History

In the picture on the left.

Do I get to keep it when I get
down???    Huh,      Huh??    Do I, do
I?   Look all the way in the tree top.
Can you spot Thing Two. She is just
7-1/2 months old and 35 feet up in the
tree hard at work earning her keep.
See the black glob way up there. Boy, if
only I had a parachute I could fly like
grandma and grandpa.

History of North Hills Nursery.

We just put in a hard day at play and learning.

John with a thumbs up 8,000 feet over Idaho.

I was scared, yea relly scared but I did
it.

Pregnant Moma Jade full of kittens.,

Thingf One and Thing Two getting in some cat
practice. This picture and the next one down.

Looks like "Poo Tat" is taking it easy.

My little cat "Kaboodle" passed on.

Thing One and Thing Two at 3 montahs old.
Thing Two is just going behind the post and
Thing One is on the bannister.

Lucky Lillie rescued on a cold
rainy day with 74 adult ticks on
her. She was shaking all over,
but she says, now I have a home.

She is about a
year old here and weighs about 4
pound. She is beleived to be
chihuahua and dachshound mix.

Below, Kaboodle now passed on.

The nursery was sold 21 October 2010 BACK TO TOP

Oh, why why does the snow have to get so deep!

Here's our story and we're sticking to it, be sure to scroll all the way down and see the
pictures.

This is about "two old people" their "cats" and a great grandog. The old people
didn't know whether to grow plants or jump out of perfectly good airplanes.
Enjoy!!!!!

We are Pat, John and the 3 black cats. Their names are Ms. Jade (momma)
and Thing One and Thing Two. There were two more, 'Sweet Pea' and 'Fatty
Poo Tat' who were claimed by our grand-daughter and now live just 300 feet
from us. They are all of the "Bombay" breed. Kaboodle was our little black
cat which we had for 20 years, 9 months and 8 days. She developed a huge
tumor and had to be put to sleep fall of 07. Pat and I are both 70 years old and
in (September 2005) went skydiving for the very first time. Hopefully, it will
not be our last if I can get time free from the nursery and find a skydiving
facility near to us. We had traveled from West Virginia to Caldwell, Idaho to
make our maiden jumps.

I am retired military after 21 active years 1958 through 1979. I put on a chute
in 1959 but the jump was cancelled because of high wind. I wanted to try
again in 1968 but I had three children and couldn't afford it at that time.
Finally, we got our opportunity again so I took advantage of it. Pat said "what
if I want to go too?" I said "if you want to go, I'll pay for it." The rest is just
history and we really enjoyed ourselves. Ya gotta try it some time.

After I retired, I worked several different jobs with one period of 2 years and
8 months without a job. Finally, yes finally I got a job at a measly $4.00 per
hour and then after the first week I was cut back to 20 hours per week. Can
you believe that? The reason, I was too fast on the job. Everywhere I
applied, I was told I was overly qualified. Again, can you believe that? Well
after faithfully serving my country for 21 years and no one wanting to hire
me, I decided to create my own job. After slaving for several years and not
getting anywhere growing and selling trees, shrubs and perennials locally,
and by this time getting to the ripe old age for retirement again, I switched
to the very lovely little plants (sempervivums or better known as "hens and
chicks" and of course the supplementing sedums). I just love these little
succulents and it simplified my workload considerably which I needed
because of my age. I also grow for my own pleasure several uphorbias and
cacti. Check out our rating on the garden watchdog.

'Kaboodle' the "Old Cat" below. As you can see, black cats don't bring bad
luck, she's just part of the landscape. Scroll down to see all pictures.