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Introduction to Hat Yai in Southern Thailand
Hat Yai changes incredibly quickly, as does the rest of Thailand. This site started its life some time in 2004. During 2005 I became bored with the downtown tourist area and moved further out of town for a quieter life. This also coincided with a period when I didn't have an enormous amount of motivation to work on my website.In early 2006 I realised that quite a few places I had recommended previously had already closed. Also, during 2005, oil prices shot up as the Thai government removed its fuel subsidies. This resulted in transport fares shooting up. The effect of these changes was to render my information quickly out of date.
Later in 2006 I made several updates but restaurants and hotels continued to open and close faster than I could make the changes.
Since then I have made an effort at various times to update the information to ensure that it is current.
As the site has become bigger, making updates has become a bigger task. In 2011 I started to add GPS coordinates. These, hopefully, won't change but adding them is still a work in progress. If you find that information is now out of date please contact me so I can make the necessary changes.
Feedback is always welcome and your input helps to make the information here more useful to other visitors.
This Site
I started writing this site about a year after moving to Hat Yai. My reasons for doing so were for my own amusement and to perhaps assist other people thinking of making a visit. With this web site in mind it has made me generally more observant of things around me.Before I came to Hat Yai I tried to find information about the town but what I found on the Internet wasn't very good. The only things people ever seem to mention are the whereabouts of a few cheap guest houses and bars on Thamnoon Vithee Road. I found this quite boring and not very useful. Even semi-official looking web sites tend just to use their web space as an advertising board for a few local establishments and don't offer any real information.
The Hat Yai section in the Lonely Planet Thailand Guide isn't particularly good either. Lonely Planet doesn't exactly lie but the information they provide isn't very good and the image of Hat Yai in my mind after reading Lonely Planet wasn't at all how I actually found Hat Yai to be.
Lonely Planet have got Bangkok pretty well sewn up and as Joe Cummings lives in Chiang Mai they do a fairly good job there too. The publication is aimed at backpackers so they concentrate on the well-trodden Banana Pancake Trail through Thailand.
My impression of their Hat Yai entry is that they considered it necessary in a guide to Thailand because Hat Yai is the biggest city in southern Thailand, but not very important, so just included an assortment of hotels, shops and restaurants selected at random in order to fill a few pages. It looks to me as if their researcher was only in town for a couple of days.
The last edition I bothered to look at (2005) was a lot better and more balanced than previous editions but they still missed a lot. It's understandable. Their readership, which consists mainly of backpackers, will typically only be spending a night or two in Hat Yai and not venturing very far from the train station. For this type of traveller the information provided by LP will be quite sufficient.
These pages contain my own personal view of Hat Yai after living in the town since the end of 2003. For that reason, it isn't an impartial view. I express my own opinions and preferences and I concentrate on activities and places that I find interesting.
Depending on what any one individual finds interesting, another person's definition of 'places of interest in Hat Yai' may be completely different.
I have never been much into nightlife and now that I am married I don't have much interest in the places and people that draw many foreign males to Thailand. There are other web sites that cover those topics.
However, I hope that this guide gives a more comprehensive and balanced impression of Hat Yai than the type of on-line resources I found when I was searching for information some years ago.
Visitors to this Site
Selamat Datang! Most visitors to this website come from nearby Malaysia. The Malaysian border is only an hour away and Hat Yai is a popular destination for Malaysians wanting to take short breaks. Next on the list are visitors from Singapore. Hat Yai is not a very popular destination among Europeans and Scandinavians, although a few Swedish and German visitors do seem to be interested.The Hat Yai section of this web site was launched some time in 2004 (I can't remember exactly which month) but the following flag counter has only been running since 8th September 2011.
Perceptions of Hat Yai
No one sees the same place in the same way. If you have come from rural Thailand, Hat Yai seems big and the shopping good. However, if you have come from Bangkok, Singapore or a large Western city, it seems small and the shopping not very good.Many countries are quite restrictive. Laws are generally enforced more than they are in Thailand, and some countries have restrictive religious laws. Therefore, arriving in Thailand after living elsewhere can seem like a big relief. However, that perception can change if you have lived in Thailand for several years.
The central tourist area of Hat Yai is very different to the rest of town. If, for example, you live on the university campus your view of Hat Yai will be very different compared to someone who only knows Lee Gardens Plaza. Etc, etc.
I have experienced Hat Yai as a wide-eyed tourist with no knowledge of the town, and I have experienced it as a fairly long-term working resident. I have lived near the central area, and I have lived further out. I've met lots of tourists, and I know lots of Thais who work or study in Hat Yai.
As a tourist I used to wear rose-tinted glasses whenever I was in Thailand but they were thrown away a long time ago. Also, during that stage, I didn't know enough to realise what was going on around me. Some of my observations aren't very flattering but I don't believe they are inaccurate. I try to keep a balanced view and therefore you will read things here that you won't find in a normal tourist guide.
Depending on your background, your view may be different to mine but it's probably because we are looking at the same thing in a different way. If you are new to Hat Yai, I probably thought the same way as you did when I first arrived but views can change over time.
Constructive feedback, corrections, and suggestions for improvement are always very welcome. In fact, nothing is more useful to other visitors than real up to date information from people who have just visited Hat Yai.As I live in Hat Yai, I no longer stay at hotels so information and feedback about hotels is particularly welcome. The site is too large now for me to keep everything constantly up to date. Your feedback makes a big difference.
I answer most e-mails and try my best to help people if I can.
Orientation - Map of Hat Yai
In Thailand, all secondary towns and cities after Bangkok are very small by comparison. This includes Hat Yai which, although considered quite a large provincial town, is still tiny compared with the sprawling capital.Most places of interest to sort-term visitors in Hat Yai are within easy walking distance of the central area.
Clicking on the image will take you to a map of Hat Yai. The map is divided into quarters and clicking on any quarter will link to a larger map of that quarter. Map references have been included throughout these pages to assist readers with finding places I have referred to.
A few years ago I also started adding GPS coordinates in order to make it easier for people to find places I have mentioned.
GPS Coordinates
Since acquiring a Garmin GPS unit I've started adding latitude and longitude coordinates to the places I've written about in this guide.However, the guide is quite big now and adding coordinates for every location is going to be a time-consuming process which will take a while to complete.
If you have a GPS this should make places a lot easier to find. Also, if you have a GPS and can send me the coordinates of places I haven't got around to yet it would be appreciated.
Street Names and Transliteration
Transliterating Thai words and names written in Thai characters to words and names written using the English alphabet is open to all kinds of interpretation. There is no commonly used system; everyone does it their own way and this leads to inconsistencies. Examples of these inconsistencies exist within these pages. When referring to the addresses of individual establishments I have tended to use the version in that establishment's brochure or on their business card but this may differ to the spellings on the map pages.The map refers to Thamanoonvithee Road but a guest house might spell it 'Thamnoon Vithi Road'. Phetkasem Road also appears as 'Petchkasem Road'. Thais do not use the word 'Road' of course, this is only used in brochures written in English. Phetkasem Road is therefore known as 'Thanon Phetkasem' locally.
The photo I have used here provides another example. The actual street sign says 'Thanon Manasruedee' but on the Map this is referred to as 'Manatruedee Road'. Many Thai characters change sound depending on whether they are used at the beginning or end of a syllable. Some transliteration systems account for this but others don't, e.g., Sawasdee and Sawatdee.
