<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">CORRECT!<div class="">Here's my latest victim (bradford pear):</div><div class=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="04EF292C-FB6E-46B3-A379-CF3928220F00" src="cid:9A7D5493-E22C-4B25-8D2B-45ABE1657020" class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">and my letter to the paper about our local library having a "Wisteria Festival"</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" style="font-family: Palatino-Roman;" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class="">I recently noticed signs around the downtown Library, announcing a "Wisteria Festival" on April 4. I thought that the wisteria vines in the space between the Library and the Stryker Center were chinese wisteria, wisteria sinensis. "Chinese and Japanese wisteria" is listed as a "Problem Plant" on the Virginia Master Gardeners site.<br class="">It's listed as a nonnative invasive species by the Virginia DCR, and the National Parks Service lists it as an invasive species found at Colonial National Historical Park. Is that the plant we're celebrating?</div></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote></div></blockquote><div class=""><br class=""></div>Here's their wisteria. It's NOT the native kind, but I posed the open question in order to appear less pissy:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="F6860AB3-8564-4089-A13A-825E863E06F0" src="cid:5AC2BEC3-AD48-472B-8324-1C830B25359F" class=""><br class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div class="">
<div>Kathi Mestayer<br class="">105 Gilley Drive<br class="">Williamsburg, Va 23188<br class=""><a href="mailto:kwren@widomaker.com" class="">kwren@widomaker.com</a><br class="">757-784-7395 (cell/text)<br class=""><br class="">"My life is based on a true story."<br class="">- Mac Mestayer</div>
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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Mar 17, 2020, at 5:33 AM, Marc Imlay <<a href="mailto:ialm@erols.com" class="">ialm@erols.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Palatino-Roman; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">From:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Ellen Nibali <<a href="mailto:knibali@gmail.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">knibali@gmail.com</a>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Monday, March 16, 2020 8:45 PM<br class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Seems an ideal occupation during a pandemic.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">On Mon, Mar 16, 2020 at 8:42 PM Marc Imlay <<a href="mailto:ialm@erols.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">ialm@erols.com</a>> wrote:<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><blockquote style="border-style: none none none solid; border-left-width: 1pt; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 0in 0in 0in 6pt; margin-left: 4.8pt; margin-right: 0in;" class="" type="cite"><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">invasive removal with volunteers now, with<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(49, 57, 65);" class="">current COVID-19 risk</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(49, 57, 65);" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(49, 57, 65);" class="">As a weed warrior, removing invasive plants is a safe way to avoid contact with the virus. Weed warriors in MG county are certified and remove invasive plants while being with your significant other whom you are with anyway.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(49, 57, 65);" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(49, 57, 65);" class="">Marc Imlay</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div id="m_-5288157474856988800DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2" class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p class=""> </o:p></p><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><hr size="1" width="99%" noshade="" align="center" style="color: rgb(144, 144, 144);" class=""></div><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td style="padding: 0in 11.25pt 0in 6pt;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="https://www.avast.com/antivirus" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="text-decoration: none;" class=""><img border="0" id="_x0000_i1026" src="https://static.avast.com/emails/avast-mail-stamp.png" alt="Avast logo" class=""></span></a><o:p class=""></o:p></div></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt;" class=""><div class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(61, 77, 90);" class="">This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""><a href="https://www.avast.com/antivirus" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">www.avast.com</a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><br class=""><br class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">You received this email because you are subscribed to the Maryland Invasive Species Council (INVASIVES) mailing list. 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