Spirited and Lively Older Women Thread

Oh Barb, it looked wonderful.  Ok, I am going to post a few pics that I took today...they are titled How many OakLeaf hydrangea will fit into a Mini?  The last pic is of my volunteer hollyhocks

Barbara - Have you considered deep-sea diving?  Or scuba diving? 

Evening buds. My week of hell in our North Jersey office is over! I was supposed to be there for a few hours on Monday. They just moved and I was to be the good will ambassador making sure all computer equipment related things ran smoothly. Turns out I went up on Sunday to help with other things, and stayed till late in the day Thursday solving/troubleshooting some problems! Had to go to local Marshall's and buy more clothes!  Upside is that home feels so good after a trip like that   And now I leave tomorrow for a 4 day conference in DC with two other coworkers! Truly will be a lot of classroom learning, but we'll manage to have fun at night! The literature says DC but it's really just outside in Maryland on the Potamac at a gorgeous hotel. We've gone 9 out of the last 11 yrs...always a different locale...so we know a lot of the "regulars" too out of the 2,500 or so that attend. So I won't have access to a computer where I can check this site .. bummer

So....good to "see" you all - loved all the pics.  Barb, if you want me to try and find the pictures from our trans-Atlantic sailing expedition, just let me know   I don't think the gypsies stole that bag!

Nice Barbara

Marybe -Yummy, I'll have some of that, smells so good when it is still warm.

Barb - I am looking for my pics from the scuba diving adventure, but I think the gypsies took that stack all I find are grandchildren at the pool! 

Marybe....  Rust....fungicide every 2 weeks.

I have been plagued with it on and off over the years. I end up pulling out plants, and growing fresh each spring, to flower following year...then ditching those after 1 season. It's a devil to shift.

I THINK its some sort of spores in the soil that are splashed up on to the plant when it rains.....but that's just from my shaky memory !! 

Isabella.

I'm thinking we should rent a private rail car and travel around the continent.

We just got back from our Mt. Shasta/Black Butte Dinner Train tour, and we ended up in one of the cars that is privately owned, and in this case, leased to the organization that put on the tour.  The owner & some friends had taken the car up from SoCal, and they had room for eight of us for dinner out of the two-three hundred aboard the train.  We had thought we were getting the Dome car, and got "bumped" -- It was fortuitous because unfortunately it was pretty overcast and Shasta wasn't as prominent as it "should" have been.  Our 14 companions were very interesting and more than made up for the weather and this was definitely better than the dome car.  The ride, and the formal dinner were just great, and the sky cleared enough to get a good sunset.  Some sensor on the tracks went out, and we got "delayed" at the wye turnaround for an hour, which was just fine with me.   The owner was an interesting man...self-made.

I definitely want a private rail car -- a very civilized way to travel indeed.  Until I get one (when donkeys fly & winning lottery tickets rain from the sky), we should just lease one for the summer...

good to "see" you all!!my current health report LOL  is on the older and wiser thread.. suffice to say we're still testing, looking for the nasties.. but im home...

   went to a flea mkt.(indoors and air cond) today, bought some lovely jackets, will post pix soon.. i wear a uniform most days, love 3 pc suits in the most comfortable material in the world... the name is Jospar... now, they're WAY out of our budget; $60.00 per pc... but, i found a lady who sells them 20 per pc to me, and is dicounting any other, more exp ones same type by 10.00 more. so it comes out to buy two; get one free.. so, i broke the bank today; planning on the trip to shell knob!!!

   im still wearng black for my sister, and will for awhile, im old fashioned like that.. but most of everything i own has a jacket that has black in it, so im good. it was like christmas for me...

   then, i was trying to clean up my phone tonight, and i sent an old text message to the oldest Jay about meeting for dinner. so, he called me, and said tonight would be great.. so the gkids, and all went for italian. in between all that, i visited middle j in rehab... put a weeks worth in in a day. 2morrow, blood draws, and rest for the next 2 days..

    and, i gotta find a fragrant rose to put in memorium in my garden for my sister.. theyre all out at home depot this year.. Florabundas' quite spectacular, so ones in order... and so it goes...  3jays

Barb - PM to you.

{{{{3jays}}}} so good to hear you're not in the hospital, got some new clothes (what a discount!), and got to go out for dinner with your son and gkids! 

I like the idea of a private railway car too, LC, and I really think we could "make do" in one like AmyJo posted!  

joycek, Savannah is one of my most favorite "old" cities.  DH and I've been there a lot and always have a good time--the tours and the riverfront shops are so much fun, not to mention the antique stores.

Beautiful day here today--temp hit 90, but so much less humid, for some reason.  Very nice.

I'm glad you're feeling well enough to do some gardening, Marybe.  I don't know anything about whtever disease has taken over your hollyhocks; haven't had any experience with them myself.

Right now, I'm obsessed (DH says I am, at least) with some running bamboo our neighbor has planted which has encroached on our land.  The reading I've done about it is very discouraging, saying how hard it is to control, much less kill.  These neighbors are decent people (been there about 20 years) but have nothing to do with others in the neighborhood.  The wife calls us occasionally offering to share produce from their garden.  DH (Mr. Don;t Make Waves) doesn't want me to say anything to them, but DH is 65 now and I don't know how much longer we can combat the bamboo.  We know they planted it for privacy, but it cerrtainly causes us much more work to keep it at bay.

Oh well, end of rant.  Maybe I really am obsessed about it!

Kathy

Thanks for the support, AmyJo!  Unfortunately we don't have a neighborhood association to consult, never have had one.  The neighborhood does have restrictions placed by the developer (such as outbuildings must "match" the houses, no above-ground pools, that type of thing, but nothing like an invasive plant is mentioned.  I read recently on one of the "eradicating bamboo" sites that it had even been known to travel under a swimming pool and emerge on the other side!  I absolutely must talk to these neighbors.

Might be easier to deal with if they'd planted kudzu!  I actually saw a news story tonight about a couple who rented goats (yes, goats) to eat kudzu growing in their back yard.  Alas, one cannot rent pandas to eat the bamboo!

Kathy

Kathy, I use glyphosphate weed killer on anything like this.

I use it on the farm as well. It's pretty good stuff, but DON'T put it on anything else but the plant you intend to eradicate, its potent stuff ! It SHOULD go down and along the underground roots, killing all in its path. I have to admit I have never tried it on bamboo, but its very good on anything that has underground roots. Best used when plants are about 6"- 9"so I would chop the bamboo that's in your garden down to this level, give it a week or so to recover..then.. BANG ...kill it.

Off to have another try at the dentists in half an hour, just getting up my courage...can't have a stiff drink, I'm driving ! My Dr has given me some vallium for the extractions I have to have, plus 3 for a 'dummy run' to see how they work on me !! I feel like running away !!

Isabella.