It's a mess. I can do a reasonable job at transliterating Thai words to give a more accurate phonetic representation of the word when written in English, but my version would be different to standard versions and therefore not recognised by human beings or search engines. To avoid this I tend to use the standard version if there is one - i.e., Phuket, and not Poo-get.
There is one very easy way to avoid all this nonsense and that is to learn how to read Thai. It's not actually that difficult.
You may have noticed that the town discussed in these pages is variously written in English as Hat Yai, Hatyai, Had Yai, Haad Yai, etc. The common transliteration is Hat Yai but with Thai to English transliteration there are no right ways, just wrong ways.
Thai words do not have spaces in between so getting rid of the space in the middle would be OK. The vowel in the first syllable is actually a long vowel, therefore 'aa' or even 'ar' would be more accurate.
The final consonant of the first syllable is pronounced 'D' when used as an initial consonant but 'T' when used as a final consonant. I therefore agree with 'T' but this is the reason why some people use 'D'.
If I was doing the transliteration, I would probably write it as 'Haat Yai' in order to get the pronunciation more phonetically correct.
Here's the Thai spelling:
According to the Thai tone rules, 'Haat' should be pronounced with a rising tone and 'Yai' with a low tone.
Alternative Place Names
As if the Thai language wasn't already difficult enough, Thais take extra precautions to ensure that foreigners can't understand what they are going on about by having alternative names for streets and places. What's more, they don't think anything of using these alternative names with foreigners, and they expect strangers from out of town to know what they mean.A few examples in Hat Yai would be the Prince of Songkhla university and hospital which is always referred to as Mor Or. The three Niphat Uthit roads are referred to as Sai 1, Sai 2 and Sai 3 but you will never see this stated on a map. An area of Rajyindee Road is known as saamsip met (30 meters) for some reason. Schools tend to be abbreviated to initials so Hat Yai Wittayalai school becomes Yor Wor. Etc etc.
Hat Yai
How did Hat Yai get its name? If you know a little bit about the Thai language, you will know that the word order is 'noun-adjective' and that 'haat' means 'beach' and 'yai' means 'big'. Easy - it means 'big beach'. Except that Hat Yai is inland and doesn't have any beaches.The 'hat' comes from 'ma-haat', which is a type of tree, and presumubly there was once a large 'ma-haat' tree standing where Hat Yai is today. It is this tree that gave the town its name.
มะหาดใหญ่ - ma-haat yai
The sign in the photo is for a restaurant that also takes its name from the big ma-haat tree.
Population figures are always difficult to obtain for cities because who decides exactly where the city stops? I've read that the population in the greater Hat Yai area is about 850,000, and that there are about 180,000 people living in the city centre.
Compared to most provincial Thai towns and cities Hat Yai is quite big - there is even a recognisable skyline - but compared to Bangkok it is tiny. Nowhere in Thailand even comes close to Bangkok. In Thailand, Bangkok is the size of an elephant and everywhere else is just a mosquito bite on the elephant's backside.
As you enter Thailand by road from Malaysia at the Dannok border crossing there is a large sign warning of the dangers of HIV and AIDS.
Pfizer, the manufacturer of Viagra©, paid for a huge billboard to warn of the dangers of taking fake erection enhancing drugs. The sign first appeared above Gim Yong market then moved to the side of the V.L. Hotel so it was visible from a long way off when approaching Hat Yai from the direction of Satun.
A young Australian I met who had been in Hat Yai for a year teaching and studying told me that every day he questioned his decision about basing himself in Hat Yai. "There are 250 Karaoke bars, but there isn't one art gallery," he told me. I'm not sure how accurate his figure of 250 was but there certainly are a lot of Karaoke bars (where no singing takes place) and I am not aware of any permanent art galleries. If you can't live without art galleries or other forms of cultural stimulation then Hat Yai probably isn't for you. Better choices might be New York, Paris or London.
These things tend to say quite a lot about how Hat Yai is seen by many people. But is there more to Hat Yai? I think there is, otherwise I wouldn't be here, and in these pages I'll attempt to paint a more balanced picture of the town.
According to Lonely Planet, Hat Yai is 933km from Bangkok and is Southern Thailand's commercial centre. Yes, it is a long way south of Bangkok and it is only about 60km away from the Malaysian border. The economy is very dependent on Malaysian tourists who visit continuously throughout the year.
It should be just another slightly depressing provincial Thai town that goes completely dark after sunset but because of its proximity to the Malaysian border it is quite different.
Malaysians view Hat Yai as southern Californians might view Tijuana, or Brits might view Amsterdam. It is close enough to visit for a weekend; it is cheap relative to Malaysia, and it's fun. Groups of Malaysian girls come to shop, families come for weekend breaks, and groups of men come for other reasons. The Malaysian visitors are mostly of Chinese ethnicity but Muslim Malays and Indians also arrive.
In addition to Chinese Malaysian tourists, Hat Yai sees quite a few Chinese Singaporean tourists who come for basically the same reasons. I assume that the easy Thai way of life must also be quite refreshing after living in Singapore for a while.
Asian visitors are not restricted to Malaysians and Singaporeans. An article I read about prostitution in Thailand mentioned that Hat Yai is 'notorious' throughout Indonesia as well as Malaysia. Visitors also come from Hong Kong and China and I am told that there are lots of Japanese also.
Old Hat Yai
One of the great tragedies of Hat Yai is that very few people seem to be interested in preserving the city's old buildings. There are still examples of old wooden buildings, but they are fast disappearing.Along one part of Niphat Uthit 1 Road you can still find some examples of classic Sino-Portuguese architecture. The buildings had started to crumble, but I was pleased to see that a few years ago they were given a new coat of paint.
It seems almost criminal. In nearby Songkhla (in the old part of town), the old buildings have been protected with preservation orders. On my last trip to Phuket town, I noticed that a lot of the old buildings have been restored, and restored faithfully.
When Lee Kuan Yew began Singapore's journey to that of being a developed country, a lot of old areas were demolished. However, the Singaporeans realised in time that they were destroying their heritage and acted quickly. The brightly coloured Chinese shophouse buildings, intermingled with Singapore's skyscrapers and modern architecture, look fabulous now.
What did Hat Yai used to look like? Probably the best place to get an idea of how things used to look like is the area around the train station where there are still lots of old wooden houses on stilts.
A few restaurants and photo frame shops have the odd picture of Hat Yai from some time in the past. I found quite an extensive collection of old Hat Yai photos in a small restaurant called Hat Yai City, located next door to the Winstar hotel near to Diana department store.
The owner, Khun Juckkris Noonark, is keen on old photographs of Hat Yai and obtained several from different sources (mainly people from old Hat Yai families). He made new prints, framed them and hung them around his shop. They were very interesting, and available to buy. Unfortunately, the restaurant is no longer there.
I heard about plans to open a local museum in the old TOT building next to Hat Yai Plaza and the clock tower. However, these plans never materialised and the building is now a public library.
Despite all this gloom, there is some good news. It isn't publicised very widely, but inside Hat Yai University (a private university, as opposed to a government one) there is a museum devoted to Hat Yai's history.
