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Hello, just stopped by to share a daily teapot. I tried to post from my phone but right now, that is not working for me.
Be safe everyone.
Lin 🙋🏼♀️
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Good morning. Grey and cooler today although I can’t see yesterday’s post when I described lawn cutting then strimming at the allotment in the heat of the sun so you won’t be aware of a contrast! The battery operated strimmer is recharged ready for another session this afternoon. This morning I plan to slide my fancy mange tout out of the piece of guttering into the last bit of space on the veggie bed and do some gentle pruning. Something has gone wrong in the wormery because the top tier is a soggy mess so I will have to empty it somewhere and start again. I’m just hoping there are enough worms in the lower tier to move up. It must have been all that rain we had April and May. The good news is I’ve spotted my first tomato in the greenhouse… such a silly thing to get so excited about but I am! 🤪
Patsy, I’m also excited about my organic fancy beans I’m growing, with names so weird I never can remember. If they do well I will collect dried beans to grow again next year but certainly think they were cross pollinated before they reached me because the dwarf variety is currently climbing sticks faster than the climbing variety that was carefully planted next to netting!
Our Covid infections are creeping back up and apparently tests show we have returned to the original variant that was so nasty. That old saying, choose your friends wisely is appropriate during this pandemic and luckily all of mine take the same precautions so I’m comfortable in their company. None of that anti vax, conspiracy theory nonsense!!
Ooh Lin, that tea set looks like icing sugar that could be eaten!
Sandy, I do hope you receive some positive results from Babe’s heart monitor or at least advice on what he is dealing with. Meanwhile dog walking is a great way of relieving your stress levels; that and cocktail hour! 😜
Barbie, it sounds like Sasha picked up enough to relieve some of your worries if she managed to eat but still, a horrible situation to have found yourselves in. Whatever decision you come to with your vet will be the right one but we all know from experience how painful it still is. Thinking of you and Jake. ❤️
Hello Anne. Busy Sunday?
Coffee finished so time to head for the greenhouse. Take care everyone.
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Happy Monday! 😀 it is going to be a hot week with possible storms today. Hopefully we won’t be driving in it this afternoon.
I have to stop at house to get my checkbook to pay bills and a few other things so Ewok will spend time in his crate. He likes his crate so no worries.
Jackie, no results from heart monitor yet but today is the nuerologist for his auto immune disease that causes his dizziness. I really hope they can give him a pill or something to help him. Your garden sounds wonderful and you work so hard, try to take some me time.
Better make some breakfast and get ready. Have a great day.
Sandy
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Anne has emailed to let me know she is locked out of MFP again and would I let sneakers know. She’s busy baking bacon and egg pie which I’m sure is far more fun than struggling with a wayward website but let’s hope she can get back to us soon.
Oh okay Sandy. I had wondered if Babe’s dizziness could be heart related or low blood pressure. Good wishes for whatever news and safe journey if you are anticipating storms.
The sun finally came out while I was strimming the tall weeds at the allotment so I was relieved when the battery died because the temperature shot up. I managed to dig up a small gooseberry bush with a few fruit hanging on it and wheelbarrowed it to Linda’s plot at the far end. Three large strawberries were also uncovered that I thought I put in the trug to bring home but no sign! Hopefully they will still be where I left them when I return tomorrow. The machine is back on recharging and I’m sipping a cup of tea before a stroll round the garden to check everything is fine.
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Well I appear to be back, but for how long? Tried quite a bit this morning and emailed poor JACKIE in frustration to let you know I was a goner yet again.
I swear this site will drive me bonkers one of these days. Anyway, if I'm gone again tomorrow you know why because I DO care for you gals, pets and hubbies and all. It won't be deliberate.
Mikes still in Quebec but still sending me bits and pieces he finds. The latest is all about a computer robot that insists its a sentient being and is terrified of dying if switched off. Just hope that if it finds this site it won't get a brain storm instead because I'm heading that way.
