Baldur

Thank you mdawnrcn, it was only confusing me more and more.
..and Dragon, you just reminded me of my long lost uncle whatnot. I wonder where he wandered off to..

Baldur

Happy Birthday to lynnspotter, Princess Ariane of the Netherlands, Haley Joel Osment, Jeremy Barrett, Mandy Moore, Gretchen Bleiler, Shemekia Copeland, Kenyon Coleman, Q-Tip, Steve Tasker, Steve Bisciotti, Brian Setzer, John M. Ford, Steven Seagal, Eddie Hazel, Ken Griffey Sr., Bunny Wailer, Paul Theroux, Don Meredith, John Madden, Omar Sharif, Max von Sydow, Junior Samples, Linda Goodman, Sheb Wooley, Chuck Connors, Harry Morgan, Claire Booth Luce, Joseph Pulitzer, William Booth, Jim Bowie, Commodore Matthew C. Perry, William Hazlitt, Button Gwinnett and James V of Scotland.

lynnspotter

Thank you Baldur!

Dragon

Happy Birthday lynnspotter!!
(And LOL @ Baldur's Uncle Whatnot, sounds like one of the Addams family hehehe)

Baldur

Happy Birthday to Joss Stone, Roman Hart, Trot Nixon, Ashot Danielyan, Balls Mahoney, Jason Varitek, Dustin Rhodes, Meshach Taylor, Harley Race, Louise Lasser, Richard Berry, Joel Grey, Anton LaVey, Ethel Kennedy, Oleg Cassini, James Parkinson, John I of Portugal and Septimius Severus.

Baldur

Happy Birthday to Ted Ginn Jr., Brian McFadden, Shannen Doherty, Takada Nobuhiko, Vince Gill, Andy Garcia, Reuben Gant, David Cassidy, Scott Turow, David Letterman, Tom Clancy, Ed O'Neill, Lee Jong-wook, Herbie Hancock, Igor Volk, Tiny Tim!!!, Joe Bowman, Billy Vaughn, Helen Forrest!, Beverly Cleary, Lily Pons, Henry Clay and Lyman Hall.

marius

Hey Dragon, congratulations on setting the date for the big day! Sounds divine. Not sure why Baldur thinks Mexico is not draconian. Hot and sun-fired, climate sounds Draconian to me but then, I've only been over the border from Texas, in the summer. It was pretty draconian that day! : )

Baldur

Happy Birthday to Jana Cova, Chris Sligh, Lou Bega, Rick Schroder, Monty Brown, Peabo Bryson, Ron Perlman, Al Green, Bob Kalsu, Billy Kidd, Paul Sorvino, Lyle Waggoner, Jon Stone!!!, Don Adams!, Madalyn Murray O'Hair, Howard Keel, Eudora Welty, Samuel Beckett, Philippe de Rothschild, Alfred Mosher Butts!!!, Herbert Osborne Yardley, Butch Cassidy, F.W. Woolworth, Thomas Jefferson, Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon, Guy Fawkes and Catherine de Medici.

Dragon

marius, perhaps it's the lack of mideval (sp?) castles that makes Mexico non-draconian. I'm thoroughly looking forward to the hot sun and white beaches, this dragon is definitly a beach dragon!

Oh, and happy birthday to Agent 86!

Baldur

My Mexican experience is completely limited to Cancun and Cozumel Island.
Not the same Mexico that television always featured.
I saw no desert, no scorched earth, no cacti that were not in ornate planters and nary a tumbleweed.
It was tropical and lush.

Baldur

Happy Birthday to Joe Haden, Tyler Thigpen, Blake Costanzo, Chandra Levy, Sarah Michelle Geller, Amy Dumas, Adrien Brody, Ritchie Blackmore, Pete Rose, Julie Christie, Bobby Nichols, Kenneth Mars, Erich von Daniken, Loretta Lynn, Rod Steiger, Gene Ammons, Shorty Rogers, Sir John Gielgud, Arnold Joseph Toynbee, Anne Sullivan, David G. Burnet, Emperor Momozono of Japan, Christiaan Huygens and Emperor Go-Kogon of Japan.

Dragon

I would welcome a little lush and tropical right now. Just thought it was finally spring and then we go and get snow... again... all day long!

Hazer

Here's something for you nature lovers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=9V9p4mFEYXc&vq=medium#t=15

Dragon I woke up to a foot deep layer of heavy wet snow on my deck. I feel sorry for the robins. I'm going to try and get out to the feeders and make sure the are full. If we have a fast melt we'll be in trouble. I think our house is high enough to avoid flooding, how about you?

Hazer

Found another clip about unlikely friends. Enjoy.
http://www.slide.com/r/hD6DvyAOxD9ClUhvUpVcUMABW9QzpGnQ

indigo

Thanks Hazer for two great clips! I especially enjoyed the unlikely friends as
I am a cat and crow lover! Saw the weather forcast for you and Dragon....will that white stuff ever go away! ;]

Dragon

Those were wonderful Hazer! My co-worker and I just loved the one about the crow adopting the kitten, isn't nature amazing?

It's still snowing here and doesn't look likely to stop until tomorrow or later. Fortunately, though we're close to the river we're quite a bit above it so we don't typically get flooding at our place even when the river floods badly. This year the river opened up quite nicely last week, so I don't think we'll see flooding in Red Deer. I'll keep my fingers crossed for Hazer that no basement flooding occurs there.

Baldur

Those were two amazing videos Hazer. Thank you for sharing them.

Baldur

Happy Birthday to Emma Watson, Amy Reid, Seth Rogen, Billy Yates, Austin Aries, Mike Quinn, Samantha Fox, Dodi Al-Fayed, Seka, Heloise, Pete Rouse, Kenneth Lay, Claudia Cardinale, Elizabeth Montgomery!!!, Roy Clark, Sir Neville Marriner, Michael Ansara, Georgi Beregovoi, Hans Conreid, Alfred S. Bloomingdale, Bessie Smith, Nikita Krushchev, Thomas Hart Benton, James J. Jeffries, Henry James, Joseph E. Seagram, Catherine I of Russia, Pierre Poiret, Sulieman II, Guru Nanek Dev and Leonardo da Vinci.

Dragon

I have a question for our gardeners here. At the clinic we have some white grating that runs about waist high on the front windows (this is to keep rocks from chipping the window) anyway, it's not very attractive and we're trying to think of ways to beautify it. I thought it would be fairly easy to put some window boxes down in front and grow sweet peas on them. I know they do well in this climate and they are good climbers and very pretty and fragrant. My question is do you have to pull them down every year? The boss is also concerned that they'll look bad from the back since it's a window they'll be growing in front of, he doesn't want it to look all ratty from the inside. I believe they may actually flower on the window side as well but I'm not sure if they'll have the room between the grate and the window.
Any thoughts?

Lizzi

I love sweet peas. I cannot say that they would bloom on the windowside as they do love the sun. And yes you would have to remove them every fall and then the grate will be bare again. Can you not paint it black? How much space is between grating and window? Clematis (a periennial) is another option, but it also dies back in the fall. If you could post a picture of it...