A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....03-12,13,14-04....T.G.I.F. at the Finest

Aquamarine; Billie

[Aquamarine]

A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day

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Bush - Cheney 04

Welcome to TGIF at the Finest!   We hope you've been having as much fun as we have with our essays and/or spotlight on various FReepers. From the beginning, we've been kicking back on Saturdays and Sundays and simply reviewing the features of the week; our weekend threads now start on Friday and continue through Sunday. If you missed seeing any of this week's threads and want to say hello there now, just click on the link for that particular day. If you'd like to drop in and out of this thread today through Sunday, please feel free to do that also. One of us will try to be around to see the welcome mat is still out, put the coffee pot on, and maybe even bring fresh flowers for the table. : )

~ Billie, Mama_Bear, Dansangel, Dutchess, Aquamarine ~



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"Getting to Know You"

THIS WEEK'S THREADS


03-08-04 ~ Military Monday
By Billie
Presented by The Mayor

03-09-04 ~ Pennsylvania - "The Keystone State"
By Mama_Bear

03-10-04 ~ Celebrate Living #3
By Dutchess

03-11-04 ~ Iraq signs new Constitution...
You can blame Bush for that
Written by JohnHuang2
Illustrated by Dutchess

Have a wonderful weekend!

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[MeekOneGOP]

Thank you ! ;^)

[jwfiv]

Wishing our Hostesses, and all the Finest, a very good Friday, and a bloomin' terrific weekend.

It's a wonderful life...)

[ST.LOUIE1]

God's blessings for F-I-L George.

He sounds like a spunky rascal. : )

[Aquamarine]

BTW...beautiful pledge today. An Aqua original????

Thanks, I made that pledge in December from a graphic that GailA posted that month. Posted it the first time with the Christmas Music Special.

[Aeronaut]

Good evening Aqua. (Night patrol, I guess)

[Aquamarine]

Such a pretty spring scene. That white fence looks alot better than the one I posted on my welcome post today. :)

[lonestar]

Codee says that you are quite the hit at Rainbow Bridge.

I love Codee. And Giz!

The first step in the Kerry Flip Flop..." is--

You put your left feet in ...

[Aquamarine]

I must be draggin, just noticed how late you are to the thread. Were you off flyin in the wild blue yonder today? :)

[Aeronaut]

Were you off flyin in the wild blue yonder today? :)

As a matter of fact, I was. I had to leave before the thread got posted, and I just got home.

[Aquamarine]

Hi Louie. Hope you're having a fabulous Friday!

[Aquamarine]

As a matter of fact, I was. I had to leave before the thread got posted, and I just got home.

I knew it! :) Bet you're ready for a nap.

[Aeronaut]

Bet you're ready for a nap.

Oh yeah! I won't be here long.

[Aquamarine]

Mr. A is the same way after a long day at work...especially if he's been up all night on a structure fire.

[LadyX]

Beautiful fruit trees, Johnny Mac!

Here is what we have now everywhere we go in this lower half of South Carolina - - our version of 'snow'..:))

Tree Size
height: 25' to 40'

Bradford Pear
Pyrus calleryiana, "Bradford"

The Bradford Pear is a cultivated variety of the Callery Pear. Unlike most other pear trees this form is grown mainly for its ornamental features. The showy, white flowers appear during spring growth, often before the leaves. In contrast to their appearance, however, the flowers have an unpleasant odor.

In autumn the leaves turn bright red to dark red before falling. The fruits are small and round, less than 1 inch in diameter, hardly resembling the traditional pear in appearance. While on a tree they are hardly visible, being hidden by leaves.

The Bradford Pear is very disease resistant, making it useful as a street tree. But the relatively short life span (about 25 to 30 years) makes it necessary to replace individuals more frequently than with most other street or screen trees.

My Observation:

Most of the trees I've seen are easily 40' tall, and the majority seem to have been established more than 25-30 years - perhaps under less stress from cold here?

Always wanting one in my yard, in 1997 I searched 3 counties to find 'just the right one' - about 8' tall, and was carried home in the car, sticking out the back passenger window. I chose the 'perfect spot' in the front yard and toiled planting it.

One week later, our landlady, who had married again and moved away, needed to sell her house to get a bigger one in Augusta..:(

Just as well, since the huge by-the-lake lot-on a-hill-sloping-down to-the water was becoming too much for me to physically maintain. I had kept adding flower beds all over it, and had to keep at bay the kudzu vines creeping over from the next door lot that belonged to the city, and that we mowed and tidied as limbs fell!

The nice thing is it is only a mile and a half away, and I can visit it each Spring - now soaring well above the roof of the house; perhaps 35 feet tall, and 'perfectly' shaped..:))

[lonestar]

Beautiful!

[LadyX]

May The Great Physician bestow upon your father-in-law His healing touch, Dave - and upon you as well.

We here lift up all of you and yours, asking Him to bless you - -

[lonestar]

I wish Weinie would remember to sign her posts! I'm worried about her memory! LOL!

[Aquamarine]

Such a cute story about visiting your bradford pear tree. It reminded me that I used to go visit my azaleas and weeping cherry tree before we moved too far away for a visit.

[GailA]

No, DK is working rotation, and his 'weekend' is Mon & Tue so we will be camping those days if the weather stays as nice as it has been. Willows leafing, tres buding, forsythia, redbud, and dafodils are up. Only a light jacket is needed if you need one at all. Chilly in the mornings, but warming up to mid-high 50's.

[GailA]

I love this one Meekie.