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Posted by Janice on May 19, 2000, at 17:56:16
Hello harry b,
Just wondering how you are doing?
How's your friend from the hospital?
and how is your relationship going?
How's the yard work going?Janice
plus, I've got a theory about your theory (your age theory at psychobabble).
Posted by harry b. on May 20, 2000, at 10:11:55
In reply to harry b.--how are you doing?, posted by Janice on May 19, 2000, at 17:56:16
> Hello harry b,
>
> Just wondering how you are doing?
> How's your friend from the hospital?
> and how is your relationship going?
> How's the yard work going?
>
> Janice
>
> plus, I've got a theory about your theory (your age theory at psychobabble).Hey Janice, Hi
Thanks for asking. If you'll read the thread on
Celexa, you'll see that it has lost it's magic.
I'm still hanging in there but not as optimistic
as before.My friend from the hospital is doing well. Not
really well, but he's going thru a divorce and
having to sell his home. We see each other usually
once a week.Relationship??? No, that isn't meant to be. But
we are friends, so that is good.Yard work? Yikes. I've been able to keep the lawn
mowed but I can't seem to tackle trimming the
out-of-control hedges & bushes. Oh well, I like
the natural look anyway. There is an area at the
front of my property that I spent many weekends
a few years ago creating a nice landscape with
rocks and plants. Now it's overgrown with weeds.
I haven't gotten to that either.What's your theory? I haven't gone back to run
the numbers yet.Hope you are doing well.
Posted by Noa on May 20, 2000, at 15:03:15
In reply to Re: harry b.--how are you doing?, posted by harry b. on May 20, 2000, at 10:11:55
Harry, sorry to hear the celexa isn't as effective as you need it to be. But you do sound ok. I was just thinking back to how things were for you when you first posted here. It makes me very happy to see you feeling better, even if not as better as you like.
Posted by Janice on May 21, 2000, at 20:53:39
In reply to Re: harry b.--how are you doing?, posted by harry b. on May 20, 2000, at 10:11:55
Hello harry
I was hoping you were doing so well you were off the board. Sorry to hear about the Celexa. I don't know all the medications you've tried, but hopefully you'll find another one that can help for a long while (hopefully forever), and not poop-out.
Glad to hear you've developed a friendship with your friend from the hospital.
My theory on your theory. My uneducated, unprofessional, unscientfic theory is that (if I rememeber correctly the majority of the people were in their 30s and 40s) because of their youth, not too many people in their 20s need help, plus usually they don't even know they have any mental health problems. When people get into their 30s and 40s, the illness often progresses, plus the person isn't physically as strong or healthy as they were in 20s. Hopefully during this time (plus probably their 50s), the person finds the right treatment and has learned a satisfying way to live with their mental illness.
keep taking care of yourself harry.
I agree with Noa--you sure do sound better than when you were first on the board.Janice
ps you could always call your yard an English garden and just let it all grow wild.
Posted by harry b. on May 22, 2000, at 10:13:51
In reply to Re: harry b.--how are you doing?, posted by Janice on May 21, 2000, at 20:53:39
>
> ps you could always call your yard an English garden and just let it all grow wild.
One of these days I'll have built my cabin in
Montana on 50 acres or so and believe me it will
grow as wild as it wants.Your theory is accurate, but, during my hospital
stays I met many people over 50. My guess is that
they are not on the internet.hb
Posted by grannybabble on May 22, 2000, at 13:53:44
In reply to Re: harry b.--how are you doing?, posted by harry b. on May 22, 2000, at 10:13:51
>GARDEN GNOMES LOTS AND LOTS OF GARDEN GNOMES!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
> >
> > ps you could always call your yard an English garden and just let it all grow wild.
>
>
> One of these days I'll have built my cabin in
> Montana on 50 acres or so and believe me it will
> grow as wild as it wants.
>
> Your theory is accurate, but, during my hospital
> stays I met many people over 50. My guess is that
> they are not on the internet.
