Sunday nearly noon

On Sun, 18 Jun 2006 17:12:03 GMT, Wooly spun a fine yarn

mercilessly snipped:

WTF is housework? LOL! Happy Fathers Day to your DH, btw! Noreen

I get in on the father's day fun this afternoon- invited along with my DH by my sons to a barbeque. I also got to talk to our DD because he wasn't home when she called (he called her back later).

It is a gorgeous day today - edged up toward 70F and bright sun. Should be fine for backyard barbeque.

I frogged the yellow sweater. I had debated between the L and XL sizes and made the wrong choice - the good news is that I decided before I was too far along that it was going to be too big. ( The critical dimension being at lower part of the sweater - not the upper in my case) The sleeves I will leave alone and just make the sleeve openings the right length for the already finished sleeves - shouldn't be to hard to do that. Because it is all slightly ribbed (k3p1) and the fabric is soft, it should be just fine this way and not hang funny on my shoulders. I need to keep at it or summer will be gone before I finish my summer sweater!

Judy

Oh no Judy, you're going to do that ruffle again?

Hi All,

Happy Father's Day to everyone.

Our Sunday has been busy: home made waffles for Dad, out to lunch with Dad, and Dad wanted to go shopping so we did. The kids wanted to go swimming, so we did. Now, Dad's taking a nap, and I'm catching up on my groups, blogs, etc.

Wooly, I hope your apple seeds grow. When my 6 year old son heard about Johnny Appleseed, he insisted we plant some apple seeds of our own. We tried, but they didn't grow. Seeing as yours have already sprouted, you're way ahead of the game.

Threnody, I'm thinking about you and your new baby. You will be on my mind tomorrow. I can just see you crocheting between contractions. My very warmest wishes to you and your family.

I finished the second Branching Out Scarf. No pics of the blocked finished thing yet. I just have been so busy. I decided to knit the second Koigu sock, despite its imperfect fit. I'm at the heel flap and will probably finish it soon. I need a new travel project. We are going to Florida on Wednesday. A 5 hour drive. I'll figure something out before then.

Other than that, watching Live Aid (again), cooking and a little house work. I know, Noreen, but at some point, I can't ignore it anymore!

Smiles,

Hesira

On 18 Jun 2006 15:38:22 -0700, hesira spun a fine yarn

Hesira, Have a SAFE trip. 5 hours, hmm? Then you're further south than me! As for the housework, I KNOW, too, eventually you CAN'T ignore it.... but .... keep this in mind.... 100 years from now, will it have mattered? LOL! Hugs, Noreen

Hi Noreen,

We are just 60 miles north of the MS Gulf Coast!

I agree with you about the 100 years thing. That's why my floors are gritty and my furniture is dusty. I try to spend my time constructively, but clothes and dishes have to get done!

Hesira

I pulled out some counted cross stitch (Winter by Derwentwater Designs) and did some background. Then I used Wendy's Generic Toe Up sock pattern to start a sock (I had tried a different way that was too pointy). Finally I did 6 rows on the Prairie Lace shawl. It's very warm and I get too hot after more than about 4-6 rows! I'm at 185 stitches now, only have to keep increasing (2 st each pattern row) up to 275!

Alison

On 18 Jun 2006 16:21:16 -0700, hesira spun a fine yarn

My gawd, we might've MET when I was down after Katrina! Agreed about the clothes and the dishes. AND, must take down cobwebs, and look for bunnies of the dust variety under beds, LOL DO have a safe trip. Hugs, Noreen

It's entirely possible. Where did you go & what did you do? We headed north for the storm & came back after about 2 weeks. Then it was just recovery time for several months. Still kind of a blur.

Hesira

On 18 Jun 2006 18:44:53 -0700, hesira spun a fine yarn

Wouldn't you know my mind is a blank right now? (tired) But, my friend Kathy and I went down to help the SalArmy...... Noreen

You're an angel,

Get some rest.

Hesira

On 18 Jun 2006 16:21:16 -0700, "hesira" spewed forth :

At some point in the past I think I posted a general description of my house, which included as part of the original plan, and for which I had to fight tooth and nail: stained concrete floors with DRAINS, just like you find in restaurant bathrooms.

Why? Because I hate sweeping, I hate mopping, I hate vacuuming, and I hate maintaining any sort of "hard" floor surface. Concrete is indesctructable, damned near. With a drain in each room (covered with a rug between washings) I can toss down a bucket of hot sudsy water, swoosh it around with the string mop and then HOSE IT OFF, after which I squeegee and wait for it to dry before I toss the rugs back down. Most of the furniture is immune to water and the pieces that are not are put up on the other furniture while I wash the floors.

No sweeping, nearly zero mopping, and no heavy maintenance. So what if the kid tracked in some mud? Wait for it to dry, sweep it up, and then wipe the floor with a damp towel (or just leave it overnight if I was planning to wash the floors anyhow). Cat barf? No big deal: pick it up with a paper towel, wipe the spot with a damp towel.

The corners of rooms do tend to get a bit icky after a year or so, but my son is old enough now that he can muck out the corners for extra spending money.

Reply to the list as I do not publish an email address to USENET. This practice has cut my spam by more than 95%. Of course, I did have to abandon a perfectly good email account...

Great find, great story, and wonderfull planting. We will wait patiently, Wooly for the first apple pie, and we will all come to Texas to eat it.

Els

I'll make ice cream! BonnieBlue

That sounds great, I am drooling already, water your seedlings Wooly

Els

Hi again! Sounds like everyone had a busy busy weekend! Hope everyone has recovered!

--Woolie, you are my hero! I want c> Yep -- ruffle has been redone. Started again on the body of the

Gala apples do not breed true from seed, but if you have the some root stock (crab apple or similar), I will send you scions from my Gala to graft and maybe you can have some fruit in a couple of years. We like the Gala better than the other low chill verities. However, I get about 5 degrees more frost than you do, and I get 300 or even 400 more hours of chill than you do. And, I worry every year about whether the apples and cherries are going to get enough chill to have a good bloom. So even with Gala, you may not have enough winter chill to keep apples healthy, happy, and producing.

If I lived in Austin, I would have pretty much the same orchard that I have here, except that I would have avocados instead of apples. But, the plums, pears, figs, olives, citrus, and peaches would be the same.

snipped-for-privacy@sbcglobal.net wrote: I worry every year about whether the apples and cherries are going

One thing which has often puzzzled me. When I read old stories set in middle eastern countries, Persia, Lebanon, Israel etc., (including the Bible) I often read about their feasts of "apples, dates, figs, apricots, peaches". and have wondered about how they could grow all of those in the same climate. In Ohio we had apple trees, plus grapes, mulberries, raspberries and redcurrants in the garden, and friends grew peaches, cherries and plums, but apricots needed a hothouse. When we lived in Florida, we had avocados and citrus in the yard and friends had a date palm. Here in New Orleans, all we had in the yard that was edible was bananas, but we cut them down because nothing else would grow beside them. Local market gardeners manage to grow all kinds of stuff (and I go to the Farmers' Market every Tuesday to stock up).

How come the Persians could do it??

Olwyn Mary in New Orleans.