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Mar 4, 2015 5:02 PM CST
Name: melva wheeler
texas
Birds Butterflies Cat Lover Charter ATP Member Container Gardener I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database!
Herbs Lover of wildlife (Raccoon badge) Roses
Yes, thank the Godess, there are a number of people I can call...the latest one is my friend Carlota and she is being very kind and letting me call her a lot!
To the tune of more tha four hours a day...
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Mar 4, 2015 5:10 PM CST
Moderator
Name: Zuzu
Northern California (Zone 9a)
Region: Ukraine Charter ATP Member Region: California Cat Lover Roses Clematis
Irises Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Plant Identifier Garden Sages Plant Database Moderator Garden Ideas: Master Level
Glad to hear there are people you can call in this awful time for you.

A flame point, of course! I don't know why I said lilac point when I've been recommending flame points to everyone for years and years. Good news about the litter box. It will be good for emergencies, and for training any new kitties you might acquire.

Yelling at the universe is probably a good response for now.
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Mar 9, 2015 9:39 PM CST
Name: melva wheeler
texas
Birds Butterflies Cat Lover Charter ATP Member Container Gardener I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database!
Herbs Lover of wildlife (Raccoon badge) Roses
I have discovered if I come from Cubits I am able to get on...Nancy and Zuzu I have spoken to..and Nancy, please believe me,I was slurring baadly due to being very sleepy. I managed to sleep 4 hours this afternoon so maybe I am less hard to understand. I plan to test that...as I am going out to get something to eat.
BBL
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Mar 10, 2015 6:56 AM CST
Name: Porkpal
Richmond, TX (Zone 9a)
Cat Lover Charter ATP Member Keeper of Poultry I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Dog Lover Keeps Horses
Roses Plant Identifier Farmer Raises cows Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Garden Ideas: Level 2
Yea! You are back! I am glad you can sleep; nothing works well if you can't get any real rest. I will send you a Tree mail to see whether you can access that as well.
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Mar 11, 2015 9:54 PM CST
Name: Andi
Delray Beach, FL (Zone 10b)
Charter ATP Member I helped beta test the first seed swap
I am so sorry to hear about your loss, Melva.

I hope that you can find some help in the community such as a local church or social agency? It would be helpful if there were someone who could stop by and talk with you or maybe help you with things.

I am sure your cats are also good company.

I have lost people before their time. I try to be thankful for the times we had together instead of sad for their loss. It isn't always a comfort, but I would still choose the time we had together even if it meant the enduring pain of losing them.

You are in my thoughts and prayers.
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Mar 11, 2015 10:39 PM CST
Moderator
Name: Zuzu
Northern California (Zone 9a)
Region: Ukraine Charter ATP Member Region: California Cat Lover Roses Clematis
Irises Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Plant Identifier Garden Sages Plant Database Moderator Garden Ideas: Master Level
If anyone wants to call Melva, send me a tree-mail and I'll give you her phone number. She's a lot of fun and is full of good stories, so you'll enjoy the conversation in addition to providing her with support and a diversion.
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Mar 13, 2015 9:31 AM CST
Name: Porkpal
Richmond, TX (Zone 9a)
Cat Lover Charter ATP Member Keeper of Poultry I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Dog Lover Keeps Horses
Roses Plant Identifier Farmer Raises cows Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Garden Ideas: Level 2
Hi Melva. I hope things are smoothing out for you. Are you able to receive Tree Mail yet?
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Mar 15, 2015 4:24 AM CST
Name: melva wheeler
texas
Birds Butterflies Cat Lover Charter ATP Member Container Gardener I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database!
Herbs Lover of wildlife (Raccoon badge) Roses
Just was able to get it and respond thanks to magic Dave!
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Mar 15, 2015 6:57 AM CST
Name: Porkpal
Richmond, TX (Zone 9a)
Cat Lover Charter ATP Member Keeper of Poultry I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Dog Lover Keeps Horses
Roses Plant Identifier Farmer Raises cows Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Garden Ideas: Level 2
Wonderful; Dave is a genius!
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Mar 15, 2015 10:13 AM CST
Name: melva wheeler
texas
Birds Butterflies Cat Lover Charter ATP Member Container Gardener I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database!
Herbs Lover of wildlife (Raccoon badge) Roses
As for things smoothing out...I have been told my many that is a very long process. Now it is not so good...I will post more later, now I am going back to bed...
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Mar 15, 2015 10:16 AM CST
Name: Porkpal
Richmond, TX (Zone 9a)
Cat Lover Charter ATP Member Keeper of Poultry I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Dog Lover Keeps Horses
Roses Plant Identifier Farmer Raises cows Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Garden Ideas: Level 2
Sounds like a plan.
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Mar 15, 2015 10:37 AM CST
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Name: woofie
NE WA (Zone 5a)
Charter ATP Member Garden Procrastinator Greenhouse Dragonflies Plays in the sandbox I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database!
The WITWIT Badge I helped plan and beta test the plant database. Dog Lover Enjoys or suffers cold winters Container Gardener Seed Starter
Sleep is good. Smiling
Confidence is that feeling you have right before you do something really stupid.
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Apr 8, 2015 4:50 PM CST
Name: Porkpal
Richmond, TX (Zone 9a)
Cat Lover Charter ATP Member Keeper of Poultry I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Dog Lover Keeps Horses
Roses Plant Identifier Farmer Raises cows Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Garden Ideas: Level 2
I hope when life settles down a bit there will be a "Melva's Rose List" from which we can select cuttings to be rooted.(Hint, hint, hint...)
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Apr 12, 2015 1:05 PM CST
Name: melva wheeler
texas
Birds Butterflies Cat Lover Charter ATP Member Container Gardener I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database!
Herbs Lover of wildlife (Raccoon badge) Roses
I hope for that too, not sure when that will happen..
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Jan 27, 2023 10:50 PM CST
Moderator
Name: Zuzu
Northern California (Zone 9a)
Region: Ukraine Charter ATP Member Region: California Cat Lover Roses Clematis
Irises Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Plant Identifier Garden Sages Plant Database Moderator Garden Ideas: Master Level
Sue just ran across Melva's obituary. She died almost a year ago. I feel bad that I didn't even know she was in hospice care. I last spoke to her a few years ago and she was bedbound but not ill. Just unable to walk and terribly depressed.

