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[which_chick]

While I promised to mail irises today, I actually dug them up and packed them today after work, so they'll not be mailed today. They will be mailed tomorrow. I hope they make it out there okay, ornery_chick, but I packed enough that even if they have to overwinter in the mountains and cannibalize the weaker members of their party, at least some of them should make it through. I expect you'll have extras. Please don't feel guilty if you don't have room for all of them.

Also, the black raspberries are ripening in my yard. I grow the cultivar Bristol, which is damn tasty and hardy in my winters. My brother Joe grows red raspberries, which his son adores and which I admire for their productivity and large, flavorful berries. I should probably get me some of those, but the Bristols are so well behaved, tidy, (I grow them on a trellis) and low-effort that I have trouble getting motivated to install more raspberries. The reds, at least from what they look like at Joe's house, are sturdy, not-very-manageable brambles that kind of do their own thing and would not consent readily to trellising... and that is part of what's keeping me from red raspberries. I bet I'd like 'em if I tried 'em, but for now, I have my Bristols and I am well pleased with them.

Also, gwangi's CD got here today and I am listening to it with enthusiasm, second time through -- the first run through made the packing of irises rather more bouncy and dance-ish than it would otherwise have been.

The thunder is rolling ominously outside -- I really hope we get some rain.

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[gwangi.livejournal.com]

Glad you liked it. I was listening to Deli Girl on the drive home from work today and was again struck by what an absolutely spectacular song that is.

This userpic is from the front cover of Veruca Salt's second CD, by the way.