > > > > Carol K in Michigan > > > > > > > [email protected] <javascript:;> <javascript:;> with > the word > > > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > > message > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] <javascript:;> with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] <javascript:;> with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Sully, You paint such vivid pictures with your words! I just loved your description of how your back yard changed through the years from the time your children were real little, then moving through their ‘tween years, through their teen years, and on through the subsequent years when your back yard became yours to do with as you wished for yourself. Thank you for this delightful essay. Donna Peachtree City, GA From: Shirley Sullivan Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2013 10:58 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [ML] Gardens and back yards Good morning dear friends GARDENS Loved the mental picture of your yard Robert. First let me tell you Robert, you will be in my prayers, for a good surgery and fast recovery. It is still early spring, I know how hot it gets by late May in a desert community, hoping your shoulder will be on the mend, by the time summer arrives. Jeannie, that was great, all the info about soil and different ways to plant veggies and flowers. I have seen a Tomato plant growing in a bag of planting mix at our Home depot, I have never tried it my self, but it would be a quick way to plant things, especially if your soil needed a lot of amending. We have lived in this home, now over fifty years. Our first son was a year and a half when we moved in, the back yard was first made a safe place for my children to play, we had a swing set, sand box, and we put in a round circle of cement on one side so the children could ride their tricycles, but put a hole in the center so we could eventually put a tether poll out there, for playing tether ball when they got older. Later we put up a basketball hoop, we built a tree house in a Jacaranda tree for the boys, than my husband built them a castle, with a draw bridge. Looked pretty cool, if I must say so myself, the children in our neighborhood loved come to our house to play. Our daughter loved to play on the bar at school, and because it was so popular, and felt she didn't get her turn enough, asked her father to build her one at home here. So he went up to school, and measured the bar, and put one in the back yard for daddy's little girl, and it's still there, it is so smooth! now after years of children playing on it, I now dry my bathroom rug on it, so as not to ruin the backing of the rug. He also built our daughter a play house, but it never really got finished right, she grew faster than he got around to painting and finishing the inside, so it became a storage shed to some degree after she lost interest in it. The Castle turned into a Pigeon coop for our youngest son, when he was about 15, the draw bridge was removed, the stilts sawed off and the building lowered to the ground, and they built nesting boxes for the birds inside, I wasn't into Pigeons and the mess they made, but my husband had Pigeons when he was a boy, and our son loved them. As our three children grew into young teenagers, the yard changed, the Castle/Pigeon coop was torn down, Pigeons long gone, play house gone, tree house gone. My husbands mother, her husband passed away and she moved in with his sisters, we bought the mobile home they had once lived in [for a song] and ! moved it up to the Colorado River, and so began our years of Water ski ing, Jet skiing, Dirt biking, and the boys driving the Jeep around the RV park trying to impress girls. One of our boys friends since childhood, practically lived at our house [his parents were going through patch] and he went with us everywhere, I now had three son's. I loved that boy, he was a good kid too, grew into a fine man. As our now adult children married and moved away, my love of making a beautiful gardens began. We have a slight hill at the back of our property, first we built a wall about four feet high towards the back, to keep back the hill, and planted fruit trees at the top of the wall, than made a low wall at the front of about maybe 2 feet, than filled in the space with good soil [ at least I thought it was good soil, but later learned it needed a lot of Amendment] leaving about 10 feet of fine growing space. Part of the garden was for growing Tomatoes and veggies [until we found out you couldn't keep growing Tomatoes in the same place, year after year] a! nd part was for my flowers. We also had planted a Apple tree on one end, and a Lemon tree close to the other end. Since than we have planted a Avocado tree, a Gala Apple tree, a white Peach, and a white Nectarine, all closer to the house. Of course we have the fruit trees on top, a Red apple, a Plum, a pear, and two Apricots and a large Fig tree. More to come !!! Sully, in Sunny California P.S. Was up for the sunrise, such a beautiful morning, warm and clear, but sadly it is to change, clouds this afternoon, cooling down, and fog tomorrow morning. We will have low clouds and overcast in the morning for several days. But all is not lost, good weather for working in the yard !!! http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

This received from spaceweather.com today. A CME (coronal mass ejection) was hurled toward Earth this morning. Geomagnetic storms can be expected on Saturday, April 13th. There could be auroras visible in the northern latitudes. Click on the spaceweather link in their email for more information. While there, check out the information regarding comet ISON which will become quite bright as it approaches the sun later this month. Eyes to the skies guys and gals! Robert E Paty, Scottsdale, AZ aka Mad HatterAmateur observer of the night skies. > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Incoming Solar Storm > Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2013 12:06:25 -0600 > > Space Weather News for April 11, 2013 > http://spaceweather.com > > INCOMING SOLAR STORM: A strong M6-class solar flare on April 11th has hurled a CME toward Earth. Geomagnetic storms and high-latitude auroras are possible when the fast-moving cloud reaches our planet on April 13th. Visit http://spaceweather.com for updates. > > DON'T MISS THE STORM: Would you like a call when the geomagnetic storm is underway? Aurora and solar flare alerts are available from http://spaceweathertext.com (text) and http://spaceweatherphone.com (voice). > > You are subscribed to the Space Weather mailing list, a free service of Spaceweather.com. New subscribers may sign up for space weather emails at http://spaceweather.com/services/ . > > To unsubscribe click here: http://www.spaceweather2.com/u?id=486759D&n=T&l=spaceweather or send a blank email to [email protected]

