[Magdalen] Good things that happened this weekend

[Lynn Ronkainen]

I always love your garden reports Susan!
Lynn

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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."

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From: "Susan Hagen" <susanvhagen at gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, October 06, 2014 6:28 PM
To: "magdalen" <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: [Magdalen] Good things that happened this weekend

> The season changed abruptly from summer to fall.  (Yes, I did catch a 
> cold)
>
> I finished moving ground covers from the formerly shady front yard
> under the big trees that are no more to shadier beds around the house.
> The front bed now has clumping and running foamflower and the end bed
> under the blueberries has goldenseal, Solomon's Seal and False
> Solomon's Seal, Virginia Snakeroot and wild ginger.  This summer I
> raised two generations of pipevine swallowtail butterflies on the
> snakeroot.  I watched lady butterflies lay their eggs, saw huge
> (dreadful to this worm phobic) larva methodically defoliate the
> snakeroot, then beautiful butterflies on the wing.
>
> Gathered the last of the pawpaws.  I planted these small trees for
> zebra swallowtails.  They do not seem to have been found (no adults
> sighted, no leaf damage suggesting egg laying and larva).  The fruit
> is weird - big green blobs in clusters.  Inside they are like custard
> and have a very fragrant tropical smell - passionfruit maybe?  I'm not
> crazy about them because they are very sweet.  I can eat them with a
> bit of lime juice.  I have a couple of neighbors who love them so the
> fruit does get wasted.  The squirrels love them too.  The red tailed
> hawk loves the squirrels.
>
> I got to visit with Grace.  We met at an 1830's log church which has
> been moved and restored onto the grounds of a Methodist church in
> Singers Glen, sang Harmonia Sacra (shape note) hymns, then had a good
> dinner.
>
> This evening I saw a beautiful double rainbow!
>
> Susan
>
> -- 
> Before enlightenment pay bills, do laundry.  After enlightenment pay
> bills, do laundry.