See Hat Yai City Museum for more details.
What Hat Yai Isn't
Many people I know expressed their surprise when I based myself in Hat Yai because I could have lived anywhere in Thailand. For people who have never been to Hat Yai I have to stress that it is not beautiful. It is not 'Tourist Brochure Thailand'. In fact, compared to many areas of Thailand it is downright ugly.A friend from the UK who visited at the end of 2004 described it as the, 'Harlow of Thailand,' and anyone who has visited Harlow in Essex will understand that this comparison isn't exactly complimentary. Friends and family tend to visit once and then they never return!
In the books with beautiful glossy photographs of Thailand and similar books that summarise the best hotels Thailand has to offer there is never a mention of Hat Yai, and for good reason.
There are no beautiful white, palm-fringed beaches. There are no turquoise seas with opportunities to snorkel amidst stunningly colourful tropical fish. There are no giant limestone karst formations rising majestically out of the ground and sea, creating a magnificent backdrop to the town. There are no royal palaces, no ancient ruins from past Thai civilisations, no historic or particularly beautiful temples, no national archives or museums.
But also what Hat Yai isn't is a big farang tourist trap. Yes, it is actually a big tourist town but most of the tourists are Malaysians just there for the weekend. There are no Indian tailor shops and generally I don't get hassled while walking around. Vendors in the local markets and some tuk-tuk drivers try to inflate prices but it is nothing to how prices have been inflated in mainstream farang tourist areas like Bangkok and Phuket. Prices for pretty much everything are cheap.
In Hat Yai I actually feel like I am in Thailand and not in a suburb of Frankfurt or downtown Stockholm. As I walk around I see real Thais doing real jobs. It's a working town and not somewhere where every business is there purely for foreign tourists. Also, as I wander around, I get big smiles and I talk to a lot of people. I am not just another farang tourist and the locals haven't yet become jaded towards people like me. It's a nice feeling and something that disappeared from places like Phuket and Koh Samui long ago.
I've seen lots of beautiful beaches, lovely turquoise seas, tropical fish and palm trees. Quite frankly they bore me very quickly and the tourists can keep them. I also get bored very quickly with greedy Thais at tourist resorts who think I am just another idiot straight off the plane who is only there to be cheated and ripped off. I am grateful that Hat Yai isn't beautiful and long may it stay that way.
Hat Yai is also a good size for me. I find the sheer scale of Bangkok overwhelming and I would get bored living in a small town or village in the countryside. Hat Yai is big enough not to be boring but small enough to still have a personal touch to it. There are excellent transport links to other parts of Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore so it is easy to get away from for short trips and in many respects I find it an ideal base.
It provides a good mix of 'Thainess' and farang comforts. I can eat as much cheap, authentic Thai food as I like but when I crave a burger, pizza of KFC mashed potato, that stuff is also available. There are cinemas in town showing movies in English, bookshops with English language books and restaurants selling Western food but it's not like Phuket where everything is there for the tourists. In many ways it's the best of both worlds but (I'll say it again) it isn't beautiful.
According to the Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network, the population in Hat Yai is estimated to be 371,000.Hat Yai is Chinese dominated. Estimates I have heard for the proportion of Thai-Chinese living in Hat Yai vary from 50% to 80%. These are Thais whose parents, grandparents or great-grandparents came to Thailand from China.
The majority of tourists (from Malaysia and Singapore) are also ethnic Chinese. Many of the massage and shop staff in Hat Yai speak Chinese but not English. I understand a fair amount of Thai but often, while in the downtown area, it doesn't feel as if I'm in Thailand because all I hear is Chinese.
Hat Yai is tiny compared to Bangkok, but as far as provincial Thailand is concerned it is a big city. There are lots of employment opportunities and therefore Thais from all over Thailand come to Hat Yai to find work.
Almost all of the massage girls are from the north and northeast of Thailand, as well as quite a few from Burma. The 'booking girls' mainly come from the north and northeast, and there are lot of other hotel, shop and salon workers from the other southern provinces.
I have met many Thais in Hat Yai from Yala, Pattani, Narathiwat, Trang, Phattalung, Surat Thani, Nakhon Si Thammarat, etc. etc. Most come from these areas for regular work. Of the girls working in massage and night time entertainment, a disproportionately high number come from the north-east area (Isaan) and the north (Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai).
There are several schools in town catering to the local population, as well as a large campus for the Prince of Songkla University which attracts students from all over Thailand.
Hat Yai and Songkhla are very closely tied together, although the two towns are quite different. Songkhla is the provincial capital and location of many local government departments, schools and universities. Hat Yai is more commercial and tourist oriented.
A great number of locals travel between the two towns each day because they live in one place and work or study in the other.
In addition to the ethnic Chinese population, there is also a large Muslim community. After Narathiwat, Yala and Pattani, Songkhla is the fourth southern province where Islam is widely followed. Mosques can to be found amidst Buddhist temples and Protestant and Catholic churches.
Because of the tourist money, Hat Yai draws in many people from other areas of Thailand who cannot find work where they live. There has been an incredible amount of economic migration in Thailand where people have moved from poor areas either to Bangkok or to one of the popular tourist areas. It has confirmed to me how important the tourist industry is to Thailand.
The farang expats in Hat Yai and Songkhla keep a fairly low profile. It seems that most foreigners living in the area long-term do so because they want a quiet life. Backpackers pass through while travelling between Thailand and Malaysia but don't stick around for long, and English teachers come and go.
Southern Thailand is hot all year round. Sometimes it's just hot, other times it's very hot and occasionally it's very, very hot. The humidity can get quite high too. They told me the hot season was March and April. In true Thai fashion that wasn't exactly a lie, but neither exactly was it the truth. March and April are indeed very hot but so is January, February, May, June, July, August, and September.Unlike northern Thailand, Hat Yai doesn't get cold at night in the 'cool' season. In all my time spent living in Hat Yai I have never once needed any article of warm clothing.
The town is surrounded by a ring of hills which effectively places Hat Yai in a 'bowl' and I think this is why it gets so hot in the summer. On a trip to Phuket one year I was surprised at how cool Phuket felt, and how hot Hat Yai felt when I returned.
The rainy season varies slightly from year to year but fairly regular rain appears to arrive around mid-late September. October through to January can be very wet causing the floods which affect Hat Yai periodically. Every major flood that has hit Hat Yai has occurred in November. By February it's getting damn hot again, ready for the full-blown hot season and seven or eight months of intense heat.
Be prepared for anything though. The winter of 2004/2005 was very dry - so dry in fact that over 50 Thai provinces were affected by drought conditions. In 2005/2006 there was a small flood and in 2010 there was a major flood.
Many areas of Hat Yai used to flood regularly. In 2000 there was a big flood in which several people were killed by drowning and electrocution. There were still floods after I arrived at the end of 2003.
Lots of work has been done to improve the flood defences in recent years, but the problem isn't fixed yet. Some areas still have problems when there is exceptionally heavy rain but many places that used to suffer are now flood-free.
The most pleasant time of year is during the October to January rainy season, provided it's not actually raining. This is when the temperature is most bearable but heavy, persistent rain during this period can make life quite miserable.
