Good morning everyone. I have questions for the gardeners and green thumbs among you. I’ve never, not once, successfully kept a plant alive, but now I have a home with large front windows with a southern exposure.
My husband gave me this very tiny little miniature rose bush in a pot for Valentine’s Day. It’s only about three inches tall. I googled what to do, and I realize plants sold in drug stores probably aren’t meant to live, but I’d sure love to save it.
I’ve repotted it, fed it, keeping it watered just right, resisting the urge to over water since I have no idea what else to do. It gets sun every day for hours in a warm room. Still, it is rapidly dying. Any last minute life support tips?
Haven’t gardened in a long time, but my mother once told me that roses are not house plants (I was given one that did the same thing.) As soon as it gets warm enough, plant it outside. You may need a little chicken wire cage over it to deter the rabbits, but my mom has planted the mini ones outside before and they’re fine. Just get the cage on them so the bunnies don’t eat them.
They are outside plants and need lots of direct sunlight. When it gets HOT they need lots of water, don’t drown them but don’t let the dryout either so a goodly sized pot with plenty off area for their roots and good drainage and some mulch go a long way. If you’re going to leave it in a pot outside, putting it in a lighter colored pot goes a long way to making sure the roots don’t get overheated as the sun hits the pot.
You can find fertilizer and soil pH info all over the net but if you’re having to frequently water using tap water might pose a problem. If your water’s softened the salts in it can build up over time and cause problems as may the chlorine in it depending on how much your area puts in the water. If your water’s not softened then leaving it out for 24 hours before you put it on your plants helps but good old rainwater is still #1. We put a lot of plants under the roof’s drip line to catch the morning condensation runoff as an adjunct.
Thanks, I’ll get it outside ASAP, and I never thought about the water. I should have, I know not to use city water for all my ferments, like the kombucha, just brain dead on the plants I guess.
Do you think it would be warm enough to put the pot outside when it is in the fifties out? Maybe I can at least set it out during the day.
We have ones in the ground and one we’ve been nursing in a pot – they all live outside. Ours stay outside, especially the ones in the ground, 365. Some may not bloom if they don’t have enough winter chill. If you’re getting below 28 and you feel nervous then bring it in for the night but they can be grown all the way into zone 3 and if the bush ever does encounter cold that’s hard enough to freeze the top it will generally regenerate from the roots if it’s well mulched.
Sometimes it’s not as cold down here in Indiana, but the minis stay out with the big roses in the garden year round down here too. Full sun exposure, largely left to their own devices except for getting mulched.
Watch the chart, you may jump up in a few years. We’re not getting enough chill hours for a lot of fruits now so I’ve swapped to hybrids designed for our low-chill area.
Well they jes ain’t room fer them taters up Democrats buttses, they heads be in the way. And if potatoes could cure hemorrhoids there’d be no Pelusi, Schumer, Schiff, Feinstein…the list goes on.
We be Springin’ this week, 31 last night and it’ll be hi 70s by Monday. Trees are turning that Spring green but we’re right on top of our ‘last frost’ date so9 it should all be good.
Good morning, WeeWeed! Potatoes!!! As far as I know that remedy isn’t even in an Old Wives’ Tale! Speaking of which, here are 25 of them… https://bestlifeonline.com/old-wives-tales/
I’ve successfully translated the mystery inscription on this potato to read:
“Great sliced , diced, and fried butt don’t even think about it” Did I win?
Good morning everyone, nice read you….nice to be read.
Mornin’ everyone. It was cold in the apt when I woke up this morning. I checked the outdoor thermometer and it said 10*. 😯 I knew that couldn’t be true. But, it is a digital and somehow got changed to celsius. LOL
Especially the comment sections of just about every website or blog except for yours, Stella where Stellars are polite, reasonable and kind. I wanted to back-of-the-head smack a couple folk yesterday at CTH, Breitbart, Legal Insurrection, and Gateway Pundit, and keep swearing NOT TO READ the comment sections.
When Yang bowed out I posted support for the YangGang, told them #StillVotingYang was honorable (and I do believe that this is true). Anyhow I got a bunch of likes and retweets and some YangGang followers. One of my new followers tweeted that her family needed Yang, (Think $1000.00 month so one can pursue their art “career”) .