Lana, Well, well, well, so that is "our" Belva I keep seeing on Facebook? I knew it was YOU but I wasn't sure of Belva there! I remember you here writing about your daughters wedding and sending the pics of her in her wedding dress and then sadly losing your husband. My husband had died the year prior so I knew what raw emotions you had but losing 3 more in the next year or so must have been really hard. I am sure all those grandchildren help though. Carol K in Michigan On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 7:25 PM, **** LANA **** <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wednesday, April 10, 2013, marilyn E B wrote: > > > Lil Ellen is still around, not sure how her health is holding up. She > posts > > sometimes on Queen Ema's Court and no I am not a member but I hear things > > through the grape vine.Please do not confuse that Ema with our other > sweet > > Emma. I do not know what happened to this message as I am now entering > from > > the center of the page. I know there are members who read but do not > post. > > I love the members who post daily or weekly and I wonder if we have just > > rehashed some things too many times. Maybe we need to share some > different > > memories. > > > > Marilyn > > > > > > On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 3:02 PM, mbousman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On the bottom of the this message and all ML's messages is a link > > > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > > > Just go to photos on the left. The site needs updating bad. I never > > > learned how to use the web stuff when I had to switch to publisher. I > > still > > > have many photos that need to be added, and pages that are off kilter > > from > > > my attempt to use publisher :) > > > > > > I will do it tho, right now I'm praying to keep my computer alive > until I > > > get a new one and will have to deal with new stuff. Mine is > overheating > > > after a little time on. > > > > > > And no we didn't do anything about Maureen, she's probably still here > as > > an > > > unknown member. But I hope that we live in peace, the war was > > emotionally > > > hard on all of us. > > > > > > Margy > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [email protected] > > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of CAROL KUNZ > > > Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2013 2:47 PM > > > To: memory-lane > > > Subject: Re: [ML] Remembering Tessa & Emma > > > > > > First of all Sully, thanks for your input to Memory lane almost daily, > I > > > appreciate you and I am sorry I so seldom write to the list anymore. I > > too > > > miss Emma and Tess. > > > > > > We had a gal named Ellen, "Lil Ellen" who lived in Washington State and > > > possibly had a home in Crossville, TN. Ellen had Cancer I think. > Years > > > ago > > > I had planned on meeting her at a Restaurant in a Casino in Coeur 'd > > alene, > > > Idaho and she cancelled. I never did get to meet her and I wonder what > > > happened to her. > > > > > > Most of us knew Pat Houser who left in a huff over Emma, and a few > > others! > > > She's been gone since '08. > > > > > > I know Sharon Kline writes when she can and is caring for her ill > husband > > > but I miss her almost daily musings. > > > > > > How about Belva from Florida? She used to write a lot of interesting > > > stuff, > > > what ever happened to her? > > > > > > Marge Bauer has probably passed away, she would be 99 now! > > > > > > Those are a few that I remember and Oh, one more, that nut job by the > > name > > > of Maureen (not Maureen Reilly) who wrote often, I forget what really > > > topped > > > it off and Elaine had to do something drastic to get rid of her I > > believe. > > > She was really crazy. > > > > > > Carol K in Michigan > > > > > > Oh, P.S. How do I get into the old photo's we used to post here? > Anyone > > > know how to do that anymore? Let me know OK? > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 2:06 PM, Shirley Sullivan > > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > I am always thinking of Emma, I know she wrote a obituary for > herself, > > > > she told me it was on her computer, and she told her daughter all > > > > about it, I was hoping it would be posted ?? I asked about it, her > > > > son Bruce said he would look into it, but nothing ever came of it > ???? > > > > Don't know what that's all about ??? I still miss her, I have her > > > > photo [ one of her looking good, on Mothers day at a restaurant] > right > > > > here in my computer Room, up on one of my boards. I look at the photo > > > > and say, [I wish you were here, I have something I would love to > share > > > > with you, or maybe a little joke I would tell her] I miss her posts, > > > > I would call her sometimes, especially in the last two years of her > > > > life, I miss the sound of her laughter. Life is so precious, I maybe > > > > saw Emma in person three or four times, but we just clicked, we > didn't > > > > agree on everything, but we bonded in the way two women do sometimes, > > > > we both had three children, two son's and a daughter, we both married > > our > > > sweethearts, ! > > > > we both worked for the same Telephone Co. in LosAngeles, maybe at > the > > > > same time, there were so many women working there, we might have even > > > > passed in the halls. When ever I am missing -- > > "If you don't get outside every day, even for a minute, you have not > > appreciated what God has done. It makes you grateful for our > surroundings, > > and it starts your day differently." > > > > Johnny Cash > > > > > > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > Belva is well. She is on my Facebook page. Several others are also. I'm > > Lana from Oklahoma. Still on the ranch. Alone now with my critters. My > > huband passed away from cancer nearly six years ago. My genealogy has > been > > put on hold for a bit. Because of Facebook I have connected with nearly > 20 > > cousins on my Wadlow line. That's my Mother's family. She passed away 2 > > years ago. In two years I lost my husband, dad, stepdad, and Mom. It took > > to a very dark place. I also miss so many of our friends. Have made many > > more. > > > I > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] <javascript:;> with the word > > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > message > > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

