Senior Golden Sneakers
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Outside weeding again, I just got stung by a wasp. Ouch........ inside disinfecting entry point. Not weeding anymore today. Natures revenge?
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Happy Monday!
Windows are open for fresh air, although it feels like it is getting hot again. I do have a ceiling fan that helps while I am on my computer. Today is Babe's 81st. birthday and I have yet to hear from him if I do at all. Yesterday he told me that it is getting harder and harder to talk to me since they listen to all his conversations. He said his son harasses him if he calls me. He said he would try to call when he can to which I said you don't have to call at all and at the time I meant it. I have to admit it hurts that once again he doesn't stand up to his son but I will work hard on letting it go and move on.
Bryanna is leaving on her road trip to California today. Her friend is going there to get her Master's degree and they plan on camping at State Parks which doesn't make me happy. She is stopping here to pick up my credit card because I asked her to stay in a hotel rather than camping but she said only if the weather is bad. They plan on staying in a hotel at least one night but I really hope they will stay each night. They have pepper spray and possibly a taser but still I will worry. She will fly home once her friend is settled. Again no control over other people's lives just my own. I know this but sometimes it is hard. (right Barbie)
Anne, oh no I do hope you aren't allergic to wasps. I hate August for that reason they all come out just to annoy us. It is not too hot for Jilly is it?? Today must be one of my worrying days, sorry.
Bob, great pictures as usual. I read that report as well but still the US has 180,000 deaths. My friends would love me to join them at an outside restaurant for lunch/dinner but I still am not comfortable doing that. My DIL said if I did I would have to wear a mask to watch the kids and I would prefer not to do that. BTW, I watch old reruns of game shows and guess who was on Match Game last night, Paul Williams. I think the show was in the 70's but not certain.
Buzz, so nice hearing from you again.
Jackie, are repairmen there or are you just busy??
Have a great day.
Sandy
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Not sure what bit me, it was big and black as I knocked it into the garden waste bag. Finger Still hurts, interesting shade of pink and swollen. Anne.😳0
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Oh no Anne and earlier when I was fixing the Perspex roof on the chicken run I heard my neighbour say ouch then another word before telling whoever she was talking to on her phone she had just been stung by a wasp! It’s that time of year for sure.
A beautiful morning for walking became overcast by 1130 while a friend who dropped in for a coffee joined me in the garden. The view here has shown sunshine about a mile down the road which made me think it would probably clear as evening arrives which it has!
Crowds of visitors were arriving on the moors as we finished our walk so because it’s a Bank holiday I decided there’s no point going out. Schools go back at the end of the week so the holidaying crowds should depart then it will be older and generally more sensible folk about!
Bob, Great photos as ever. Let’s hope one day we can look back, laugh and say remember when we all had to wear masks wherever we went? As our Covid death toll rose during lockdown we were often shown photos of individuals who had died and I quickly noticed a large percentage were overweight to obese which of course brings with it all sorts of underlying issues. Then an older generation especially in care homes who would also have other health issues so it’s interesting to read such a high proportion of victims slotted into those categories. Hopefully it will mean kids going back to school will be safe; just have to be regularly tested to avoid them inadvertently spreading the virus at home.
I’m sure you know your weight loss is an amazing achievement and I imagine not helped by McDonalds being everywhere. A few years ago I visited Krakow in Poland and couldn’t resist taking a photo of a young man playing his violin in the archway of an ancient city wall. Very atmospheric except through the arch on the street behind him a modern sight... McDonalds!!
Anne, the tastiest fish and chips I ever enjoyed was in Oban on the west coast of Scotland sitting on a bench looking out towards the Isle of Mull while a cold wet blast of fresh air blew off the Atlantic! Hardy people the Scots!!
No pointers for rapping knuckles at my school but a solid wood blackboard cleaning block thrown across the classroom at any misbehaving child!
Hello Buzz. Wonderful to see you dropping in. Take care ❤️❤️❤️
An interesting teapot Lin but I imagine it wouldn’t last long having boiling tea poured in and out. The wrong kind of pottery although I could be wrong.