Well, its supper time and I'll away after reading everyones comments on todays posts.
Anne.
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Hello! Wow, it was HOT today. Mid 90’s with a steaming humidity level and then extremely strong scorching wind. What a day. My vegetable plants are crying out there tonight. Poor things. More of the same expected tomorrow.
Anne, welcome back! I hope you are able to stay with us. That story about a sentient A.I. is interesting. Here’s a paragraph from the New York Times on the story they wrote about Google A.I. today:
“For months, Mr. Lemoine had tussled with Google managers, executives and human resources over his surprising claim that the company’s Language Model for Dialogue Applications, or LaMDA, had consciousness and a soul. Google says hundreds of its researchers and engineers have conversed with LaMDA, an internal tool, and reached a different conclusion than Mr. Lemoine did. Most A.I. experts believe the industry is a very long way from computing sentience.”
Very disturbing.
Jackie, another busy day for you today. I hope you are able to retrieve your strawberries. I am in that bean buying club and people are always saying, grab a few beans from a package and plant them. Fun summer project. Okay, so I did that without doing any research at all. Well, I have my first runner bean apparently. I was kind of surprised by how tall it has gotten without putting out additional leaves. Found a YouTube video where a guy shows his two runner bean plants, same variety as mine and my gosh, they have expanded for yards not just a few feet. I have planted monsters. 😄 No, I don’t believe mine will grow like that but we will see. It is an experiment.
Sandy, I hope there was some encouraging news at the doctor today. Let us know when you get a moment. 🤞🏻🤞🏻❤️
Patsy, hello, I must have missed your post once again.
Barbie, thinking of you today. ❤️❤️
Be safe everyone.
Lin🙋🏼♀️
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Teapot for Monday
Cards I have been working on.
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Hello! We have pouring rain and a flood watch! Just what I need. You all know what a worry wort I am!
I am going to give a lot of my art supplies, that I know I will never use, to the starving artist club in town. These are supplies that I bought, thought I would use them but alas…NO. Not happening.
Need to make an eye appointment with a new doc. Always an anxiety but it must be done.
The news was so bad today I am having trouble trying to decide what if anything I should do. The economy looks like 2008. We lived through it okay. But we didn’t have monkey pox or Covid. Thank goodness we have enough to do here. I will not even notice. Except when we go to the grocery store eeeeeeeeeeek! Going meatless 2 days a week. I really don’t mind that part at all. I do hear complaints from John. Katie will never go meatless. I suspect neither will John!!!!
Watched the old DisneyAlice in Wonderland. Still amazed at the creativity. But the old cartoon like style cells were not anywhere near the new animation. I am looking forward to the new dinosaur movie. Jurassic park should be fun.
Patsy☘️🧘🏼
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A beautiful day with loads of sunshine and gentle breeze. An early long walk in the peace and quiet, with views that took me miles across Cornwall set me up for the rest of the day. So, washing drying on the rotary line, mange tout finally in the ground after I harvested spiked bamboo canes for them to climb and both George and Betty snoozing in the shade. I’m covered in factor 50 cream but still being careful and my next job after a cuppa is to plant the prettiest geranium with tiny pink flowers that Linda gave me. We are getting very good at swapping!
I’m waiting in for a delivery of packs of bedding for the hens so giving the allotments a miss. Guessing it will be hot out in the open anyway and gone are the days I feel the need to soak up the sun!
Lin, your cards are charming and amazingly clever. I particularly love the sentiment of each but imagine myself to be the butterfly awakening in my own time! Few butterflies around this year but I’m hoping our cold start put them back so they will appear in time. You put so much effort and skill into creating each and every one and it shows. ❤️
Haha, your runner bean will surprise you with its energy and height. Just make sure you don’t climb it like Jack and the beanstalk to discover the unfriendly giant!
Patsy, sadly I fear there is nothing we can do right now to steady economies or health problems, just take care of ourselves and wait to come out the other side. We’ve seen it before but you’re right, not all piled in at once! Heartbreaking stories appearing now of families having to give up their pets because they can’t afford to feed them but I’m thinking I would share my last meal with my little furry family.