We love you too Sopharia! Carol K in Michigan On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 1:55 PM, Sopharia Hurst <[email protected]> wrote: > I have missed alot in my fog but I always carried each one of you in my > heart. > On Apr 11, 2013 4:06 AM, "Shirley Sullivan" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I am always thinking of Emma, I know she wrote a obituary for herself, > she > > told me it was on her computer, and she told her daughter all about it, I > > was hoping it would be posted ?? I asked about it, her son Bruce said he > > would look into it, but nothing ever came of it ???? Don't know what > that's > > all about ??? I still miss her, I have her photo [ one of her looking > good, > > on Mothers day at a restaurant] right here in my computer Room, up on one > > of my boards. I look at the photo and say, [I wish you were here, I have > > something I would love to share with you, or maybe a little joke I would > > tell her] I miss her posts, I would call her sometimes, especially in > the > > last two years of her life, I miss the sound of her laughter. Life is so > > precious, I maybe saw Emma in person three or four times, but we just > > clicked, we didn't agree on everything, but we bonded in the way two > women > > do sometimes, we both had three children, two son's and a daughter, we > both > > married our sweethearts, ! > > we both worked for the same Telephone Co. in LosAngeles, maybe at the > > same time, there were so many women working there, we might have even > > passed in the halls. When ever I am missing Emma a lot, I go back and > read > > some of her posts, in the Memory Lane archives. Boy did we use to write > up > > a storm, there were sometimes over three thousand posts a month, and > than I > > see names like Sopharia, of course our beloved Donna, Karen Uphoff, > Eleanor > > Richardson, also Walter Freeman and his wife Shirley, I do hear from > Walter > > now and than. Valentine was a regular, she was the one who got me started > > on Memory Lane in the first place, I hear from her sometimes !!! What > ever > > happened to Maureen Gallagher ??? How about TheIowaFarmGirl, Margaret, > just > > to mention a few, there were so many !!! Where are they all now ??? I > know > > some are not with us anymore, but some just faded away, or got to ill to > > post anymore !!! When I first started posting, I had just had a stroke, > had > > trouble remembering ! > > words, sometimes couldn't put two words together, one time I couldn't > > remember how to spell BABY, I thought to my self, [will I ever be the > > same] ??? I think writing on Memory Lane was good for me, because little > by > > little, I got my self back !! > > > > > > If you remember a special person who use to post on Memory Lane, let us > > know who they were, and what happen to them, or where they are now ??? > > > > > > A big thank you, to all that are praying for my son Jim, I appreciate it > > more than I can express. > > > > > > Sully, in Sunny California > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

I will enjoy your high temps Robert believe me, it is still so cold here in Michigan. I wish you well for your surgery tomorrow and will be thinking and praying for a full recovery. Carol K in Michigan On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 5:22 PM, ROBERT E PATY <[email protected]> wrote: > Temps here will be in the 80s...maybe 90s. Be prepared! Enjoy your visit. > I will be recuperating from my shoulder surgery which is scheduled for > Friday morning, April 12th. > > Robert E Paty, Scottsdale, AZ aka Mad Hatter > > Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2013 14:13:58 -0400 > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > > Subject: [ML] Vacation > > > > My kids talked me into another trip this year and next Tuesday my > daughter > > who lives next door and I will meet my other daughter who lives in > > Washington in Arizona to meet up with my nieces there. > > > > We will spend a day or so with them and drive on to Temecula, CA and will > > meet up with my great grandson and his mom who live there. On Friday my > > nephew who lives in Camarillo will bring my 93 year old sister to lunch > at > > a Restaurant in Chino Hills which I guess is half way between Camarillo > and > > Temecula. > > > > I am wondering how this old body is gonna take all this travel but, I > know > > I will enjoy seeing all these people once I get there. We will return to > > Phoenix and spend a few days with the nieces and relax there before > > returning home. The daughter who lives in Washington will return with me > > to stay in Michigan until May 2nd. and while she is here she will clean > my > > flower beds and help with a bit of spring cleaning. She does this every > > year and I am so grateful for her. > > > > I will let you all know how it went on my return. Wish me well. > > > > Carol K in Michigan > > > > > > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

