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Skriven 2012-04-03 18:20:26 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 23231 av HAP NEWSOM (1:123/140)
Ärende: almost baseball time                                     [1]
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Hi Hap,

->  HN> good series on the venus fly trap! I even had
->  HN> captured flies for the session!!

-> Catching flies to feed the fly trap for some photos--now that's really
-> getting in deep to get pictures! Do the plants prefer live or dead

 HN> Don't know what their preferences are, I just
 HN> caught the flies and put them in the refrigerator
 HN> (in a jar) until they were cold and torpid enough
 HN> to place where I wanted...in the fly traps...when
 HN> they started to move they hit the trigger hairs
 HN> in the plant and Voila...there's my shot!!

A set up but if the end result was worth it, then I guess it's OK.

->  HN> Never confuses me that way!!

-> Same here. Out in the sun, a big floppy hat & sunscreen, with a water
-> bottle. I'll take off the hat in the shade but keep working on the
-> bottle till it's empty, then go for a refill.

 HN> Water is good!

Yes, and I drink a lot of it. More water than anything else I'd guess,
especially if we're out of chocolate soy milk & I don't want tea. I try
to limit caffiene after about 6:30 or so, otherwise I don't sleep on top
of my off/on non sleeping nights.


->  HN> and lately she's been liking the agave
->  HN> syrup.

-> We've not yet tried the agave syrup. Did get some sorgum at the farmer's
-> market a couple of years ago, never replenished after the first pint or
-> so was used up. Didn't need another sweetener on hand.

 HN> Oh I love sorgum! Benton County Tennessee sorgum,
 HN> made by the mennonites the old fashioned way and
 HN> totally organic. It's an acquired taste and I
 HN> have it in spades! I love the dark strong stuff
 HN> even better!

I was using it some in baking but I think Steve used it in his coffee.
Maybe I didn't experiment enough with it.

->  HN> Yep, important thing to me is that Amanda
->  HN> is happy and it seems that she is. Anne and
->  HN> I will be as patient as needs be. If it takes
->  HN> time, it takes time.

-> Yes, but she will want to make sure mom & dad approve of him.

 HN> I expect that to be partially so, she knows
 HN> that it's more important for her to find
 HN> her happiness on her own terms and not
 HN> always on ours (though hopefully those
 HN> two will coincide).

From what I've read about her over the years, she will make sure you're
happy with her choice.

-> -> cram everything together" mentality. (G)

->  HN> May not have been the original intention,
->  HN> but it sure has gotten that way!

-> Yes, but sometimes the long drive to/from a place makes you appreciate
-> it more. When we were at Fort Huachuca, we went out maybe a half hour or
-> more's drive a couple of times for our anniversary. Sierra Vista had a
-> limited number of nice places so we'd go a bit afield to try something
-> different. Same with HI--not much around Schofield so we'd go down to
-> Honolulu or up to the north shore, here we've gone to Raleigh. Went to a
-> German place in Durham for my birthday last year. At the price of gas
-> tho, we will probably stay more local this year for eating out.

 HN> Here a half hour drive is hardly much
 HN> of a drive at all. And of course we have
 HN> lots of choices within that radius!

We have a lot of choices in Raleigh but also some in the little towns up
this way. Some friends recommended the seafood place we went to on
Valentine's daay--turns out, it is next door to her doctor's office is
how they found it. It's one we're planning on going back to.


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Catch you later,
Ruth
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