All that talk of burgers, fish and chips means I now feel the need to prepare my evening meal.
A text just arrived to let me know my order for the Carole King Tapestry vinyl has been dispatched... happy days!
Take care.
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Hello, I have tried repeatedly to get here to write a post but it was one thing after another from updates from a worried mom on her daughter’s surgery, to tending to the laundry, and a big crash in the basement. A hunt for my regular paper punch, sorting out boxes and trash (pick up day tomorrow). Placing another grocery order with Whole Foods. Anyone betting on the likelihood that the system is working now? Last day to review my subscribe and save order with Amazon and some research on a study book.
All terribly dull. Some fun, my new little leaf paper punch showed up and I have more little leaves ready to go. Final design not set. Cut out some Halloween images and may make a few easy cards for that day as well.
Okay. You are all much more interesting.
Jackie, it will be nice when all the holiday folks go home again. School has started in my suburb but quite a number of students chose the online option. So they remain trapped in the house with the same adults as usual. My friend has several grandchildren who are doing the online schooling but no adult will be home with them all day. I guess that is not unusual but I would be worried to leave kids alone in the house with no one there to help with questions, etc.
Anne, darn bug! I hope you recover quickly. Wasp/bee stings are so bothersome. I was stung by wasps on my stomach one year. Oh, my, gosh! Painful much!!!! I think that is a hint to stay away from them. Gosh now you’ve made us all hungry. I love air fried potatoes but won’t be making any this evening. On the question you posed, I have been purchasing puzzles where they can be found. At first I found one in a local store and got a curbside pick ups. Since then I have found more and more reputable companies doing online orders. Puzzles are out of stock all the time. I am always pleased to find something I wanted. I have had to purchase 1,000 pieces and higher for the most part. My attention span is more 500 piece. 😂🤣😂
Sandy, I am sorry you are not hearing from Babe but you knew that was coming. He is a prisoner in that house. I don’t know why he didn’t realize what would happen. And Bryanna and her friend should be fine but staying in a hotel/motel might be safer. But no one listens right? Wishing her well.
Bob, I love your photos and once again, that looks like so much fun! Even with masks. Now even the photo of the orchard has made me hungry as I noted the beautiful apples in the background. Well, I didn’t know how close you lived to that store but thought in all your travels you might have been there. You know on Facebook, someone starts a topic and photos and then others chime in with comments and memories. They made that store sound just fantastic. I was sold! I need to see what I could get online, a pale experience compared to the store. And good job Jean with the magic blood. So wonderful that she donates. Saving lives.
The comorbidity issue has turned ugly. I am seeing posts saying those people were meant to die anyway so should never have been counted as Covid deaths. Well, those people may have been living just fine with their conditions until this virus came along. I guess I am pretty angry because I see this coming from the same people that earlier said, hey, if old people are dying, that’s just the natural order of things. Too bad, so sorry grandma. Seems fairly heartless to me.
I think Wedgwood is well used by many people but I could be wrong, maybe most people just purchase things like this to look at. This color of Wedgwood was unusual to me, I have seen more blue.
I must run along. Time to crush some boxes and get the trash out to the curb.
All best wishes.
Lin
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The comorbidity issue has turned ugly. I am seeing posts saying those people were meant to die anyway so should never have been counted as Covid deaths. Well, those people may have been living just fine with their conditions until this virus came along. I guess I am pretty angry because I see this coming from the same people that earlier said, hey, if old people are dying, that’s just the natural order of things. Too bad, so sorry grandma. Seems fairly heartless to me.
All best wishes.
Lin
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Take good care dear ones. We are stressed and insecure at this time. . It is natural to turn on others when our life and wellbeing is threatened. But we will be fine if we foster respect for each other. I feel sad that people are so frightened. As one of my life lessons I like to think of Jackie tenderly releasing field mice or gathering little black spiders with a handkerchief to set free out in the garden. I am sure I have all of the comorbidity issues but I still feel I have a place on the planet and might still be of some use.