Anyhow just recently she posted a list of needs with a thank you note in particular for those who sent cat food, then she listed all of her cats must have been at least 10 kitty names.
Someone who can’t feed their animals shouldn’t have them. I’ll bet they are all indoor/outdoor and don’t have their shots. At least I hope they are fixed.
I’m going to switch to Tales of Wells Fargo and watch Dale Robertson, that handsome man with the warm darling smile, walk around in his cowboy boots, and ride horses. {sigh}
Last Rank: First Lieutenant
Last Service Branch: Engineer Corps
Primary Unit: 1944-1945, C Company, 332nd Engineer Battalion
Service Years: 1940 – 1945
Yeah, I love his voice. I read that when he went into acting, a friend told him not to go to acting school because they would change his voice and make him speak different. So, he didn’t. Smart choice. He has some mannerisms that I think are really cute. One is, when he says goodbye, he kinda flings his hand in a wave. He doesn’t actually do a wave.
Didn’t know there was more than one photo with him and her. Can you post the other one? LOL! You can never get too many photos of attractive men…and the great thing about that is a man doesn’t have to be “handsome” to be attractive. The most attractive man I’ve ever known isn’t handsome in the least but there’s an aliveness in his eyes and both a funny and sweet aspect to his personality.
I am the one who was in love with Hoss on Bonanza. I didn’t consider him handsome, but he was cute, and so kind and considerate along with being tough.
I watched part of a Not Another Cooking Show video on bone broth today. You posted one of his videos for me last summer on the bread salad. I discovered I like the guy’s recipes, most of them. I need to make that bread salad again, I think it might be better this time of year than in the summer.
Stella, I can’t thank you enough for providing me with a place to go when the rest of the net just seems to be too much. Not sure if this will help but when reading I always try to remember that ignorance can be educated, stupidity is for life…then respond accordingly or not at all.
This coming from a 40+ year smoker who hasn’t had one in over 8 months!!!!!!!!
Congratulations on your smoking cessation! I was a heavy smoker, beginning at age 16 and stopping at age 41, 3 days after my older sister died of emphysema (she was just 60). I have been smoke free for 30 years now, and it was the best and most difficult thing I ever did.
It is good to have you here, Gary. We are a small but congenial group, and always glad to welcome new members.
You are right about education, and I try to do that here and everywhere I can on the internet. Sometimes it just becomes overwhelming, though.
I’m about to start making chicken fajitas, which sounds like a great dinner. I have a very ripe avocado that will be part of my dinner tonight too. Cooking should calm me down some.
Oh, I wish I lived closer. That sounds so good and I don’t know what I will fix for dinner. I am losing interest in cooking for myself. But, I could bring the refried beans. 🙂
It is 65* in the deep shade, on the North side of the building, but is probably at least 85* on the South side. The sky is completely clear and bright blue with a slight breeze. Floridians call it a cool day.
The vegetables are marinating, and I’m going to use chunks of rotisserie chicken (never did that before) that I will add at the very end. I’ve always used raw chicken strips in the past (or steak, which is wonderful). I use a wet marinade that I make instead of the dry marinades. Mine is like the ones that I see used in the Mexican stores in Chicago. Mostly worcestershire and soy sauce with lots of black pepper, citrus juice, cumin, garlic, oregano and a bit of vinegar.
You can buy the marinated steak, onion and peppers by the pound at the Mexican store within walking distance of my daughter’s house. It’s on Roosevelt Rd. in Berwyn, IL. Fresh corn tortillas still warm from the factory can be purchased for pennies as well.
You can also buy a similar marinade from Jardine Foods, which is located in Buda, TX, if you are interested.
I buy a large package of rotisserie chicken at Costco. I like that it is deboned and ready to eat or add in a casserole, etc. Makes for some easy meals, and it is very good.
I’ve been thinking of a Mexican street corn casserole. I don’t know if there is such a thing, but if not there ought to be.
