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<DIV>Hello, hello,</DIV>
<DIV>I'm Julianne's neighbor so I've been hearing about this, please count me in
as well. I'm ready for some of nature's magic.</DIV>
<DIV>looking forward to it!</DIV>
<DIV>Cherie Byrd</DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Please
count me in - I have been proselytizing for the Winter Garden for most of the
25 years I've been in Seattle - it is a absolute (if largely unknown!)
treasure, and just at a point in the year when one begins to think: I simply
cannot take winter for another moment or I will run screaming from the room!!
- <I>this</I> is the *perfect* antidote.<BR><BR>The Winter Garden is mother
nature's original aromatherapy - and if it's a good day - sunny and mostly
still with just the tiniest wisp of a breeze, some of the fragrances can
easily knock your socks off at 50 paces. Yet, even if it's raining, it's
still absolutely worth the trip!<BR><BR>And who doesn't delight in seeing a
single hummingbird, much less dozens! Anna's Hummingbird is the only
hummingbird to overwinter in our region, and they feed from the upright Oregon
Grape (Mahonia 'Arthur Menzies') which is itself a truly gorgeous
plant... I've been to the Arboretum in January during a snowstorm and
still seen the hummingbirds darting about - an event truly magical beyond
compare.<BR><BR>This garden only blooms during the few middle weeks of January
- promise yourself you won't miss it this year, and you'll be forever glad you
didn't!<BR><BR>See y'all there!<BR>>;-)<BR>Julianne<BR><BR>
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Topics:<BR><BR> 1. Visit to Arboretum January 10th (Rhonda
Brown)<BR>----------------------------------------------------------------------<BR>Message:
1<BR>Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2008 22:42:00 -0800<BR>From: Rhonda Brown <<A
title=mailto:rhondavous101@hotmail.com
href="mailto:rhondavous101@hotmail.com"
target=_blank>rhondavous101@hotmail.com</A>><BR>Subject:
[UrbanCropCircle] Visit to Arboretum January 10th<BR>To: UCC <<A
title=mailto:urbancropcircle@lists.sustainableballard.org
href="mailto:urbancropcircle@lists.sustainableballard.org"
target=_blank>urbancropcircle@lists.sustainableballard.org</A>><BR>Message-ID:
<COL111-W2287A315B38501E96ECC6CFEE60@phx.gbl><BR>Content-Type:
text/plain; charset="windows-1252"<BR><BR><BR>Hey Gardeners:<BR><BR>The Witt
Winter Garden at the Arboretum is legendary, and according to Ingela, an
absolute must-see. With hummingbirds zooming around and flowering
winter plants such as witch hazel, mahonia, heather and hellebore's, it's a
great excuse for a gardeners field trip.<BR><BR>Saturday, January
10<BR>Washington Arboretum Witt Winter Garden<BR><BR><A
title=http://depts.washington.edu/wpa/hilights.htm
href="http://depts.washington.edu/wpa/hilights.htm"
target=_blank>http://depts.washington.edu/wpa/hilights.htm</A><BR><BR>Directions:
<A title=http://depts.washington.edu/wpa/directions.htm#directions
href="http://depts.washington.edu/wpa/directions.htm#directions"
target=_blank>http://depts.washington.edu/wpa/directions.htm#directions</A><BR><BR>All
folks wanting to go should:<BR><BR>1. RSVP to <A
title=mailto:rhonda@sustainableballard.org
href="mailto:rhonda@sustainableballard.org"
target=_blank>rhonda@sustainableballard.org</A> to sign up.<BR>2. Plan to
meet at the Loyal Heights Community Club at 9:45 am, Saturday, January
10th<BR>3. Dress for the weather and be ready to have a good time!
Bring some hot chocolate!<BR><BR>Loyal Heights Community Club<BR>2101
NW 77th St<BR>Seattle, WA 98117<BR>(206) 684-4052<BR><BR>Expect to hear more
soon about the Urban Crop Circle. We may have a new meeting place, and
we definitely will be restructuring the format. In the works is the
planning for new workshops for next spring (and if you have ideas, feel free
to send them along).<BR><BR>Hope everyone had a great holiday and see you on
the 10th! Rhonda<BR><BR>End of UrbanCropCircle Digest, Vol 6, Issue
1<BR>*********************************************<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR>--
<BR>To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on
the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty but also of
compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness. What we choose to emphasize in this
complex history will determine our lives. If we see only the worst, it
destroys our capacity to do something. If we remember those times and
places--and there are so many--where people have behaved magnificently, this
gives us the energy to act, and at least the possibility of sending this
spinning top of a world in a different direction. And if we do act, in however
small a way, we don't have to wait for some grand utopian future. The future
is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human
beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a
marvelous victory.<BR>Samir Adil<BR>President, Iraq Freedom
Congress<BR><BR><BR>Live life like art.<BR>Lacy Stockton<BR><BR>It is a
fearful thing to love what death can
touch.<BR>Anonymous<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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