Want to know my weather?

A new Davis Vantage Pro 2 (from Ambient Weather) is currently in my backyard. A Christmas present from my parents. It is currently unmounted, but still active. If you have any interest in seeing the weather in my backyard, here is the link:

http://www.weatherunderground.com/weatherstation/WXDailyHistory.asp?ID=KFLLAKEW7

This is done using the Weather Link hardware for the weather station (again from Ambient Weather http://www.ambientweather.com, Virtual Weather Station Internet Edition and Weather Underground.

A mount is on the way. Once it is up, the readings should be more accurate.

02/14/2007 - the station is mounted (since January) readings should be more accurate.

More Customer Service Goodness

My father wanted me to plant him a bed of epidendrums for a Christmas present. There is a new line of epidendrums that has larger flowers and a nice variety of colors. I've bought them in the past at the Ft. Lauderdale Orchid Show from Cal Orchid (www.calorchid.com).

I shot them off an email and called them to place the order. The order arrived and the box was mangled (this was the week before Christmas and it was sent via FedEx). There were stakes poking out of the top of the box. The plants were nice, but close to half had damage from the box being man-handled.

I sent an email saying the plants had arrived and there was some damage. Within an hour (this was 12/22) I received a reply with an apology and an offer to send out some new plants. The plants arrived yesterday and the box was intact. The plants were all in excellent shape. Apparently Cal Orchid knows how to pack, but FedEx is not too good at handling boxes labeled "Fragile".

To me, they went out of their way to make up for something that was not their fault. This wasn't a large order by any means. In the future, I'll be sure to consider Cal Orchid when I need plants.