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Jun 29, 2020 05:59PM
Your welcome! Let me know when you come to a decision!
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Allyson wrote: "Your welcome! Let me know when you come to a decision!"Hi Allyson, I was just getting ready to update you! 😊 It sounds like a lot of fun, but I have some doubts about how much I would have time to participate. Also, the last couple of days I've been noticing that my thoughts were flowing more freely and today I actually felt like some things were starting to take form (although I have yet to write anything down!😏). I asked myself what was different, and realized that I'd been spending a little less time online and more time outdoors! So I don't know, maybe more quiet time in the woods is what I really need.
Meg, how is your dad doing?
Emma wrote: "Meg, how is your dad doing?"He's been feeling quite a bit better though still coughing a lot and hoarse (sometimes he sounds like he could sing soprano!😂). No shortness of breath, thanks be to God! He did finally talk to his Dr. today and is supposed to go get tested tomorrow. We are really hoping it comes back negative, although I admit my hopes are pretty slim.
Meg wrote: "Allyson wrote: "Your welcome! Let me know when you come to a decision!"Hi Allyson, I was just getting ready to update you! 😊 It sounds like a lot of fun, but I have some doubts about how much I w..."
Hi Meg,
No shortness is a good sign.
We hope and pray that everything goes. ❤
Meg, you can be on there as least or as often as you want, it's your choice. But when you are on its super fun!! That's great that the words are coming better! If you don't want to that's fine, but if you want to that would be great!😄😉😆 Just let me know.
Allyson wrote: "Meg, you can be on there as least or as often as you want, it's your choice. But when you are on its super fun!! That's great that the words are coming better! If you don't want to that's fine, but..."Oh Allyson, I'm so sorry...I hope it didn't seem like I was ignoring you!! I saw this earlier when I didn't have a chance to reply, and then it got lost amid other things. I'd love to join but to be honest I'm already feeling slightly overwhelmed so I think I'll have to decline your gracious invitation. I do really appreciate it though! 😊
Thank you all for the prayers...they are much appreciated. ❤ We should know sometime tomorrow.
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Meg whatever the tests say just remember we're all here for you and your family. We'll all pitch in for you.
Not at all, Meg! Honestly, I don't get on here very often so I didn't even notice it took you a little longer! Okay, that's fine!😁 Happy writing!!
Doreen wrote: "Meg wrote: "Thank you all for the prayers...they are much appreciated. ❤ We should know sometime tomorrow."Meg whatever the tests say just remember we're all here for you and your family. We'll a..."
Doreen,
Have you ever been to Concord?
So we got the results this afternoon...NEGATIVE!! Thanks be to God! And thank you all again for your prayers and support. ❤ He's doing a lot better too. We even got a pizza this evening!
Meg wrote: "So we got the results this afternoon...NEGATIVE!! Thanks be to God! And thank you all again for your prayers and support. ❤ He's doing a lot better too. We even got a pizza this evening!"🎉🎉🎉!!!Hurrah!!!.🎉🎉🎉
🎈This excellent news!!🎈
At last, a deep sigh of relief.😌
I thought I would share another one of my hobbies. 😊 A couple of years I learned about the wonderful world of Japanese morning glories...life has not been the same since! 😄 There are countless varieties and mutations with amazing colors and markings. I grow them mostly in containers because of our short growing season, but the Japanese also do it this way.Right now I've got 4 or 5 different varieties growing, 2 of which are already starting to bloom. This one is 'Chocolate Rose Silk'...
This one is a bit of a mystery. I made the mistake of not labelling when I transplanted these, so I don't know what variety they're supposed to be. A couple of people have told me it looks like 'Fuje Musume', but I don't even have seeds for that variety! Varieties can also be a little unstable, so growing MGs is full of surprises!
And here are a few that I grew last fall/early winter (I started them in July and August and brought them indoors when it started to turn cold). These are called 'Star of India'. As you can see, there is a lot of variation!
The same flower later the same day...
And this one is 'Akatsuki no Tsuyu', or 'Blue Silk'. It looks quite a bit different than it's supposed to though. I suspect it was due to the colder temperatures (this bloomed in late November and it was chilly even indoors!)…
Some varieties also have pretty variegated leaves!
