.... I thought I'd just show off my new gourds.

http://i10.tinypic.com/345o5sp.jpg

nancy

"Nancy Young" > wrote in message
. ..
> ... I thought I'd just show off my new gourds.
>
> http://i10.tinypic.com/345o5sp.jpg
>
> nancy
>

Look, Nancy, just because it's the weekend, you can't just bare your gourds
to the world like that!

In the future, if I want to see your gourds, I will let you know.

P.S. woooweeee, mamaaaaaah NICE GOURDS

On Fri, 15 Sep 2006 17:56:04 -0400, Nancy Young wrote:

> ... I thought I'd just show off my new gourds.
>
> http://i10.tinypic.com/345o5sp.jpg
>
> nancy

Very pretty.. are the good for anything?

"cybercat" > wrote

> "Nancy Young" > wrote

>> ... I thought I'd just show off my new gourds.
>>
>> http://i10.tinypic.com/345o5sp.jpg

> Look, Nancy, just because it's the weekend, you can't just bare your
> gourds
> to the world like that!
>
> In the future, if I want to see your gourds, I will let you know.
>
> P.S. woooweeee, mamaaaaaah NICE GOURDS

My gourds must be shared. It's only fair.

Actually, it's just a little joke ... 2 of them are salt and pepper shakers
that Jill gave me a few years ago. I put up the wrong shot that makes it
obvious to anyone who looks closely. Darn.

nancy

"jay" > wrote

> On Fri, 15 Sep 2006 17:56:04 -0400, Nancy Young wrote:
>
>> ... I thought I'd just show off my new gourds.
>>
>> http://i10.tinypic.com/345o5sp.jpg

> Very pretty.. are the good for anything?

Thank you. I don't think so, but I have heard that people cook
and eat those little jack thumb 'pumpkins'. I could be wrong, but
these were sold in a little bag for decoration, they might even
be waxed or something.

nancy

In article >,
jay > wrote:

> On Fri, 15 Sep 2006 17:56:04 -0400, Nancy Young wrote:
>
> > ... I thought I'd just show off my new gourds.
> >
> > http://i10.tinypic.com/345o5sp.jpg
> >
> > nancy
>
> Very pretty.. are the good for anything?

I don't know if anyone eats them but...
after using them for Autumn decoration, store them in an unused area
separated and open to air flow for eight months to a year. After six
months, check to see if they're rotted. Discard if they are. After nine
months, shake to see if you hear a faint rattle. If you do, you're well
on your way to making a gourd rattle. Lots of possibilities open up
then. I live in low humidity and getting the gourds to rattle works for
me on most smaller gourds. Smooth skinned pear shaped ones work best for
me.
Google for gourd rattle. Fun for kids and grandkids if they rattle.

leo

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"Leonard Blaisdell" > wrote

> jay > wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 15 Sep 2006 17:56:04 -0400, Nancy Young wrote:
>>
>> > ... I thought I'd just show off my new gourds.
>> >
>> > http://i10.tinypic.com/345o5sp.jpg

>> Very pretty.. are the good for anything?
>
> I don't know if anyone eats them but...
> after using them for Autumn decoration, store them in an unused area
> separated and open to air flow for eight months to a year. After six
> months, check to see if they're rotted. Discard if they are. After nine
> months, shake to see if you hear a faint rattle. If you do, you're well
> on your way to making a gourd rattle. Lots of possibilities open up
> then. I live in low humidity and getting the gourds to rattle works for
> me on most smaller gourds. Smooth skinned pear shaped ones work best for
> me.
> Google for gourd rattle. Fun for kids and grandkids if they rattle.

Sort of like the rain stick I have which I use to amuse people and frighten
pets. Makes quite a noise for something that looks like a stick. That's
a great idea, Leonard. I am really interested in gourd art, I even thought
of taking it up as a hobby. Gourd rattles would be fun.

nancy

In article >,
"Nancy Young" > wrote:

> Sort of like the rain stick I have which I use to amuse people and frighten
> pets. Makes quite a noise for something that looks like a stick.

I had to look up rain stick :-) Then I told my wife what they were. She
has deep roots in Arizona and stated "I bet they use ocotillo". Well,
they do for _small_ rainsticks. Thanks for that. I'd never heard of them
before.

leo

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Nancy Young wrote:
> ... I thought I'd just show off my new gourds.
>
> http://i10.tinypic.com/345o5sp.jpg
>
> nancy
>
>

somehow I thought friday night gourd sharing would have been sexier...

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I thought I was driving by Gettysburg once but it ends up I was just driving
by your mom's house.

"Leonard Blaisdell" > wrote

> "Nancy Young" > wrote:
>
>> Sort of like the rain stick I have which I use to amuse people and
>> frighten
>> pets. Makes quite a noise for something that looks like a stick.
>
> I had to look up rain stick :-) Then I told my wife what they were. She
> has deep roots in Arizona and stated "I bet they use ocotillo". Well,
> they do for _small_ rainsticks. Thanks for that. I'd never heard of them
> before.

Funny. I bought it from the Museum of Science in Boston some years
ago. As I was going back to my room I had to stop at the shop for some
reason. The girl behind the counter was eyeing my ugly stick, you could
see what she was thinking. What is she doing with that stick. I said, I
bought it at the museum. (I am an instigator) She look astonished and
said, someone sold you a stick???? (laughing) Good training, you know
she wanted to say, YOU PAID FOR THAT WHAT AN IDIOT!!

