al (!!!!) :(

[jankey]

check out al's site. :( (you guys/cats ok?)

--j_a

[Diana Kulaga]

Oh, jeez. Al won't be reading here, I'm sure. He must have many more important things on his mind. Let's just hope he and his are fine.

Diana

[jankey]

yeah, subject line should have been "al's". :(

--j_a

[Al Pickrel]

Yeah, I'm here. We're okay. Cats are okay. No need to organize any relief drive for us. ;-)

The greenhouse is a bit over-toasted, if you get my drift.

The portion of the collection that made it into the house Friday night after the fire and before the cold got it is now being housed in one of Pat Brennan's spare (SPARE?!) greenhouses. It has been quite a nightmarish ride since Friday night when I discovered my greenhouse in flames.

I think there may be pictures for abpo once I can get my camera batteries re-charged and a take few minutes to compose something humorous and Al-ien-like for your reading pleasure....

Here is one absurdity from yesterday which I have cataloged for other people and cut and pasted here:

Although I still can not laugh at much right now. Except maybe the ServiceMaster guy the insurance company sent over this morning to 'clean'. We got a chuckle out of him as we were packing Pat's truck for another trip to Mt Jackson. "ServiceMaster" is the company that cleans up after fires and floods. The insurance company has still not sent an adjuster so they have no idea what happened here, but they sent a ServiceMaster dude with a vacuum and a bottle of Windex. He took one look at it all, took some pictures with his cell phone, and said we needed a contractor and he was not touching anything until an adjuster gave him approval and I said, "Duh."

Credit for the "Windex" line goes to Molly Brennan. I have adapted her response to fit my needs and stolen her humor, although not word for word, but credit is due...

Take care.

[Ray B]

Jesus, Al. That's terrible. Any idea what started it?