tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post3644289586131782800..comments2024-03-10T20:46:19.274-04:00Comments on In the Middle: Chillout Tuesdays: What is Your Oasis?Cord J. Whitakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06224143153295429986noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-53609289724739768382008-06-23T15:49:00.000-04:002008-06-23T15:49:00.000-04:00OK, Camp Dad has concluded for the day. Today's ag...OK, Camp Dad has concluded for the day. Today's agenda included: picking up Scooby from boarding (for a week she has been loking forward to more of the parmesan garlic doggy treats Eileen gave her); trips to the bakery and the hardware store; some time at the city library to get the kids a few wheelbarrows full of books; the purchase via neighborhood listserv of a bike hitch to replace the seat that Katherine used to be tiny enough to it in; installation of said hitch and the adjusting of the seat of Alex's bike (much cursing here, and talk from the spawn that an Evil Dad had replaced their good one because I was so grouchy); a long bike ride that culminated in Hawaiian shave ice. What could be better than that?<BR/><BR/>Now I am slowly catching up on blog reading. Karl, bamboo is invasive and from one point of view creates an environmental catastrophe. From another (and I say this as someone with a 40 year old stand of the stuff behind the house we live in) it also is beautiful and creates a new ecosystem of its own that many birds -- especially cardinals -- love. There is nothing more beautiful than winter snow on sagging bamboo with cardinals perched. But don't plant your own. Also, the pandas never do come.<BR/><BR/>As to oases, thanks for the praise of the Cohen backyard, Eileen. It's taken us 12 years to get it in that shape. <A HREF="http://picasaweb.google.com/JeffreyJeromeCohen/Blog/photo#5215162606001266226" REL="nofollow">Here </A>is a shot I just took from my window. You can see the hammock that we were reading in earlier, as well as the sprinkler I forced Alex into and in which his little derriere got soaked.Jeffrey Cohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17346504393740520542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-26013151569465539032008-06-23T15:35:00.000-04:002008-06-23T15:35:00.000-04:00In the garden, in the last week on June, at around...In the garden, in the last week on June, at around 10pm.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-42673391310272720302008-06-21T12:53:00.000-04:002008-06-21T12:53:00.000-04:00Well, in point of fact, I miss the friend who happ...Well, in point of fact, I miss the friend who happened to be in the sack taken out by the yardboy. That would be *you*. You're not still dead, are you?Eileen Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756965845120441308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-36703982465703447662008-06-20T20:41:00.000-04:002008-06-20T20:41:00.000-04:00Are you talking about what the yardboy took out in...Are you talking about what the yardboy took out in the trash or the business with the cats?The Film Doctor https://www.blogger.com/profile/03073505923746994988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-37489625076932891642008-06-20T19:00:00.000-04:002008-06-20T19:00:00.000-04:00RCF: I know who you are and I can't believe you ar...RCF: I know who you are and I can't believe you are bringing up the yardboy here--I could get in so much trouble. Mr. B's, though: on that we can agree. I do miss that yardboy, though.Eileen Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756965845120441308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-45927440461770307202008-06-20T18:26:00.000-04:002008-06-20T18:26:00.000-04:00Hey Eileen,I guess my oasis would be with the yard...Hey Eileen,<BR/><BR/>I guess my oasis would be with the yardboy, or near the canards by that pond at FMU, or in the graveyard with a briefcase leaking cash, or perhaps at Mr. B's Bistro in New Orleans?The Film Doctor https://www.blogger.com/profile/03073505923746994988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-18936170428056364012008-06-20T12:35:00.000-04:002008-06-20T12:35:00.000-04:00Lovely view, by the way, and great photo.Lovely view, by the way, and great photo.Eileen Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756965845120441308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-69974652457764510302008-06-19T23:11:00.000-04:002008-06-19T23:11:00.000-04:00ALK is right; she's always right--never forget tha...ALK is right; she's always right--never forget that.Eileen Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756965845120441308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-13414573177290225742008-06-19T13:01:00.000-04:002008-06-19T13:01:00.000-04:00Bamboo's a dream of mine. ALK tells me it's persis...Bamboo's a dream of mine. ALK tells me it's persistent and invasive, but I think it *might* attract Pandas.Karl Steelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03353370018006849747noreply@blogger.com