I was shocked that Marge is still on this list and I have tried to apologize to her for listing her as "gone." I think of our Emma a lot and know she pissed off a lot of people including Valentine and I believe Emma was the real reason Val left. I think Wild Bill is the most missed by me and I was surprised that his children didn't bother to send any acknowledgement of a contribution I sent in his memory. I can't believe that Lil Ellen "took" to Ema! In fact I am shocked, I can only remember how crude Ema was and I was under the impression that Ellen was from a very refined source, like tea parties and such. Hmmmm, one must not judge a book by it's cover I guess. I would love to be a mouse in the corner of that mailing list that Ellen created for Ema. It's too bad that if Alice has passed that her family would not have went through her computer or that she would have left instructions to let the list know. I wonder what ever happened to her book that she was writing? She was writing a book wasn't she? I remember her son wrote a book, I bought it but never read it for some reason. I did go and visit all the pictures that Margy Bousman put up for all of us and it made me sad to see how many are no longer writing to the lists. Carol K On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 6:26 PM, ETM <[email protected]> wrote: > Marge still thrives, I wished her a HB this year. > I love it when old friends pop into my mail. > > This is the song I loved that reminded me of Emma, > Emma was a major fan of the Gaither singers. > > A lot of our children will not handle obituaries > very well. If it's important to you, talk to your > local newspaper(s). I bet you can prepay and leave > that info for your children or funeral home to > handle. > > Our wonderful Wild Bill clearly had no obituary > and I am thinking had no funeral, that his > children arranged for cremation and then released > the ashes over the land he loved. But that leaves > siblings and other children hanging. So prepare. > > So far as I know Lil Ellen took real well to Ema > and the mailing list created on yahoo for Ema. I > believe Lil Ellen actually created the list so Ema > could go there. > > Any other questions? I am not sure I can answer > all of them, but I would try. > > I currently fear knowing why Alice is not posting. > She also is one of our senior seniors. > > Elaine > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Oh Sully how I wish I could grow fruit trees here in Illinois. The tale of your garden reminds me of all the changes that have been made on this 100x300 lot since 1949. We built our first house--had a shell put up with all the material to finish the inside and a mortgage. My folks had owned the lot and sold it to us for back taxes. It took FOREVER for my husband to finish the inside. Of course he worked full time, picked up side jobs for extra money and wasn't a carpenter to start with. He learned a LOT over the years. We had three children there, they grew up, all their friends loved being at our place. Dad made a play house for our daughter and it was a work of art--windows, shutters, a flower box and dutch door. How the kids loved it--even tiled floor. When she outgrew it and the boys took over it went to pot. Then they built a "fort" in an old box elder tree. It must have had 5000 nails in it. They had two floors, a ladder to get up after swinging on a rope. Needless to say nary an adult ever got up there and not many girls. Many years later after they were married I had them take it down because of the hazard of other kids using it. They had to cut down the tree to dismantle it--how we all laughed at the sturdyness of that monstrosity. I have a piece of the tree that I use as "garden art" and it has at least 50 nails still in it. We split the lot in 1999 and built a ranch house on what had been my asparagus and strawberry bed. I have a small patch of garden and flowers all around the house--mostly annuals. My younger son bought our old house so I have someone next door and I appreciate all he does for me now that I am alone. Neither of my sons have the gardening gene and we knew that it would be the yard that would make us have to move as we got unable to do it. Now that I am struggling along on Social Security lawn service is beyond my budget. Last year God sent me an angel in the form of my nephew. He did all my yard work along with his girl friend just becaue they wanted to be helpful and they love doing it. My son mows the lawn but that's IT. He wouldn't know a weed if he fell over it and thinks dandelions are Gods favorite flower because He made so many of them. He brought me two that had bloomed yesterday--ya got to love him--he is never going to grow up. It is still very raw and chilly here in Chicagoland--the coldest April in 20 years. My old bones do not appreciate it. My daffodils are about ready to bloom and we may have some snow yet this week. Grr I will be 87 the end of May and I am so thankful for all I am able to do. I miss the ones from the list that are no longer on--but life goes on. Emma annoyed the life out of me but she had a right to her opinions as I have a right to mine. I think ours were just left and right!! I hear from VaL on occasion. She helped me more with genealogy than any one else. I do miss Pat--I think she is on Facebook but I just can't get into that. Send us some warm weather--it would be a treat. Grace On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 9:58 AM, Shirley Sullivan <[email protected]>wrote: > > Good morning dear friends > > > GARDENS Loved the mental picture of your yard Robert. First let me tell > you Robert, you will be in my prayers, for a good surgery and fast > recovery. It is still early spring, I know how hot it gets by late May in a > desert community, hoping your shoulder will be on the mend, by the time > summer arrives. > > > Jeannie, that was great, all the info about soil and different ways to > plant veggies and flowers. I have seen a Tomato plant growing in a bag of > planting mix at our Home depot, I have never tried it my self, but it would > be a quick way to plant things, especially if your soil needed a lot of > amending. > > > We have lived in this home, now over fifty years. Our first son was a year > and a half when we moved in, the back yard was first made a safe place for > my children to play, we had a swing set, sand box, and we put in a round > circle of cement on one side so the children could ride their tricycles, > but put a hole in the center so we could eventually put a tether poll out > there, for playing tether ball when they got older. Later we put up a > basketball hoop, we built a tree house in a Jacaranda tree for the boys, > than my husband built them a castle, with a draw bridge. Looked pretty > cool, if I must say so myself, the children in our neighborhood loved come > to our house to play. Our daughter loved to play on the bar at school, and > because it was so popular, and felt she didn't