Donna Weatherly:  

Life Well despite the ill will of most, I made it thru the Military and many travels. I saw Korea, Japan and 2 hours of the Philippines! Man, life is great here in the USA..Don't let anyone tell you different ;-) Married a great guy and worked towards his becoming a Design Engineer...2 kids 2 horses many cats and dogs along the way; and all deleriously happy! I live on a patch of pasture on 2 acres and enjoy my horses and garden and help my husband in his Art and Knives studio. You might find it as. Weatherly custom designs? In my 50's now and married almost 33 years and never regretting but a few moments that we did not take the time to communicate, but it all worked out! We live way the heck out of town and commuting home you can just feel your blood pressure drop. The ride thru the canyon is dressed up with little creeks and streams. Vine maples and birches dress up the peaceful seating as the water tinkles away. We have a lovely little creek at the foot of the property with a hand hewed bench made by my son. We take the time to walk down there and think of people we knew and wish they found the quiet and peace we have come to know and the love of god that we carry inside us. I garden most of the months and if you doubt god in any way, then you have never seen my gardens. Just small patches now 30 feet long for the flowers... The vegetable garden was 60 by 45 and fruitful and prolific and tomatoes to die for! Sweet yellows you just have to try them. We fed our selves and family and strangers too! I am on "my special Place" but it is just a diary I am leaving for my kids. Some personal stuff like my last surgery, nothing but boring photos... and some clever story telling for my kids. Not your normal meat market 49'er page. I'm not there for a change. I'm there for my kids and my extended families. My email is good on the web site. If you want to chat. I'm ok with that. I heard a rumor that there is some of the 75-77 alumni's that are artists and galley from season to season. If you are one, I'd like to throw my card in the hat. We pour small Bronze and Jim develops his own line of Art Knives. We are looking into Automatic Knives for the future. Gotta find a way to make his Kit-Built plane come to life! Look for the "aviator" in 2008 or 2009! His Shark ( 2000-2001) is still asked for, but he wants to move on. I can form rock and polish on the Lapidary set, I'd like to work a handle in Jade and Labradorite and made it work on an auto....Baby I got plans for a PRETTY one! His last Auto was lightening quick. Too bad it was a prototype for a well known Knife company. They made millions on it. 2010 Ya know; there are times in your life that you have flashes of the past and of decisions you made. I remember being in the dorm with my husband (At that time we were living in sin, I suppose) He was shaving and I was applying my make up before work. I remember that I took a good look at him and thought to myself that he was mine, and I'd fight heaven and earth to keep him. It was just not a looks and T& A thing (Though this man did wonders for a flight suit!) Oh My God I made a vow even before the vow! That was almost 33 years ago and we¿ve come thru hell together. Weve bitten and scratched to get and keep a home. We've invested and lost thousands and now thanks to Bush we've lost a bunch in 401K. But all in all I remember how it was in the early days and how we promised each other wed work through it and that it would take steps each day. I look at what it took to get here and I worry about our kids and kids we've grown next to; or helped raise from afar. Every one that touches us becomes a place in our hearts and in our minds. I think about the children we give our hearts to that are thru the genes from other parents and know I left a piece of my heart in theirs. I hope that if the world start breaking apart, they would feel that I remember their bubbly, snot filled, grins. I still say prayers for them when their faces conjure up in past remembrances. (Usually flowers in the garden do this) Laura= lilies: Star gazers are key! Maybe the Sunny Yellow ones too! You come up every year and make the air smell WONDERFUL! You make beautiul children that people share with others and No matter how awful the winter, You still find a corn or two to come back with a vengence. I really love to go out in June and feed at night. The smell from the SG's is just so pungent and assured that I know spring is in full bore and living it's best. your Mom would understand. She thought of you girls with the Lilacs. So I won't use that one. There was a really cool weed that had a Purple-Blue snap dragon kind of flower and she picked them when you girls were out of school. I think since they were so close to a cobol color, she thought of you guys as vibrant. Don't ask me? I know they are NOT fox glove. Might be a type of Larkspur. But I tried to grow them and they died. They were toast in the times I tried to cultivate them. I just gave up. God knows best. Rebecca.... Shasta daisies or black eyed Susans (Your mom and I sat in a field of them while we both were pregnant, sorry not the nicest flowers, but it's a memory thing. sorry kiddo!) Besides, You can't kill a Black eyed Susan. They say that the water from the vase of Black Eyed Susans is a sure cure for ground mites. This means you are a flower that heals. Ground mites kill the roots and you have a yellow plant that cannot be saved. I plant my Crocosmias and Black eyed Susans together. You and Deyna were just a week apart. So in that honor, you guys visit the same part of the garden! Deyna.....Crocosmias. (No matter how harsh the winter, they seem to push thru the snow.) I'm hoping you find the right stems to grow tall and slender. You'll live medium height! But you'll never combat your sister the Lucifer! The Orange and Yellow sisters need tall Oranges to compete for seeding. You need to strive to be taller than just the medium hight. The Dark red ones ( This site wont let me say the Lucifer) Even if it's a proper Ortho-name) is your weedy cousin that will take over the beds...You gonna let her? Tschaurleighy....Angel face roses. (It's a wonder I can't get them to grow here. They hate the cold, just like you!) I shall try again, I promise. Irises too. All of my pink Irises remind me of the window box from the Crying Onion flower box.. You forgot the rhizome I snitched for you. But I found its exact sister.. I now have 4 of them. Ironic; Their name is: LadyFriend! Terri M; Maple trees! God how many times I tried to sneak away to play and was not allowed to. If it weren't for my Ballet lessons we would have lost contact in the formative years. Mary B: Weeds. No matter where you go they survive. They are the ememy of all Women. You can never trust a weed to do anything but tick you off! They take the bed over and menopolize your efforts, and screw up the beauty of the loyal timeless special plants you want to nurture...Expand for more