A lovely breeze just wafted round my feet so I’ll venture outside again.
Happy Tuesday everyone.
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Happy Tuesday! 😀 it is going to be another hot one, probably too hot to sit in sun beside the fact I have too much paperwork to do. We were at hospital from 2:00 to almost 5:00. We like the doctor who looked young with his mask. He did several tests and explained Babe’s auto immune disease doesn’t know how to control blood pressure. ( good call Jackie). He put him on a pill to help keep his blood pressure at a even keel. He also wants Babe to get an MRI of his brain and two other tests he will do once I schedule. Babe also has neuropathy in his feet and hands along with bad balance. Hopefully all will get better with this doctor.
It’s a long road but we will handle it together.
I woke up early and couldn’t go back to sleep so I am tired today. I have to do some laundry, pay some bills and make appointments. Also have to take Babes blood pressure several times a day for the doctor. Oh yeah, he also had blood work done.
And how is your week going?
Have a good one.
Sandy
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I've just lost a huge post! It was mainly about hay fever and sneezing whilst weeding, my glasses soaring off and of course breaking. Hasn't stopped me seeing butterflies hovering over my broccoli though.
I haven't the heart to start all over again. See you tomorrow in the predicted heatwave. That's why I was out weeding! Lins and Sandy's heatwave on the way over.
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Hello. What an incredible furnace of a day. Super hot, heat index over 100 degrees F. Wind blasting again. My plants were near dead by the time a bit of shade covered part of the area. I have watered twice now. There’s a lot of damage to my dear little veggies and they looked so good before this started. I tied up the flattened potato plants this morning and kept the lettuce covered with a shade. We may have a storm overnight, followed by more horrid heat and wind. Maybe a couple days of a bit lower temperatures and then bouncing back to crazy heat by the weekend. I am not sure plants in containers can take this indefinitely.
I was going to write a post but a friend called with an extended update on the health of a young family member who has been receiving very aggressive chemo treatments (after much radiation). Today they did many tests to make sure he was physically strong enough to start another round of chemo tomorrow. It was a long conversation but the family is very relieved that the boy will receive his treatments this week.
Sandy, very busy days! If anything can be done for Babe, I am confident you will take him to the appropriate doctors. How much longer will you be looking after Ewok? It seems everyone has settled in okay. That is great. And I am glad you had no storm damage and didn’t lose your power.
Anne, sorry you lost your post. 😟 Your glasses are broken?? Oh no. Do you have a spare pair? Sorry the heat is headed your way. It is quite uncomfortable.
Jackie, you and Linda are expert plant swappers! I am watching that runner bean each day now. It seems the super hot weather has put it in a stall. I wonder if I will go out one day and it will be a foot longer? 😃😄😃 I won’t climb it and I won’t chop it down. I hope your weather will be lovely for walks with Betty and George.
Be safe everyone.
Lin🙋🏼♀️
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Another beautiful morning so I was up and out to walk with George and Betty by 7.30 before it became too hot for them. A gentle breeze and hardly a soul about, just 2 ladies on horseback to exchange greetings with. We climbed to the top, rested halfway round on a granite rock to take in the view, then back to the car park.
Back at the car park we met a lady walking a 7 month old ginger Cockerpoo that is apparently more poodle than Cocker and quite reserved and adorable. Even George liked her!
Sandy, that’s wonderful you have found a doctor for Babe you feel you trust. I’m wondering if all this should have been done for him a long time ago but anyway, lucky man to have you back in his life. My guess about low blood pressure was only because mine has been low enough to make me feel dizzy and sometimes faint since I was a small child so I recognised what Babe goes through. You already know about my ‘stop moaning and get on with it’ upbringing so will only say I learnt to live with it undiagnosed and control it as an adult. Never mind, I’m still here! 🤪
Anne, less than an hour after typing about no butterflies, one flew into the garden room that I had to cup in my hands and send on its way before Brady spotted it. Possibly a Meadow Brown but it didn’t stay around long enough to identify it. We have extremely high pollen count so everyone sneezing! Sorry you broke your glasses and hope you have a spare pair.