So my dear sneakers, don’t even think of that word. Take good care of yourself and others. We will all try to be here after the COVID 19 drifts away.
Are you with me?
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Dearest Patsy, the law of averages tells me that because our little group of caring, loving sneakers has managed to form and share thoughts and experiences on this internet magical mystery tour, there will be thousands more out there just like us. All we can do is prove to the negative ones that being older or having health issues doesn't make anyone worthless, in fact quite the opposite because life's experiences teach us empathy, consideration for others and a sense of history that can be frightening if ignored.
I'm not particularly religious but brought up with Christian values that hold no place for hate, not even for wasps! Turn the other cheek dear friends and move on.
Happy Tuesday.... love you all.
Jackie
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Exactly dear girls and very well put. I lay awake all night for two reasons. One I couldn't get poor Roy out of my mind, he should never have died in that senior home recovering from surgery and succumbing to the virus. Avid gardener and he loved Christmas to the extent we all got a little something. Every adult on his street got a box of biscuits or a box of chocolates, every child a little gift. He will have left a huge empty space in his street now he's gone. And a big empty space for me and Helen. Val his wife was our cousin. We both had our weekly phone call from him. It's odd on a Sunday at 9am not hearing his voice anymore.
The second reason, well whatever bit me and scurried off had my pink swollen painful finger turn into a pink swollen itchy finger in the night, despite squeezing to get whatever out, and applying ointment, tea tree oil etc. I will live, but I must remember I'm not gardening in England anymore and purchase garden gloves which I hate. Spent the afternoon peering at the descriptions of 31 biting and stinging insects and spiders and the nearest I can get of what I briefly saw and stung me is a black widow spider but surely they aren't up here in Ontario? I believe they are in British Columbia though and with the heat of this summer please don't tell me they are here now lurking under wood and leaves!
So, we soldier on in the knowledge that hasn't hit the young yet, that youth is fleeting, that even wasps and black widow spiders have a right to life. Another poem springs to mind.
When all the world is young lad
And all the trees are green:
And every goose a swan lad
And every lass a queen,
Then hey to horse and boot lad
And round the world away
For young blood must have its course lad!
And every dog it's day.
But when all the world is old lad
And all the trees are brown
And all the sport is stale lad
And all the wheels run down;
Creep home and take your place there
The spent and maimed among
God grant you find one face there
You loved when all was young.
Charles Kingsley.
Probably not completely accurate but sent with love from
Anne 🙃🐶❤️
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I have nothing meaningful to offer in this discussion. Just a teapot.
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with love and best wishes
Lin
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And a very happy little teapot indeed, dear LIN.0
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Happy Tuesday! Some thunder, dark sky but very little rain. Not sure if I will be sitting for volleyball today or not. Rain is spotty so we will see. Still no word from Babe, I am trying really hard to let go but must admit it is hard.
Lin, good message on your tea pot.
Jackie, love your photo which is true.
Anne, I hope your finger is better but let's hope it wasn't a black widow spider, aren't they poisonous?
Patsy, yes, we are all cautious elders who have a long way to go. (I hope)
Well I better take a shower in case I am sitting. Have a good day.
Sandy
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Good afternoon. It is of course the 1st of the month and I have online banking transfers to process. And how exciting, I did get a little grocery order this morning. I did not order much, about half of the items I wanted. Most arrived. Wahoo! Will try another order later in the week.
We did have rain here this morning. It didn’t last too long but it has been mostly overcast today. It hasn’t even reached 70 degrees F yet. It will warm up again later in the week.
I have placed a number of orders today as items I use are on sale. I was so excited to see sprouting seed on sale—broccoli! Yes, yes, I ordered my winter supply.
Also I was fortunate to exchange a couple of messages with my friend who had
breast cancer surgery yesterday. She said little except she was doing pretty good—-due to the pain meds. I was just glad to see her tapping out a few words.
Sandy, I hope all goes well as you sit with the kiddos. Sorry about Babe, but you know why he isn’t in touch.
Patsy, we will all endure as best we can. And I too am thankful for a group of friends who are lovely and kind, things in short supply out there in the wild.