Absolutely beautiful Meg!! My favorite are the mysterious ones. ;D
You sure have a talent for taking beautiful pictures!!
Thanks Emma! 😊 The mystery flower is my favorite right now too, although I have a few yet to bloom that I have even higher hopes for!
Meg wrote: "I thought I would share another one of my hobbies. 😊 A couple of years I learned about the wonderful world of Japanese morning glories...life has not been the same since! 😄 There are countless vari..."You have done your green thumb proud.
This is the first variegated Morning Glory I have seen.
These are lovely Meg.
Ruth wrote: "The closest I'll get to the Sahara.https://abc13.com/weather/godzilla-du..."
Wow Ruth, I am speechless!! If I were you I'd save some of that dust as a souvenir! 😄
Oh wow, the dust storm hit us too Ruth, but it didn't look as bad as it does in Texas!
Hannah wrote: "Oh wow, the dust storm hit us too Ruth, but it didn't look as bad as it does in Texas!"It looks like something out of The Mummy movie.
And the most exciting thing we get is smoke from forest fires in Quebec! But if we don't get a good rain soon you all might start getting dust from Maine too. 😂
This makes me sick... "The statue of the poet and abolitionist John Greenleaf Whittier (located in Central Park, in Whittier, California) was vandalized.
In 1833, John Greenleaf Whittier published the antislavery pamphlet “Justice and Expediency.” He was a founding member of the American Anti-Slavery Society and signed the Anti-Slavery Declaration of 1833, which he often considered the most significant action of his life."
Meg wrote: "This makes me sick... "The statue of the poet and abolitionist John Greenleaf Whittier (located in Central Park, in Whittier, California) was vandalized.In 1833, John Greenleaf Whittier published..."
Oh that is so horrible!!! 😡😤
Emma wrote: Oh that is so horrible!!! 😡😤 ""I doubt they knew anything about him.
People are using any excuse to destroy-mob mentality.
Ruth wrote: "People are using any excuse to destroy-mob mentality."
Yep.
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Doreen wrote: "While it's still quiet here I think I'll head into the kitchen and make myself a fresh pot of Lady Londonderry tea:)"Enjoy, Doreen. 🤗 Hope you get a quiet evening for once!
Ruth wrote: "Sometimes you do what you have to in order to reach your goal.
https://pin.it/70F8txM"
Yes, I've considered doing that myself since my sister sings so high that no one else can reach the note without a ladder! 😂
We went to the library today for the first time since March, I think! My sister and I each checked out 5 books...now we have no idea which one to start with! 😂
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Doreen wrote: "Good for you Meg. Hope you and your sister enjoy your books!"Thanks Doreen...I'm sure we will! 🤗
OOOOOO!!! What literary treasures did ya find!!!?!
Hannah wrote: "OOOOOO!!! What literary treasures did ya find!!!?!"I checked out Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather, The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins, The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper, New Englands Legends & Folklore by Samuel Adams Drake and 'Reminiscences of Other Times', by Ruth Keech Whittier, which is a history of one of the first settler families in this part of Maine, and we live on their original homestead!
Any suggestions on which one I should pick up first? 😁
Sounds like you got lots of good reads!! How on earth are you going to finish them all!?! Haha! Death Comes for the Archbishop sounds good! Never heard of it before! Just got the Moonstone, it looks so good, doesn't it? But which one to start first....whooooh, that's a hard decision!!
Hannah wrote: "Sounds like you got lots of good reads!! How on earth are you going to finish them all!?! Haha! Death Comes for the Archbishop sounds good! Never heard of it before! Just got the Moonstone, it look..."Haha, I learned my lesson back in March when I limited myself to 2 books and then the library closed the following week! Hopefully that won't happen again but I'm a little paranoid! It's definitely enough to keep me busy for a while, especially since I have a few other things to do besides reading... 😂
Meg, which family was that?
MaryAnn (EmilyD1037) wrote: "Meg, which family was that?"I'm sorry...I'm not sure what you're asking about, MaryAnn?
Oh, do you mean the family that settled here? Their last name was Whittier...I'm going to have to read more of the book to get the whole story straight though...
Meg, yes that was what I was asking. As a genealogist, when someone says "family" my ears perk up. I am just now getting to know my New England and East coast families.Thanks for posting the Whittier poem. I liked it a lot.
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