tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456617944315372118.post7174075110939341689..comments2024-01-03T21:18:04.198-08:00Comments on In Your Neighborhood: Ooh-la...Cherries!High School Confidentialhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17350238752693393750noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456617944315372118.post-56426654455359629822008-07-03T15:34:00.000-07:002008-07-03T15:34:00.000-07:00I am late to the party on this one, but my kids lo...I am late to the party on this one, but my kids love slugs. They have made habitats for them and kept them as pets. I am not kidding. Poor things--my allergies prevent us from any pet with fur or hair. So, if you need to slug loving kids to catch them before they destroy your harvest, I have two I can loan out.Kim Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05256817929710524024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456617944315372118.post-5040449588416349942008-07-02T22:05:00.000-07:002008-07-02T22:05:00.000-07:00Well, I've tied tinfoil in the tree and hope that ...Well, I've tied tinfoil in the tree and hope that our three remaining plums make it to maturity. The plum tree was Ana's idea and she has great hopes for it so I hope the birdies stick to picking up the garbage.<BR/><BR/>I sent a letter-to-the-editor of the Chinook Observer regarding the evils of letting dogs run loose in the neighborhood and it was in today's paper! I only sent it yesterday. Were I younger I would stay up waiting for him, but the garbage is safely tucked up in the barn until tomorrow when the pick-up is.Stephanie Friezehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04317117338063884811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456617944315372118.post-73953986060851481272008-07-02T21:03:00.000-07:002008-07-02T21:03:00.000-07:00Stars in my crown, ha! ha!, Steph... you should ha...Stars in my crown, ha! ha!, Steph... you should have seen me stumbling around at work today... groaning and grunting as I got up from writing notes or sitting with patients...<BR/>Felt like Joe Louis or Mohammed Ali had slugged me a few times... ("fake left, jab right, fake left, hit the belly a few times, and then, tag that weak spot a few times and watch Joseph hobble off into the cherry colored heavens)JosephMcGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13059894814761761857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456617944315372118.post-52303943102225634772008-07-02T15:04:00.000-07:002008-07-02T15:04:00.000-07:00"Could be," she said, folding away her wings and w..."Could be," she said, folding away her wings and wiping her mouth quickly....!Lorraine Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01116210981761633646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456617944315372118.post-140393419746168602008-07-02T12:45:00.000-07:002008-07-02T12:45:00.000-07:00Okay, we HAD four plums growing on our little tree...Okay, we HAD four plums growing on our little tree. Today there are three. Lorraine, we don't have ravens, but we do have crows. They've been good about helping pick up the garbage the evil dog has been spilling. Could it have been a crow that spirited away our 4th plum?Stephanie Friezehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04317117338063884811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456617944315372118.post-61650212582278035982008-07-01T22:04:00.000-07:002008-07-01T22:04:00.000-07:00You are very right, Lorraine, about intruding on M...You are very right, Lorraine, about intruding on Mother Nature. Actually it has been suggested to me that the culprit that's been upending our garbage here in Ilwaco may not be a dog let out to run, but may in fact be a bear. Whatever it is, it will be disappointed tonight since I put the can in the barn.Stephanie Friezehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04317117338063884811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456617944315372118.post-66021585581277571382008-07-01T22:02:00.000-07:002008-07-01T22:02:00.000-07:00Nice one, Joseph. You're not as tired as you thou...Nice one, Joseph. You're not as tired as you thought! I hate airplane travel. It's nice to not spend days and weeks traveling, I guess, but I'm not convinced that humans were meant to travel that way. As my mother would say, you've earned stars in your crown.Stephanie Friezehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04317117338063884811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456617944315372118.post-82859280673851812722008-07-01T19:18:00.000-07:002008-07-01T19:18:00.000-07:00Have you tried a little line of baking soda around...Have you tried a little line of baking soda around strawberry plants? Or mayhap...hanging strawberries?<BR/><BR/>I'm thankful the ravens at least have a sense of fair play...and stay home at night!<BR/><BR/>Of course, we've taken so much territory and food away from our other relations, I couldn't really begrudge them anything in my garden!<BR/><BR/>Touch wood before I say this...but I have not had slugs. Stephanie, when we're sitting around the table sometime...I'll tell you my slug story....aahhh youth! ;-)Lorraine Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01116210981761633646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456617944315372118.post-87310450289726348302008-07-01T18:26:00.000-07:002008-07-01T18:26:00.000-07:00TIME FOR A SLUG OUT... I would put any money I had...TIME FOR A SLUG OUT... I would put any money I had on the earliest risers...<BR/>Sorry, StephJosephMcGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13059894814761761857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456617944315372118.post-8313867345957919062008-07-01T18:06:00.000-07:002008-07-01T18:06:00.000-07:00I'm an early riser, but the slugs are out of bed b...I'm an early riser, but the slugs are out of bed before me. I think they wait to see the light go off in our bedroom and then they head for the strawberries!Stephanie Friezehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04317117338063884811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456617944315372118.post-29760507793795704822008-07-01T16:27:00.000-07:002008-07-01T16:27:00.000-07:00Now...racing a slug gives me a pretty funny visual...Now...racing a slug gives me a pretty funny visual!Lorraine Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01116210981761633646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456617944315372118.post-8812413560253304332008-07-01T15:32:00.000-07:002008-07-01T15:32:00.000-07:00Yeah, fruit! Our baby plum tree, which we planted...Yeah, fruit! Our baby plum tree, which we planted last fall, has FOUR little green plums on it.<BR/><BR/>Glad your cherries made it, Lorraine. We have to race the slugs to get to our strawberries.Stephanie Friezehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04317117338063884811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456617944315372118.post-4252278630040618472008-07-01T15:23:00.000-07:002008-07-01T15:23:00.000-07:00Post was scrumpulicious... we have some in our kit...Post was scrumpulicious... we have some in our kitchen right now... byeJosephMcGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13059894814761761857noreply@blogger.com