The International Landscape Photographer of the Year award went to the Russian photographer Oleg Ershov for his images of England and Iceland…this one from England….
Second place, single-image category: salt piles and condenser ponds in Bonaire, Dutch Caribbean by Sander Grefte
In case you missed this yesterday…our President is such a kind, funny person who truly wants justice for all. The id is 33 minutes, but it goes very fast…
CELEBRATING AFRICAN AMERICANS: President & First Lady hold reception for history month
Fox10Phoenix – Published on Feb 27, 2020
https://www.livescience.com/mystery-inscription-translated.html?utm_source=Selligent&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=9166&utm_content=OAP_Newsletter+&utm_term=3118587&m_i=zsATz9bxt_v6C7MY2ZGoajE1YvUS59W%2BRC4uyjeJ3nib6pm8OwQfWg7PxFrh%2B3zal8wTtJClyJHIpaCdvIjhpBfHsAA0L7kM1R1x0PzzzH
I wonder how many people submitted: “Epstein didn’t kill himself”
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By czarowniczy on February 28, 2020 at 12:19 am
Not enough.
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By lovely on February 28, 2020 at 4:45 pm
Stellars…
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By Lucille on February 28, 2020 at 12:56 am
Good afternoon Lucille 🙂 !
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By lovely on February 28, 2020 at 4:45 pm
Good afternoon, lovely! Hope your day has been great so far!
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By Lucille on February 28, 2020 at 7:07 pm
Toddler Hugs Pizza Delivery Man Who Just Lost His Daughter
February 27, 2020
A pizza delivery man in Rhode Island received an unexpected hug at a time he needed it most.
https://www.sunnyskyz.com/good-news/3672/Toddler-Hugs-Pizza-Delivery-Man-Who-Just-Lost-His-Daughter
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By Lucille on February 28, 2020 at 1:43 am
Good morning everyone. I have questions for the gardeners and green thumbs among you. I’ve never, not once, successfully kept a plant alive, but now I have a home with large front windows with a southern exposure.
My husband gave me this very tiny little miniature rose bush in a pot for Valentine’s Day. It’s only about three inches tall. I googled what to do, and I realize plants sold in drug stores probably aren’t meant to live, but I’d sure love to save it.
I’ve repotted it, fed it, keeping it watered just right, resisting the urge to over water since I have no idea what else to do. It gets sun every day for hours in a warm room. Still, it is rapidly dying. Any last minute life support tips?
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By Menagerie on February 28, 2020 at 5:58 am
I wish I did, but as a serial indoor plant killer, I don’t have much to add. 🙄
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By auscitizenmom on February 28, 2020 at 9:09 am
Haven’t gardened in a long time, but my mother once told me that roses are not house plants (I was given one that did the same thing.) As soon as it gets warm enough, plant it outside. You may need a little chicken wire cage over it to deter the rabbits, but my mom has planted the mini ones outside before and they’re fine. Just get the cage on them so the bunnies don’t eat them.
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By rheavolans on February 28, 2020 at 9:39 am
Thanks Rhea, I’ll get the little guy out if it survives!
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By Menagerie on February 28, 2020 at 2:56 pm
They are outside plants and need lots of direct sunlight. When it gets HOT they need lots of water, don’t drown them but don’t let the dryout either so a goodly sized pot with plenty off area for their roots and good drainage and some mulch go a long way. If you’re going to leave it in a pot outside, putting it in a lighter colored pot goes a long way to making sure the roots don’t get overheated as the sun hits the pot.
You can find fertilizer and soil pH info all over the net but if you’re having to frequently water using tap water might pose a problem. If your water’s softened the salts in it can build up over time and cause problems as may the chlorine in it depending on how much your area puts in the water. If your water’s not softened then leaving it out for 24 hours before you put it on your plants helps but good old rainwater is still #1. We put a lot of plants under the roof’s drip line to catch the morning condensation runoff as an adjunct.
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By czarowniczy on February 28, 2020 at 10:14 am
Thanks, I’ll get it outside ASAP, and I never thought about the water. I should have, I know not to use city water for all my ferments, like the kombucha, just brain dead on the plants I guess.