get her turn enough, asked > her father to build her one at home here. So he went up to school, and > measured the bar, and put one in the back yard for daddy's little girl, and > it's still there, it is so smooth! > now after years of children playing on it, I now dry my bathroom rug on > it, so as not to ruin the backing of the rug. He also built our daughter a > play house, but it never really got finished right, she grew faster than he > got around to painting and finishing the inside, so it became a storage > shed to some degree after she lost interest in it. The Castle turned into a > Pigeon coop for our youngest son, when he was about 15, the draw bridge was > removed, the stilts sawed off and the building lowered to the ground, and > they built nesting boxes for the birds inside, I wasn't into Pigeons and > the mess they made, but my husband had Pigeons when he was a boy, and our > son loved them. As our three children grew into young teenagers, the yard > changed, the Castle/Pigeon coop was torn down, Pigeons long gone, play > house gone, tree house gone. My husbands mother, her husband passed away > and she moved in with his sisters, we bought the mobile home they had once > lived in [for a song] and ! > moved it up to the Colorado River, and so began our years of Water ski > ing, Jet skiing, Dirt biking, and the boys driving the Jeep around the RV > park trying to impress girls. One of our boys friends since childhood, > practically lived at our house [his parents were going through patch] and > he went with us everywhere, I now had three son's. I loved that boy, he was > a good kid too, grew into a fine man. As our now adult children married and > moved away, my love of making a beautiful gardens began. We have a slight > hill at the back of our property, first we built a wall about four feet > high towards the back, to keep back the hill, and planted fruit trees at > the top of the wall, than made a low wall at the front of about maybe 2 > feet, than filled in the space with good soil [ at least I thought it was > good soil, but later learned it needed a lot of Amendment] leaving about > 10 feet of fine growing space. Part of the garden was for growing Tomatoes > and veggies [until we found out you couldn't keep growing Tomatoes in the > same place, year after year] a! > nd part was for my flowers. We also had planted a Apple tree on one end, > and a Lemon tree close to the other end. Since than we have planted a > Avocado tree, a Gala Apple tree, a white Peach, and a white Nectarine, all > closer to the house. Of course we have the fruit trees on top, a Red apple, > a Plum, a pear, and two Apricots and a large Fig tree. > More to come !!! > > > Sully, in Sunny California > > > P.S. Was up for the sunrise, such a beautiful morning, warm and clear, > but sadly it is to change, clouds this afternoon, cooling down, and fog > tomorrow morning. We will have low clouds and overcast in the morning for > several days. But all is not lost, good weather for working in the yard !!! > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Oh My Dearest Marge Bauer, please forgive my insensitivity to having mentioned you may be "gone." I feel so bad and thank you for letting us know you are still here and reading Memory-Lane. You are amazing, you are 99 years old and still doing this stuff? I can't believe it! Bless you. Love, Carol K in Michigan On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 10:01 PM, Marge Bauer <[email protected]> wrote: > I am still living. I have been working on the 2nd. Edition > > Of the Bauer Family. > > > > I do read all the emails. We had storms today and rain > > tonight. > > High to everyone. > > Marge Bauer Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

I have missed alot in my fog but I always carried each one of you in my heart. On Apr 11, 2013 4:06 AM, "Shirley Sullivan" <[email protected]> wrote: > > I am always thinking of Emma, I know she wrote a obituary for herself, she > told me it was on her computer, and she told her daughter all about it, I > was hoping it would be posted ?? I asked about it, her son Bruce said he > would look into it, but nothing ever came of it ???? Don't know what that's > all about ??? I still miss her, I have her photo [ one of her looking good, > on Mothers day at a restaurant] right here in my computer Room, up on one > of my boards. I look at the photo and say, [I wish you were here, I have > something I would love to share with you, or maybe a little joke I would > tell her] I miss her posts, I would call her sometimes, especially in the > last two years of her life, I miss the sound of her laughter. Life is so > precious, I maybe saw Emma in person three or four times, but we just > clicked, we didn't agree on everything, but we bonded in the way two women > do sometimes, we both had three children, two son's and a daughter, we both > married our sweethearts, ! > we both worked for the same Telephone Co. in LosAngeles, maybe at the > same time, there were so many women working there, we might have even > passed in the halls. When ever I am missing Emma a lot, I go back and read > some of her posts, in the Memory Lane archives. Boy did we use to write up > a storm, there were sometimes over three thousand posts a month, and than I > see names like Sopharia, of course our beloved Donna, Karen Uphoff, Eleanor > Richardson, also Walter Freeman and his wife Shirley, I do hear from Walter > now and than. Valentine was a regular, she was the one who got me started > on Memory Lane in the first place, I hear from her sometimes !!! What ever > happened to Maureen Gallagher ??? How about TheIowaFarmGirl, Margaret, just > to mention a few, there were so many !!! Where are they all now ??? I know > some are not with us anymore, but some just faded away, or got to ill to > post anymore !!! When I first started posting, I had just had a stroke, had > trouble remembering ! > words, sometimes couldn't put two words together, one time I couldn't > remember how to spell BABY, I thought to my self, [will I ever be the > same] ??? I think writing on Memory Lane was good for me, because little by > little, I got my self back !! > > > If you remember a special person who use to post on Memory Lane, let us > know who they were, and what happen to them, or where they are now ??? > > > A big thank you, to all that are praying for my son Jim, I appreciate it > more than I can express. > > > Sully, in Sunny California > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

