Guest guest Posted April 21, 2005 Report Share Posted April 21, 2005 I live here cause my husband's job moved us here *lol* Its nice - complaints are that it is WAY too hot and humid during the summer and we have mosquitoes year round. Good things - citrus trees can be grown here (even though I don't have any yet) and rosemary plants are evergreens ... Do I want to live here forever? Mmmm, probably not, but I hate moving too, so I'm in no rush to uproot again. I'm a grumbly, critical Virgo, so I'll always find a reason to dislike SOMETHING about where I am (but at the same time I can always find good things about it too *Smile* Chris (list mom - I suppose I ok'd the thread by responding to it <grinz>) Hawaiian 'Alaea Red Sea Salt Pre-Buy Special - Going On Now http://www.alittleolfactory.com <http://www.alittleolfactory.com/> This is probably off topic, since it does not directly concern oils and herbs. However, it does affect what we can grow, and our total well-being. So if the list masters do not object, after reading Rita Bohn's lovely story, I would like to ask of all of us: why do you live where you do? Was it choice, chance, or necessity? Do you love it or dream of being somewhere warmer, cooler, wetter or drier? I won't post my own till the listmaster OKs the thread. Ien in the Kootenays ******************************* Stop. Breathe. Smile! ~Padma ( my TV yoga teacher) See my smiling face: http://www.greatestnetworker.com/is/ien ******************************* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 21, 2005 Report Share Posted April 21, 2005 You know the old adage, becareful of what you wish for cuz you just might get it? That's me sorta. Well, I live in San Jose California. We live here because after spending 12 years in Sweden and England I was ready to come " home " . The husband was miserable with his job so after applying for several jobs in CA (as that seemed to be the most likely place for him to get an electronic engineering job) he found one here. Coming back to the states was a big culture shock. One wouldn't think so, but I had learned to live and think differently and it was very strange being here for a long while... still is some days. The heat was hard to deal with. I wasn't used to it at all and I'm still not. I don't like brown as a summer color and that's what one gets after the first couple of weeks in June. Also, back gardens here are tiny. No place for a decent garden. Veggie or otherwise. Unless you're one of those super creative gardening types and I'm not. I'm all practicle, non imaginative. So my summer vegtables were limited to Tomatoes grown in a childs swimming pool along with the occassional vine plant like pumpkins. After being here six years, we are moving to the other side of the state, in/near the mountains. It's 10 to 15 degree's cooler on average during the summer (big diff between 80 and 95 in my books), greener and we'll be able to get between 2 and 5 acres without much problem. Also the area is extremely eclectic from engineers to tarot readers, artists to ranchers, republicans to bleeding heart liberals. Also I checked out the schools, they're mainly excellent! So hopefully in a couple of months we'll be settling into a whole new environment with some room to move and breathe... followed by a kitten, a golden retriever, a couple of ducks, a few more chickens and possibly a pygmy goat! WHEEEEEEEE! I'm not a country gal at all, however I do like to garden and I just like to be able to yell at the kids to go out side and not have to worry about the neighbors and I like to shop, and fortunatly there are safeways, Ben Franklin craft stores and 30 minutes down the road a Costco and if I get really desperate, Sacramento is only about 45 minutes away... population of the area is like 28,000. I'm looking forward to it ;-) (ooof! WHAT a run on sentence... too lazy to fix it) So there you have it... Cheers! Kathleen Petrides The Woobey Queen The Warming Touch, Therapeutic Pillows http://www.woobeyworld.com I would > like to ask of all of us: why do you live > where you do? > > Was it choice, chance, or necessity? > Do you love it or dream of being somewhere > warmer, cooler, wetter or drier? > > I won't post my own till the listmaster OKs > the thread. > > Ien in the Kootenays > ******************************* > Stop. Breathe. Smile! > ~Padma ( my TV yoga teacher) > See my smiling face: > http://www.greatestnetworker.com/is/ien > ******************************* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 22, 2005 Report Share Posted April 22, 2005 Thanks for the answers! Will tell how a nice girl from Amsterdam ended up in a tipi in the mountains later. Have to go to sleep now, big weekend coming up. See y'all on Monday Ien in the Kootenays ********************************** " You miss 100% of the shots you don't take " Wayne Gretzky Learn to shoot for the stars: http://greatestnetworker.com/ien ************************************ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 29, 2005 Report Share Posted April 29, 2005 <Woobey wrote: No place for a decent garden. Veggie or After being here six years, we are moving to the other side of the state, in/near the mountains. > Smart move!!! We drove back over Yosemite, and I said that if I had to live in California, I would want to live in the foothills. Where are you moving to? And where in Sweden did you live? Ien in the Kootenays ********************************** " You miss 100% of the shots you don't take " Wayne Gretzky Learn to shoot for the stars: http://greatestnetworker.com/ien ************************************ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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