Do you think it would be warm enough to put the pot outside when it is in the fifties out? Maybe I can at least set it out during the day.
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By Menagerie on February 28, 2020 at 2:55 pm
We have ones in the ground and one we’ve been nursing in a pot – they all live outside. Ours stay outside, especially the ones in the ground, 365. Some may not bloom if they don’t have enough winter chill. If you’re getting below 28 and you feel nervous then bring it in for the night but they can be grown all the way into zone 3 and if the bush ever does encounter cold that’s hard enough to freeze the top it will generally regenerate from the roots if it’s well mulched.
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By czarowniczy on February 28, 2020 at 4:00 pm
Roses grow in the ground here, and it gets plenty cold.
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By stella on February 28, 2020 at 5:05 pm
Sometimes it’s not as cold down here in Indiana, but the minis stay out with the big roses in the garden year round down here too. Full sun exposure, largely left to their own devices except for getting mulched.
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By rheavolans on February 28, 2020 at 5:58 pm
And you’re a solid UDSA zone 6. When they die it’s frequently ownercide.
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By czarowniczy on February 28, 2020 at 6:04 pm
True enough. Mulching is really important here too.
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By stella on February 28, 2020 at 6:10 pm
Zone 5/6
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By stella on February 28, 2020 at 6:10 pm
I was seeing Detroit as 6a but you, as we are, are probably in a transition zone. We were an 8b but they’re thinking of moving us to a 9a.
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By czarowniczy on February 28, 2020 at 7:07 pm
I double checked the charts. I am on the edge of 6a.
ADD: But not far from zone 5. Very swiss cheese in this area. Part of it has to do with lakes, and part with elevation.
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By stella on February 28, 2020 at 7:15 pm
Watch the chart, you may jump up in a few years. We’re not getting enough chill hours for a lot of fruits now so I’ve swapped to hybrids designed for our low-chill area.
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By czarowniczy on February 28, 2020 at 7:23 pm
I checked another, and it says I am in 6b.
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By stella on February 28, 2020 at 7:17 pm
That’s the USDA, just consider yourself a ‘6’ (though we think of you as a 10).
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By czarowniczy on February 28, 2020 at 7:24 pm
Mornin’ all!
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By WeeWeed on February 28, 2020 at 7:50 am
😯
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By auscitizenmom on February 28, 2020 at 9:14 am
Mornin’ Mom!
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By WeeWeed on February 28, 2020 at 9:47 am
Mornin’ WeeWeed!
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By stella on February 28, 2020 at 9:32 am
Mornin’ Stella!
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By WeeWeed on February 28, 2020 at 9:47 am
Well they jes ain’t room fer them taters up Democrats buttses, they heads be in the way. And if potatoes could cure hemorrhoids there’d be no Pelusi, Schumer, Schiff, Feinstein…the list goes on.
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By czarowniczy on February 28, 2020 at 10:25 am
Mornin’ Z’s! Reckon spring’s sprung, yet?
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By WeeWeed on February 28, 2020 at 10:26 am
We be Springin’ this week, 31 last night and it’ll be hi 70s by Monday. Trees are turning that Spring green but we’re right on top of our ‘last frost’ date so9 it should all be good.
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By czarowniczy on February 28, 2020 at 10:30 am
Sometimes it is just too much tuber.
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By Menagerie on February 28, 2020 at 2:59 pm
I yam in total agreement.
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By czarowniczy on February 28, 2020 at 3:53 pm
If that’s don’t beet all.
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By Menagerie on February 28, 2020 at 5:34 pm
Didn’t expect a veggie change turnip.
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By czarowniczy on February 28, 2020 at 6:02 pm
Good morning, WeeWeed! Potatoes!!! As far as I know that remedy isn’t even in an Old Wives’ Tale! Speaking of which, here are 25 of them…
https://bestlifeonline.com/old-wives-tales/
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By Lucille on February 28, 2020 at 1:22 pm
Afternoon Lucy!
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By WeeWeed on February 28, 2020 at 1:53 pm
Afternoon Wee! 🙂 !
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By lovely on February 28, 2020 at 4:47 pm
Evenin’ Lovely!
