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Posted by Ursula Schrader on April 8, 2009, 5:02 pm
http://www.amazon.de/Nineteenth-Century-Fashion-Detail-Johnston/dp/1851775722/ref=pd_bxgy_eb_img_b
I just had to, since we didn't make it to the V&A when Kate had me invited.
;-) Also, the paper and the other notions arrived. I got me a - don't know
what it's called, look here, please, and let me know the name of it:
http://www.kurzwaren-naehkasten.de/prym-fadenschere-einfach-p-2290.html
Just what I always had wanted at my sewing machine. Please note the safety
cap to close the thing with. And I've been to the garden center and got a
pot for my new clematis (look at it, isn't it nice?
http://www.manufactum.de/Produkt/0/754074/SibirischeAlpenwaldrebeAlbinaPlena.html?suchbegriff=sibirische+alpenwaldrebe
)
but that's an entirely different story. ;-) It's been a very good day today.
Just wanted to share with you. ;-))
U.
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Posted by Sharon Hays on April 8, 2009, 5:18 pm
Ursula Schrader wrote:
http://www.amazon.de/Nineteenth-Century-Fashion-Detail-Johnston/dp/1851775722/ref=pd_bxgy_eb_img_b
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> I just had to, since we didn't make it to the V&A when Kate had me
> invited. ;-) Also, the paper and the other notions arrived. I got me a -
> don't know what it's called, look here, please, and let me know the name
> of it:
> http://www.kurzwaren-naehkasten.de/prym-fadenschere-einfach-p-2290.html
>
They are thread nippers. Great little things to have around. Just clip the
threads right off! ;)
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> Just what I always had wanted at my sewing machine. Please note the safety
> cap to close the thing with. And I've been to the garden center and got a
> pot for my new clematis (look at it, isn't it nice?
http://www.manufactum.de/Produkt/0/754074/SibirischeAlpenwaldrebeAlbinaPlena.html?suchbegriff=sibirische+alpenwaldrebe
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> ) but that's an entirely different story. ;-) It's been a very good day
> today. Just wanted to share with you. ;-))
>
> U.
I love clematis. Such a pretty plant. I had Molly Nestor strain (like this
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ajp007/541346991/ )at the old house.
Unfortunately, he who shall not be named, thought it was choke weed
climbing the fence (it hadn't bloomed yet) so he sprayed it with roundup
and killed it. :( And no, I don't let him forget that....ever. heh heh
Glad you had such a marvelous day!!!
Sharon
--
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It's a waste of time and just annoys the
pig.
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Posted by Larry Green on April 9, 2009, 12:43 am
Sharon Hays wrote:
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> Ursula Schrader wrote:
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> And I've been to the garden center and got a
>> pot for my new clematis (look at it, isn't it nice?
>
http://www.manufactum.de/Produkt/0/754074/SibirischeAlpenwaldrebeAlbinaPlena.html?suchbegriff=sibirische+alpenwaldrebe
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>> ) but that's an entirely different story. ;-) It's been a very good day
>> today. Just wanted to share with you. ;-))
>> U.
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> I love clematis. Such a pretty plant. I had Molly Nestor strain (like this
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/ajp007/541346991/ )at the old house.
> Unfortunately, he who shall not be named, thought it was choke weed
> climbing the fence (it hadn't bloomed yet) so he sprayed it with roundup
> and killed it. :( And no, I don't let him forget that....ever. heh heh
>
Clematis are nice to look at but can cause massive damage to brickwork if they
are planted too close to a house.
Many years ago when I still lived in the UK I had friends who had just moved
into a 'new to them' house with a huge clematis right by the front door. They
invited my then wife and I over for a weekend to help them redo the kitchen and
do some general maintenance about the place. One of the tasks was to 'prune' the
clematis but once we started on it we realised it was going to be a weekend job
on it's own! This thing had sunk it's 'suckers' into every nook and cranny in
the brickwork and had actually caused the bricks to crack in places as water had
been able to enter then the freeze-thaw cycle of winter had just made the cracks
wider. It had also got into the loft space and re-appeared part way up the roof
poking out from between the roof tiles! It was a mess and to top it all off it
was home to literally hundreds of the biggest spiders I have ever seen in my
life, the were HUGE!
In the end we just hacked it down and dug up the root ball and then set about
repairing the damage it had caused. :-(
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Larry Green
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Posted by Ursula Schrader on April 9, 2009, 1:27 am
"Larry Green" wrote...
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> Clematis are nice to look at but can cause massive damage to brickwork if
> they are planted too close to a house.
> on it's own! This thing had sunk it's 'suckers' into every nook and cranny
> in the brickwork and had actually caused the bricks to crack in places as
> water had been able to enter then the freeze-thaw cycle of winter had just
> made the cracks wider. It had also got into the loft space and re-appeared
> part way up the roof poking out from between the roof tiles! It was a mess
> and to top it all off it was home to literally hundreds of the biggest
> spiders I have ever seen in my life, the were HUGE!
Oh, I'm pretty sure that you must have had to struggle with some other
plant, perhaps ivy, because what makes clematis so nice is that they don't
have 'suckers' but just twist the stems of their leafs around whatever is
there. That is, unless you've met a killer clematis from outer space or
'Monsanto'tm.
U.
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Posted by enigma on April 9, 2009, 9:35 am
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> Clematis are nice to look at but can cause massive damage to
> brickwork if they are planted too close to a house.
wasn't a clematis then. they don't have sucker anchors or rootlets.
they just hold onto a support by curling their leaves around.
perhaps you are thinking of ivy (no flowers though) or trumpet vine
(rootlets that do get into brick & woodwork causing lots of damage).
from the description of getting into the attic, i'd pretty much bet
it was trumpet vine, or possibly wisteria.
lee
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> I just had to, since we didn't make it to the V&A when Kate had me
> invited. ;-) Also, the paper and the other notions arrived. I got me a -
> don't know what it's called, look here, please, and let me know the name
> of it:
> http://www.kurzwaren-naehkasten.de/prym-fadenschere-einfach-p-2290.html
>