The Joneses wrote:
> "George Shirley" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>>Brian Mailman wrote:
>>
>>>George Shirley wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Brian Mailman wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>>Thank you Susan, Thank you George (happy birthday Barb).... it's my
>>>>>20th anniversary of my 35th.... rolling double nickels here.
>>>
>>>
>>>>Another 13 years and you can catch up to where I am now. You're just a
>>>>kid Brian. I vaguely remember being 55 yo, heck I vaguely remember being
>>>>18 yo, but very vaguely.
>>>
>>>
>>>The weird part is when I was 25, it was 15 years to 40 and seemed like
>>>forever. Now, it's 15 years to 70 and that feels imminent.
>>>
>>>B/
>>
>>Shucks, I just would like to at least live to be 70. My Dad died at 71,
>>his Dad at 52, and his Dad at 24. One full brother to my Dad died at age
>>33, another made it to 76, and the sole survivor turned 93 in March this
>>year. The longest lived Shirley male in my line in nine generations.
>>
>>Don't ever believe that family genetics doesn't play a role in your life.
>>I had my first heart attack at age 46 and have had one other and more than
>>40 micro strokes since then plus 4 major strokes. No cancer in my Dad's or
>>my Mom's side of the family, just heart disease, artherosclerosis, and
>>strokes. Stay healthy. What's the Vulcan greeting? Live long and prosper.
>>Living long when you're chronically ill isn't any good at all. It's to
>>pretty a day to be pessimistic, think I'll go to the supermarket and
>>browse.
>>
>>George
>>
>
> Get yer fiber, George. Heck no need to go to the supermarket, you got one in
> your backyard.
> Edrena
>
>
With daily temperatures running up into the middle nineties Farenheit
the old garden isn't producing a lot. A few tomatoes along, the beets
are really slowing up (and I so wanted to send some to Barb), so are the
carrots. The greens are gone, most of the bush beans are shot and it
seems the eggplant are done early this year. The figs haven't started
coming in and the kumquats and the lemon tree are blooming like crazy,
citrus smell all over the backyard. The Japanese persimmon has lost most
of its fruit and we will be lucky to get any at all. the sunchokes, aka
Jerusalem artichokes, are producing but we will sieve them out of the
soil and sell them at the farmers market. Neither of us can tolerate
them without a whole bottle of Beano inside us. Pity because they are
tasty when fresh. The blueberries and blackberries are done too. I guess
if we could zinnias, torenias, and a few other flowers we would be okay
but normally we only eat the pansies, nastursiums, and violets in a salad.

By the way, how is the weather in El Paso del Norte?

George, who sometimes, in the wee hours, wishes he lived at least one
heat zone further north