I also remenber those days then I had the stroke and my world was turned upside down. I stll read but my brain on days just shut down, but I never forget how dear you all are to me. On Apr 11, 2013 7:18 AM, "helen ware" <[email protected]> wrote: > Does anyone know how many members are left on ML? > We all used to have so much to say---but I think that nasty woman Ema came > on and ruined it with her nasty attitude. > Her posts were strange and she was downright insulting. This was such a > wonderful list before that--we talked about lots of good things and shared > ideas and stuff. Valentine was the best, she helped me with genealogy > stuff > many times and loved her posts and her pictures of her area of IL. and > also > when she went to the Ellen DeGeneres show and all the great gifts and > stuff! > I do talk to "Lil Ellen" a couple of times a year and at last email she was > doing well and enjoying her grandchildren and all life has to offer-she is > a > great person and has lots of interests-I do enjoy talking to her. Pat H. > was > a nice person but took offense at little things people said and then she > would say insulting things about them-I do not like that! The men were > great > at starting us off on certain subjects--lots of great banter back and > forth! > I don't get to travel as much as I used to~~~ so not as much to talk about, > but I still cook often and love to try new recipes and > feed people! > Tessi was one in a million and just had such a wonderful way about her-you > just loved her and the little girls so much--she was and is sadly > missed---loved all her posts and pictures! > Any ideas on how to get the list hopping again? > I really miss all the emails I used to wake up to from this list!!! > Helen > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Good morning dear friends GARDENS Loved the mental picture of your yard Robert. First let me tell you Robert, you will be in my prayers, for a good surgery and fast recovery. It is still early spring, I know how hot it gets by late May in a desert community, hoping your shoulder will be on the mend, by the time summer arrives. Jeannie, that was great, all the info about soil and different ways to plant veggies and flowers. I have seen a Tomato plant growing in a bag of planting mix at our Home depot, I have never tried it my self, but it would be a quick way to plant things, especially if your soil needed a lot of amending. We have lived in this home, now over fifty years. Our first son was a year and a half when we moved in, the back yard was first made a safe place for my children to play, we had a swing set, sand box, and we put in a round circle of cement on one side so the children could ride their tricycles, but put a hole in the center so we could eventually put a tether poll out there, for playing tether ball when they got older. Later we put up a basketball hoop, we built a tree house in a Jacaranda tree for the boys, than my husband built them a castle, with a draw bridge. Looked pretty cool, if I must say so myself, the children in our neighborhood loved come to our house to play. Our daughter loved to play on the bar at school, and because it was so popular, and felt she didn't get her turn enough, asked her father to build her one at home here. So he went up to school, and measured the bar, and put one in the back yard for daddy's little girl, and it's still there, it is so smooth now after years of children playing on it, I now dry my bathroom rug on it, so as not to ruin the backing of the rug. He also built our daughter a play house, but it never really got finished right, she grew faster than he got around to painting and finishing the inside, so it became a storage shed to some degree after she lost interest in it. The Castle turned into a Pigeon coop for our youngest son, when he was about 15, the draw bridge was removed, the stilts sawed off and the building lowered to the ground, and they built nesting boxes for the birds inside, I wasn't into Pigeons and the mess they made, but my husband had Pigeons when he was a boy, and our son loved them. As our three children grew into young teenagers, the yard changed, the Castle/Pigeon coop was torn down, Pigeons long gone, play house gone, tree house gone. My husbands mother, her husband passed away and she moved in with his sisters, we bought the mobile home they had once lived in [for a song] and moved it up to the Colorado River, and so began our years of Water skiing, Jet skiing, Dirt biking, and the boys driving the Jeep around the RV park trying to impress girls. One of our boys friends since childhood, practically lived at our house [his parents were going through patch] and he went with us everywhere, I now had three son's. I loved that boy, he was a good kid too, grew into a fine man. As our now adult children married and moved away, my love of making a beautiful gardens began. We have a slight hill at the back of our property, first we built a wall about four feet high towards the back, to keep back the hill, and planted fruit trees at the top of the wall, than made a low wall at the front of about maybe 2 feet, than filled in the space with good soil [ at least I thought it was good soil, but later learned it needed a lot of Amendment] leaving about 10 feet of fine growing space. Part of the garden was for growing Tomatoes and veggies [until we found out you couldn't keep growing Tomatoes in the same place, year after year] and part was for my flowers. We also had planted a Apple tree on one end, and a Lemon tree close to the other end. Since than we have planted a Avocado tree, a Gala Apple tree, a white Peach, and a white Nectarine, all closer to the house. Of course we have the fruit trees on top, a Red apple, a Plum, a pear, and two Apricots and a large Fig tree. More to come !!! Sully, in Sunny California P.S. Was up for the sunrise, such a beautiful morning, warm and clear, but sadly it is to change, clouds this afternoon, cooling down, and fog tomorrow morning. We will have low clouds and overcast in the morning for several days. But all is not lost, good weather for working in the yard !!!

