Off-Topic 2023

edewitt · 2023-02-11T15:21:58+00:00

I figured we could use a thread dedicated to off-topic thoughts/discussions despite many of us going off-topic practically everywhere in here already 😉 (not...

Krista

Aw I’m sure he’ll do great - glad to hear you were able to schedule surgery for the perfect in-between stages of dahlia life!

calico20hill

Early spring I was trying to figure out what dahlia tuber the cats were playing with under the table. I had just unpacked 2 big orders, and was packing and sending small packages of tubers to Krista and Steve, And there was this one nice looking tuber kicking around on the floor with no code on it. Well, I plnted it out in a bed, right at the end of the row and labeled it "Cat Toy". Its opening its first bloom today. It was a beautiful Salish Twilight Girl with silvery petals. I hope you both got enough Salish Twilight Girl to multiply and that yours are as pretty as this one!

Krista

calico20hill Hilarious! I planted my Salish Twilight Girl rather late so if she doesn’t bloom this year, I’ll definitely see her next season! I’m really really excited to see Salish Lullaby, October Wedding, and Winds who will definitely be blooming this year!

SteveM

calico20hill I hope you both got enough Salish Twilight Girl to multiply and that yours are as pretty as this one!

The buds on my first two Salish Twilight Girl blooms are starting to show color so I should get to see a bloom in about a week. All plants are looking good!

calico20hill

Krista
I bet she will bloom this year, Krista. It might be late but you should get a month or more of blooms unless the weather does something totally crazy like a freeze in August. I am seeing a half dozen or so showing color and it is not even August yet. My first freeze on the Island used to come around Halloween.

calico20hill

I left some in the ground last fall and have my first bloom .INteresting that yours are starting the same time since it has been a late bloomer for me in the past, I think I will continue to overwinter some in my garden as well as digging and saving some . Here is my first bloom of 2023. Let's see yours...

calico20hill

Posting accident, LOL. The first one is Salish Leila, named for my grand neice and also because I thought this one looked a lot like HH Leda.

Krista

calico20hill Salish Leila is beautiful, I’d love to grow those pretty pink blooms in my garden.

Juliarugula

Found a cute friend in my dad’s dahlia garden! He climbed onto my son’s hand, hung out for a bit, and then hopped back into the foliage.

Teddahlia

A tree frog slept overnight on the weed eater battery and when I brought it in for charging he jumped off in the hallway. How do you catch a tree frog in your house? Turned out he just sat near the door waiting to go back out. I caught him in a cottage cheese container and helped him out the door. Your frog is prettier that our solid brown version.

calico20hill

About that fall I took through the crazy patchwork deck....I now have bursitis in every joint I think on the right side where I landed first and that took the brunt of the fall. Lots of swelling. Apparently not much can be done but resting it and waiting for time to heal it. I am sure there were no broken bones and there are no pills that cure this, but its sure going to slow me down for the Dahlia Show in Portland. I am trying to stay off my feet as much as possible which is really hard to do! I iced the joints thoroughly for the first 3 days after the accident I need a little scooter to ride to get me around :-(.

Krista

calico20hill Oh that sounds very painful - I’m hoping you can get lots of downtime in the next few days so that recovery can start stepping it up for you!

blown_dry

calico20hill Best wishes for rapid healing, Noni!

Juliarugula

calico20hill so sorry to hear that! I hope it heals up fast for you - that sounds terrible.

AndreaB

All those beautiful flowers will help get you through it. Feel better!

calico20hill

Mostly what it is is boring. I hate being bored. Got the right foot in a zip on support boot and its a dull ache. The only good thing is that my dog is snuggled in my lap and that makes me feel better. OR rather it did but she just shiifted and l
laid her head over my aching ankle. Not helpful Maisie mine! Maise is a Boykin Spaniel...

Krista

calico20hill Nurse Maisie! I love your floral sandals!

KitCMC

calico20hill hoping you have a speedy recovery, Noni!

calico20hill

Thanks, Krista! They are Alegrias and that is the only brand of shoe I wear, Every pair is a different pattern or color and they are so comfortable! They are made particularly for nurses and other care takers who are on their feet all day. They have a great selection for fall and winter as well as the summer sandals. A word of warning though...do not wear their "rocker" soles in the garden. They pitched me forward into one my flower beds where my leg got inpaled by one of my husband's "junk" stakes . My one and only ambulance ride on the ferry to one of the downtown hospitals! I stay away fro the rocker soles now (I think those are meant for sidewalks).

Krista

calico20hill I will definitely cheek them out!

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