44 thoughts on “rose of sharon new in the summer show”

  1. Your Rose of Sharon blooms are gorgeous. Most of ours are white. I looked at them a day or so ago, and buds aren’t really showing yet. We’re a bit behind in the mountains.

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      2. sort of. The little trees we planted will grow fast. I intend them to be a cover to mask the terrible stark white “church” building which spoils my view to the East. It looks exactly like a warehouse…exactly…with their parking lot in full view. These are the people that destroyed our highway fence foliage, then obliterated every stinkin’ one of the flowering trees on the property they bought from me two years ago. grumble grumble

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      4. The building is a huge white warehouse looking thing. There are trees on our property that border the church site…and I have put them on notice that if they chop down any of our trees I will sue their ass!

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      6. It’s the so-called pastor. He is all about grandiose displays…raucus rock music (which I certainly do not object to in other settings,) holier-than-thou pretend goodness. He wanted “all” of the trees gone, even after the tree-service owner assured me they would not be “destroying any healthy trees.” He did condescend (the pastor,) to allow two big grasses to remain on the property line after I pleaded for them.

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      7. -mumbles under breath-
        Men of god… please don’t take this the wrong way but I consider most of these people to be little more than charlatans. I know there are good people out there who dedicate their lives to helping others but…I don’t think these churchy people fall into that category. 😦

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      8. No, not these guys that just rewrite the bible if they don’t like what it says. If there really is a “higher being” I pray that it will have all these “men of god” gathered in one place and zap the lot of them with a good lightning bolt.

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      12. Actually I come from a family that is not particularly religious. I turned Catholic when I wanted to marry my first husband. I was 17, and my girlfriend and I took instructions together. We had zillions of questions. lol

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      16. It was five years or more before I got married, but my friend was actively planning her wedding early. LOL Another friend planned her wedding and graduation in the same week…that was the thing back in the 1950s. I was bridesmaid for both of these friends.

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      18. My high school friends either went to college or they got married right after they graduated h.s. However, two girls in our junior year got pregnant, and they were not allowed to graduate. I forget if they just couldn’t go to classes and associate with the rest of us, or if they weren’t allowed to graduate. Those two girls were both named Barbara, best friends; they eventually married and went on to have seven children each…one had seven girls, the other had seven boys. Back then getting pregnant w/out being married was a huge problem, girls would be sent away to relatives, put in “unwed mother” homes or have their babies taken from them at birth. Hopefully all the perpetrators of those heinous practice are burning in hell. (Not the girls…the others…)

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      19. Aaaah…I worked in the Royal Women’s hospital for about 6 months [admin] and I was in the adoption department where teenage Mum’s gave birth. I remember some of them crying desperately as their babies were taken away from them. They’d signed the papers before hand – what did they know? And how much pressure were they under? Then the birth happened and some fell in love with their babies. It was gut wrenching just witnessing that pain.
        And of course, the other half of the babies’ DNA got away with what? a slap on the wrist? Or maybe one on the back for being ‘virile’? Hateful times.

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      22. I think my Mum was 26 or 27, but her first fiance was killed in WWII. More to the point, I remember hitting 24 and actually thinking ‘right, that’s it, I’m now officially an old maid’.
        Not sure how much times ever change.

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      23. Yes, even 20 was pushing it…”you aren’t married yet?” Even worse, when I finally told my grandmother that I was getting married, her reaction was “can’t you find a nice Protestant boy, Patsy?” My grandparents were lovely people, great people, and excellent role models for us…no prejudice at all…except for Catholics. They hated Catholics. I’m sure that was due to my great-grandparents’ experiences back in England at the time. My GG was 10 when she came to the U.S. with her parents and grand parents when the emigrated from England circa~1850. They used a lot of English slang that I didn’t understand until decades later… when I was naughty they would say “Patsy’s gone and the Roundhead is here.” That’s some kind of political bias I think. 🙂

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      24. published by Baen, distributed by Simon & Schuster, 1990 was the first Wizard of Yurt novel. I loved all her novels. Her non-fiction history books and others were published by a university press. Since she retired (her real name is Constance Bouchard) she has had published I don’t know how many novels and/or History books. I did not take any actual classes from her, as my field of study was Latin American Studies, which included all of Latin America. and American/United States History.

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      26. Have you read Lightning Thesaurus, M. Blissett ? he’s been a blogger pal for years. I love this book, his first. I read it on kindle, ordered the paperback, and then read it again. Unusual style, innovative plot, and “new” ideas. I’m waiting for his new book to be available through Amazon.

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      28. He is a blogger, writes poetry and fiction. This is his first published (Indie) book, and has another coming out this month. His ideas are fresh and original, and I love the premise of much of his story. He isn’t in my list of VCB’s, I can’t recall the name of his blog.

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      30. Great! I may read the series again. I’ve been looking for bedtime reading, I like to have a go-to title in reading. I don’t like anything too scary at night…ala Stephen King…I read only one of his books, Cujo, and it scared the bejeebers out of me.

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      31. I’ve read a couple of King’s horror – who hasn’t? – but I never liked it. I do, however, love his Dolores Claiborne. Best female character written by a male, ever!

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      32. Have you read Ruth Rendell? I love her writing style, but she does get a bit too gory-graphic for me at times. Oh, I checked Matt Blissett, I was wrong about Lightning Thesaurus being his first novel. It is the first of a particular series.

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      34. My favorite genre is what I call Lawyer Fiction, Lisa Scottilini, Grisham. I haven’t read any for awhile though. I like Spy novels, too. And Hillerman’s Navajo and Arizona novels. As a teen and young wife I tended to read Sci Fi…the old school titles.

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      35. I like who-dunnits, thrillers and spy novels too. In fact, there’s not a lot I don’t like so long as the characters are 3D and the plots aren’t ‘transparent’. 😀

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      37. lmao – I’m kind of skeptical about faster-than-light travel and laser guns blasting away in space but…if the characters and stories are good enough, I’ll suspend disbelief. 😀

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      38. I haven’t read Dolores Claiborne; may have it somewhere. Dau2 had his entire collection, gave it to Dau1, who gave it to her grandson…who is thrilled. 🙂 My GGrandson, he and his pals on the hockey team found my gift of a WW2 History book enchanting…they actually formed a waiting list to borrow it. (All of my GG kids are avid readers.)

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      39. Oh read Dolores if you can! It’s the book that made me believe Stephen King really was a great writer. Wish he’d written more like it.

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