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' iy 5 Crossword 10 Classifieds 12 ' T are amazing v kv A ' t' v even more By GHna Wlckwar b the eve of the millennium when even space shuttle flight is greeted with barely concealed I am Kill awed that in one instant I can be gazing oo the Pacific from a misty California shore in another skimming over Boston Harbor in a third buzzing Lake Michigan and in still another marveling again Pacific — this time rt the n from an Oregon lighthouse We undertook these whirlwind - '3 - '&& v V - v‘ -- vs1" ' " - bo-hu- s i7 - V- J i w? y tmonth seamlessly coast to meetings gradu ations weddings hopscotching the country as if it were foe most routine of human activities And a good bit of it father-in-la- w with my in tow a man born the yew Wilbur and Orville tested their wings at Kitty Hawk The century mark creeping up on him Hardy is frailer less sure of his footing slightly less able to process the world around him But he gamely joined us in our transcontinental madness participating as much w he could in the events that marked our June Fortunately he was able to view his granddaughter’s three-hograduation ceremony — held outdoors in pouring tain — in relative comfort over dosed-circu- it TV a contingency provided for foe frail and elderly that I would have gladly shared had u been an option for me But that bow to seniority war largely foe exception: Wc discovered that d L most of Jiff’s activity do not ' much consider age frailty or bodes no longer as spry and supple as they once ur lhst-pace- like for example those quaint little' BABs we all adore This trip however the steep narrow stairs to the third floor the bathroom “down the ' hall" the drill for breakfast at 7 am did not seem quite as charming when we had to enforce them on Hardy Or foe downsized rental care frugally reserved to save a few dollars: we found that seating and unseating an eldethr gentleman in them over the course or two weeks took an increasing loll on his limbs And despite foe kindly loan of wheel- a aSamaSng Mi gaidan eolumnM Marti Anda i !ij If your kid-an- ty d deck is ky imitations Th large pot looks Ifca terra cotta but is octuaBy plastic the smaleronee look Kke day but are really recycled aluminum - V 3 Mi Above: Durabis metal pots Kke theae are foe practical choice for heavy-dut- y ' - rsTM3-etrfi- -' is a Left: Finishes— from natural to finely fauxed— give pots personality The pot at top left comes for your convenience d ornamented pots are all foe rage for Ihe new Msdttenanean decor pre-moiu-ed Italian-inspire- Scripps Howard photos rfr-stSf-api Connie Nelson finneapolist Paul Star Tribune wtSuv-r hurting pots are taking off from foe standard pot — you know the slightly number with the tapered terra-cott- a rim around foe edge — and taking oo new sizes and shapes Now circular or square shaped like an urn or an orb teeny or gargantuan garden pots are no longer garden vari- - it definitely is work and it does require upkeep” If you haven't got a pot to plant in m I maybe now’s the time to get one Pott are being cast in a host of materials from day to concrete And while your choke of pot may be primarily aesthetic each type of material has its pros and cons to consider: Still s easy to find a pot that fits your taste your space your budget and your favorite plant tr C'yV-- i ety Made from fine Italian marble or rustic Mexican clay there are pots to ' match your porch patio deck and per-him even your dreams- " There aw handpaintedpott and pots 1 finished in a silMr smooth glaze There ' ere pots made of sleek tilvery aluminum and pots made to grow mossy ' Not only finely finished (with hand-paintdetails ' or ornate carvings) the new planting pots also are fauxed (with aluminum poU taking the look of tern cotta tenwootta pots designed to look like weathered hoc and plastic pats aping cati concrete) And Wanting m planting pots b catching like a V “ ‘ i prairie!fire amount The of containers has just exploded” said Mike Hibbard a horticultural advisor at Bachman's in Minneapolis “Instead of one or two pots people are having as many as a dozen as many as they can” ' Though they may be pretty enough to grace your mantelpiece garden pots are made to be grown in CLAY V - ed ' Planting in pots allows you to briny ookr to foe porch patio and deck where an earth-boun- d gmden bed can't In a finite amount of space potted plants can offer almost infinite color And even if you don’t consider yourself a gardener you can easily become a potter of plants: kitchen-worthy Growing herbs and even a few g vegetables in pots is an easy way to dabble in gardening you start with a weed-fre- e soil and can keep your pot in close proximity to your house and hose If your potted plant doesn’t prosper it can easily be moved to a more appropriate sight 'They (pots) are mobile and great for our short growing season and for people who don't have : yards” enthused Nancy Rose a research borticutam-alis- t with the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum but table-toppin- ' Still the most common material from which pots are cast tem-cott- a (Italian for “baked earth”) containers have been popular since foe time of foe ancient Greeks and Romans Made of nngiarad day terra-cott- a pots are porous which allows water to evaporate land foe pot to “breathe'' These pots are especially good for plants such as geraniums rosemary and other bobs that “like it oo foe dry ride" said Rose However uqglazed pots tend to thy out quickly and can require daily watering in the heal of summer: While they mostly wear the traditional reddish-orancolot tenw-cott- a pots often are ornamented with ornate carvings or primitive inquires and now are available in a wild array of and tjupw — flum low long troughs to animal riupff frt corner containers ge See POTS on Fage Tuesday Health: Coping with Lou Gehrig’s disease DRCOPY Top Right: thsso unbreakable Sk prime But as usual Hardy stayed the course willing himself up ancient staircases in rustic lodges and bed and breakfasts stuffing himself in and out of sporty Gina Mckmr Is a tacMcrt wttar Mng In lagan Har eokam appears avary odwr Monday tatwHonwtronl section of The HaraM Journal or reproduction urns is a - ed Victorian decor with antique ' chairs and motorized carts we learned that negotiating an airport — the frenetic activity the crowds the lines foe elevators the luggage — could be extremely trying to someone no longer in life’s compacts tolerating elevators wheelchairs uid airport food enduring restau rants whose restrooms were never on the main floor tottering delicately down hotel corridors long enough to accommodate if not a battleship then at least the Titanic Ironically my husband and I were the frustrated ones railing again! inclement weather highway construction claustrophobic autos unthinking architecture vexatious officials the assumptions of modern life that factor the elderly out of the equation Hardy was far more sanguine No matter foe inconvenience he made it clear nothing would prevent him from participating m his gra ddaughter’s great moment of achievement nor our pastoral stay at a Wisconsin lakeside nor a i fog-fillfamily wedding overlooking an Oregon fjord we completed the homeward leg of our journey in late afternoon As we descended into Salt Lake City Hardy pointed to one of the plane's gleaming wings "Marvelous’’ he said shaking his head in wonderment “To think we’ve come this for since foe Wright Brothers’’ & IS marvelous we have machines that fly us through the air like birds allowing us to eat breakfast in Eugene lunch in San Francisco and be home in time for dinner in Logan Marvelous indeed and I am awed But not as awed as I am by fmwm machine at 95 Top left: Complement Features: 5 tit s hi V " ' 752-212- 1 If |