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Brighten your garden with canna lilies

By LINDA D. COLE and INGRID L. KOHLER
Published July 22, 2006

Generally speaking, gardeners are folks who have learned to think ahead. The very nature of the work almost dictates that. Jean Tyack wrote that she is planning to thin out her yellow canna lilies and would be pleased to share them with others.

If you are dedicated enough to brave the hot breath of July to plant some tall, yellow beauties, please call Jean at (727) 576-9300, and stake your claim to a few.

While we're on the subject of thinking ahead, here's a request from an entire group of planners. Nancy and a few of her co-workers would like to sell their crafts at church crafts fairs this fall, but getting information about the fairs isn't proving easy.

Lou Perry is looking for a distributor for ByPass stain remover, an extremely effective product that she used to purchase at the Red Barn Flea Market in Bradenton. Alas, no longer. Lou would love to find a new source; if you can point her in the right direction, please call (941) 722-7604.

Matt Connolly has run across two 78 rpm recordings of speeches made by his father in 1945. Now he needs to get hooked up with a record player that plays 78s so he can listen to them. If you have one he may borrow, please call (727) 726-6442 or e-mail match33oo@aol.com.

Lucie Somers of Dunedin is dreaming of some great popcorn, just like the kind her family used to make, back in the early '50s. Almost every night, after homework was finished, they'd plug in their electric popper and pour in corn they had grown themselves. Lucie wonders if a cousin to that popper can be unearthed in Exchange Land. It stood on four legs, and its top had a handle that could be rotated by hand. After the popcorn was popped, it was drenched with butter that Lucie and family had churned themselves, from milk produced by cows they had personally milked.

Margaret Harris' new hobby, braiding rugs, had its origins long before the early 1950s, when Lucie was churning and popping, but those pretty and practical floor coverings are enjoying a new heyday, and Margaret is definitely hooked. She is gathering supplies now and welcomes your old wool scraps: wool blankets in any condition, wool skirts that can be cut into scraps, or wool yardage. Books on braiding rugs will also be appreciated, as will instructions and unfinished projects. Margaret may be reached at (727) 784-4297.

Francis Carr of Palm Harbor has more than a hundred whiskey and wine bottles from the '70s and '80s. Francis adds that you must take them all and bring boxes or containers to put them in. Contact her at (727) 734-8444.

Luella Knowles of Spring Hill is looking for a silverware chest that will hold service for 10 or more. She's hoping someone in Exchangeland knows where she can buy one or there might be someone out there that has one that is no longer being used. Luella can be reached at (352) 683-9204.

A word of thanks

Jane Skwirut writes that two churches and a woman shared the yarn and the dress gloves she had offered. She also made four new friends who share her interest in Nelson Eddy and Jeanette McDonald and the foursome will be having lunch soon.

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