Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date:
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimm'd;
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd;
But thy eternal summer shall not fade
Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest;
Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou growes
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this and this gives life to thee.

Have a great day all!
Sarah
xx

Annie B, what's it gonna be????

Sarah, how nice to begin a friday with a lovely poem.
Have a nice day yourself as well .

Hi Sarah.
I had now idea u were so poetic... You're a woman with a lot of talents (and of course still the best profile picture ever)
Have a nice day!

Hi Igor, you can thank my friend William!

OK, I am off for the day now..

Until we chat again, take care..
Sarah
xx

Good morning everyone.

Annie B, already decided on the name of your statue? Lots of suggestions were made in the previous thread.

And are the suitcases ready to go? When are you leaving?

Diana, u took the words right out of my mouth.
So Annie...

Good morning Igor, Diana, Kay, Sarah....only I think it is afternoon for all of you! I've just finished my second cup of coffee and done my web cam check.(Yep! the island is still there) Now I go for my morning walk. I have a picture of one of my kitties to share with you today.


Have a good one!

Hi Sarah and everyone else. I still think it is going to be Juliet. Four more days to go. We leave here next Wednesday morning. I am getting so excited now. I need this break very much. Oh well, back to the packing.

Sarah. Thanks to William. That was a beautiful way to begin the day's thread. Annie B.

Hi, Annie ! Have fun packing!

Cute cat, Margarite!

Good Morning to All!

Hi Margarite & Greta!
U have been very busy this week, haven't u, Margarite?

Annie, I think "Juliet" is a good choice!
Leaving on wednesday? Sounds good 2 me.

ps I think the upload-lock-ups, etc are my own fault: I just need the weekend

Hi, Greta! He is also very,very, sweet.

Yes, Igor, busy....and will be for the next month and a half. Then, I will be busy getting ready to go here....

OOps ,sorry that's Cozumel. I'm going to here....

Annie, I think Sarah was talking about her profile-picture. The sonnet is from a very famous fellow countryman of yours (u know, the one who made Juliet famous)
If William would have written that, he would be rich!

Bon Dia all. I got a CD from Martine yesterday it was a fabulous video of our Bonaire trip. Great job Jean Paul.

Well I need some assistance from my BT buddies (especially Rusty, hope your around today). Here's what I got.





It's like a blank slate, it cries for a pond and plants. This is where a pool used to be. The first picture is looking down from the deck so what ever goes there must look good from above. I'm thinking waterfall, stream, shallow pond (something you can put your feet in), rapids and pool going left to right in the side view. No problems digging. Standard budgetary constraints apply (ie it needs to be free or very close).

So a "few" weeks hard work, 2 earn a holiday.
When are u going to Bonaire Margarite?

So, Cecil, that's a lot of room to put in nice things. I only have a balcony to 'garden', I can not be so helpful for you

Hi Margarite,
hat's the name of the cute cat?

Ohhh, I didn't mean that 'hat' is the name of the cute cat, but made a typo, forgetting the W

Diana, if u want 2 get some experience in gardening, ours could use some. U know where I live so.....

Igor, I don't think your garden will improve while I work in it....

It is interesting how many of us have tuxedo cats. Dr Doolittle posted a picture of his a while back and the one that lives with us has the 3rd toe on all 4 feet black. That's why she is called TC or "Toesie Cat".

Igor. Sarah will understand my sense of humour. I think William was very rich. If not in cash, then in mind. LOL Annie B.

My cat's name is Groucho, like the comedic actor, but we call him Poo.

He does a lot of that.....

I'm just waking up here. Sleepy morning - kind of cool and overcast. It was Princess' fault - she climbed up next to me and started snoring at 7 am. She's more potent than Seconal - I fell right back to sleep!

Cecil - that is a GREAT spot. Looks like it will get nice sunshine and be a real showplace as soon as you get it in the ground. Then it'll only get prettier as time passes and the flowers and critters flourish.

You'll need to buy liner, tho and a pump, if you want a waterfall, babbling brook layout. The best I can do for starters is to repost the pix we took (polaroid, so they suck, kind of) the first weeks after we dug ours. The pond is shelved - almost waist deep by the waterfall, mid-thigh at the far end. We drop the pots into the deep end for the winter. The stream is about twelve feet long and the upper pond is barely a foot deep and not big around. All it has to do is catch the water pouring in from the pump sunk in the deep end of the big pond.

We ordered the liner and pump from thatfishplace online but then found the stuff cheaper and on sale at Agway.





I've found that Bugle and Pennywort grow and thrive and can ring the entire pond in a year or two if you keep moving the babies around to the empty spots.

Morning all, and thank you Sarah for thinking of me! I must have been in "creative/crazy" mode yesterday!

