ok, it’s been bugging me since I tried to write it yesterday.  THere are verb tenses and verb     moods?  Is subjunctive a mood, not a tense?

Boy, I’m close to brain dead.  Aphasia strikes again.  Albeit softly, compared to other times.

Yes, SUBJUNCTIVE is a mood.  Go back up to saparris’ posting in post #1 where he expounds ad nauseam with examples.  He is really hooked on this
topic.  Must be a default of his, or something (to use a computer term I don’t understand.)

Were I to dance, people would laugh.

hope you’re a long way from Gaffney, saparris.

btw, just looked at the buttons on my coveralls, says “carolina blue”.  Care to guess the color of same?

I live about 30 miles from Gaffney, which I always considered too close. There’s an outlet mall there that’s pretty good, a music store where I bought my last guitar (because they are the authorized dealer for the brand I bought and offer very good deals), and—as I understand it—a homicidal maniac on the loose. Not a good place to visit right now.

“Carolina Blue” could refer to one of the colors of the University of North Carolina, or to the general color of the sky, which I must admit is about as blue and blue gets. Being from SC, I prefer the latter reference. Wear them with Southern pride.

they are what we unenlightened northerners call “khaki”.

They are what we unenlightened northerners call “khaki.”

Are they khaki colored or make of cotton twill?

khaki colored.  If this is the color of the carolina sky, I’d say your soil is no longer red. 
sad.

Our sky is still blue, and our dirt is still red. Potting soil, top soil, etc. is a part of life.

Our to trim more hedges. It’s down to 83 degrees at the moment, so I shouldn’t melt.

A khaki sky sounds like some planet Kirk and Spock would land on.
Hedges??
I never plant anything that takes work which is a dirty four letter word for me.
Please don’t melt!
(What dumb movie/play was that from: “I’m Mellllting”,?)

I inherited the hedges when we bought the house—about 80 feet of holly down the side of the driveway. I trim them once or twice a year to keep them from getting too tall to trim at all. Right now, they’re about 7-8 feet tall.

Doesn’t make for a good mood, indicative, subjuective, or otherwise.

Now, holly I could live with: is it the kind with the red berries at Christmas??

The kind I have is called Subjunctive Holly because puts you in a condition contrary to one you want to be in.

Seriously, it’s just a very sturdy green shrub with no berries, but also no sharp leaves. Makes a very good hedge. I’m taking a break from trimming, but my hands won’t work right after holding the trimmer for 30 minutes.

Here’s the hedge. A work in progress.

“I’m melting…”  all my beautiful badness…  wicked witch in wizard of oz… ?

no berries and no sharp points?  what good is it then????????