Right here, outside of Pittsburgh, PA, we are well -----just a 'disaster
area'. Worry about the orchids outdoors tonite - temps supposed to be in
the mid-40s. Thanks for your concerns and I guess all of us survivors, from
FLA to the Northeast, are looking forward to the END OF THIS SEASON.

Kenni, I've wondered about Al & Ray. Ivan really kept going, all the way up
to Albany, NY. NJ had major flood warnings in some counties. And Alabama,
MS and north FL - horrific.

Diana, now down to 6 finger typing!

The Delaware River is about 25 feet above flood stage, but other than
suffering through a horrific day of rain, it wasn't all that bad here.

My wife and daughter were in NC on college tours, and a couple were total
washouts - who wants to trudge around campus in the rain, anyway?

I stayed home building a deck...

--

Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids - www.firstrays.com
Plants, Supplies, Books, Artwork, and Lots of Free Info!
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"Diana Kulaga" wrote in message
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Kenni, I've wondered about Al & Ray. Ivan really kept going, all the way
up
to Albany, NY. NJ had major flood warnings in some counties. And
Alabama,
MS and north FL - horrific.

Diana, now down to 6 finger typing!

The Delaware River is about 25 feet above flood stage, but other than
suffering through a horrific day of rain, it wasn't all that bad here.

Glad you are okay, Ray. Wishes were with everybody!

Diana

The Delaware River is about 25 feet above flood stage, but other than
suffering through a horrific day of rain, it wasn't all that bad here.

Glad you are okay, Ray. Wishes were with everybody!

Diana

Diana Kulaga wrote:
...................
Diana, now down to 6 finger typing!



Six?!?
The last we heard, didn't you still have 8 functioning fingers? What did
you do NOW?

Steve

Six?!?
The last we heard, didn't you still have 8 functioning fingers? What did
you do NOW?

Steve

LOL, back up to seven today, sort of. On Friday I went to have outpatient
surgery to repair the broken and dislocated finger on my right hand. I kept
telling Frank that I thought it was an awful lot of rigmarole to go through
to splint a finger, but I found out otherwise. I opted for a local "block"
anesthesia, but it didn't work (couldn't talk, right side of my body began
to shake) so they went to a general. When I woke up I had a cast around two
fingers and bandages immobilizing the rest of them. The dislocation was
affecting the tendons in the rest of my hand. They put me in a sling to
boot, but i got rid of that by Sunday. I took their pailn meds the first
night, but never agailn! Horrible stuff! So I have some discomfort, but
not too much. I hope they will take off the bandages on Friday and just
leave the cast so I have more mobility.

The good news: I can now do the NY Times crossword using my left hand; I
can zip my own shorts; I learned how to tie my shoekaces with 6 fingers; I
can take a shower using an "Aqua Shield" that Frank has to stretch with all
his might to get it ]on my arm; I can dry my hair, though it is no longer in
doubt that I'm a curly head; and today - TA DA! - I hooked my own bra!

Gotta laugh about this stuff. I have a t shirt that reads *S* Happens. And
so it does! Forgive typos. I think I got most of them!

Orchids rule!

Diana

Six?!?
The last we heard, didn't you still have 8 functioning fingers? What did
you do NOW?

Steve

LOL, back up to seven today, sort of. On Friday I went to have outpatient
surgery to repair the broken and dislocated finger on my right hand. I kept
telling Frank that I thought it was an awful lot of rigmarole to go through
to splint a finger, but I found out otherwise. I opted for a local "block"
anesthesia, but it didn't work (couldn't talk, right side of my body began
to shake) so they went to a general. When I woke up I had a cast around two
fingers and bandages immobilizing the rest of them. The dislocation was
affecting the tendons in the rest of my hand. They put me in a sling to
boot, but i got rid of that by Sunday. I took their pailn meds the first
night, but never agailn! Horrible stuff! So I have some discomfort, but
not too much. I hope they will take off the bandages on Friday and just
leave the cast so I have more mobility.

The good news: I can now do the NY Times crossword using my left hand; I
can zip my own shorts; I learned how to tie my shoekaces with 6 fingers; I
can take a shower using an "Aqua Shield" that Frank has to stretch with all
his might to get it ]on my arm; I can dry my hair, though it is no longer in
doubt that I'm a curly head; and today - TA DA! - I hooked my own bra!

Gotta laugh about this stuff. I have a t shirt that reads *S* Happens. And
so it does! Forgive typos. I think I got most of them!

Orchids rule!

Diana

Diana Kulaga wrote:
...................
Diana, now down to 6 finger typing!



Six?!?
The last we heard, didn't you still have 8 functioning fingers? What did
you do NOW?

Steve

The Delaware River is about 25 feet above flood stage, but other than
suffering through a horrific day of rain, it wasn't all that bad here.

My wife and daughter were in NC on college tours, and a couple were total
washouts - who wants to trudge around campus in the rain, anyway?

I stayed home building a deck...

--

Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids - www.firstrays.com
Plants, Supplies, Books, Artwork, and Lots of Free Info!
..
"Diana Kulaga" wrote in message
ink.net...
Kenni, I've wondered about Al & Ray. Ivan really kept going, all the way
up
to Albany, NY. NJ had major flood warnings in some counties. And
Alabama,
MS and north FL - horrific.

Diana, now down to 6 finger typing!

Another thing: I learned that Kent and Cheryl Davis (Lazy Daze) had massive
damage; the whole roof peeled off, as I understand it. Shame.

Diana

"Diana Kulaga" wrote in message link.net...
Another thing: I learned that Kent and Cheryl Davis (Lazy Daze) had massive
damage; the whole roof peeled off, as I understand it. Shame.

Diana

Ivan was too far west of of to bother Jacksonville - Have had a house
full of
Airforce people and their families brough here to safety (Sons in the
AF).
They all live in the Ft Walton Beach/Pensacola area.
Francis blew down 6 Oak trees five ft from my shade house area but
didnt hit anything. Not one of my 400 or so cymbidiums blew off the
bench - I now have a
lot better light

Mid-40s aren't going to hurt any orchid I've ever grown. Blast some buds,
sure, but not hurt the plant.

And yes, I'll be #$@# glad to see the end of this hurricane season.
--
Kenni Judd
Juno Beach Orchids
http://www.jborchids.com
wrote in message
...
Right here, outside of Pittsburgh, PA, we are well -----just a 'disaster
area'. Worry about the orchids outdoors tonite - temps supposed to be in
the mid-40s. Thanks for your concerns and I guess all of us survivors,
from
FLA to the Northeast, are looking forward to the END OF THIS SEASON.

Kenni, I've wondered about Al & Ray. Ivan really kept going, all the way up
to Albany, NY. NJ had major flood warnings in some counties. And Alabama,
MS and north FL - horrific.

Diana, now down to 6 finger typing!