Cecil, I think that Rusty and Annie can help you out sept I don't think they will come and do the diggin'

Tough day for me today...our Medical Editor is still in the hospital, and I'm afraid not doing well. I was told by one of our other docs to go see him today and not wait until Monday...so I am driving up to LA Cedars Medical Center this morning to spend some time with my mentor of writing:-) Maybe I should write or find a sonet to give to him...anyone know of any good sonet writers for mentors????

Ok, must get ready to pop into the office first

Diana, I haven't had time to put together some links, but I will this weekend

Igor, Jimmy and I will be going to Bonaire in Sept. Don't have a set date or flight or accomodations. I'll work on that when Jimmy gets home from Vegas.



I only recently figured out how to post my own pictures( a few weeks ago ) and now that's all I want to do!

It's fun to share.

LOL Annie
Hmmm, I'm not a cat man.
Might have something 2 do with our pet Milo. He is a love-bird.

Sheesh....need to delete that one...

This one is better.

Cecil - the cool thing is that the dirt (soil) from the hole - makes up the ramp for the stream and you're only limited by the length of the liner you get for the stream. You can overlap two pieces and seal them, too, with aquarium sealant or fish-safe goop. If you want the liner sizes - we can help with that. We dug ours in a day or so and had the whole thing put together and filled in a weekend.

Cynde - my thoughts go out to you today, and to your mentor. My life has been so much better thanks to three folks who took the time and energy to guide me along the way.

Good morning, Rusty! I've been up for hours! Had my coffee and my walk. I guess a need a Princess.

Thanks Rusty

Hi Cynde,
Sad to hear about your mentor. Hope things get around for the good.

Sorry 2 hear about your mentor Cynde. Sounds like u've got a lot of work waiting 4 u.
I do hope u have a good weekend nevertheless!

Okay boys and girls.....
it's weekend!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm going 2 drive home now. Maybe I'll check in later this evening, otherwise I will see u all 2morrow. Have a great weekend and take care.

BoxerBob just checked out Cecil's pix and went green with envy. He immediately said that with that small rise to the left and the large open space he would put two large ponds, one slightly higher than the other with a fifteen foot stream between, with a Monet-type bridge. The liners are really tough and should last you a long, long time, as long as you cover the edges to protect from UV.

Wagh. I got chucked off twice as I was trying to upload my last message. Well at least I didn't get black boxes all over the place.

Cecil. You could put a nice garden arbour out there to sit in and watch the beauty of the garden flourish. This site gave me some ideas when I did my garden. You may find it helpful. The hardest part is getting started. Annie B.

http://www.blossomswap.com/gardenplans.html

Thanks Diana and Igor

Rusty, I'm glad you and BB are "on the job"

Meanwhile a pretty princess came a visiting the cam.

Cynde. So sorry to hear about your medical editor. Catcha later maybe. Annie B.

See ya, Igor! Have a great weekend.

One other thought on gardening in New England - plenty of FREE ROCKS most places. We just drove to the Westfield River where it's shallow and collected a station wagon full of flat rocks.

These were taken in early June - the Bugle is indigo and surrounds most of the pond now - all from six little plants. This is the third year of the pond and stream.

And we had an Olympic headstander along earlier...

Jee, Rusty, what a nice pictures and what a space!!
Really lovely to watch.

I'm going to enjoy my weekend as well!!
Going for some horseback riding along the beach.
Catch you all later, maybe, and otherwise tomorrow.

Diana - remember your sunblock and have a great time. LOL

And summer's lease hath all too short a date:
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimm'd

Too true - went from overcast to pouring down rain over the past ten minutes here in western MA.

This is the view out the kitchen window beside *my* patio pond last week. We've planted a half-dozen kinds of roses at this trellis and finally found a winner. Whatever the heck it is.

Cynde,
If your mentor is as important to you as you mentioned I am sure you will find the right words when the time comes .
Don't be to "shy" to express them , there might not be a second change. And if there will be , at least you've said them.
good luck on it.

Morning all!!! Uh...afternoon all!
Sarah..nice to hear from you!
Cecil...looks like you are in good hands with Rusty and Annie....Looks like the possibilities are endless...backyard is nice...love the tree line...
Cynde..hope everything goes well for your mentor...
Vellly nice day here! don't want to go to work.....but at least its FRIDAY!!!

Jos, thanks...that is the reason I am driving up today...It just started to rain here, so I have to check the traffic...LA drivers don't know how to drive when it rains...geezzz...

Just a quick one...

Cynde, I hope you found what you wanted to say. When words come from the heart, the receiver always knows!

Hi Meryl, long time no chit chat!!

Annie B.. so it's Juliet then? Good choice!!!!! Now you need a Romeo....... ;-)

Have a good weekend, all of you..
Sarah
xx

Hi Sarah. Trev is my Romeo. Ahhh. LOL. Annie B.

Annie......you go Girl!

Oh she's going alright!.. xx