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Posted by ellice on January 29, 2009, 10:57 am
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> On 1/29/09 8:05 AM, in article C5A713B2.122FB%egirl22@verizon.net, "ellice"
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>>> On Wed, 28 Jan 2009 10:09:52 -0500, Cheryl Isaak
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>>>>> Oddest accident here - one of the highways in MD, Rt 4, traffic stopped
>>>>> due
>>>>> to 18 wheeler skidding out on ice and dumping its load - horse manure.
>>>>> Evidently was coming from Laurel raceway.
>>>>>
>>>>> Ellice
>>>>>
>>>> Snort - I know people that would come help with the clean up for their
>>>> gardens.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Too right, my grandmother had a bucket and shovel in the trunk of the
>>> car. Anytime she saw horse shit in the road, one of us had to get out
>>> and retrieve it, couldn't be wasting that !
>>>
>>> Funnily enough I was going to suggest Ellice shovel it up and give it
>>> to you for your garden !
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>> LOL - I can understand the gardeners, but.. I'll remind you - this is a
>> slightly larger metro area than your little part of the world. And, well,
>> the accident was a good 50 mi from here. North, and east - sort of 1-2
>> o'clock relative to the capital - while we're at about 8:30 or 9. You'd be
>> sending me on a couple of hours drive - or skid - around town and the
>> beltway. Not very friendly. I think this had the highway tied up for a
>> good, long while. Not to mention perfuming the neighborhood.
>>
>> But, if Cheryl really wanted me to send her manure, Loudoun Cty is horse
>> country - it can be had much closer to home.
>>
>> Ellice
>>
> You should keep and treasure all the horse scat you can get - make a heap in
> the back 40 and let it compost to garden gold.
>
> I do the same when possible.
>
> Cheryl
>
LOL - it's a back big postage stamp compared to the old house. And I'm not
hanging at a barn until I lose some weight, and can afford to. But, our
yard is in serious need of help. We were bad gardeners this year, and I'll
be really busy in the spring fixing, feeding, etc. And deciding what to do
with the Cryptomeria which lost part of its top - but now has a big 6' shoot
comeing up. Let's all hope I get a job so we can take care of life and the
yard! I do however, use some gardener's mix with manure, and keep it on
hand (well, in the garage) - so all the stuff we planted has done well - til
now. And Causin It, the Weeping Pussywillow - is actually showing buds -
totally out of synch.
Ellice
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Posted by Susan Hartman on January 28, 2009, 11:01 am
ellice wrote:
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> Even the drives that were shoveled clear - looking out the window across -
> are completely covered in ice.
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> Ellice
>
That's why we didn't shovel yesterday. It felt so - neglectful - but
it's better to have ice on top of snow than snow on top of ice...or ice
on top of pavement.
Last night we had to cancel our "stitchfest" that meets at church, so
one neighbor and I went to another neighbor's house to stitch and chat.
We ended up doing more chatting than stitching, but it was good to get
out! All my evenings out lately have been community meetings, so a "fun"
night out was called for!
sue
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Susan Hartman/Dirty Linen
The Magazine of Folk and World Music
www.dirtylinen.com
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Posted by ellice on January 29, 2009, 10:03 am
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> ellice wrote:
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>> Even the drives that were shoveled clear - looking out the window across -
>> are completely covered in ice.
>
>> Ellice
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>
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> That's why we didn't shovel yesterday. It felt so - neglectful - but
> it's better to have ice on top of snow than snow on top of ice...or ice
> on top of pavement.
I had the same debate before I shovelled. But was afraid that if the ice
got thick, it would be really difficult to remove with the snow. Also, the
TT is quite low, and last winter DH broke part of the bumper by turning up
onto the driveway and hitting an ice-chunk that he thought was just a big
snow lump. Hence, my deciding to go shovel. Also, if the HOA police come
around, we have to have done our walks within a day - so, what the heck.
They did come plow our street yesterday, late. And then some guys came
around with a back-hoe offering to clear drives. Huh? Anyhow, our 4 doors
down neighbors - older Indian couple - took them up. DH was amazed - the
guys pulled their back-hoe up onto the drive, turned the bucket upside down,
and scraped. I'm thinking they'll be recoating the drive in the spring.
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> Last night we had to cancel our "stitchfest" that meets at church, so
> one neighbor and I went to another neighbor's house to stitch and chat.
> We ended up doing more chatting than stitching, but it was good to get
> out! All my evenings out lately have been community meetings, so a "fun"
> night out was called for!