When To Go
Hat Yai doesn't have a high and low season tourist as such. It's not like Phuket, for example, where there are huge crowds between November and March. The Malaysian/Singaporean tourist trade stays fairly constant year round but as they tend to visit at weekends there is a definite pattern each week.Central Hat Yai on a Saturday or Sunday looks very different compared to Monday mornings after most of the Malaysians have gone home. If you are planning to stay for a short visit and can time your arrival to fall on a Sunday or Monday it's a good idea (provided the previous weekend isn't a Malaysian public holiday). If you arrive on a Friday or Saturday, hotel vacancies may be more difficult to find.
With regard to the time of year you visit, see my comments above about the weather. To summarise though, February through to September is very hot while October through to January is still hot but can be very wet. October and November appear to be about the two most comfortable months - temperature wise - but this period is subject to heavy downpours which can be a little disruptive.
Hat Yai Year by Year
For a quick summary of my own thoughts and impressions of Hat Yai on a year-by-year basis, see Hat Yai Year by Year.
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Jun 16th 2009 7:21PM Terrorshaft? Anyone that raids seriously would use engineering ammo, with a difference of 21.5 dps... And that stuff's damn pricey, relying on market fluctuations (going for about 80g on my server)
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May 19th 2009 2:47PM "everyone who registers and participates in the promotion will get one." I registered on their forums, just can't participate in the competition. Does that mean I'll get a pet even tho I'm living in Quebec? /hope
The linked forums are down :o(
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May 19th 2009 8:31AM Funny... I participate in sweepstakes all the time! I agree that Quebec laws on sweepstakes are convoluted, but ultimately the reason Quebecers can't participate in sweepstakes from the US is because the US companies are too lazy/cheap to roll out a French website for the contest. The rules don't make it impossible for Blizzard to involve its (MANY!!) Quebec customers, it just requires them to offer the services in the native language of the province.
Mountain Dew Game Fuel site launches for reals {WoW}
May 15th 2009 7:01PM *sigh* so even though I play on US realms as a Canadian, I can't participate in the competition that's for US realms. Great, Blizz, you thrill me every day with how you go out of your way to cater to Canadian customers!
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The Toronto Blue Jays spent a lot of their off-season rebuilding their starting rotation in order to be a playoff contender in 2013.
Amid much hype from both the fans and the media, the Jays added reigning National League Cy Young Award winner R.A. Dickey, Josh Johnson and Mark Buehrle. Before the first pitch of the season, there were a lot of Jays fans that had playoff visions after a 20-year drought.
Unfortunately, things haven't quite worked out. The rotation, which was believed to be a strength, has been their biggest issue. The Jays, who are last in the American League East, 11.5 games behind the Boston Red Sox and 8.5 games behind the Texas Rangers for the second wild card spot, have the second highest starters' ERA in all of baseball at 5.07. Only the Minnesota Twins at 5.23 have been worse.
The All-Star break has given not only the players but the fans and media time to assess what the Jays options are with regards to the starters and trying to contend this season.
According to TSN Baseball Insider Steve Phillips, the Jays have what it takes to make a push for the playoffs with the starters the club already has in the fold.
"Their starting pitching didn't pitch anywhere like it's capable of in the first half of the season," Phillips stated. "Josh Johnson, I believe, will have a great second half. R.A. Dickey, who is healthier now will be the R.A. Dickey that the Mets had last season.
"I look at the starting pitching as the difference to get the Jays propelled back into the pennant race and really making a run, not at the division, the Red Sox or going to do that, but be one of the two wild card teams in the American League."
Phillips' thoughts were echoed by Jays slugger Edwin Encarnacion over the All-Star break.
"I think the starting pitching," Encarnacion said. "If we want to win, we know and they know we need to pitch better."
There was a great deal of speculation over the weekend that the Jays, along with the Texas Rangers, were front-runners in the hunt for Chicago Cubs starter Matt Garza; a situation that general manager Alex Anthopoulos denied on TSN1050 radio on Monday. Anthopoulos also stated that the club would not be sellers on the July 31st non-waiver trade deadline.
"When we made all these acquisitions and trades, we did it with the thought that it was not only for one year," Anthopoulos said. "It just doesn't make sense to sell low on players. When players aren't performing well, you're not going to get much in trade.
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Anchorage, Alaska – United States Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that an Anchorage man was sentenced in federal court in Anchorage to 360 months for his conviction of distribution of controlled substances.
On April 28, 2011, United States District Judge Timothy M. Burgess sentenced Michael Dewayne Barnes, 43, a resident of Anchorage, Alaska.
According to Special Assistant United States Attorney Erin White, who prosecuted the case, the evidence presented at trial established that Barnes met a confidential informant working for the FBI at the Anchorage airport on May 5, 2007. Barnes provided the informant with approximately 6.5 grams of pure methamphetamine.
In 1987, the U.S. Attorney's Office successfully prosecuted Barnes for conspiracy to distribute cocaine. Barnes received a sentence of five years' imprisonment. Despite a relatively lengthy jail sentence, Barnes went on to commit numerous other crimes once released. Barnes has at least six prior felony convictions on his record. In recent years, the State of Alaska has successfully prosecuted Barnes for misconduct involving a controlled substance, dangerous drugs, damaging property, weapons offenses, two counts of larceny and two counts of armed robbery. In December of 1990, Barnes robbed a local business at gunpoint in order to get money to purchase a Christmas tree. A few days later, after being released on bail, Barnes entered the Frontier Bingo Parlor and placed a shotgun to the clerk's face. Barnes demanded money from the clerk, struck the clerk, and absconded with $3,600 in cash.
Based upon Barnes' prior violent criminal history, Judge Burgess found that Barnes was a career offender and sentenced him to 360 months in prison.
Ms. Loeffler commended the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Safe Streets Task Force, the Anchorage Police Department, and the State of Alaska Department of Corrections for the investigation leading to the successful prosecution of Barnes. SAUSA White is one of two prosecutors in the U.S. Attorney's Office who are funded by the Municipality of Anchorage for the purpose of prosecuting gang-related and violent crime cases.


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Okay everyone, I am hoping to have some of you put your thinking caps on. I have been wracking my brain for some ideas to save money over the holidays. And this doesn't just apply to only the holidays. For example, I am buying a couple of cook books with removable cards to make some of my "new in the kitchen" friends that like my cooking a cookbook with my recipes. I can add to them every year and maybe keep it creative. I also am adding homemade dishcloths to my gift baskets. I put things like hand lotion, candles, and air freshener in them, too. I am also talking about things like buying extra turkeys when they are on sale to keep for later. So if anyone has good ideas, and I don't care if they are repeats of stuff you might do everyday, it might be new to me or a reminder to start doing it even if I have heard it before, I would love to hear them.