I turned it over (end to end) and it made that brittle raining noise. She
just about jumped out of her shoes. We had a big laugh.

nancy

"The Bubbo" > wrote

> Nancy Young wrote:
>> ... I thought I'd just show off my new gourds.
>>
>> http://i10.tinypic.com/345o5sp.jpg

> somehow I thought friday night gourd sharing would have been sexier...

Sorry to disappoint.

nancy

Nancy Young wrote:
>
> "The Bubbo" > wrote
>
>> Nancy Young wrote:
>>> ... I thought I'd just show off my new gourds.
>>>
>>> http://i10.tinypic.com/345o5sp.jpg
>
>> somehow I thought friday night gourd sharing would have been sexier...
>
> Sorry to disappoint.
>
> nancy
>
>

together we can work on it and make friday night gourd sharing the hottest
thing around.

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www.velvet-c.com
I thought I was driving by Gettysburg once but it ends up I was just driving
by your mom's house.

Nancy Young wrote:
> ... I thought I'd just show off my new gourds.
>
> http://i10.tinypic.com/345o5sp.jpg
>
> nancy
>
>


Very nice! Are just two of them fake/S&P shakers?

How many vines did you plant?

gloria p

"Puester" > wrote

> Nancy Young wrote:
>> ... I thought I'd just show off my new gourds.

> Very nice! Are just two of them fake/S&P shakers?
>
> How many vines did you plant?

Oh, I only planted tomatoes and herbs ... the gourds I bought
in a bag for $3.99. They looked so much like my S&P shakers,
even size-wise, I just had to have them.

nancy

In article >,
"Nancy Young" > wrote:

> ... I thought I'd just show off my new gourds.
>
> http://i10.tinypic.com/345o5sp.jpg
>
> nancy

Fall decor........ ;-)

Cute!
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Peace!
Om

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a bitch"
-- Jack Nicholson

Oh pshaw, on Fri 15 Sep 2006 02:56:04p, Nancy Young meant to say...

> ... I thought I'd just show off my new gourds.
>
> http://i10.tinypic.com/345o5sp.jpg

Very pretty! At first I wasn't sure what I was going to see. Wasn't
altogether sure what you meant by gourds! :-)

--
Wayne Boatwright
__________________________________________________

Is it ok to use my AM radio after NOON?

Nancy Young wrote:
> ... I thought I'd just show off my new gourds.
>
> http://i10.tinypic.com/345o5sp.jpg
>
> nancy

Oooooh, nice looking gourds, Nancy! To bad you can't really do much
with them besides decoration. I got some really cool looking goose
shaped gourds a few years back for my front portch, but they rotted
after a few weeks. Just like my Halloween pumpkins...they all die on
me, just for spite. And leave a pile of gourd poop on my portch.
Jerks.

Sandy

"Nancy Young" > wrote >
> Actually, it's just a little joke ... 2 of them are salt and pepper
shakers
> that Jill gave me a few years ago. I put up the wrong shot that makes it
> obvious to anyone who looks closely. Darn.

Well, seriously, they are among the nicest set of gourds I have seen.



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Nancy Young > wrote:
>... I thought I'd just show off my new gourds.
>
>http://i10.tinypic.com/345o5sp.jpg

Worst cosmetic surgery ever.

--Blair

On Sat, 16 Sep 2006 01:14:59 GMT, The Bubbo >
wrote:

>Nancy Young wrote:
>> ... I thought I'd just show off my new gourds.
>>
>> http://i10.tinypic.com/345o5sp.jpg
>>
>> nancy
>>
>>
>
>somehow I thought friday night gourd sharing would have been sexier...

There's still time to post a picture of your melons!

Lou

On Fri, 15 Sep 2006 20:12:52 -0400, "Nancy Young" >
wrote:

>Sort of like the rain stick I have which I use to amuse people and frighten
>pets. Makes quite a noise for something that looks like a stick. That's
>a great idea, Leonard. I am really interested in gourd art, I even thought
>of taking it up as a hobby. Gourd rattles would be fun.
>
>nancy
>

Nice gourds nancy. My neighbor makes bird houses out of them. They
hang them from the trees and they're quite cool. Yours might be a
bit small for that though. Not sure what hummingbirds would go for.

Lou

On 15 Sep 2006 20:11:18 -0700, "Sandy" >
wrote:

>Oooooh, nice looking gourds, Nancy! To bad you can't really do much
>with them besides decoration. I got some really cool looking goose
>shaped gourds a few years back for my front portch, but they rotted
>after a few weeks. Just like my Halloween pumpkins...they all die on
>me, just for spite. And leave a pile of gourd poop on my portch.
>Jerks.
>
>Sandy

We've got one of the goose gourds. Perfectly dried and many years old.
My SO had it before we met so I'm not sure if she dried it or what the
trick is. It rattles if you shake it. It's very light and the wind
blows it around but it's a great "yard art" item. Next year I have to
re-paint it and figure out a way to glue it to something for
stability.

Lou

"Blair P. Houghton" > wrote

> Nancy Young > wrote:
>>... I thought I'd just show off my new gourds.
>>
>>http://i10.tinypic.com/345o5sp.jpg
>
> Worst cosmetic surgery ever.

Well ... you didn't see before!

nancy

Nancy Young > wrote:
>
>"Blair P. Houghton" > wrote
>
>> Nancy Young > wrote:
>>>... I thought I'd just show off my new gourds.
>>>
>>>http://i10.tinypic.com/345o5sp.jpg
>>
>> Worst cosmetic surgery ever.
>
>Well ... you didn't see before!

Spinach?

--Blair