>
> sue
I know how that goes. Our street is kind of OK now, the main roads were all
plowed clear and seem good. But, our drive is a rink. DH went to work, and
called me from the good road to let me know that he almost landed the TT in
the yard. Said he skidded/slid like crazy getting down the drive -though
supposedly only went a little onto the grass. Wanted me to know that once
I'm off our street it would be fine - but thought it would be a good idea to
stay home til some more ice has melted. So, no stitch group for me this
morning. Also - I need to be really stitching, and the Amethyst Dreams is
big to take to crowded stitch-in at the shop, plus, we chat so much, well...
So, another morning of laundry and stitching.
Ellice
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Posted by Donna on January 29, 2009, 3:53 pm
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> I know how that goes. =A0Our street is kind of OK now, the main roads wer=
e all
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> plowed clear and seem good. =A0But, our drive is a rink. =A0DH went to wo=
rk, and
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> called me from the good road to let me know that he almost landed the TT =
in
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> the yard. =A0Said he skidded/slid like crazy getting down the drive -thou=
gh
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> supposedly only went a little onto the grass. =A0Wanted me to know that o=
nce
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> I'm off our street it would be fine - but thought it would be a good idea=
to
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> stay home til some more ice has melted. =A0So, no stitch group for me thi=
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> morning. =A0Also - I need to be really stitching, and the Amethyst Dreams=
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> big to take to crowded stitch-in at the shop, plus, we chat so much, well=
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> So, another morning of laundry and stitching.
> Ellice
Good call not bringing in Amethyst Dreams. We were pretty full this
morning with 10 of us showing up. Dawn says she's got hers out is
working on it again. And I think she's pretty much in the strip the
Silk Lame Braid camp.
Donna in Virginia
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Posted by ellice on January 29, 2009, 4:35 pm
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>> I know how that goes. Our street is kind of OK now, the main roads were all
>> plowed clear and seem good. But, our drive is a rink. DH went to work, and
>> called me from the good road to let me know that he almost landed the TT in
>> the yard. Said he skidded/slid like crazy getting down the drive -though
>> supposedly only went a little onto the grass. Wanted me to know that once
>> I'm off our street it would be fine - but thought it would be a good idea to
>> stay home til some more ice has melted. So, no stitch group for me this
>> morning. Also - I need to be really stitching, and the Amethyst Dreams is
>> big to take to crowded stitch-in at the shop, plus, we chat so much, well...
>
>>
>> So, another morning of laundry and stitching.
>>
>> Ellice
>
> Good call not bringing in Amethyst Dreams. We were pretty full this
> morning with 10 of us showing up. Dawn says she's got hers out is
> working on it again. And I think she's pretty much in the strip the
> Silk Lame Braid camp.
>
> Donna in Virginia
>
I thought it likely. There's no way I'd bring a large project to stitch in
with that space....
I'll send a note to Dawn about the silk lame stripping. I left it full in
the upper Right vertical stripes and lower left zig-zag. But, stripped it
to actually 1 silk, 1 metallic for the upper left diamonds and lower right
squares. But, now in the fans I have it at 1/2 thickness - which is 2
silks, 2 metallics - and looks ok. I'm afraid that full thickness will pull
too much attention - but not convinced yet. DH approved of the look. And
my having done the million (well, more like 30) French knots in the Cresta
d'Oro. I was pleased, only had to redo 2 of them.
Ellice
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>>> On Wed, 28 Jan 2009 10:09:52 -0500, Cheryl Isaak
>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Oddest accident here - one of the highways in MD, Rt 4, traffic stopped
>>>>> due
>>>>> to 18 wheeler skidding out on ice and dumping its load - horse manure.
>>>>> Evidently was coming from Laurel raceway.
>>>>>
>>>>> Ellice
>>>>>
>>>> Snort - I know people that would come help with the clean up for their
>>>> gardens.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Too right, my grandmother had a bucket and shovel in the trunk of the
>>> car. Anytime she saw horse shit in the road, one of us had to get out
>>> and retrieve it, couldn't be wasting that !
>>>
>>> Funnily enough I was going to suggest Ellice shovel it up and give it
>>> to you for your garden !
>>
>> LOL - I can understand the gardeners, but.. I'll remind you - this is a
>> slightly larger metro area than your little part of the world. And, well,
>> the accident was a good 50 mi from here. North, and east - sort of 1-2
>> o'clock relative to the capital - while we're at about 8:30 or 9. You'd be
>> sending me on a couple of hours drive - or skid - around town and the
>> beltway. Not very friendly. I think this had the highway tied up for a
>> good, long while. Not to mention perfuming the neighborhood.
>>
>> But, if Cheryl really wanted me to send her manure, Loudoun Cty is horse
>> country - it can be had much closer to home.
>>
>> Ellice
>>
> You should keep and treasure all the horse scat you can get - make a heap in
> the back 40 and let it compost to garden gold.
>
> I do the same when possible.
>
> Cheryl
>