Sep 08 2011

Thursday, September 8, 2011

Published by at 9:13 pm under Country Life


The dilemma

Ah, the joys of the listserv…

I joined the local listserv back when Erica was looking for a place in or near Hooterville, and Jessica was attending the local school. Now, of course, they are basking in the joys of high speed internet and home-delivered food in Portland, but I got attached to the listserv and stayed on it. How else would I know about bears being spotted a couple of miles away, or about the lost sheep blocking a road? And then there are the yard sales and inter-village bickering.

On Saturday, there was an announcement about free plants. They are my favorite kind. I was the lucky first caller, and even luckier, the plant donor lives about three miles away. She also has a cute little red truck, and offered to drive the orphaned flora here if we could get them into the truck.

Fortunately, Megan is the kind of sister who isn’t surprised when I call her up and ask her if she’d like to help me wrestle some palm trees into a total stranger’s truck. Between us, we managed it, and then unloaded them, as you see.

That was the easy part. Now I have to decide what to do with them.

3 responses so far

3 Responses to “Thursday, September 8, 2011”

  1. LisaBon 10 Sep 2011 at 8:05 am

    Those are awesome! What a quick way to make a big change in your landscape! Yay free stuff (and friends/family willing to help you obtain free stuff)!

  2. Guy Charbonneauon 10 Sep 2011 at 11:13 am

    Absolutely beautiful, when something is bound to be yours everything seems to come together, way to go Suzy, I think anywhere you decide to put these lovelies, it will enhance the landscape.

  3. Joy Fielderon 11 Sep 2011 at 3:27 pm

    Wonderful that you can just plant these outside….Would be great if we could too.

    I think you have done very well indeed. Good size plants…. Enjoy!

    jx