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By WeeWeed on February 28, 2020 at 6:38 pm
I’ve successfully translated the mystery inscription on this potato to read:
“Great sliced , diced, and fried butt don’t even think about it” Did I win?
Good morning everyone, nice read you….nice to be read.
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By Gary on February 28, 2020 at 9:40 am
Well that was pomme de terrible…
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By czarowniczy on February 28, 2020 at 10:35 am
Like face palm de terrible? Self-quarantine it is.
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By Gary on February 28, 2020 at 10:48 am
Mornin’ everyone. It was cold in the apt when I woke up this morning. I checked the outdoor thermometer and it said 10*. 😯 I knew that couldn’t be true. But, it is a digital and somehow got changed to celsius. LOL
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By auscitizenmom on February 28, 2020 at 9:44 am
My grands sit in my jeep and play, took me three day to figure out how to get my dash out of metric the first time.
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By Gary on February 28, 2020 at 10:50 am
LOL
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By auscitizenmom on February 28, 2020 at 10:54 am
Afternoon Aus 🙂 !
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By lovely on February 28, 2020 at 4:48 pm
I must get off the internet. It’s raising my blood pressure.
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By stella on February 28, 2020 at 12:51 pm
Especially the comment sections of just about every website or blog except for yours, Stella where Stellars are polite, reasonable and kind. I wanted to back-of-the-head smack a couple folk yesterday at CTH, Breitbart, Legal Insurrection, and Gateway Pundit, and keep swearing NOT TO READ the comment sections.
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By Lucille on February 28, 2020 at 1:09 pm
Twitter is the worst!
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By stella on February 28, 2020 at 1:28 pm
Yep.
Real lunatics.
When Yang bowed out I posted support for the YangGang, told them #StillVotingYang was honorable (and I do believe that this is true). Anyhow I got a bunch of likes and retweets and some YangGang followers. One of my new followers tweeted that her family needed Yang, (Think $1000.00 month so one can pursue their art “career”) .
Anyhow just recently she posted a list of needs with a thank you note in particular for those who sent cat food, then she listed all of her cats must have been at least 10 kitty names.
SMH
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By lovely on February 28, 2020 at 4:53 pm
Someone who can’t feed their animals shouldn’t have them. I’ll bet they are all indoor/outdoor and don’t have their shots. At least I hope they are fixed.
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By stella on February 28, 2020 at 5:07 pm
Agreed. But there ya’ go a strong Yang supporter all for the Benjamins.
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By lovely on February 28, 2020 at 5:12 pm
Question for anyone on Twitter: when I repost or comment on your tweets, can you see me?
I am beginning to suspect I have offended some lib over there and been shadow banned, but I am not sure.
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By rheavolans on February 28, 2020 at 6:01 pm
Yeah, yeah, back of the head smack……….that’s what I wanted to do to Marie Harf, that sanctimonious, arrogant, blowhard.
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By auscitizenmom on February 28, 2020 at 1:46 pm
Any particular thing or just the news in general? I just watched Outnumbered. Unfortunately Marie Harf was on and she ruins my blood pressure.
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By auscitizenmom on February 28, 2020 at 1:11 pm
Anything to do with politics. I switched and watched a cooking video and a sewing video.
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By stella on February 28, 2020 at 1:32 pm
I’m going to switch to Tales of Wells Fargo and watch Dale Robertson, that handsome man with the warm darling smile, walk around in his cowboy boots, and ride horses. {sigh}
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By auscitizenmom on February 28, 2020 at 1:48 pm
I just watched a man repair his Kitchenaid mixer. I can feel my blood pressure decreasing.
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By stella on February 28, 2020 at 1:56 pm
Did he wear cowboy boots?
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By auscitizenmom on February 28, 2020 at 2:04 pm
No – he lives in Toronto.
