Home again.

ellice wrote:
On 6/29/07 2:02 PM, "Pogonip" wrote:


So, where did you live in FLA? The oddest thing here in VA, someone that I
met via synagogue- her kids went to the same elementary school as me. I'm
older than her kids by more than 10 years, but similarly younger than her.
Weird.

ellice


The last few years before I left Miami, I lived in Coconut Grove. Over
the years, I lived in a number of areas, even went to Edison Jr. Hi for
a year, before being hauled back to Pittsburgh by my family. As soon as
I finished high school and a year of business school, I lit out for
Miami and never looked back. LOL!

It's so sad to see Miami on TV these days. It isn't the same place at
all, and I don't think that it is necessarily better. Most of my family
moved from Miami to the Orlando area over 20 years ago. My mother no
sooner moved than was diagnosed with her terminal cancer, so she didn't
get to enjoy it much. She and her sister bought new houses side by
side. Her sister remained there for a long time, and now my cousin owns
the house, and her daughter bought my step-father's house next door from
the estate. My cousin lives in Fern Park - well, actually, they're all
cousins - cousin, daughter of cousin is cousin, son of daughter of
cousin is cousin -- families are confusing.
--
Joanne
stitches @ singerlady.reno.nv.us.earth.milky-way.com
http://members.tripod.com/~bernardschopen/

Pogonip wrote:
Snip
It's so sad to see Miami on TV these days. It isn't the same place at
all, and I don't think that it is necessarily better. Most of my family
moved from Miami to the Orlando area over 20 years ago. My mother no
sooner moved than was diagnosed with her terminal cancer, so she didn't
get to enjoy it much. She and her sister bought new houses side by
side. Her sister remained there for a long time, and now my cousin owns
the house, and her daughter bought my step-father's house next door from
the estate. My cousin lives in Fern Park - well, actually, they're all
cousins - cousin, daughter of cousin is cousin, son of daughter of
cousin is cousin -- families are confusing.

"Cousins" covers a lot of ground. Pretty much the only time you need
more specificity than that is in deciding whether or not to procreate
with a "cousin", or if somebody needs a kidney.

Kathleen wrote:
And my border collies love the smell of oranges being peeled,

My dog, Jasmine, also loves fruit. Well, that and any other thing she
can get in her mouth! LOL! She jumps up and picks plums off our
tree. A couple years ago I heard her barking in the back yard. She
was sitting under our plum tree barking because she could see a plum
*just* out of her reach above the fork of the tree. I can't imagine
what she'll be like this year...our plum tree is *loaded* with plums!
She also picks raspberries from my bushes, and not the green ones,
either. Oh, no, she finds the ripe ones and delicately plucks them
off! I just hope she doesn't find out about the cherries that I got
for the first time this year! They're much lower to the ground than
the plums, since the tree is only 4 years old and 4 feet tall. I
discovered one thing she doesn't like, though and that's rhubarb.

One word of caution, though. Grapes and raisins (and just a few!) can
be toxic to dogs! I just found out about this recently. Here's a
link to Snopes about it: http://www.snopes.com/critters/crusader/raisins.asp

Joan

"Joan E." wrote in message
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Kathleen wrote:
And my border collies love the smell of oranges being peeled,

My dog, Jasmine, also loves fruit. Well, that and any other thing she
can get in her mouth! LOL! She jumps up and picks plums off our
tree. A couple years ago I heard her barking in the back yard. She
was sitting under our plum tree barking because she could see a plum
*just* out of her reach above the fork of the tree. I can't imagine
what she'll be like this year...our plum tree is *loaded* with plums!
She also picks raspberries from my bushes, and not the green ones,
either. Oh, no, she finds the ripe ones and delicately plucks them
off! I just hope she doesn't find out about the cherries that I got
for the first time this year! They're much lower to the ground than
the plums, since the tree is only 4 years old and 4 feet tall. I
discovered one thing she doesn't like, though and that's rhubarb.

One word of caution, though. Grapes and raisins (and just a few!) can
be toxic to dogs! I just found out about this recently. Here's a
link to Snopes about it:
http://www.snopes.com/critters/crusader/raisins.asp

Joan


A dog with good taste. I don't like rhubarb either.

Lucille

Joan E. wrote:

the plums, since the tree is only 4 years old and 4 feet tall. I
discovered one thing she doesn't like, though and that's rhubarb.

Good thing, because the leaves are poisonous.

--
Every job is a self-portrait of the person who does it. Autograph your
work with excellence.

On 7/2/07 5:00 PM, in article ,
"Lucille" lzoltynospam@now at comcast..net wrote:


"Joan E." wrote in message
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Kathleen wrote:
And my border collies love the smell of oranges being peeled,

My dog, Jasmine, also loves fruit. Well, that and any other thing she
can get in her mouth! LOL! She jumps up and picks plums off our
tree. A couple years ago I heard her barking in the back yard. She
was sitting under our plum tree barking because she could see a plum
*just* out of her reach above the fork of the tree. I can't imagine
what she'll be like this year...our plum tree is *loaded* with plums!
She also picks raspberries from my bushes, and not the green ones,
either. Oh, no, she finds the ripe ones and delicately plucks them
off! I just hope she doesn't find out about the cherries that I got
for the first time this year! They're much lower to the ground than
the plums, since the tree is only 4 years old and 4 feet tall. I
discovered one thing she doesn't like, though and that's rhubarb.

One word of caution, though. Grapes and raisins (and just a few!) can
be toxic to dogs! I just found out about this recently. Here's a
link to Snopes about it:
http://www.snopes.com/critters/crusader/raisins.asp

Joan


A dog with good taste. I don't like rhubarb either.

Lucille



You can send your rhubarb to me. Wonder if any of the local farmers markets
still have some?
C

Cheryl Isaak wrote:
You can send your rhubarb to me. Wonder if any of the local farmers markets
still have some?

Rhubarb grows like a weed on Orkney, it's almost impossible to get rid
of it once it starts growing in your garden. Unfortunately, although I
like rhubarb this stuff is VERY bitter and needs pounds of sugar to make
it palatable
--
Bruce Fletcher
Stronsay, Orkney
www.stronsay.co.uk/claremont
(Remove teeth to reply)

Cheryl Isaak wrote:

You can send your rhubarb to me. Wonder if any of the local farmers markets
still have some?
C

I hear from my neighbor that the rhubarb is not doing at all well this
year. It's been too dry.

Sue



--
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Susan Hartman/Dirty Linen
The Magazine of Folk and World Music
http://www.dirtylinen.com

On 7/3/07 9:27 AM, in article , "Susan
Hartman" wrote:

Cheryl Isaak wrote:

You can send your rhubarb to me. Wonder if any of the local farmers markets
still have some?
C

I hear from my neighbor that the rhubarb is not doing at all well this
year. It's been too dry.

Sue


I don't see it as much these days, love the stuff, the only one that eats
it.
C

Cheryl Isaak wrote:
On 7/3/07 9:27 AM, in article , "Susan
Hartman" wrote:

Cheryl Isaak wrote:

You can send your rhubarb to me. Wonder if any of the local farmers markets
still have some?
C
I hear from my neighbor that the rhubarb is not doing at all well this
year. It's been too dry.

Sue


I don't see it as much these days, love the stuff, the only one that eats
it.
C


My mom used to grow it in our yard, and would make Norwegian fruit soup
with it in the summer. Yum! (My family calls it "snot soup" for the way
it looked on the few times I've made it. If you can get past the looks
to eat it, it's a treat. But my kids won't go there.)

Sue

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Susan Hartman/Dirty Linen
The Magazine of Folk and World Music
http://www.dirtylinen.com