Jackie, thanks for the lovely tree. ❤️
Anne, ouch, sorry your finger is bothering you. When my finger was bothering me on a daily basis, I tried a bit of soaking in Epsom salts water and I thought it helped a little but the best seemed to be soaking a cotton ball in Hydrogen Peroxide and holding it on my finger for a little while twice a day. I hope your finger I s better today. And yes, garden gloves! I got a pair this spring and they are the best I have ever had. They stretch on for a nice tight fit. I can try to look up the brand if you’re interested.
Good day Buzz, Bob, Barbie and all other Sneakers.
Wishing everyone well.
Lin
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Thanks LIN, but I managed to find my gloves in the chaos of the garage. A very good fitting make from our favourite gardening place and Suspect I will be getting more from the family. The finger is no longer hurting, it's now a sausage, pink and itchy. Tea tree oil works really well. Went out to do more gardening but it's horrid out there. Only in the 70s but feeling in the 90s with the humidity. Slowly but surely the garden is getting to look less jungly.
SANDY, I managed to press out "something" from the hole in my finger. Black Widows are venomous but provided one doesn't have allergies things become normal in a few days apparently. Or according to (our) Sandy who works for the surgeon and had a similar bite in the spring. She said press things out until it bleeds and I did.
Hope I get some sleep tonight. Wide awake all last night!
Anne.
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A pleasurable day for me with a long walk in sunshine first thing then tidying up as best I could amidst the current chaos. After lunch I drove to the allotment to meet up with my neighbours and get more weeding done and although I only planned to spend a couple of hours there, didn’t get away until 4 hours later. I don’t like to leave the dogs that long but in fact their long walk had tired them so I think they probably snoozed for the most part. Our red onions have been platted together and hung in my garage to dry out and for my evening meal I steamed more allotment runner beans.
On the first of each month I speak to an old school friend and we catch up on each other’s news so tonight has been spent on the phone. It’s nice because we are complete opposites but get on so well and had a laugh about a note I typed and gave to my mother when we were about 15 that she had kept tucked away between pages of a book. Clearing a few inherited cookery books off the shelves recently I found the note looking frail and flimsy and was amused to read about how I was waiting in the form room for my friend Anne with an ‘e’ so we could walk home together. Also mentioned that I planned to move to America to live so I could vote for Bobby Kennedy to be President! Funny how she kept it!
Time for bed. 😴
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Good Morning quickie. It's a bee sting. Painfully itchy and finger twice it's normal size and also throbbing. Can't bend it. It will pass. Off for a coffee and a hope it returns to normal, my precious middle finger, soon.
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Probably too late now Anne but you need to ensure the sting has been removed. If you can see it drag a finger nail across it and pull out sideways. A good way to ease the sting is to place a copper coin on it and keep pressed for a few minutes. Something in copper creates a reaction in the venom! Question is are Canadian coins similar to our pennies in content? I worked for a metal trading company in Toronto all those years ago and think they contain a mix!
Busy day for me again. We've walked so I'm now sipping a coffee before heading out for a couple of stores.
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Oh my gosh Anne, misery. I have no advice to offer. Wish I had a sure cure.
Jackie, hope you find everything you need on this shopping trip.
Here is something different. A mega-teapot. The pot on the top is a normal sized teapot. 🤗
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Thanks for the tip, but JACKIE do you know we no longer have pennies (1 cent)..? They disappeared a few years ago and our currency starts at 5 cents, I think I got everything out of the hole, but feel much better knowing what did it! The sting was very painful and I swept the critter off my finger and straight into the garden waste paper bag. I wasn't about to try and find it, but it was round, fuzzy and black. Not so exotic as a black widow spider. Lol. And thank the good Lord for that! Apparently most people get over bee bites in seven days, today's my third day.
So, three weeks ago I had the molar out, two weeks ago Jilly had heat stroke and today I'm looking at an interesting throbbing thing masquerading as a finger!
Did I tell you Mark passed his kidney stone in the middle of the night?
All minor stuff, but annoying.
