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  • SoCalLisa
    SoCalLisa Member Posts: 13,961
    edited July 2011

    No, but I wish it were..
    one more

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  • BarbaraA
    BarbaraA Member Posts: 7,378
    edited July 2011

    Why not plunk a couple of rose bushes in your beautiful back yard? They really don't take much care.

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  • 3jaysmom
    3jaysmom Member Posts: 4,266
    edited July 2011

    you're right, Barbe; i have to be careful to not OVER water here, but they do wonderful otherwise..and so.cal is about the same as us, right Lisa///     3jays

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  • BarbaraA
    BarbaraA Member Posts: 7,378
    edited July 2011

    My only problem with them was black spot which is easily solved. They don't need much water either. The black spot is because it rains every day in summer.

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  • SoCalLisa
    SoCalLisa Member Posts: 13,961
    edited July 2011

    They are easy to grow, but a pain to take care of for me..much more fun to see everyone else's.

    my next door neighor's I can see when I get the mail..

    we have the opposite problem here as we get no rain spring to fall...

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  • Elisimo
    Elisimo Member Posts: 1,601
    edited July 2011

    My roses don't fair too well in the summer with no rain and all the heat we have been having.  I do have two that as long as I keep the dead blooms pruned off they keep blooming like crazy no matter what the weather is doing. 

    Lisa - I love this pink/peach/orange one.  Do you know what it is called? 

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  • SoCalLisa
    SoCalLisa Member Posts: 13,961
    edited July 2011

    AJ. no and my neighbor never knows what she has either...they are as useless as I am with the names of flowers..

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  • SoCalLisa
    SoCalLisa Member Posts: 13,961
    edited July 2011

    This was a lavender field I visited..hard to see them though

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  • BarbaraA
    BarbaraA Member Posts: 7,378
    edited July 2011

    Oh Lisa, how pretty and it must have smelled divine!

    Hump day for me. Ugh. I wish I could retire. Have to have insurance. DH and I have enough $ to do it but not if I have to pay 1500/month for insurance. Ugh.

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  • Elisimo
    Elisimo Member Posts: 1,601
    edited July 2011

    Lisa - the lavender field is divine, I can almost smell it from just looking at the picture.

    Barb - I know what you mean about the insurance.  Mine ends in August and not sure what I will do next.  I have 12 more months before Medicare takes over.  Guess I will be paying the snake (Cobra) until then. 

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  • 3jaysmom
    3jaysmom Member Posts: 4,266
    edited July 2011

    oh, amy  jo; sorry.. i know cobra is so expensive!!! i LOVE lavendar.. can never it to grow here, though.. they say its' too hot.. but, in So Cal, its' the same.. i wonder what the difference is? its' my favorite scent ever...ummmm   3jays

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  • Dilly
    Dilly Member Posts: 655
    edited July 2011

    Love the flowers Lisa - I can grow lavender at our 3000' elevation, but deer love the roses - roses are almost like deer bait. 3jays it might be too humid in FL to grow lavender - Like Lisa said, generally, CA gets no rain from spring to fall - a kind of mediterranean climate.

    BarbA My sympathies for having to work just for the insurance - we're still there too. This is my first month on Medicare, and we'll see what difference that makes in our finances, but DH still has a couple years to go. edited to say Amyjo, YIKES!

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  • PlantLover
    PlantLover Member Posts: 622
    edited July 2011
    Lisa - Beautiful picture!  Is that arbor made with lilacs?  If so, I have NEVER seen that done before - very cool!

    3jays - Lavender can handle the heat; it's actually native to the Mediterranean & Africa.  I'd bet it's the humidity that's causing you problems in FL.
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  • SoCalLisa
    SoCalLisa Member Posts: 13,961
    edited July 2011

    The Lavender fields here are few and far between, but a group of us went to the one above..I love the things they make out of them...

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  • 3jaysmom
    3jaysmom Member Posts: 4,266
    edited July 2011

    yep, must be the humidity; te same thing that causes US to wilt here, eh Barbara? hahaha. guess ill have to settle for my sticks with lavendar oil to smell it....     3jays

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited July 2011

    I am not sure ladies since I still have scans coming up, but CA27/29 is up to 3.173.9 from 2,635 and I think I am in trouble....not good, not good at all.  I told the nurse MAKE SURE HE SEES IT.  I don't even see anyone next week since it is my week off, but I am hoping that changes. 

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  • BarbaraA
    BarbaraA Member Posts: 7,378
    edited July 2011

    Oh, Marybe, I hope, hope hope it is TM's rising caused by tumor flare. PLease know I am praying hard for you every day.

    You, too, 3jays.

    I will get DH to put you both in his prayers. He seems to have a direct line to the man.

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  • PlantLover
    PlantLover Member Posts: 622
    edited July 2011

    Marybe - you'll be in my thoughts!  I also want to tell you how much fun I have reading your posts & your smile in your picture is just wonderful!!

    Lisa - You might have missed my question.  Do you know if the arbor in your picture is made from lilacs?

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  • SoCalLisa
    SoCalLisa Member Posts: 13,961
    edited July 2011

    Plant lover, no lilacs...they do not grow here, it doesn't get cold enough...

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  • marlegal
    marlegal Member Posts: 2,264
    edited July 2011

    BarbaraA, unfortunately your cruise and our trip are at the same time ... the gathering in FL is from Nov 3 to 8 ... if you aren't exhausted from your cruise and can come down for the evening of the 7th I'd love to meet you!

    Marybe, I hope your onc has told you that many, many things can affect that test score. My onc doesn't put much faith in that alone, only when combined with other objective findings. Too many ways it can be skewed. I hope your results are as a result of something like that hon.

    I won't be online tomorrow night...we have a wedding - I'm off tomorrow to prepare for it, that's why I'm on tonight.  I trust you will all find a way to amuse yourselves until I rejoin you on Saturday :)

    Hugs

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  • PlantLover
    PlantLover Member Posts: 622
    edited July 2011

    Thanks Lisa, maybe it's wisteria.  Nonetheless, beautiful!!

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  • BarbaraA
    BarbaraA Member Posts: 7,378
    edited July 2011

    Mary, I am so bummed. We don't get back until the 8th. Yell 

    Marybe, I am praying for GREAT scans!!

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  • SoCalLisa
    SoCalLisa Member Posts: 13,961
    edited July 2011

    I guess I will miss you BarbaraA

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  • BarbaraA
    BarbaraA Member Posts: 7,378
    edited July 2011

    Are you coming? WAHHHH!!

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  • SoCalLisa
    SoCalLisa Member Posts: 13,961
    edited July 2011

    Yes, Barbara...I am...my Mom lives in Winter Park and she really wanted me to visit and

    the dates just fit..so I will be there in Nov....

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  • BarbaraA
    BarbaraA Member Posts: 7,378
    edited July 2011

    When are you going to see your mother? I could come there and we could have lunch.

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  • SoCalLisa
    SoCalLisa Member Posts: 13,961
    edited July 2011

    I get there on Nov 1 and leave on the 8th

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  • BarbaraA
    BarbaraA Member Posts: 7,378
    edited July 2011

    Oh crapola. I am gone the whole time!!!! WAHHHHH! I would love to meet you. I will MAKE a point of San Diego next time I am in LA which should be the first or second week of August. I will drive down and fly back from there. Yes!

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  • SoCalLisa
    SoCalLisa Member Posts: 13,961
    edited July 2011

    that sounds like a plan Barbara..when will you know your plans?

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  • SoCalLisa
    SoCalLisa Member Posts: 13,961
    edited July 2011

    What do you suppose this is??

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