At 08:21 AM 9/26/99 -0500, you wrote: >First of all, the weather here has been magnificent. Cool nights and >mornings, warming up to the low-eighties in the afternoon. Just right >for gardening here in humid SW Louisiana. Unfortunately we didn't get >much done due to the press of work in our jobs. Did get the lawn mowed >and edged and fed the chiles for the last time before winter sets in. > >The fall garden is still not planted and the herbs need harvesting >again. > >On Thursday, September 23, 1999 I celebrated by sixtieth birthday and my >kids and grandkids came to call on Saturday the 25th. We had a big meal >with several friends coming by for eats and visiting and did the >standard garden tour with our daughter, the other gardener in the >family. > >The grandsons and I had a good time working on various odds and ends >around the house and on Miz Anne's Big Red Truck. Good lads, both of >them. One recovering from a truck wreck, no major injuries; and one >recovering from an accident where he works, 116 stitches to his arms and >hands. He's well healed now and both will recover completely. Certainly >glad I'm not a teenager anymore! > >The kids and grandkids gave me a new Laz-e-Boy recliner to replace my >25-year old one that was slowly giving up the ghost. Miz Anne found some >really neat large insects in the toy department at Walmart. She got me a >grasshopper and a praying mantis, both about 8 inches long and in >yellows and greens. They look really neat in with my other "stuff" in >the herb garden. My MIL gave me 10 bucks that I used to order another >herb for the garden. Heckuva birthday since I only celebrate them every >10 years. Kids say that if I can make it to 70 they will get me the big >leather recliner with the cooler in one arm and the phone in the other >arm, also with heat and massage. I don't see that happening as I don't >need a cooler or another phone. > >Going back outside with the dogs as it is still nice and cool. Hope all >are having a good weekend and those affected are recovering from the >storms. > >George, Miz Anne, and Sleepy Dawg > Doggone it, I knew I was forgetting something! Happy birthday, George. The big six-oh, eh? Hope you fare better with it than I did. That leather recliner bit was rather amusing in face of the constant media and medical demands that people get up and exercise. Next thing you know, they'll have a built-in port-a-potty, and a casket cover that fits recliners. Cordially, Margaret, the hater of exercise reluctantly on her way to exercise. I love those Walmart insects, too. What herb did you order?