Helen, I am going to send you a FB friend request and then I can send some information on container gardening. You would be surprised at the things you can use for gardening in containers. I have reduced the size of my gardens due to age and reactions to heat. I may try some containers this year as I do not think they would need weeding. I have grown more selective in what I plant and will probably limit my planting this year to tomatoes, peppers, and various members of the squash families. Marilyn On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 12:40 AM, ROBERT E PATY <[email protected]> wrote: > I have a fairly large back yard. When I first moved to Scottsdale, we > (David & I) had a big vegetable garden that took up most of the yard. We > grew just about everything except potatoes. There were two mesquite trees > in the yard and after three or four years they grew so big and completely > shaded the area that we used for a garden so we gave up on growing vegies > and started growing plants. We had aloes all across the back of the house > on the bedroom wall and other plants on the kitchen wall. For a long time > we had holly leaf ferns there. I think they finally died out from old age. > There was some Creeping Charlie in that bed also. Probably some Sansaveria > too. It has been a long time now and I can't get a good mental image of > that bed and everything that grew in it. There aren't any "in the ground > plants" in the back yard now. I have a lot of things in pots sitting on > tables and plant stands where the garden used to be. The big mesquite tree > was taken down about three years a! > go so I had to build a shade structure over that area. I have most of my > blooming plants in the front now. I will eventually move all of the plants > that are in the back yard out to the front. There are really more than I > can take care of so will probably be giving some away. I plan to extend the > roof overhang at the front of the house by a couple of feet which will > afford more shade for the plants that I intend to keep.I have only had one > bloom on the bearded iris so far. No sign of others yet. The plants are > certainly healthy enough. I have also had a bloom on the dutch iris that I > put out back in the fall. There are at least a half dozen others with > blooms that have yet to open. The first one was white. I can see yellow on > a couple of the others that haven't quite opened yet. There should be some > blue ones also. I have Mexican Poppies in bloom (lots of pink) and Angelita > Dasies (yellow). Also some gazanias, geraniums, and pansies. There are > still a few African Dasies. I h! > ave removed about 98% of them as they have bloomed out and were beginn > ing to set and drop seeds. I don't want to have the front completely > covered with them next year. No cactus blooms yet. I do have aloes (yellow) > in bloom. The red ones are in pots and have already had their first blooms. > I expect there will be more before hot weather sets in. > > Robert E Paty, Scottsdale, AZ aka Mad Hatter > > Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2013 21:33:54 -0500 > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [ML] gardens > > > > We always put out a big garden. Since my husband died my son, > > grandchildren and some friends will help. It has been so dry the last > > two years it hasn't made much, but maybe this year. I have 45 lbs of > > potatoes already planted and about 15 more to put out, onions and 2 > > rows of corn. Garden is about 75 by 25 I guess so is fairly large. > > Thank goodness none of it is up since it may get down to 29 tonight. I > > have also started some plants inside, love flowers have lots of house > > plants and flowers outside. Been moving some bulbs an other plants > > while it is wet. We are going to try some raised beds this year. > > Always plant some tomatoes and lettuce In containers and then move > > them inside by my patio doors in the fall and and have them till > > Christmas or so. I hope to get a glassed in porch by this fall. > > Pat > > > > On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 5:14 PM, helen ware <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > How many on this list are to have flower or vegetable gardens this > year? > > > I have just started a few plants from seed and have them in a sunny > window-we can't safely put out plants until after Mother's Day. But it is > fun to start them inside and watch them grow! > > > I may put a couple of tomato and pepper plants in here, or maybe just > in containers--I have a small garden plot here and last year just had a > flower garden. > > > Has anyone done container gardening and has any good hints to offer to > get me started? there is both shade close to the house and sun out further. > We do have to water by hand so that is a job-I need a bigger watering can > than I have now! > > > Helen > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- "If you don't get outside every day, even for a minute, you have not appreciated what God has done. It makes you grateful for our surroundings, and it starts your day differently." Johnny Cash