Annie, feeling much better with knowledge! 😀🐶🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🌸1 -
Oh no Anne, that means my little collection from the 1970’s is worthless!! 😏
That’s inflation for you!
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Yesterday was a “fun” day. We went to the New York State Fairgrounds for Jean to make her American Red Cross blood donation. Jean LOVES the NYS Fair and her #1 eating treat is the fried dough at The Villa Pizze Fritte (they have had their booth for 60 years). Last year total Fair attendance was 1,329,275 – this year... it was Jean and me! So we entertained ourselves. Here is a link to a 1 min slide show. LOL.
https://youtu.be/8doPwfcxnxM
Jean is at her uncle’s house delivering some overflow tomatoes etc. She plans to call when leaving so I can meet her half-way for a walk. I did the gym this morning, but like the extra steps. Today is a mix of clouds/sun and high about 80. Yesterday, I had f/u blood work because of a few outlier results – will wait and see.
Sandy – I hear you on the report and being “uncomfortable.” I think all of us over 65 yrs old with comorbidity factors need to make individual case-by-case decisions using common sense. If I was 20 or 30 something my assessment would be different. As for windows and fan – I love a nice breeze, but often have a fan going (my childhood a/c) I like a fan at night as “white noise” – Jean – not so much. LOL Sorry about all the Babe issues. I was once in a similar situation and that person simply wanted to avoid the stress of dealing with the family members… we visited “off the record” when it was “safe”. Sad in some ways.
Anne – Ditto on laughing about the masks. Feel really bad for the kids missing so many events. Your right on the obesity / covid numbers – even the news can be slanted for sure.. the old “if it bleeds it reads” so they will say someone was 25 and died but leave out the part that the person was 100 lbs overweight etc. Obesity is one of the biggies based on data. While feeling sorry for kids, I also feel bad for “old folk” we only have so many years left and each month seems like time lost (in some ways). Then there are the people in nursing homes that is another level of suffering for the confined and family members.
Your “photo of a young man playing his violin in the archway” with McDonalds sounds like it would have been a great pic for a story about changing times.
Lin – Thanks on the apple photos. It has long been a family/friends annual tradition to enjoy the Beak and Skiff Apple Orchards Festival – they have been in business over 100 yrs and 5 generations. It is a huge event. This year there will be no rides to the orchards, masks required etc. I agree about Jean’s blood donations and wish I could do it too…
Anne – you have a way of expressing things so easily with a poem. I must say those last 2 lines are powerful.
Time to get ready so I can “boogie” when Jean calls.
Have a great day and stay as healthy as possible. Bob
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Happy Wednesday! The rain stopped yesterday so I did sit and they were able to play the last volleyball game of regular games. They will make a schedule for the playoffs and let me know the new schedule. It won't be a long playoff with such a small group. Friday Lisa has an outdoor shower to attend but she is kind of hoping for rain so she doesn't have to go. I am sitting if indeed she does go. Nothing exciting going on for the rest of the week.
Bob, I too, sleep with a fan for white noise and to help with the street noise, even with the A/C running. Love your video, no problem with social distancing. lol You guys know how to have fun and still keep safe, I am jealous. lol
Jackie, this is what I found on Google for the USA.
Do they still make pennies in the US?
The last mostly-copper cents (95% copper metal composition) were produced by the Denver Mint on October 22, 1982. The copper-plated zinc cent coins are still being produced today.
I think they want to phase them out but for now they are still in circulation.
Anne, sounds like a nasty sting, I do hope you aren't allergic. I agree a bee sting is better than a black widow spider bite, neither would make me happy. Things happen in three's so hopefully your bad days are in the past.
Lin, that is an interesting tea pot, hard to believe the little one on top is an average size. I hear Iowa is surging in cases, please stay safe.
Have a good day, trying to decide if I am going to turn the A/C on, such a major decision. lol
Have a great day.
Sandy
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Great slideshow Bob. 👍🏻🙌🏻👍🏻
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Hello. Crazy teapot today. A Minton limited edition reproduction of a teapot produced in 1860. Reportedly one of the most popular novelty designs.
