[Magdalen] More weather

[Jay Weigel]

Very warm in this corner or northern Virginia yesterday, promising to be so
today to too before it rains and cools down somewhat next week. If my
greenhouse lady wasn't a devout Mennonite who closes on Sunday, I'd nip
over for some more plants, but that will have to wait until tomorrow. I got
herbs into their pots on the deck Friday, and they look very happy. My mint
plants overwintered quite well in their pot, and I'll put some flowers in
among them. I've decided to put some lettuce in a pot up there where we can
enjoy it for a couple of months at least--I've learned that romaine, among
others, is "cut and come again" if done that way. Arlene (my greenhouse
lady) also suggested cherry tomatoes in a hanging basket, although she
doesn't have any ready yet. She's amazing...I think she must have been born
with ten green thumbs. Her business is a family operation which employs
(currently) her sister, her mom, and a niece who has Down's syndrome. It's
her operation; her husband does something else. Somehow they have managed
to send six kids through the local private Mennonite school and to college
(some have or are getting advanced degrees) and the last of them, twin
boys, are now halfway through. BTW, these are conservative Mennonites; she
wears the "uniform dress" and a cap. I don't know how conservative the kids
are, but I'm betting they are still Mennonite. Probably modern. Those
values seem to stick.

On Sat, Apr 29, 2017 at 11:34 PM, P. Dan Brittain <pdan.brittain at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Sat, Apr 29, 2017 at 10:05 PM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Tornadoes across N TX already with swath of destruction and major
> > thunderstorms through Houston after midnight with possible hail.
> > Creamy temps here also.
> >
> > ​More thunderstorms through 2 AM here; though it's not as severe as
> earlier.​
>
>
>
>
> >
> > On Apr 29, 2017, at 9:43 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
> > magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > In a message dated 4/29/2017 6:12:43 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> > pdan.brittain at gmail.com writes:
> >
> > We've  had 4-5 " of rain this  afternoon.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >
> > The warm weather continues here in NE Pennsylvania,
> > but it is due to be over next week.  Meanwhile we had a
> > sharp thunderstorm last night with heavy rain.  There's more
> > rain coming via the same weather front that Dan refers to
> > before it cools down.
> >
>
> ​We have more tomorrow too, then a couple of days respite before it begins
> again.​
>
> ​Hoping I can get some more​ of the garden in (and that what's already
> there doesn't drown). There is a bunch of flooding in town, downtown may
> have had some damage and there was a report that the levee on Lake Harrison
> (really a wide spot on crooked creek) might fail which would put a bunch of
> water downtown. The church is about 6 blocks east of where the flooding
> was; I think it's enough higher there should not be a problem.
>
> >
> > Meanwhile, there is a riot of spring flowering with the various
> > Asian magnolias and early little leaf rhododendrons leading the
> > way.  This year we have a striking juxtaposition of a large
> > wild flowering dogwood with a large redbud on one side of
> > the driveway entrance, and a 30'  Asian Lily-flowered magnolia
> > on the other.
> >
>
> ​It's been fairly nice here up to now. Love the colors of spring.
>
>
> --
> P. Dan Brittain
> Harrison, Arkansas
>
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