Subj : Re: Stormy To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Sat Sep 14 2019 15:27:04 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 06-Sep-2019 09:27 <=- NB>>> Are you still keeping track of theirs...? :) Ours is staying pretty NB>>> bearable.... some days into the low 80s, but mostly mid to high 70s, NB>>> and lows in the 60s and 50s... lets us cool off the house overnight... NB>>> And the house hasn't been getting over 75 anymore.... Much nicer... :) BM>> Well it's currently 59ø here and 86ø in Vienna. The predicted high BM>> for here is 77ø and 86ø is supposed to be the high in Vienna. NB>> Sounds like they're still getting warmer than normal, then... unless NB>> the 86 is usual for them.... :) BM> Well, 86øF is 30øC, and seems like anything in the high 20's was BM> getting unusually hot. And I don't want it to be in the upper 80's in BM> the house here! Ok, then, that is still sweltering for them... And, agreed, I don't even like the indoor temps to get into the high 70s, for that matter... :) BM>>> Current 'big project' is trimming out the dead in the Burning Bush in BM>>> the back corner. Portions had died last Spring -- more from the cold BM>>> Winter though all the rain in the Spring probably didn't help. Also BM>>> appears there are two shrubs mixed together - hadn't noticed before BM>>> though sort of explains why some portions turned red in the Fall. NB>>> Nothing wrong with that... just pretend you intended it that way, NB>>> for the variety... ;) BM>> Or whoever planted the Burning Bush as it was here when purchased the BM>> house. NB>> Also possible that another bush self-planted within the Burning NB>> Bush... possibly a bird-dropped seed, even.... :) BM> Very possible. We have a bird bath near the Burning Bush and the BM> birds do like to hop in to the safety of the bush, so a random seed BM> planted that way would not be remotely remote! ...Should find out in BM> about a month if what is there is the Burning Bush or something random. BM> I think it is Burning Bush as there's a long branch which I'm BM> reasonbly certain I remember turned orangish-red last year. Is it called Burning Bush for flowers in the spring or for red leaves in the fall....? Or both....? BM>> ...Have been trimming away the dead stuff. Taking a while just because BM>> cutting by hand in short pieces so compact into the lawn bag (kraft bag BM>> for yard waste pickup). Does look a lot better without the dead sticks! NB>> Making the job seem worthwhile.... :) BM> Yes. :) ...Also noticed the Sun is lower in the afternoon: when BM> started the trimming project I was just getting almost-full shade by BM> the time to get ready for Dinner. Lately the latter part of the BM> project I'm shaded (by trees). It is getting to be that time of year, after all... :) NB>> ... He aint dead; he's electroencephalographically challenged BM> Umm, the shrub's not dead, it has become ready-to-use kindling and BM> firewood?! There you go... ttyl neb .... We are an impossibility in an impossible universe. --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .