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Country & Rural Garden News (13)Newspapers (6)Other Gardening News (A-J) (29)Other Gardening News (K-Z) (30)Observations and news 9 Apr 05 weblog changes There have been some changes. The journal now has a new appearance and new feeds. If you subscribe to a prairie point feed, please change it to one of these: http://www.prairiepoint.net/journal/feed/ http://www... 4 Apr 05 bridal wreath Spirea not only gives us this wonderful show, but it also gives us pain relief in the form of aspirin, although the willow plant is better known from ancient days as a source of the main ingredient salicin... 31 Mar 05 the long emergency A few weeks ago, the price of oil ratcheted above fifty-five dollars a barrel, which is about twenty dollars a barrel more than a year ago. The next day, the oil story was buried on page six of the New York Times business section... 29 Mar 05 w lee o'daniel After my last post it occurred to me that some people might never have heard of W. Lee O'Daniel. He was a flour mill manager in Fort Worth who hit on the idea of advertising his flour with a radio show that featured a band called the Light Crust Doughboys... 28 Mar 05 about thirty year's ago It was down in Tulsa, about thirty years ago,At Cain's Academy, down in old Oklahom' The dust was blowin' but the music was right, And W. Lee O'Daniel played all night Actually it was about 30 years ago that I first heard James Talley sing those lines... 21 Mar 05 spring The weatherman was predicting rain but it never happened. There was a gorgeous blue sky on the first day of spring. Everything in the lawn was green and perky. Salvia greggi was blooming in several colors... 15 Mar 05 vultures Vultures never are on anybody's list of cute & cuddly, or even on the list of admired animals. But Rob MacGrogan has some good words for them in a blog called Spruce Pine Cottage. Actually I am kind of on the same page as Rob because I have lately been learning to appreciate vultures myself... 14 Mar 05 bambi I found these bones along the south fence. It's a young deer who probably got its foot caught in the top of the fence and didn't make it. There is a small herd of about seven that we see quite often... 11 Mar 05 watching a radio show We had a pleasant time last night at the taping of Wait, Wait Don't Tell Me. To the extent that I ever thought about it I had assumed shows like this really were done "live", and maybe taped for rebroadcast... 10 Mar 05 wait wait don't tell me Tonight we will be at McFarlin Auditorium to see a taping of Wait Wait Don't Tell Me. The tickets were a premium for renewing my membership at the local NPR affliate. I have been listening to this NPR station for almost 20 years, ever since I moved to Dallas for a job and took an apartment in a new complex... 8 Mar 05 Tales from Elm Flat Growing up, I would listen as my parents sat around the kitchen table with their coffee and talked about places called Rural Shade and Elm Flat and the people who lived there. These were communities around Kerens Texas where they grew up, and which in their minds they had never really left... 6 Mar 05 rouletti We have our first rose of the season (actually several blossoms) on the Rouletti. It's a miniature rose we picked up at the Antique Rose Emporium on one of our annual road trips to South Texas. When I say miniature I just mean the flower... 2 Mar 05 redbud Lately we seem to have alternating days of rain and sun. Plants are slowly greening up, but there is still not much to talk about in the way of flowers. It's fun to look at the buds on the limbs though and watch them develop... 28 Feb 05 Tricia's new toy Tricia has herself a fancy new sewing machine which does embroidery and she has been going to town with it. I already have several shirts and caps with embroidered designs. Family members or friends with birthdays or special occasions can pretty much count on getting one of her special creations... 18 Feb 05 how this started I have read a couple of interesting accounts recently by bloggers of how they got started. I'm coming up on my second anniversary of writing in this blog and it occurs to me that I never have recounted my own story...
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