>
> hb
Posted by Noa on May 22, 2000, at 17:44:36
In reply to Re: harry b.--how are you doing?, posted by harry b. on May 22, 2000, at 10:13:51
>
>
> >
> > ps you could always call your yard an English garden and just let it all grow wild.
>
> I always thought English gardens were those highly landscaped, trimmed, coiffed, unnaturally shaped ones, you know with the pointy conical bushes and trees, and angular mazes/labyrinths, etc.
Posted by harry b. on May 22, 2000, at 19:39:18
In reply to Re: harry b.--how are you doing?, posted by Noa on May 22, 2000, at 17:44:36
Yeah, I like the gnome idea, and maybe a couple
of those reflective spheres too.
Posted by Janice on May 23, 2000, at 21:06:00
In reply to Re: harry b.--how are you doing?, posted by Noa on May 22, 2000, at 17:44:36
I always thought English gardens were those highly landscaped, trimmed, coiffed, unnaturally shaped ones, you know with the pointy conical bushes and trees, and angular mazes/labyrinths, etc.
Now I'm not English but I'm pretty sure the wild looking gardens are called English gardens. I know these gardens you've described and they very well could be English too (I really don't know), but they aren't called an English garden. I don't know what these gardens are called.
harry - good point about the over 50 group not being as internet savy.Front yards are a compete waste in North America. No one sits in them, parks on them, grows gardens in them--they are a time consuming, make-work project. (well in my opinion)
Posted by grannybabble on May 25, 2000, at 11:01:59
In reply to Noa harry…, posted by Janice on May 23, 2000, at 21:06:00
> I always thought English gardens were those highly landscaped, trimmed, coiffed, unnaturally shaped ones, you know with the pointy conical bushes and trees, and angular mazes/labyrinths, etc.
>
> Now I'm not English but I'm pretty sure the wild looking gardens are called English gardens. I know these gardens you've described and they very well could be English too (I really don't know), but they aren't called an English garden. I don't know what these gardens are called.
>
HAPPIEST OF OUTCOMES; Everyone is right. The wild everything put in
together gardens are English cottage gardens or country gardens.
I guess the others are English formal gardens.
>
> harry - good point about the over 50 group not being as internet savy.
>
> Front yards are a compete waste in North America. No one sits in them, parks on them, grows gardens in them--they are a time consuming, make-work project. (well in my opinion)My front yard's not a waste! It's the recreation and toileting center
for all the neighborhood animals. I really don't mind though. My neighbor's
kittens have stripped all the baby spiders from my spider plants but watching
the great drama was worth it.
I call my backyard a wildlife garden and just mow paths through it. I grow lots
of native plants and whatever survives stays. I would like to do more but I try to
make the best of whatever energy I have. And I feel good about doing a little good
by providing shelter for some of the birds and small things that are being driven
out by development.
The frontyard is a different story. I try to keep it decent enough not to offend the
neighbors or at least not drive down their property values ;-) It''s a lot of work.
I have fantasies of taking out the grass and putting in low maintenance groundcover
but that's a BIG project.
grannybabble
Posted by Janice on May 25, 2000, at 14:08:40
In reply to Re: Janice, posted by grannybabble on May 25, 2000, at 11:01:59
isn't it great when we're all right (usually it's only me).
Glad to hear your front yard acts as a toilet to some kitties (one day, I bet our pets will be going to the bathroom on a manmade doggy or kitty toilet)
and your backyard, well, it sounds environmentally friendly.
I don't know why our lots are so big, generally, in North America.
peace, Janice
When I was a kid, we used to bring our horses to our yard (in the city) to keep the yard down and allow the horses to have a decent graze. as they say now, it was a 'win-win' situation.
Posted by Noa on May 25, 2000, at 17:41:08
In reply to Re: Janice, posted by grannybabble on May 25, 2000, at 11:01:59
> HAPPIEST OF OUTCOMES; Everyone is right.AHHHHH....amazing. Thanks, Grannybabble.
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