nobleheart: Oh i love fall but dread whats coming after.Snow,snow and high oil bills.lol

Foxy Lady: I know.. at least we don't see much snow here.. *Knocks on wood*

ScarletRose: Our nites are down in the low 40's and tomorrow nite in the 30's.......Lord i can see the price of oil now.

Foxy Lady: we haven't had our first freeze yet.. but, it is getting close..

ScarletRose: Were getting pretty close to it.I've had to turn the heat on it's been cold and this house is very damp.

I can even get into the spirit of winter,snow & stuff but I HATE the cold.

Sorry to hear about all your cold weather and snow, but we've got daylight saving starting this weekend and that means summers on the way yipeeee..

snow? way top soon no one is getting any yest I hope?
heres its been nunseasonably hot still excpt fot this cold front that blew through last night..very windy..went down to 20 C

nobleheart: We had a cold front thru last week that dumped snow on the south island to sea level in places and now our temps are just getting into low 20's C.

nobleheart: Snow not yet but were in for a bad winter.

snow is a 4 letter word

http://www.union.ic.ac.uk/scc/icsf/library/fanzines/nme3/triffid_beech.gif
http://www.miniaafrica.co.za/plants_projects/3.htm
http://codemonkey.sunsite.dk/projects/beyond/hworld/images/sheeps_man_and_triffid.jpg
http://www.scifimoviepage.com/day_triffids.html

Well, there went my newly planted coleuses... colei? lol

A thunderstorm came through and dropped a tree right on them. But I won't moan and complain, cause 6 inches more, and the tree would have been in the house!!!!

Eriisa: I know two blokes who would have shifted it for you!

http://www.gardenofwales.org.uk/en/home/

anyone in wales ever been here?is it as nice as it looks?

we have this near here :
http://www.rbg.ca/
it is huge,you could spent all weekend hiking around it,and not see it all.five garden areas,four nature sanctuaries and 30 kilometres of walking trails thro woods,grasslands,gardens,one is a boardwalk over the reeds.
http://www.rbg.ca/pages/visit_garden_areas.html

and if you keep walking west of it a bit,you end up here:
http://www.geocities.com/hamiltonwaterfalls/hamiltonwaterfalls_thewaterfalls_websters.html

Eriisa: Oh goodness hope everything else is okay.. sorry to hear about the flowers!!

Eriisa: You must of had that storm we had yesterday,lots of rain with high winds.
You were lucky it didn't do anymore damage.

whats that in your new piccie?
is that your aura?
do you have a halo?
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PS
this tree has to go to weight watchers:
http://www.jameswiseman.com/photos/sydney/fat%20tree.jpg

nobleheart: No its just a decoration of some sort.I'm looking for a pretty pumpking.Next month i'm putting the babies pic on for her birthday she'll be 1.

that looks very much like a "BOAB" tree...and they are found in central australia and are know to grow to around 20metres around the base. = 60feet.

http://www.abc.net.au/flashshow/kimberley/boab/default.htm
check this out for BOAB trees....you will need flash player I think

BerniceC: Those have to be the trees found in the stories of Winnie the Pooh!! cause Owl and Rabbit live in trees and inside their houses they have lots of room!

ScarletRose: I dont know if they grow anywhere else in the world but they only seem to grow in the Kimberlies which is very arid area....I must do a search on where they do grow :)

ah ha :) they are not indigenous to australia but are also found in Africa.....well thats what my search revealed and i searched 28 pages on Google :)

cariad: LOL! I would have put out a call if I wasn't out of the way!!!

I finally got everything cut up today and cleaned out. Tomorrow I'll get those poor broken stalks replanted well. Simply ran out of time.

re :BerniceC 2. October 2005, 00:34:40
that looks very much like a "BOAB" tree
yes,ty for your time,I know all trees,I love em..lol,but the funny thing it isn't.the tree has an internal fungus that affected its growth.
another strange tree:
http://www.dribbleglass.com/subpages/strange/tree-finger.jpg
why did the tree cross the road?
http://www.timskoch.com/wp-content/uploads/pictures/Funny/treeInRoad02.jpg
more weird tree pics
http://womencentral.net/nature.html
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re :Foxy Lady Re: dear Foxy Lady 2. October 2005, 00:09:18
...Next month i'm putting the babies pic on for her birthday she'll be 1.. one year already?gee time flies.

my 2 fav trees:
http://floridata.com/wallpaper/jpg/Catalpa_bignonioides_flwr800.jpg
http://www.origins-photography.co.uk/acatalog/The%20Laburnam%20Arch,%20Bodnant%20Gardens.jpg

nobleheart: that arch is simply stunning isnt it :)

nobleheart: Yes i can't get over how fast a year has gone by.

I bet you cant get over how fast they grow too

nobleheart: So very true.

http://images.google.com/search?hl=en&q=botanical+garden&btnG=Google+Search

We sure got some crazy weather in the East hit 85 today.

yep, Dallas' high today is 66.

Maybe you all already know this site... I just found it.

http://www.gardenweb.com/

Eriisa: Last week our nites were in the 40's NYS for ya.

Eriisa: I didn't see that web site thankies.

I found it by accident while surfing last night. I've really enjoyed it so far. The people on the forums are friendly and helpful.

Does anybody know anything about the Desert Rose??

I have recently been given a pretty one...red with white centre, and i bought one that isnt flowering yet but is a pink.

At our local nursery to buy one approx same size as the one i was gifted costs about $60..
I bought the small pink one for $10.

I cant find too much about them :(

Eriisa: ty for the link wink

BerniceC: I thought ScarletRose was our desert rose?or is she our mountain maiden?

http://www.anbg.gov.au/emblems/nt.emblem.html

this is about the most I can find on Desert Roses

Bernice, take a look at this link. Is this it?

http://plants.usda.gov/cgi_bin/topics.cgi?earl=plant_profile.cgi&symbol=ROST

BerniceC:
re :http://www.anbg.gov.au/emblems/nt.emblem.html
this is about the most I can find on Desert Roses
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answer:
that is a very pretty,simple flower.it look a look like a shrub that grows here:
rose of sharon:
http://home.att.net/~btlotz/house/sharon.jpg
it comes in pink,red,white or purple.

Eriisa: no Hun :(...that isnt it....thanks anyway

I know I said it looks like,but they r diff

there is one of these near here,in the cemetery:
http://baysprings.olemiss.edu/publications/images/TulipTree.jpg

nobleheart: no that isnt it either....I just looked at the leaves of mine that is in flower and there are no jagged edges...just straight and very dark green....I might get camera out and take pic and post to my site for you to see :)

im just uploading a pic i have just taken....