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Hey Peanut mom- glad that you posted. I was just feeling a little blue about the upcoming holidays and logged on here for some distraction. A couple years ago I started making jam from blueberries and strawberries. Now people ask if I am going to be making it. I buy the jars on clearance all year and the fruit is farmers market strawberries or bulk blueberries from Sam's club. I buy the pectin and sugar on sale also. One of our friends likes pickles and dilly beans so I can them for her when they are in season. My brother like pickled peppers so he gets those. We just exchange cards with out of state family. Mainly because I got frustrated about all of the hassle involved and no one really appreciated what we sent. Didn't send anything last year and no one complained. I am doing Thanksgiving this year and have grown a lot of the stuff and am purchasing what I have to on sale. I have gotten really picky about where I shop since I started working as a food inspector. So I shop loss leaders at a nicer store and will improvise if necessary. I'll ask mom to bring something but everyone else is coming from out of state. This is the first time in years my hubby and I both don't have to work. That is better to me than any meal or gift. Ok-I am feeling better about all of this! Can't wait to see what everyone else writes. Jo |
A few years ago, we decided that we were no longer giving Christmas presents, except to children. All our friends were relieved, too. I was honestly tired of people spending money on us and then giving us things we didn't want/need. For example, I'd get scented candles from someone who never ever saw me light a candle in my house except dinner tapers. I hate scented candles. I told her not to give me a present at all, but it fell on deaf ears. I was glad when she moved away. I do send out about 200 Christmas cards. And I give a hefty Costco gift card to my son and his wife, and I get to shop for their 5-yr old, all the Christmasy junk. But we've simplified our lives tremendously, and it feels pretty good. I make good sized donations to several local charities at the holidays, more than I give during the year, especially to the local food bank and soup kitchens. I found this website, and I like their ideas a lot. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Simplify the holidays
You can have a richer Christmas by not buying anything. Our main family circle meets on Christmas day for dinner (potluck) After the dinner, laughter, and games, one of the children is chosen to draw the lucky winner of our up to then not spent monies. Each of us has a favorite (okay maybe two or three) charity and those names are put in the jar. The money we didn't spend on gifts goes to the lucky winner. Even young children can understand this and are happy for the recipient. For my workplace friends, I sen t hem a card and a note, and telling them that in their name I have donated to """. A real Christmas. I think the best present I ever received was a donation to buy shoes for a family of four at the shelter. I cried, they cried and we all hugged. |
- Posted by oilpainter (My Page) on Mon, Nov 9, 09 at 13:01
We live in Canada the land of the loonies and twonies. We save them all year and use them at Christmas. $10 a week set aside will give you around $500 for Christmas gifts. We buy mostly for our immediate family and keep gifts to a $100 maximum. some are made and some are bought. Our extended family and us long ago stopped buying gifts. We did buy for parents when they were alive, but that is all. Before Christmas we have a pot luck get together to exchange gifts, but each person only gets 1 gift and it has to be under $5. The guys but 1 gift for a guy and the gals buy 1 for a gal and the kids buy 1 for a boy or girl depending on their gender. On the tag is written your name, so you don't get your gift back. If you have 3 kids this costs a grand total of $25. The whole family spends more time thinking something weird, wacky or wonderful, than they do on any other gifts. Most start looking right after Christmas. We always have a grand time and it's a nice way be with family over the holidays. Give the gift of your time: For a mother with young kids--free baby sitting service. The year my son had twins I gave them a night out. A $40 restaurant gift certificate, a movie gift certificate and my baby sitting services. For your parents--anything that has you spending time with them. The elderly enjoy your time more than anything material--they really don't need another figurine or much else for that matter. |
I love the ideas I am hearing. It is really nice to hear a group of people who can get together and not be thinking "Am I going to get the same old picture album I got last year?" Instead it seems like everyone here is thinking about everyone else. I couldn't help but smile about the jam and homemade goodies. I have a lot of family members who really enjoy my homemade goodies....hmm...a great idea. I bet it makes your people happy. What better gift can you give than something made specially for them? I can't imagine anything better. I love giving personalized gifts at Christmas. I love to cook, so any holiday is a great excuse. I try to personalize things. I know that it means more to me when someone thinks about me rather than just getting me something that I would never use. For example, if anyone knew me they would know I don't like anything that isn't practical. If I can't use it or do something with it, I don't want it. I would rather have a roll of duct tape than some knick-knack I would have to keep moving to dust. LOL. Sorry, it's a hard truth. My husband and I have agreed to buy each other only one thing this year and the kids are allowed to pick three. They each get to submit a list and we get to pick the presents. I really like the idea of the donations. It is something we do regularly. We collect clothing from people who are getting rid of stuff and clean, sort and repair (if needed) then hand it out to families that need it. I know there are people who do this in an organized fashion, but I feel a bit like Santa Claus being able to do this during the year. I also try to find things at auctions for people who have hobbies. Somethings you just don't want new. My family butchers their own meat and I will find something at an auction and pick it up for my parents (they are the ones who own all of the equipment). Things are always breaking or getting worn out. It really helps them out and I feel good keeping a piece of history from becoming someone's wall hanging. (I have seen people do this. I think that is ok for them, but like I said, I prefer to use things.)Please don't take offense if you are someone who hangs such things up for decorations. I just have a thing (read "obsession") for being able to keep history alive. It makes me feel like I am keeping memories alive and able to create new ones at the same time. I will also volunteer to watch some friends kids so they can go shopping without trying to find a sitter. They prefer that to any knick-knack that I know of. Keep them coming, I am looking forward to hearing everyone's ideas. |
- Posted by marlingardener (My Page) on Wed, Nov 11, 09 at 8:07
Give gift certificates, but not ones from stores. For example, we give a certificate that says, "On Feb. 2 two loaves of fresh homemade French bread and a container of herb butter will be delivered to you." We always specify a date and sometimes a time so if it isn't convenient we will know ahead of time and can change it. This not only loosens up our baking schedule for the holidays, the recipients don't have a pile of edibles all at once. The certificates can be for almost anything--my husband makes herb dryers from lumber scraps throughout the year, and one of those with a small potted herb from our cuttings is a favorite certificate subject. Just don't give out the certificates until you are sure the herb will live! |
- Posted by mommyandme (My Page) on Sat, Dec 19, 09 at 16:36
For financial reasons & also so that those of us who are trying to downsize won't get unwanted stuff, several family members & I started a new tradition last year. We give each other "virtual gifts". All you need is 1 or 2 pieces of plain computer paper or construction paper per person, a pile of catalogs, a pair of scissors and a glue stick. Cut out pictures of things that the individual might like (if you could afford it or they had somewhere to put it)and glue them on the papers. Add a message, some glitter, a few stickers, whatever. This way, you can give a dieter the chocolates you know they'd like without feeling guilty, buy a canoe for someone, a trip to Paris, some gorgeous jewelry. Or, buy some gag gifts. This year, I redecorated my sister's house with some really gawdy looking stuff. I'm sure she'll be thrilled that I didn't REALLY burden her with that junk. We even buy gifts for the pets. It doesn't cost us anything but the postage & we all get a laugh out of it. Of course, this doesn't work for kids, but among adults this can be lots of fun. |
I like the idea of the collage. That would work pretty good for a Christmas list for the kids who can't write, but know how to use scissors. I also like the gift certificates. I know my mom and stepdad would love some of the baked goods ideas. My mom loves homemade bread, but my stepdad could live without it. My stepdad,however, could eat no-bake cookies every week. Hmmmm, ideas. Thanks, everyone. |