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By stella on February 28, 2020 at 2:21 pm
…and a great voice! I just looked him up to see when he passed (2013) and found this interesting website relating his World War II service plus lots of photos…
https://army.togetherweserved.com/army/servlet/tws.webapp.WebApps?cmd=ShadowBoxProfile&type=Person&ID=335961
Last Rank: First Lieutenant
Last Service Branch: Engineer Corps
Primary Unit: 1944-1945, C Company, 332nd Engineer Battalion
Service Years: 1940 – 1945
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By Lucille on February 28, 2020 at 3:40 pm
Yeah, I love his voice. I read that when he went into acting, a friend told him not to go to acting school because they would change his voice and make him speak different. So, he didn’t. Smart choice. He has some mannerisms that I think are really cute. One is, when he says goodbye, he kinda flings his hand in a wave. He doesn’t actually do a wave.
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By auscitizenmom on February 28, 2020 at 3:52 pm
Oh, my…look how handsome he was here with Marilyn…
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By Lucille on February 28, 2020 at 4:20 pm
I can’t see it. I looked on the Internet and found a picture of him standing behind her at a baseball game.
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By auscitizenmom on February 28, 2020 at 4:53 pm
That’s it! Beautiful black hair and blue eyes!
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By Lucille on February 28, 2020 at 7:27 pm
A couple more of the two of them together from the same series.
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By lovely on February 28, 2020 at 7:49 pm
The photo from Lucille 🙂
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By lovely on February 28, 2020 at 4:59 pm
OMG The picture came up another way and it wasn’t exactly the one I had seen. He is gorgeous in that one. What eyes! What a smile! {sigh}
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By auscitizenmom on February 28, 2020 at 5:12 pm
🙂
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By lovely on February 28, 2020 at 5:15 pm
And, can he ride a horse!!
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By auscitizenmom on February 28, 2020 at 5:16 pm
Didn’t know there was more than one photo with him and her. Can you post the other one? LOL! You can never get too many photos of attractive men…and the great thing about that is a man doesn’t have to be “handsome” to be attractive. The most attractive man I’ve ever known isn’t handsome in the least but there’s an aliveness in his eyes and both a funny and sweet aspect to his personality.
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By Lucille on February 28, 2020 at 7:34 pm
I would have to dig back through all the pages, but it was essentially the same picture only he was looking down a little. Yours is better.
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By auscitizenmom on February 28, 2020 at 7:37 pm
I posted a couple more photos of them upthread.
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By lovely on February 28, 2020 at 7:57 pm
Yes, I found them……………….{drool}.
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By auscitizenmom on February 28, 2020 at 8:03 pm
Secret I’ve never heard of him before I saw the posts here 🙂 ! Marilynn, yes of course Dale ??? Nope. Handsome fellow though !
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By lovely on February 28, 2020 at 8:04 pm
Really? Find Tales of Wells Fargo and watch one. The way he talked and moved was very sexy.
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By auscitizenmom on February 28, 2020 at 8:11 pm
I am the one who was in love with Hoss on Bonanza. I didn’t consider him handsome, but he was cute, and so kind and considerate along with being tough.
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By auscitizenmom on February 28, 2020 at 7:56 pm
I watched part of a Not Another Cooking Show video on bone broth today. You posted one of his videos for me last summer on the bread salad. I discovered I like the guy’s recipes, most of them. I need to make that bread salad again, I think it might be better this time of year than in the summer.
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By Menagerie on February 28, 2020 at 5:42 pm
I like him too.
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By stella on February 28, 2020 at 5:51 pm
When I make bread salad I use the freshest, perfectly ripe tomatoes.
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By czarina33 on February 28, 2020 at 9:27 pm
Stella, I can’t thank you enough for providing me with a place to go when the rest of the net just seems to be too much. Not sure if this will help but when reading I always try to remember that ignorance can be educated, stupidity is for life…then respond accordingly or not at all.
This coming from a 40+ year smoker who hasn’t had one in over 8 months!!!!!!!!
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By Gary on February 28, 2020 at 1:33 pm
Congratulations on your smoking cessation! I was a heavy smoker, beginning at age 16 and stopping at age 41, 3 days after my older sister died of emphysema (she was just 60). I have been smoke free for 30 years now, and it was the best and most difficult thing I ever did.
It is good to have you here, Gary. We are a small but congenial group, and always glad to welcome new members.