https://www.billdeberry.com/ob...

She was a true lover of roses and contributed so many photos and good information to our rose forums here and in Cubits.
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Jan 28, 2023 7:02 AM CST
Name: Porkpal
Richmond, TX (Zone 9a)
Cat Lover Charter ATP Member Keeper of Poultry I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Dog Lover Keeps Horses
Roses Plant Identifier Farmer Raises cows Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Garden Ideas: Level 2
I am very sorry to hear that Melva is gone. I have about a dozen of her roses, have thought of her often, and nave missed her ever since she stopped posting here.
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Jan 28, 2023 7:17 AM CST
Name: Tigerpaws
Northern Ontario, Canada (Zone 2b)
Cactus and Succulents Frogs and Toads Plant Lover: Loves 'em all!
I read this about Melva just before going to bed last evening. It was very sad. Although I never knew of her or read any of her posts it would have been wonderful to have become acquainted with her through her posts and pictures. It was apparent that you people on the Rose Forum had become like a family and it is always difficult when one member of the family is lost. You all have many memories of her I am sure.

Is there such a thing as Archives on NGA where I could look back on some of her posts?
Save our bees 🐝🐝🐝🐝
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Jan 28, 2023 8:43 AM CST
Name: Patricia
Northeast Ohio (Zone 6a)
I wasn't planning on leaving a message because I never posted with Melva, but, this is the saddest group of posts I've ever read in here. Maybe and I'm hoping that Melva is with Phil now and not suffering anymore.
Love covers a multitude of sins......thank God!
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Jan 28, 2023 9:26 AM CST
Moderator
Name: Suzanne/Sue
Sebastopol, CA (Zone 9a)
Sunset Zone 15
Plant Database Moderator Region: California Cottage Gardener Garden Photography Roses Clematis
Daylilies Houseplants Foliage Fan Birds Butterflies Bee Lover
tigerpaws said:
Is there such a thing as Archives on NGA where I could look back on some of her posts?


@tigerpaws
Just click on her user name above in one of her posts and click the
'View posts made by Melva' and then chose either threads started or individual posts.
My gardening Blog!
Handmade quilts, new & vintage fabrics in my Etsy store. Summer Song Cottage
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Jan 28, 2023 9:48 AM CST
Name: Tigerpaws
Northern Ontario, Canada (Zone 2b)
Cactus and Succulents Frogs and Toads Plant Lover: Loves 'em all!
Thank you Sue, never thought of that. I used to belong to Canadian Gardening Forum (now defunct) and they had an Archives folder, therefore, I thought there may have been something similar here that I missed.
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