I have sent few cards for a several years, but have sent more this year, and have told my friends that I'm giving to charities instead. Most of my relatives and friends have most everything that they want and I've given gifts to only a few close ones, usually something edible, or nuts or candies. I've told the others that I'm making charitable donations instead. I sometimes buy things that I know that a relative or friend may want, at other times of the year, as I'm somewhat interested in making Christmas a time of spiritual celebration. I've laughingly told several that we Christians are really a bunch of accomplished con artists ... ... Jesus has a birthday ... ... but we've arranged things so that we get the presents. If that's not a con job ... what would you call it? It seems to me that we in the western world had better get used to living much more simply, for high-level jobs have been emigrating, and there are a number or other reasons, that I won't go into just now. Good wishes for a really fine New Year. ole joyful |
- Posted by stinky-gardener (My Page) on Tue, Dec 29, 09 at 17:18
Good points, Joyful. I'd like to think that giving gifts and being spiritual are not mutually exclusive, but so often that is the case. It's never the what (giving gifts) that is the problem, but the why & the how behind the what (why are you giving the gift? How are you going about it?) Often we would answer "why" with, "Because I'm expected to, because they're giving me something, because it's the thing to do, because I want them to like me." And how am I going about it? I'm grouchy, grumpy, resentful, & nasty (at least inside) the whole time I'm shopping. Ah, the season of giving. Very spiritual, yes? |
We have stopped buying gifts at Christmas. We only give gifts to the real little ones, like kids 5 and under. We bought only four gifts this year-three to our niece's kids and one to my favorite cousin's Grandson. We do send cards, but only to people we don't visit over the holidays. I really enjoy the holiday season now. No shopping hasels, and nothing to return. I even sinmplified my decorating-a small tabletop tree, a wreath on the door and a manger set display. |
- Posted by trianglejohn (email@example.com) on Mon, Jan 25, 10 at 13:12
I come from a large family and Christmas has always been a struggle. I love the season but hate the gift giving. I think part of it was because my parents only gave gifts to the children - I never learned how to graciously receive a gift, how to just say thank you and smile. Someone gives me a home made nik-nak and I rush out and buy them a new car (just kidding). Anyway, the holidays are over, I made it out alive without spending a fortune. The coolest idea for celebrating the holidays was by a friend of mine years ago. He had recently moved to my state, all his family lived far away. He loved his new city and had no intentions of going anywhere for the holidays so he planned a huge dinner party. He cooked all the food, made all the decorations even made up simple invites and mailed them out a month in advance. His deal was - the party was his gift to his friends and family. If you can't make it for whatever reason, he understood but had no plans to do anything other than throw the party. I imagine he spent some money on the food and stuff but in the end he solved a lot of problems. It didn't come off as a "take it or leave it" kinda deal, more like a "I can't make everybody happy, so this is what I plan to do". I loved it. |
Thanks, John. There truly is no better gift than the company of good friends. Food and drink to go along with the company is icing on the cake! |
- Posted by trianglejohn (email@example.com) on Tue, Jan 26, 10 at 10:17
Oh, I forgot to mention - his gift to everyone was the party. Your gift to him was attending the party. Some people brought gifts but he didn't encourage that - he just wanted everyone to get together for one evening and have a good time. |
I love the ideas that I have been reading and I will have to try some of them out. |
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MINNEAPOLIS (March 8, 2007) The good news? Nearly two in three American adults performed some type of volunteer service in 2006. The bad news? Many more wanted to volunteer but didnt.
A new survey of 1,000 American adults by Thrivent Financial for Lutherans revealed 64 percent of American adults said they had performed some type of volunteer activity in 2006, but 86 percent said they would be willing to volunteer a gap of 22 percent. The survey found even larger gaps between volunteer intent and action among common volunteer activities:
Americans genuinely want to help others but often have trouble fulfilling their volunteer intentions, said Brad Hewitt, senior vice president for Thrivent Financial who oversees volunteer programs for the organizations nearly three million members. Short-term volunteer opportunities that address real needs but are easy to access can help people move from good intent to action. Despite volunteerisms nearly universal appeal, the Thrivent Financial survey revealed that most Americans find it easier to give money to support a charitable cause than to give their time. Fifty-three percent of respondents said money was easier to give, 30 percent said time was easier to give, and 14 percent said both were equally easy to give. The survey also found that among American adults who volunteered last year, 64 percent expect to give about the same number of volunteer hours in 2007, 22 percent expect to volunteer more hours and 13 percent expect to volunteer fewer hours. As a membership organization, Thrivent Financial creates, manages and funds outreach and volunteer programs that support congregations, schools, nonprofits and individuals in need. The organizations members annually participate in thousands of community service activities through the organizations 1,362 chapters (local volunteer groups). These chapters are led by member-elected boards that provide strategic direction, leadership planning and administration to support congregational and community volunteerism at the local level. In 2006, Thrivent Financial members conducted more than 75,000 chapter activities and gave more than 21 million volunteer hours in Thrivent Financial-sponsored events. Telephone interviews were conducted for Thrivent Financial by Synovate TeleNation Research, Chicago, Ill., between Dec. 8-10, 2006, among a nationwide sample of 1,000 U.S. adults aged 18 and older. The margin of error for questions posed to all 1,000 respondents is +/- 3 percent. About Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Thrivent Financial for Lutherans is a Fortune 500 financial services membership organization helping nearly 3 million members achieve their financial goals and give back to their communities. Thrivent Financial and its affiliates offer a broad range of financial products and services including life insurance, annuities, mutual funds, disability income insurance, bank products and more. As a not-for-profit organization, Thrivent Financial sponsors national outreach programs and activities that support congregations, schools, charitable organizations and individuals in need. For more information, visit www.thrivent.com. Securities are offered through Thrivent Investment Management Inc., 625 Fourth Ave. South, Minneapolis, MN 55415-1665, 800-THRIVENT (800-847-4836) a wholly owned subsidiary of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans. Member NASD. Member SIPC. -END- 200700814 |
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KTM motorcycles have been acknowledged for their Orange colossus incarnations thus far, and that is why company set up KTM Duke 200 at first in the Orange colour. At present the Austrian motorcycle manufacturers have resolved to bring about 2 brand-new colors to this Naked Sport motorcycle along with its signature tune fiery Orange colour and this would come as great news to the Indian bike fans who love to show off their bikes in different colors. White and Black are the fresh colour schemes, which have been established for the KTM Duke 200.
The paint outlines have been brought out at correct moment as current festive season will facilitate the company to pull in a lot of customers with these two fresh colour schemes. Though these brand-new colors do not offer the same luminance and fullness that the fiery Orange traditional Duke color offers, it is nevertheless captivating to look at. The black colour is one which most Indian bikes prefer as their bike color and therefore we could see people preferring to go for black colored ones more than the white color.
The bike has been completed in Black colour completely except the pieces around KTM logo has been maintained in Orange. The White one is likewise appearing good but not astonishing as Orange and Black. This fresh colour scheme will assist company positively to drive the sales. Bajaj Auto had in addition to lately declared the 2nd Price Hike of the model to cash on the vast fame that this motorcycle has been acquiring amidst the bike devotees in India.
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Arriving in Alaska in 1945, Helen Fischer became involved in political activities and the struggle for statehood. She was elected to serve as a delegate to the Alaska Constitutional Convention (1955-56) where she served on the Committees on the Legislative branch and the structure of the Administration. She argued unsuccessfully to include gender in the non-discrimination clause of the Alaska Bill of Rights, "Mr. President, I think sex definitely should be (protected) in this proposal because there are still states in the Union where women are not allowed to serve on juries."