This afternoon I’ve a late hair appointment, just in time because my thick hair has become annoying. I will also buy a few groceries on the way home and if organised enough, get to a DIY store to purchase another pot of paint to cover the wall I don’t like!
Have an enjoyable, safe Wednesday. Perhaps I’ll sip another coffee and look through the BBC news app or maybe avoid news altogether!
Jackie 🥰
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Just to let you know I broke my spare pair of glasses some time ago so I am wandering around as God made me. Actually I'm doing quite well which surprises me a bit and watched TV last night without my sneezy nose touching the screen. So nothing but good news here as Jilly is now recovered from throwing up all over my duvet cover a few days ago and me washing the sheets at midnight.
Even better I got a phone call from Michael last evening who was just back a day early from the funeral or memorial I should say.
Mark was over yesterday and when he left he said "dont lock up after me Mom, I'll lock you in with my key". HA! I found his key still in the lock outside when I opened up. Not to worry, Jilly would have alerted me if someone had tried to enter with murderous intent.
Our heatwave arrives today. Eeeek! Just in time for my doctor visit and blood letting tomorrow.
Must get on whilst its still fairly cool. There's something to be said for not noticing dust or my wrinkles!!!!!!
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Happy Wednesday 😀 Another scorcher so will spend most of the day inside. Running to store for some groceries but that’s about all. Will do a little vacuuming because of Ewoks hair which seems to be shedding. I got a good night’s sleep so feel good today.
Anne, sorry you broke your glasses, does that require a visit to the eye doctor? Poor Jilly, is she ok? Could it have been the heat?
Sorry, it made me laugh that Mark left the key in the door trying to protect you, but glad you found it.
Jackie, I also think things should have been done years ago but too late now. I just hope that this doctor can come up with some answers. Still trying to schedule two tests but it’s not easy. So far the pills haven’t changed much but it’s only been two days. Love the picture of the pups so majestic.
Lin, thanks for vote of confidence. We are here until next Tuesday when Rob will get home. It’s a long time away from home since I just spent two weeks in Florida dog sitting. I miss my desktop computer and my bed. Lol
Time to make breakfast and start my day. Have a good day. Thinking of you Barbie.
Sandy
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Hello dear ones. Today remains unseasonably cool. We have some flooding on the Columbia but not too bad. Mainly boat dock walkways, small creeks & some small roads. So far…we have more snow in the mountains which is a blessing or a curse. If it warms up too quickly and all that snow melts at once, we are all in for it. We are holding our breath and enjoying the cool weather, jackets and cups of hot coffee on the deck while we throw the ball for Katie. It feels like fall or early spring.
John cut back some black berries and “strangle vine” threatening steps going to the lower yard area. Also some errant vine maple seedlings that sprang to life under the steps leading off the deck. It was quite arduous for him, but he loved being out and master of his kingdom.
I just wanted to touch base with you and tell everyone I am thinking of you all the time. As I go about life here, (trying to put together a Father’s Day mini-celebration) I have silent conversations with you, asking for your advice and telling you jokes.
Patsy☘️
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Good afternoon. The heavy rains and storms missed this area overnight. Just some rain. Today the weather changes every hour or so. Sometimes overcast and windy, sometimes sunny and more windy! I spent some time tending to my plant containers, put some supports in a couple of containers and moved things around again. The runner bean put out two new leaves overnight. 😄 Things still look a bit rough from the beating of the past several days, but everything is either alive and growing or at least holding on!