Since many of you live in the mountains or have little gardening space I thought you might get some good out of this article I wrote recently when someone asked me how you'd go about gardening or raising plants on rock, shale and clay . Theres several things you can do , such as ; Haul in woods dirt from the nearest place and make planting pockets among the rocks...Look around and see where weeds and grass are growing...root them out and put in flowers or veggies...Grow vining veggies on trellises made of sticks wired and nailed together . Hook strings to nails on poles , buildings or trees if there is enough sun,and train beans up the strings...Or cukes, gourds, morning glories...etc. You can grow a lot of things in boxes of woods dirt.... You can buy bags of dirt and plant things right in the bag...Potting soil is best, but cheaper top soil or compost will work. Just lay it on the side where you want it to stay , make some slits around the bottom for drainage, and cut X's in the top to set out tomatoes, whatever...You'll have to keep it watered....Cover with leaves or other mulch to look better..If you embed some rag strips in the bottom before you set the stuff out, you can run that strip down into a jug of water mixed with a little fertilizer....Just re fill the jug when empty...Have a series of bags or 5 gal buckets of dirt in a row...walk along with the hose and fill them all at once...Don't want to use a wick, just make a little hole in one side of the bottom of a milk jug, and set it at the base of your plant or bush...The water will drip out slowly and not be wasted....Mulch with anything that has ever been alive...shredded paper, old hay, leaves, grass clippings you have dried first...newspapers torn in strips....Tear them from top to bottom, with the grain of the paper...{Think it don't matter ? Try it...paper towels are the same way.} You CAN use whole sheets of newspaper , but must weight them down good... Set a few vegetables among your flowers if you have limited space...A border of carrots, onions, or strawberries looks pretty...Set clumps of asparagus in your flower beds....when you are through cutting for the summer it will grow into an airy beautiful plant..Grow garlic around your roses...helps them and is handy to dig when you need it...Rainbow Swiss chard is pretty growing, as are beets...Radishes left alone will get huge and grow tall plants with dainty pink or purple flowers on them. The seed pods taste just like radishes, and are mild flavored...They will keep growing and blooming till frost, usually... My cousins who live on a farm tried growing tomatoes, egg plant, etc. in a series of buckets and were well pleased with the results...The dirt out of them can be mixed with mulch and fertilizer and used again...OR , you can dump it all on a place you want to build up dirt....stack the buckets and start all over again next year. You could even paint the buckets, I guess...You could line those plastic milk crates with heavy plastic and use that...One cousin planted cucumbers in a childs plastic sand box...or you could use wading pools with a hole for drainage. All the grass underneath will be killed out...so don't set it in the middle of your lawn ! You can make your own dirt by hauling in bags of discarded leaves, spoiled hay, weeds, ,etc....If you can get the tree trimmers to dump their load of chips....Just mix with nitrogen fertilizer to break down the fibers and some dirt ...This works better the second year the chips are there..Sawdust is good,{ Again, use some nitrogen fertilizer to break it down }.. hen house debris...rotted manure ...Lawn services must dump the bags of grass clippings...If your place is closer than the dump..well ! Your County extension agent might be able to help you find sources ...Starbucks will save coffee grounds for you and they supply nitrogen. Haul sand from a handy creek to mix with that clay...Also till in lots of leaves, sawdust, whatever...Garden on the shares with a neighbor...Wish I had someone to do that with...Have a big garden and just keep it mowed..Garden in corners here and there...Oh me, I've made myself tired with all this work ! Gonna pour myself a big glass of tea and rest awhile ! Jeannie T ************************************************************************* ***** ____________________________________________________________ Woman is 60 But Looks 25 Mom publishes simple facelift trick that angered doctors... http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/516641ae7143e41ae472dst01duc

Must feel strange, to have people speculating about your demise. I miss Emma, we wrote back and forth. Don’t miss Ema, she was mean to Bonnie Selig when she was dying of cancer, that just turned me off completely. And I have been wondering about Alice Williams myself. I enjoy reading what everyone writes and am especially appreciative of Sully’s writings. She keeps this group going better than anyone else. Connie I am still living. I have been working on the 2nd. Edition Of the Bauer Family. I do read all the emails. We had storms today and rain tonight. High to everyone. Marge Bauer Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I'm gonna pray you safe ...and soon well..I had surgery a couple times in the Spring...and felt like I had missed my favorite time of the year...Jeannie T ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Wed, 10 Apr 2013 14:22:12 -0700 ROBERT E PATY <[email protected]> writes: > Temps here will be in the 80s...maybe 90s. Be prepared! Enjoy your > visit. I will be recuperating from my shoulder surgery which is > scheduled for Friday morning, April 12th. > > Robert E Paty, Scottsdale, AZ aka Mad Hatter ____________________________________________________________ 1 Weird spice that FIGHTS diabetes Can this unusual &#34;super spice&#34; control your blood sugar and fight diabetes&#63 http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/516641ae703d941ae5471st02duc