Lanaken, Belgium   Saturday, March 28 1998 - 23:54
Greetings to you Jim!
Monday, March 23 1998 kl.09:24 Jim Venedam >> Maria Van Rymersdael
about "Rose hips?"
JV> On (22 Mar 98) Maria Van Rymersdael wrote to Jim Venedam...
Whooooaaaaw   this mail reachted you in ONLY ONE DAY .... unbelievable.
And I got yours today...
MV>> Should I send you a testbag of Rosehip tea to taste???  I drink
JV> No thanks. I'll probably try some at the supermarket some time,
JV> but if you're gonna send me something, I'd sooner make it worth
JV> our while like wooden shoes or something . (just kidding)
So that you could have the idea of being very close to your roots??? :-) :-)
But wooden shoes are more from Holland and less from Belgium.
JV> Speaking of which, Holland is famous for tulips, do they also
JV> grow hyacinth the same way? Their fragrance is the best (of the
JV> bulbs).
Yes hyacinths are grown the same way.
JV>  The prettiest flower was the daffodil, but none of those
JV> bulbs do well in this climate. I was on Martha's Vineyard, an island
Indeed I can easely understand that your hot climat is not very good for all 
those Spring bulbs.
JV> Does your climate like the bulb flowers too?
Yes, our climat is ideal for those spring bulb flowers.
JV> They must be starting to come up about now.
We have a rather early Spring this year, so most of the bulbs (daffodil, 
tullips, hyacinths and some others) are already in flowers.
JV> I don't look forward to spring in Florida the way I did in Boston. Up
Easy to understand!
JV> season I try to spend indoors. We have flowers growing (and
JV> smelling) all year,
That's the advantage of living in Florida!
JV> orange blossoms are opening now. They are one of the BEST fragrances.
For this I envy you, because getting blossoms in orange trees is not so usual 
here.  And I like the fragrance of thore blossoms very much. When I put my 
nose very close to a 'mineola', I can sometimes smell that fragrance too.
JV> looking for something that I can drink that doesn't need the
JV> cream and sugar.
That would be possible for the rose hips tea.
JV>  Coca Cola sells Nestea iced tea, and it is
JV> good, but has a bit too much sugar for me.
For me too the Ice tea we can get here has too much sugar.
JV> Brewed tea may do what I want. I guess I better go buy some so we can
JV> get this out of the way...... 
You're right. ... :-)
JV> ... May all your weeds be wildflowers!
Then I'd like to have weeds like Stevia..... :-) :-) :-)
Greetings from Lanaken, Belgium
                                 Maria
... Everyone has their day, and some days last longer than others.
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