[Magdalen] weather/temps...

[Lynn Ronkainen]

I'm not sure it froze last night, I forgot to check the birdbath for ice, my 
default alert!  Anyway, all my annuals were sheeted... it will probably warm 
again and they may live for a few more months. We went for 12 years straight 
here w/out a hard freeze... until 2009 when it  happened in early October, 
which was very unusual and included snow flurries!... some annuals were many 
feet off the ground, most died in the freeze but the hardier ones came back, 
having had such a long time to build a root system, and without as much 
protracted cold here in the winter, the ground, deep down, is warm enough to 
keep the roots alive.

It's a bit chilly inside though as I'm being very conservative about energy 
savings... With our famous unregulated energy here in the big TX, we have 
what seems like zillions of companies competing for our business, but they 
all have loopholes and one has to enter into 1 or 2 year contracts to hold 
prices per KWH from month to month.  I just changed again this month, having 
had a month-to-month for the last 8 months which about killed me during our 
very hot summer.  Winter is usually the time to save on heating here based 
on my 27 year tenure in Houston, but the last 5 years have had enough very 
cold stretches that usage for heat has increased dramatically.  Previously 
the whole winter could go by with no use of the heat, and probable use of AC 
some of the time. That weather-phase seems to have passed : (  I will wait 
with bated breath for my first bill with the new contract....

Lynn

website: www.ichthysdesigns.com

When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not a 
single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me." 
attributed to Erma Bombeck

Thomas Merton writes, "People may spend their whole lives climbing the 
ladder of success only to find, once they reach the top, that the ladder is 
leaning against the wrong wall."

"What you seek is seeking you." - Rumi

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From: "Susan Hagen" <susanvhagen at gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, November 14, 2014 10:54 AM
To: "magdalen" <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] weather/temps...

> We had freezing rain last night and a tiny snow flurry this morning.
> All the annuals are dead.  I'm busy mulching.
>
> Susan
>
> On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 10:52 PM, Lynn Ronkainen <ichthys89 at comcast.net> 
> wrote:
>> headed down past 30 tonight here in Houston.... for November THAT'S 
>> COLD!!
>>
>> I spend the better part of an hour covering bedding plants (because this
>> won't last and they will, if covered) and hauling in some of my
>> summer-grown-huge tropicals - schefflera and an 8' tall cut leaf
>> philodendron in a pot (which I cut into pieces to root).
>>
>> Furnace on and it's set at 62.... yep, it is cold.
>>
>> Lynn
>>
>> website: www.ichthysdesigns.com
>>
>> When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have 
>> not a
>> single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me."
>> attributed to Erma Bombeck
>>
>> Thomas Merton writes, "People may spend their whole lives climbing the
>> ladder of success only to find, once they reach the top, that the ladder 
>> is
>> leaning against the wrong wall."
>>
>> "What you seek is seeking you." - Rumi
>
>
>
> -- 
> Before enlightenment pay bills, do laundry.  After enlightenment pay
> bills, do laundry.