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Hello Sneakers, before I go for my shower just want to say one last word on bee stings. I've had numerous wasp stings but nothing as bad as this bee sting. Spreading out my hand my middle finger is/was squashed between the fingers on either side it is/was so swollen. A little reduced in size today. Red, painful yet at the same time itchy, and constantly with me. I would rather have another molar out than this. So......PLEASE dear Sneakers keep well away from bees! No wonder JACKIE and all other bee keepers go around encased from head to toe!
I read the worst place to get stung is on the nostril, shudder!
Off for the shower then will take the Bean out keeping well away from flowers and especially sniffing them!
Anne - having a little poor me time! 😳🐶..................🌸🌸🐝🌸🌳🌳
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Nice morning. It was 63 at 5am and headed for 83. Song I played on treadmill was - Papa was a Rolling Stone (Temptations) given the 1st line: “It was the third of September”
For Throw-Back Thursday I found the photos below. 1) Prom pic and 2) My mom w/ Mike Douglas (singer, TV talk show host, and actor). It was my HS graduation day lunch at a local hotel. Mike Douglas was staying there. Mom was 57 and battling cancer for 3 yrs. She died less than 6o days later. Her wish had always been to “see Bobby graduate high school.” Mike Douglas couldn’t have been more gracious and suggested they an outdoor photo where the light was better. Awesome, generous guy!
Sandy – Laughed about Lisa having a shower to attend but hoping for rain. I think we all have those moments. As for the fan…in our house growing up (7 kids) everyone had a fan in their room and I have never been without since. Yes – social distancing wasn’t a problem at the NYS Fair – no one was on the grounds except for the Red Cross bldg. It was fun & a little sad at the same time.
Lin – your “crazy teapot” reminds me of the “flying monkees” in the Wizard of Oz.
Anne – So sorry for the horrible reaction to the bee sting. I haven’t ever had a bad reaction, but Jean has had that “swollen” experience. Go ahead and have some “poor me” time – we all deserve it once in a while.
Time to get cleaned up. Jean has to bring her 86 yr old friend to the doctors in a couple hours, so our joint walk won’t be until the afternoon. The week is flying by and I believe it will be a busy weekend.
Hope everyone has a great “Friday Jr.” Bob
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Hello everyone. A thick mist and low cloud was hanging over us first thing so I opted for a kitchen morning after a short walk with George and Betty. A fresh batch of George’s raw meals then I scrubbed some rather large beetroot from the allotment, wrapped them individually in foil so they’re now baking slowly in the oven. Next is courgette soup for the freezer and that recipe will be made up as I go along!
Hopefully I’ll pull off the last sections of wallpaper after lunch then it’s a matter of waiting for the electrician to make contact.
Anne, I’m sorry you are still suffering. If there’s one thing I’ve learned from beekeeping it’s to remove the sting as soon as possible and that means in seconds because that is what holds a tiny sack of incredibly painful venom that slowly releases. Too late now I know! 🥺
Lin, yesterday’s teapot was amazing and had me wishing I had been around to visit those incredible exhibitions. The tens of thousands of visitors must have been in awe of the inventions and new designs back then. Today’s teapot is very cute 🐒
Bob, your video is so entertaining I loved it but poor Jean didn’t get her dough treat!
My photo of the lad in the archway is buried in the depths of my old desktop and although I can find it with a lot of searching, the MFP search box can’t come up with it!
Certainly these past few months have flown for me but talk about busy doing nothing and I’m sure there are many of all ages now dealing with mental health issues after being shut away on their own with no chance of socialising. Hooray for the internet! Our NHS has come up with a plan to get as many diabetics as possible on to a diet that aids weight loss as that has been proven to reverse Type 2 for many. As we know, that’s not always easy!!
Thanks for the information about one cent pieces Sandy. Our coins seem to change in size and shape regularly but I’m sure gone are the days of a solid silver sixpence or shilling. The company I worked for in Toronto sold raw metals for a mining company in Saskatchewan and even back then they were mixing them to make coins.
