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Skriven 2014-11-09 17:05:18 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
  Kommentar till text 19074 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
Ärende: Peppers                                                  [1]
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Hi Ruth,

>>> > A warm hat helps either situation tho.

>>> Yes :)  I have a few somewhere here... have to dig them up before we
>>> get really cold weather.  I _think_ I know where they are haha  I'm

>> > I'll be grabbing one tomorrow when I go to the farmer's market. I
>> know > just where it is.

>> I found them though we're still too warm for them here.

Well, I take that back Lol... it's chilly even at 45F when you're not used to
it :)  Glad I've got them out where I can grab them.

>My favorite
>> is a little cloche hat my daughter knitted for me.  That's something I
>> never bothered to learn.. I can sew and crochet, but never bothered to
>> learn knitting.  She really makes some incredible things.

> My mom used to knit; I tried it (and crocheting) but keep coming back to
> the sewing machine.

My mom never did any of those type things.. she worked as a pediatric nurse
until she retired so it was understandable.  She always cooked a lot though :)
My Grandmother taught me to crochet and she used to send a crocheted
hankerchief with every birthday card - it was so neat getting that birthday
card in the mail every year (g). My grandmother sewed as well, so I was always
curious why my mom never did either... When grandma died, the family decided to
give me her sewing machine, that was nice :)  It was an old treadle singer that
my grandfather had updated to add an electric motor.  Later, after I worked a
few summers I bought my own first singer with a cam system, but I always loved
that old singer of grandma's.. it was so dependable in terms of even stitching.

>> like it > was one of the coldest ones we've ever had, but that was
>> because we were > used to HI weather.

>> Yes, I know what you mean ... when we came back to NY from Louisville,
>> it was similar (though not as extreme as your weather change I'm
>> sure).

> HI temperatures didn't vary that much, at least on Oahu, (more so on
> some of the other islands). If it got below 70, it felt cold. (G) If our
> associate pastor wore a long sleeved shirt, it was cold.

It was something to watch to know how the weather was doing, I'd guess?  I
remember reading somwhere years ago that HI's weather was close to 70F all year
IIRC. I thought it sounded like a perfect place for me <grin>  I don't know if
that's the kind of temp there all year though?

The first year we were in Louisville it seemed so warm compared to NY.. :) I
was in heaven, enjoying the warmth so much.. until it stared affecting the MS
negatively. It's weird, because I can never tell it's happening, but Ron can...
If we were out, we'd head over to the nearest ice cream stand (oh the horror
Lol).  Ice cream and a cold drink helped a lot to cool me off. :)  When I
realized what was going on, I started taking some aspirin before we left our
air-conditioned home to try to keep my internal thermostat from going crazy. It
mostly worked.

>> > We don't have a land line, just our cells.

>> We're just the opposite.. (g)

> It's handy--I had texted a friend about her child's allergies before
> leaving home to grocery shop, she called me while I was in the store.
> Also nice to get pictures of the grandkids. (G)

We use IM and email a lot for pics... The trouble I see is we have various pics
on various devices/programs... Not difficult to move them from one to the
other, but I wouldn't doubt we've lost some over time.  When I had problems
with my old system, one of the first things I did was tranfer all the pics to
the new drive.. but it's not like old fashioned photographs like I found the
other day... (g)

>> It's always nice to see deer though.. well, except on the road I
>> guess.  Ron has got a great eye for them though since he grew up in
>> Sullivan county, so he's never had a problem, thankfully.

> I spot them quite often; I am always looking, especially after dark on
> some of the roads around here.

Yes, know what you mean there... it's the same when we drive towards Ithaca.
Over here by our house it's not a problem pretty much because of the dogs, but
driving to Ithaca can be very different.  There's one section once you get into
town that can be very bad...

>> I can understand that one.  I hope your weather and NY's weather treat
>> you well for your journey.

> Hopefully we won't have to go up over the winter but I suspect we
> probably will, given my folk's health.

That can be rough... hope they do ok.

>> > Got to start my kitchen garden going in a new spot.

>> Yes, it is handy having my little box of herbs... I always miss having
>> fresh spices in the dead of winter, but the freezer helps there.

> It has been nice; this is the first place we've had the variety already
> planted for us. I've used more rosemary in the past 5 years than in all
> the other years combined.

I see in one of Steve's messages that the mortgage application went though,
that's so great, congratulations :)  Hopefully you can move some of your herb
cuttings, if not, there's always seed as you mentioned.

>> Yes, I did that.. it should help whoever buys the house.  I did it
>> because the previous owner of that house didn't leave a note at all
>> and I mostly discovered things here and there over the seasons when we
>> lived there.  Over here in Slaterville Springs, the owner took us on a
>> nature walk essentially :)  He was a horticulturist at Cornell, so he
>> planted some amazingly beautiful flowering plants.  They bloom in
>> sequence all spring and summer.

> Nice to have had the tour; it let you know what's what and where without
> having to do the "discover it for yourself" thing. (G)

Yes, it was really nice.  If I'd been thinking or had the energy this spring I
would have planted some asparagus roots.  It takes two years after you plant
them to get asparagus so this year I hope to be busy getting them in :)

>> >Our thyme didn't make it thru last winter but we didn't
>> > replant, guess we will in the new place. It was one of the herbs
>> that > was here when we moved in so nothing we'd planted.

>> Sounds like your kitchen garden will be really nice :)

> Hopefully so.

:)

Take care,
Janis

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