I have been told (repeatedly, even!) that this is a bad plan. Doesn't stop me from doing it.
Doesn't stop you from pestering me to go to the doctor either. Hrmph.
Some people juggle geese!
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Cass - Nov 03, 2011 2:50:41 pm PDT #2133 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Hil R. - Nov 03, 2011 2:53:44 pm PDT #2134 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Meara, that sounds to me like something that you should have a doctor look at. Could be bronchitis.
I'm really craving Ethiopian food. I should not start cooking anything that complicated this weekend -- this weekend, I need to rest.
Atropa - Nov 03, 2011 3:01:01 pm PDT #2135 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Doesn't stop you from pestering me to go to the doctor either. Hrmph.
Oh, I think it's a GREAT idea for people other than me. I just always assume I'm just being whiny, and that I'm not really as ill as I feel.
(Why yes, Pete was the one who dragged me to the doctor last year for the various tests that gave me my diagnosis. Left to my own devices, I probably wouldn't have gone, and I'd be even more unwell now.)
Cass - Nov 03, 2011 3:06:46 pm PDT #2136 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
I just always assume I'm just being whiny, and that I'm not really as ill as I feel.
Yeah, me too. It's why I check in with people more sane and reasonable than myself when I'm sick.
Ginger - Nov 03, 2011 3:13:50 pm PDT #2137 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I'm always torn between not adding to the overuse of antibiotics and the knowledge that 90 percent of the time, my colds turn into horrible mutant infections with racking coughs.
-t - Nov 03, 2011 3:30:33 pm PDT #2138 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Can you (by which I really mean your mom) take cuttings of the roses, sj? Many varieties can be started from a stem.
sj - Nov 03, 2011 3:33:20 pm PDT #2139 of 30001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Thanks, -t. I'm not sure either of us would know how to do that, but I'll do some research.
hippocampus - Nov 03, 2011 3:39:14 pm PDT #2140 of 30001
not your mom's socks.
Beverly - Nov 03, 2011 3:48:52 pm PDT #2141 of 30001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
That's a wonderful link, Sox!
sj, people ship cuttings worldwide. The Rose Rustlers are dedicated to taking cuttings from abandoned sites, mostly near where houses were on ranches and farms before the land was sold off for other purposes. They try to go in ahead of the bulldozers to take cuttings of any roses they find. There have been some old species recovered this way that greenhouses hadn't stocked for decades.
So I'd send your mom over with shears and a roll of paper towels, a bottle of water and a box of plastic bags and twist ties, and have her take cuttings of every rose she can find. Most of them should root--and then eventually you'll have your very own rose garden. Once the plants are well-established, you can take more cuttings from them and have a garden of your own. Lots of roses grow just fine trellised in a big pot.
Stephanie - Nov 03, 2011 4:30:23 pm PDT #2142 of 30001
Trust my rage
sj, when my parents moved, my mom took many iris cuttings with her. It has been really neat to watch them grow at the new house.