Ms. Fischer served in the last Territorial House of Representatives in 1957-59 as well as in the first legislature of the new state. She returned to the legislature from 1971-75 where she was a tireless advocate for women's rights. She also served as the Alaska representative to the Democratic National Committee from 1956-1963.


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German doctors solved two mysterious cases of rapid - and dangerous - weight loss from diarrhea once they determined that the cause was chewing too much sugar-free gum containing the artificial sweetener sorbitol.
The doctors were puzzled at the cause of the severe diarrhea that led a 21-year-old woman to lose 24 pounds and a 46-year-old man to lose 46 pounds. When they asked both patients about their chewing habits, they discovered that both were heavy users of sugar-free gum. Sorbitol in large quantities has been known to increase the risk of diarrhea.
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Central America and social media are two top trending topics in potato marketing programs this spring as smaller continues to get bigger in the category.
From a nationwide perspective at the U.S. Potato Board, Denver, to state organizations such as the Eagle-based Idaho Potato Commission, everyone is pushing to expand their international footprints.
Sarah Reece, international marketing manager for the potato board, said sales increases from startup programs in Vietnam helped prove the organization could create new markets for potatoes from U.S. growers. After two years of networking and showcasing U.S. table-stock varieties, the potato board is seeing its efforts create new sales.
"The first ever commercial shipments of U.S. table-stock potatoes began arriving in Vietnam this (past) fall," Reece said. "U.S. potatoes can now be found in 97 retail outlets throughout Vietnam."
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Hi, I love making both digi books and the old-fashioned books. Stickers, paper, *sigh* it's quite expensive. But on the other side of it, so is printing your book that you digitally created.
I'm trying to figure out what to do, so I could use some advice. I'm trying to decide whether to do both digi and paper or just one or the other. So here's my story. I want to do an album (paper or digi) for all of my kids (I have two little ones, 2.5 and 8 months). I also want to do a family album. Each month I want to do about two pages, a page with our family calendar and some photos from the month to show what we were up to. My hurdles are, what free or VERY inexpensive photo editing/archival software is available, and 2. what about tactile objects - cards, drawings by the kids, special fabric and other 3D objects...what do I do with those if I'm not scrapping them in a book? I save photo Christmas cards and other things, so what should I do... Thanks for your time and thought! |
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- Posted by marie-ndcal (My Page) on Wed, Feb 16, 11 at 20:28
Don't forget to journal your photos also. Just pictures don't always tell the complete story. Do you need a family calendar on each page? or just at the beginning? homemade items from the children are always a special touch |
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Beautiful day today in Amelia County :)
Please take a look at a few pictures I took this morning. Windermere, is one of my favorite English Roses, quite healthy, always in bloom. The scent is magnificent. Queen of Sweden is full of blooms, just like spring Ebb Tide, I stopped dead in my tracks when I saw these two blooms. The color was amazing. Jalitah is blooming her head off, this is just a promising bud Heritage, gave me some really large flowers And this is a novelty from Europe (I've got a cutting from dear friend). The blooms are not large, but the coloring is very interesting and unusual.
Thank you for looking.
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All are wonderful! I really like Windermere and especially Art Nouveau! I really find unusual roses very interesting. I added Jalitah this summer, but it hasn't bloomed yet...I look forward to spring! Thanks for sharing these pictures! |
- Posted by the_dark_lady z7 Amelia VA (My Page) on Mon, Oct 10, 11 at 20:00
Thank you very much, TNY! You will not be disappointed with Jalitah. She blooms a lot!!! What's also important, blooms last a loooong time on the bush. I forgot to add two more photos to my report. This is also a novelty rose from Europe. Love it to pieces. Color is so unusual!!! Eyes for You |
- Posted by prettypetals GA 7 (My Page) on Mon, Oct 10, 11 at 21:15
Wow gorgeous photos. I luuuuuv english roses and yours are beautiful!! Your right, that shot of Eyes for You does look like a tree peony. Thanks for sharing, Judy |
- Posted by organicgardendreams z 10 (My Page) on Mon, Oct 10, 11 at 21:21
Marina, very beautiful roses as usual! My favorite is Windemere, Ebb Tide is also very stunning. Jalitah is new to me so I will look it up on HMF. Thanks for taking the time to post pictures of your lovelies! I enjoyed looking at them very much! Christina |
Marina, the roses are gorgeous and the pictures are breathtaking! I want Art Nuveau!!! |
An absolutely stunning show, with a few I have never heard of. Lovely photographs too. I just hope you will post some more, more, more....... |
- Posted by the_dark_lady z7 Amelia VA (My Page) on Tue, Oct 11, 11 at 9:06
Thanks everyone, for your comments. I am sure I will be back with more :))) Marina |
I love the color of Ebb Tide. Great pics. |
- Posted by the_dark_lady z7 Amelia VA (My Page) on Wed, Oct 12, 11 at 12:06
Thank you, Krista. I wish Ebb Tide were always of this color. Unfortunately, during hot summer weather, the color turns to unattractive magenta, and blooms with fewer petals and much smaller in size. Marina |
Fell in love with Eyes for You....maybe they'll offer it in the States some day too. For being a much lesser known class of roses, Hybrid Hulthemia Persica's have such drop dead georgious colors! I have Persian Light on order from Pickering in the spring...I just hope its as beatiful as its pictures appear to be :) However, I'm guessing this is a class bred from Persian Yellow (and that's a complete assumption), I wonder if they have that terrible smell and BS problems that PY has? ~Tammy |
- Posted by the_dark_lady z7 Amelia VA (My Page) on Wed, Oct 12, 11 at 19:07
Tammy, I don't have any of the 'Persian' series roses, but Eyes for You has wonderful fragrance reminiscent of cloves. |
- Posted by kathy9norcal CA 9 (My Page) on Wed, Oct 12, 11 at 23:07
Wonderful photos. Your roses look so clean and perfect! |
- Posted by canadian_rose zone 3a (My Page) on Thu, Oct 13, 11 at 20:06
Talk about some unusual roses!!! And all of your roses are amazing!! My favs are Eyes for you (!!!), Jalitah and Queen of Sweden. I have QOS and just love it!!! Eyes For You is soooooo beautiful. Carol |
- Posted by the_dark_lady z7 Amelia VA (My Page) on Thu, Oct 13, 11 at 22:48
Thank you very much, Kathy and Carol! Carol, yes Eyes for You is amazing. Not only she has unusual color and wonderful fragrance, it also blooms non-stop. Right now blooms are about 3 1/2" to 4" in diameter. BTW, S&W Greenhouse is offering another creation of Peter James, also hybrid hulthemia - Bulls Eye. Marina |
Here is a link that might be useful: Bulls Eye @ S&W Greenhouse
- Posted by hosenemesis SoCal Sunset 19 USDA (My Page) on Fri, Oct 14, 11 at 1:24
Gorgeous photography and roses. Thank you so much. I love them all. Eyes For You is a very different and pretty rose, but your photo of Windermere is classic. Renee |
- Posted by Strawberryhill 5a IL (My Page) on Fri, Oct 14, 11 at 9:47