I looked for groceries (online) at 3 different places. Walmart doesn’t have much of anything at the store nearest me and they are trying to steer me to another store saying the items were available there. I passed on that. Same problem with the Target near me. I did finally get some supplies, but not everything I wanted, from Instacart shopping for me at Costco. I was quite excited as I received a bunch of bananas that were in quite good shape and immediately edible! I haven’t had any for a couple of weeks. Wahoo!
I have been working on putting together bits and pieces for another 8 cards with the same theme as the ones I did the other day. Slow going—too many decisions. 😄
Patsy, I have waaaay too many craft and art supplies but right now, I may tinker with some of them again and almost everything has been used a little bit. Kiss of death for donations around here. Things must be unused and unopened. I am going to start another junk journal. I have started some fussy cutting and will sort through some papers and embellishments. I am very sure I have enough. 😄😃😄 Best wishes on plans for Father’s Day.
Anne, oh darn, no glasses? I would just give it up. Oh yes, I can do next to nothing without my glasses! I hope you will be able to get some new glasses soon. It is always better to see! Jilly will have to be your guide dog for now. How embarrassed is Mark about that key error? 🤭
Sandy, Huskies are always shedding, more or less. Happy vacuuming. Hope you were able to get your groceries.
Jackie, a nice photo of George and Betty. So glad you had some nice weather to go out for a walk. I hope the hair appointment went well. Any color additions this time? What color paint are you hunting for this time? I do hope you find one that suits you and the house!
Be safe everyone. I just heard a while ago that Dr. Fauci has Covid. Wow, he has tried to be very cautious and is vaccinated and boosted. Now he is working from home and taking that medication (Paxlovid) that may or may not work.
Lin🙋🏼♀️
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Good bye to Sasha who lived a great and loving life from June 17, 2007 to June 15, 2022. She was beloved by all her knew her. Our vet was kind and caring at the end. He has known her since she was a puppy.3 -
Barbie, she was adorable. I am so so sorry.
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So sorry Barbie and Jake. You will see her again on Rainbow Bridge. ❤️0
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BARBIE. I am so sad for you. You know, my Jenny who was a Labrador mix was the sweetest of dogs, just like our Jilly really and all these years later I can still get teary eyed when I think of her being led away and looking back at me. She died on the operating table the next day. That was almost 40 years ago and I know exactly what you are going through at this moment. I think and hope Jilly will outlive me because I cannot imagine life without the wee girl. I know she won't want for a good home.
RIP Sasha, much loved by Barbie and Jake.
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We know there are no words to express our sorrow. Thinking of you and Jake.
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Barbie and Jake, I’m so very sorry.
Both of you have HUGE hearts!
Jackie, George, Betty and Brady ❤️
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It was such a relief to get my thick hair trimmed and thinned out yesterday and I managed to squeeze in buying hen food, more paint and some groceries. No colour required this time Lin because the previous hi lights are permanent. The paint was a panic buy because I couldn’t find the one I wanted but it will be fine in my kitchen if I decide it’s not right in my snug.
This morning I took George and Betty for another early walk in the sunshine but high cloud has since drifted over so it’s feeling muggy. A few small jobs carried out including planting a Tiny Tom tumbling tomato plant in a hanging basket that I bought half price and I’m now contemplating one more strimming session at the allotment. Better today because it might get to 25c tomorrow then a weekend of storms!
A cup of tea then off to strim.
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Happy Thursday! 😀 Still hot but not so humid. If I can manage to get out after the guy comes to fertilize the lawn I might try for some sun. I am still pretty tan so no big deal if I don’t. I went to Target for groceries yesterday including a case of pop for my son and a case of water which I put on the bottom of my cart. When I pulled into my driveway I realized I forgot to unload the pop and water so I hurried back to Target praying no one took them. My prayers were answered as they were still on bottom of cart where I left it in front of store. Old timers is setting in! 😂🤣 Tomorrow we go to house to get mail and pick up check from sale of house to put in bank. Cheryl will pick the checks up, there are two, one for Babe and one for her and we will go to her townhouse to pick them up and see her place with furniture. We are sending a NinjaXL Air Fryer as a housewarming present. Sunday we are going out for Father’s Day with Marisa and Cheryl. Rob texted me he will be home Monday which surprised me as I thought he was coming home Tuesday. His plane doesn’t come in until 7:45pm so he won’t get home until after 8:00pm. I will stay with Ewok probably until dinner time so he doesn’t have to stay in crate for hours. Will be glad to get home though.