You are right about education, and I try to do that here and everywhere I can on the internet. Sometimes it just becomes overwhelming, though.
I’m about to start making chicken fajitas, which sounds like a great dinner. I have a very ripe avocado that will be part of my dinner tonight too. Cooking should calm me down some.
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By stella on February 28, 2020 at 1:38 pm
Oh, I wish I lived closer. That sounds so good and I don’t know what I will fix for dinner. I am losing interest in cooking for myself. But, I could bring the refried beans. 🙂
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By auscitizenmom on February 28, 2020 at 1:51 pm
Would be nice to share dinner with you, but I should visit YOU. It’s 27 degrees, windy and there’s snow on the ground here.
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By stella on February 28, 2020 at 1:57 pm
It is 65* in the deep shade, on the North side of the building, but is probably at least 85* on the South side. The sky is completely clear and bright blue with a slight breeze. Floridians call it a cool day.
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By auscitizenmom on February 28, 2020 at 2:07 pm
Sounds wonderful!
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By stella on February 28, 2020 at 2:21 pm
The vegetables are marinating, and I’m going to use chunks of rotisserie chicken (never did that before) that I will add at the very end. I’ve always used raw chicken strips in the past (or steak, which is wonderful). I use a wet marinade that I make instead of the dry marinades. Mine is like the ones that I see used in the Mexican stores in Chicago. Mostly worcestershire and soy sauce with lots of black pepper, citrus juice, cumin, garlic, oregano and a bit of vinegar.
You can buy the marinated steak, onion and peppers by the pound at the Mexican store within walking distance of my daughter’s house. It’s on Roosevelt Rd. in Berwyn, IL. Fresh corn tortillas still warm from the factory can be purchased for pennies as well.
You can also buy a similar marinade from Jardine Foods, which is located in Buda, TX, if you are interested.
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By stella on February 28, 2020 at 5:27 pm
https://shopteasdale.com/products/dlj-fajita-marinade
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By stella on February 28, 2020 at 5:29 pm
The problem is I’m getting too lazy.
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By auscitizenmom on February 28, 2020 at 5:34 pm
I buy a large package of rotisserie chicken at Costco. I like that it is deboned and ready to eat or add in a casserole, etc. Makes for some easy meals, and it is very good.
I’ve been thinking of a Mexican street corn casserole. I don’t know if there is such a thing, but if not there ought to be.
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By Menagerie on February 28, 2020 at 5:47 pm
Maybe chicken, black beans and salsa, served with rice? Avocado, green onions and sour cream on the side.
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By stella on February 28, 2020 at 5:53 pm
Here’s one that might work.
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By stella on February 28, 2020 at 5:54 pm
Mexican street corn casserole (there are several different ones on YouTube):
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By stella on February 28, 2020 at 5:58 pm
Congratulations Gary!!!
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By lovely on February 28, 2020 at 4:55 pm
Breathtaking images from the 2019 Landscape Photographer of the Year competition
https://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-51386024
The International Landscape Photographer of the Year award went to the Russian photographer Oleg Ershov for his images of England and Iceland…this one from England….
Second place, single-image category: salt piles and condenser ponds in Bonaire, Dutch Caribbean by Sander Grefte
Denali National Park, Alaska by Stas Bartnikas
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By Lucille on February 28, 2020 at 1:45 pm
Evil.
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By stella on February 28, 2020 at 4:18 pm
In case you missed this yesterday…our President is such a kind, funny person who truly wants justice for all. The id is 33 minutes, but it goes very fast…
CELEBRATING AFRICAN AMERICANS: President & First Lady hold reception for history month
Fox10Phoenix – Published on Feb 27, 2020
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By Lucille on February 28, 2020 at 7:12 pm
I’m not sure if this will be available after today. Archived segments might go into the 24/7 paid status.
VICE PRESIDENT PENCE JOINS RUSH AT EIB SOUTHERN COMMAND
February 28, 2020
https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/videos/?groupId=43265&episodeId=97402#!/43265/97402/Vice-President-Pence-Joins-Rush-at-EIB-Southern-Command
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By Lucille on February 28, 2020 at 10:17 pm