I LOVE all your pictures. How does Windermere smell like? I'm torn between Queen of Sweden and Heritage for this spot next year. I wonder which of the three above make best fragrant cut flower? Besides Frederic Mistral, I don't know of any other thornless cut flower. Your "Eyes for You" is gorgeous. It does look like those over $100 per bush tree peony - very exotic. |
- Posted by the_dark_lady z7 Amelia VA (My Page) on Fri, Oct 14, 11 at 10:12
Strawberryhill, among Queen of Sweden, Heritage and Windermere, the last is the most fragrant. The fragrance to my nose is of rose essence, fruit and citrus. Windermere also makes a very attractive bush (I have 7 bushes of it in my garden). Rounded, leafy to the bottom, with blooms all over the bush. It blooms non-stop till very late in season, I think I've never seen this rose without blooms on it. Disease resistance is great. I do not spray my garden at all and this rose is clean and keeps 99% of its leaves. Just to illustrate how long Windermere is blooming, this is a photo of a small bouquet I made last year on November 20th. Marina |
- Posted by the_dark_lady z7 Amelia VA (My Page) on Fri, Oct 14, 11 at 10:32
Strawberryhill, to convince you even more, please take a look at some pictures of Windermere. I have more pictures of this rose in my Photobucket album. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Winderemere photos @ Photobucket
- Posted by the_bustopher Kansas City MO (My Page) on Fri, Oct 14, 11 at 23:01
Very nice pictures. Your Windermere looks wonderfully miles ahead of mine. I also thought that Eyes for You looked like a tree peony, and I was wondering where you got this most interesting rose. Did you import it? |
- Posted by the_dark_lady z7 Amelia VA (My Page) on Sat, Oct 15, 11 at 9:26
Thank you, The Bustopher! No, I didn't import Eyes for You, I was lucky to get a cutting from a friend. Marina |
- Posted by Strawberryhill 5a IL (My Page) on Sat, Oct 15, 11 at 11:05
Marina: thank you so much for posting those pictures. Windermere is AWESOME. I have never seen a rose bush that loaded, not even in the public rose gardens. Thank you for helping us newbies - you really have a green thumb. |
- Posted by Strawberryhill 5a IL (My Page) on Sat, Oct 15, 11 at 13:49
I was looking up Windermere in Austin's catalog: "A particularly free-flowering variety that flowers very late in the season. It produces many basal shoots with few thorns. Fruity fragrance with hint of citrus." I love its creme color. Marina: how do you fertilize your Windermere for it to be so loaded? Many thanks. The rose park nearby fertilizes with chemicals, and I usually see the most is 10 blossoms per bushy Austin. You also have Heather Austin, which David Austin mentioned about its stamens smell like cloves. Is that a pleasant smell? I like Christopher Marlowe's citrus smell, but its fleeting fragrance lasts only one day. I'm addicted to Mary Magdalene's myrrh and tea smell, it reminds me of the Catholic church's incense. My hubby just got six crystal flower vases for free, I'm getting ideas from you for flower arrangments. Many thanks for your post pics. |
Nosey me would love to know how many roses you grow!!! You have such an amazing selection, and then to have 7 Windermere rosebushes is mind blowing for me. I guess I am up to 125 roses in my garden, but several need to meet the shovel! Your pictures are beautiful. Thank you. Lesley |
- Posted by the_dark_lady z7 Amelia VA (My Page) on Sat, Oct 15, 11 at 17:23
Strawberryhill, honestly, I never took a sniff of my 'Heather Austin'. Will check it out tomorrow :) As for fertilizing, once in a season, when roses just start breaking dormancy, I sprinkle plain 10-10-10 around the base, maybe a handful of epsom salt and another handful of whatever organic fertilizer I buy from clearance sale. That is it. I don't believe, I do this every year. Lesmc, I think I have about 1100-1200 varieties and probable well over 2000 bushes in my yard. I am also thinking about giving some roses shovel-pruning this year. Those who do not perform or just hang near life and death, have to free room for other roses from my pot ghetto :)) Marina |
Marina, Thank you for your response. I can understand your fertilizing schedule with 2000 roses! I can`t believe you have the time to sprinkle 10-10-10 !!! You must have very fertile soil,plus lots of space. I still say I would love to walk your gardens!! I hope you will post more pictures this winter. The days get long when we can`t get out in our own rose gardens and your pictures (everyone`s pictures) help ! Lesley |
Marina, I just bought Windermere yesterday, and came across this thread. Thank you so much for posting these photos, I am so excited about this rose, especially after seeing your stunning pictures. Unbelievable that you can take care of that many roses - hats off to you!!! |
Oh my. How did I miss this group! Lovely. Especially love Windermere. |
I enjoyed being able to see these beautiful photos again. If you love Ebb Tide's color, I hope you are trying Twilight Zone, ET's offspring. I think it holds its color better in the heat than ET. I hope we'll be seeing more photos of your wonderful roses soon. I believe last time you posted you weren't feeling quite up to par because of some surgery. Let us know how you're feeling now--much better, I hope. Diane |
- Posted by jumbojimmy (My Page) on Sat, Nov 24, 12 at 5:28
That Windermere looks MUCH better than my Claire Austin. I should have got her instead of CA. CA for me is a huge disappointment. |
- Posted by the_dark_lady z7 Amelia VA (My Page) on Sat, Nov 24, 12 at 8:22
Wow! What a pleasant surprise to find my last year's post 'rediscovered'!:)) Thanks, everybody, for the nice comments. Harmony, I am sure you will enjoy this rose. In my opinion, it is one of the very best English roses. I like it so much, I have half a dozen of them in my garden!:) Diane, thank you very much. Yes, I do feel better, fully recovered from my surgery, it took two full months. Feels great to be back to normal:) Jumbojimmy, I am also disappointed with my Claire Austin (have three of them) - nice spring flush with nothing to write home about after that. Windermere is far superior to Claire A. |
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Red Lodge Mountain broke records for skier numbers this holiday season, thanks to plentiful snow.
"We're pretty blessed. We're the only place that's had a good amount of snow," said Paul Otsu, marketing coordinator, on Monday.
Skier numbers were tapering off Monday as the holiday drew to a close, but on three days since Dec. 22, the ski hill had more than 2,500 skiers, Otsu said.
The record had been about 2,400 skiers daily, he said, and that usually happens during Red Lodge's Winter Carnival event in late February or early March, he said.
Red Lodge had about 20 inches of snow over the holidays. "We have seen 13 inches in the last seven days. That helped a lot," Otsu said.
The only problem came last Wednesday, when a two-person chair on the Willow Creek lift detached from its cable in high winds and fell 30 feet to the ground, injuring two Billings teenagers. Both 17-year-old snowboarders were treated and released from Beartooth Billings Clinic that night.
The chairlift, which carries skiers almost 4,000 feet from just above the base area's Show Off Alley run up to the Midway Chalet, reopened two days later.
An investigation found that wind blew the chair on the incoming side, causing a torquing motion, Jeff Schmidt, the ski hill manager, said earlier. An inspection of the lift and all of the lift's chairs found no mechanical problems.
Even with the chair accident and a few days of wind, the ski hill had a successful holiday period, Otsu said.
Red Lodge's traditional skier base is from North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota because it is the first resort heading west, Otsu said.
But because of the snow, he said, "This year we're seeing a lot of people from Bozeman and even as far away as Utah and Colorado."
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