Have a great day and enjoy life to the fullest.
Sandy
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Super hot day here. We had thunderstorm and tornado warning red strips on the TV but so far just the heat.
The only thing I really did today was walk to the doctors. He's decided to keep me going just the same except for the blood test but there is no rush for that so because of the oppressive heat I'll get it done next week. And that's it unless a problem from the test result, I don't have to see doctor Tim until September. He had his very old and very grey dog with him. She's another sweet soul
I think two parsnips have survived the flooding the other day.
Sandy soon you and Babe will be able to relax and put your feet up. I'm so glad you will be spending fathers day with Marisa and Cheryl. You've been quite wonderful helping everyone out recently. No old timers setting in for you, just an awful lot on your mind!!!!!!!!
So like Jerry Seinfeld and his "nothing" show, nothing much going on here either. And maybe thats a good thing for a change.
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Good evening. I talked to my plants today and decided that I would leave them alone for a while. Several of the plants wilted in the sun this afternoon. I checked the containers this evening and they don’t seem to be extremely dry. I will probably water things a bit in the morning. Not good for the plants to water in the evening they say. Are they right? I think it is going to be a tough year for growing vegetables.
I made a trip to the library this morning to return some books and to pick up more. And I finished another 9 cards today. That took most of the day. 😄😄
I was looking for some paper from wayback. It is some leftover bits of handmade paper from another project. It would have been a nice add to the cards I was making today. Unfortunately I apparently moved them. Oops!
Anne, a very hot day to walk to the doctor’s office. I am glad you are okay. So two surviving parsnips? Wow! It is a rough year to grow vegetables. I guess it is Jerry Seinfeld here as well.
Sandy, wow, glad you were able to get your left behind items. Thank goodness. We all forget things from time to time. Picking up checks is always fun. Nice of you guys to send a house warming gift to Cheryl.
Jackie, you accomplished a lot yesterday. Good for you. I hope you finished what you had on your list for heavy outdoor work so you can do less strenuous tasks tomorrow.
Patsy, oh boy, tomorrow is Friday and then Father’s Day weekend. Have you decided on a menu for the day?
Well, everyone, wishing you all well.
Lin🙋🏼♀️
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House was quiet today and Bessie probably got taken out more than she needed.
Sandy, After more than a year of having our groceries brought to us by a store employee and placed in our car, i wouldn't be surprised if I left stuff on the bottom of the cart if I had to load my own groceries.Jackie, I am reading "Following Atticus" a book about a man and a small dog hiking in the mountains and I think of you and George and Betty in your lovely environment. Barbie 0 -
Morning everybody. I'm fast developing a headache. Jilly is playing "watchdog". After the oppressive heat of yesterday I've now got every window in the house wide open which of course means the Bean can hear even more and of course all the other normally well behaved passing dogs can hear the Bean. Apparently Pomeranians [her dad was a handsome black Pomeranian] where originally bred to warn the inmates of castles if they were about to be attacked. I guess not too bad in an enormous stone castle but rather noisy in a small cottage. Being now deaf in one ear from the past dreaded shingles I wonder what she sounds like to normal ears. Better shut the front windows before we get complained about. She will be able to hear her own voice again later when the groceries arrive.
You are so right LIN, a rotten year for growing veggies. The thunderstorms and tornados missed us being further north and east so I must get out and water the lone parsnip, broccoli and tomatoes. MJ reckons we will be making loads of chutney in the fall because they are really the one things really thriving in both gardens.
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PS. I think all the dog owners are driving off to work now. Just the odd bark for a pensioner tottering past. A.0