I’m so sorry you aren’t hearing from Babe but he must be in a frame of mind to go with the easiest and least upsetting option. We all know talking with you should be his priority but sounds like constant brow beating had worn him down.
My neighbour just dropped in some glass jars for the pickled beetroot and had a play with the dogs but I still have to make soup then attack a few walls!
Take care out there everyone.
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Well I’ve just caught up on all the posts. Anne I am sorry about your awful sting. Buzz glad to see posts from you too. Lin I enjoyed your teapots. Jackie I always enjoy your pictures. Nice to see Patsy and Jackie too. Barbie, I just bought a Ninja grill and I love it. Bob great to read your posts and see your pictures. Sandy your grands are really growing up. Always love reading and seeing pictures of your family.
We are doing well. The grands are just starting school. We are going to step back a bit until we see how all that goes. I’ll post a picture later.
I’m doing good. After a rough start to 2020 feeling the loss of my sister Val and then COVID I had put on some weight I had worked so hard to lose. But in April I gave my head a shake and made a new commitment. I’m at my goal weight again. Woo boo
Well time to head out for my morning walk. I’m very faithful about getting in my exercise minutes.
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Happy Thursday! Meeting this afternoon and then nothing. I didn't order groceries this week as I ordered them late last week. I should be good until next Wednesday. Feeling stressed with Babe and now my friends who are not understanding why I don't want to go to an outside restaurant to celebrate one of their birthday's that was last March. I tried explaining that our bubble is our bubble but they just don't want to understand. They say Lisa go to the store with a mask on and they play volleyball etc. I really don't think I should have to explain myself, they should just accept that I don't want to go. End of rant!!!!
Good to hear from you Jeri and glad you are feeling better after a rough start to this year.
I have to take my shower and get ready. Have a great day.
Sandy
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First! Concern for our dear Anne...John is very allergic to bee stings and wasps. After a trip to the ER and several specialists, we now keep a package of the over-the-counter drug Benadryl. With that kind of reaction, it appears you are allergic as well. I only butt in because of our experience with John. It is not to be taken lightly. The mechanism of allergies is mysterious and scary. After an event, if you are allergic, the next event (sting) could be life threatening. You might go into anaphylactic shock. Look into it and you might check out Mayo Clinic web site. Just google bee stings....well enough of my crazy hysteria. Except to say, you mean a lot to us all. We want you well and up to you tricks and reciting poems to us on every subject.
Very warm and uncomfortable today. I will be inside except to gather trash for pickup tomorrow morning. John had his new crown glued in yesterday. I know it is an old joke, but we really do know the reason they are called crowns. This tiny little bit of gold is amazingly costly. He is up to his old tricks now. He wants me to fix a chicken artichoke pizza. I use very little to almost no cheese. Very thing crust. The calorie count isn’t too bad but still requires monitoring.
As I have mentioned before, I am putting together an art show with sound effects. I decided on using interesting noises instead of music. It is great fun to listen to the sounds and find some that sort of reflects the mood of the painting. I know it sounds maybe just plain strange but the experience is mesmerizing for me.
Jackie: pickled beets are one of my favorites to serve beside a tossed salad. Home made pickled beets are a real treat.
Jeri: so lovely to hear from you. I hope you will share some of your photography. Well done on achieving your goal weight. I am sorry for your loss. I do not have a sister and have always known how special that relationship would be.
Lin: oh that is my kind of teapot. I think it might match Jackie’s dinning room chairs, if I remember right.
Sandy: I admire your patience and reason. I would be contacting the elder abuse task force and other police to assist in gettin Babe in a better situation. Reason says my urge for immediate action would make things difficult. As for your friends, I suspect they just want and enjoy being with you. “ You Got to love that!”
Bob: what a cutie...you dressed up for the prom. Were you An American Bandstand kind of dancer? Oh I loved to “twist again, like we did last summer🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶.“ What a sweet photo of your mom, dolled up and looking sharp. Hat, stylish outfit, jewelry... precious memories.
Washing my hands, taking care etc,
Patsy☘️0
