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Happy birthday Carol. Hope it is a good one. Finally cooler here, thank goodness. Had a doe with twin fawns and a yearling buck go through our property this morning. They stopped at the gazebo and the doe ate all of the violas out of the pot they were in. The young buck decided to eat the pansies but then he started on the…

Happy birthday Ange! Hope you had a good one. Had a good weekend. Very warm but didn't have a lot that needed to be done outside. Mostly cleaned house as we have company coming on Friday. DD has her birthday on Wednesday. We are going to wait until her friend gets here to celebrate. Also got some things together for the…

Happy, happy birthday Kim! Hope things are going well. Things are warm again today after a nice rain and a cool cloudy day. Lanette, we didn't hear anything about funnel clouds in our area. I went to the Mill Creek YM this week instead of my usual one and did chair yoga followed by water exercise 2 days this week. I was…

Ginny - so sorry about Zombu. Pip - looks like Ethel is fitting right into your family. Welcome to the newbies. Everyone take care, Sue in WA

Yesterday our forecast was partly cloudy and dry but about 15 min before DD and I went out to feed horses it started to rain. We went out expecting it to be very brief but it just rained harder for the entire time we were doing chores. When we came out of the barn there was an awesome rainbow just above the tops of the…

We have harvested 1 early girl tomato and have some sunsugar cherry tomatoes that are almost ripe but we are picking loads of blueberries. I had fresh blueberries with my yogurt this morning. Carrots were a bust. Slugs got them all. Potatoes seem to be coming along and we finally have some apples on our tree after 2 years…

Happy birthday Beth! KJ - so good to see you drop in. Sounds like a war zone outside. Has for the last half hour and probably will for another 20-30 minutes. Waiting to take the dog out until it quiets down. So far all critters are doing OK. Horses are a little jumpy and goats are hiding in their shed. Happy 4th of July to…

Yay Flea. Glad the scan came back stable. We just had a sudden hard rain shower. No rain was predicted for tonight. Crazy weather. DD will be off early tommorow and have a 3-day weekend. I think we are going to try to put together a shelter for the front pasture. A tree fell on the shelter that used to be out there. This…

Happy birthday Allie!!!! Really warm for us here today, a little cooler for the rest of the week. I have my Medicare wellness appointment tomorrow morning. Should go OK I think. The YM is cancelling lots of classes the next 2 months so they can use the rooms for kids day camp, etc. Everyone take care, Sue in WA

Debbie - sorry to hear MIL passed but glad for you and DH that those trials are over now. It has been a long hard road and will take some time to heal. Carla - so sorry to hear about your friend. Prayers for all. Fireworks have started already out here. Just sporadic for now but will continue to get more frequent all week.…

Cloudy here, supposed to start raining soon. We will see. I put the horses out anyway. If it starts raining too much they can come in to the shelter. I don't mind either bridges or MRIs but I did drive over a bridge once in Missouri that kind of gave me the heebie jeebies. It moved up and down in a wave pattern as you…

Cheryl - I remember when you were here before. At that time I had a horse and a standard poodle. Since then have lost both and my DH. Now have a labradoodle. Living on property with my DD. She has 2 horses, one of which just turned 33 yo this month. I have not ridden since I sold my last horse when my DH was ill. Welcome…

Oh Pip - Poor Yogi, poor you and Kirby. Such a hard thing to go through but I think he has had a very good life with you guys. Annie - Why do you think you should quit horseback riding? You enjoy it so much. As I understand it you are riding a lesson horse, older and well trained. It doesn't seem as though there is a lot…

Debbie - I have used the cheniele yarn twice now, once for a throw and once for a baby blanket. Can be hard sometimes to see the stiches because it is so fuzzy but by and large not bad to work with and the finished product is so soft. Pip - That project turned out amazing. Kim - Hope things continue to improve with your…

Beautiful Maine pictures. Wishing Kim continued improvement. Allie - Looks like a relaxing place to sleep. Beth - Good luck with the mattress. Can you try out others in the store ahead of the exchange so you have a better idea if what you want? I am so grateful these last few days that we went ahead and invested in the…

Lisa - thanks for letting us know about Kim. Wishing her a complete and fast recovery. Kylia - Hope DGD is doing OK. To whoever mentioned it, I went out late last night and it was clear. Saw lots of stars but no northern lights. Wished I had. Got another quote for water heater, $2900 installed or $4000+ for tankless water…

Congratulations Tracey!!! Welcome to the newbies. We are glad to have you here. Everyone take care, Sue in WA

Pip-Yogi looks like a happy, wet dog in those pictures. He has always seemed to like the water. It is a hot day here today. The thermostat says the outdoor temp is 90*. I switched the heat pump to cooling and it seems to be doing a good job. This is the first time we have used it to cool since it was installed in Nov. Oh…

Happy Birthday Pip!! So sorry about Yogi. Sunny but cooler here today, supposed to rain tomorrow. I went to church this morning and DD got some mowing done with the push strimmer. Grass had gotten so high in places the regular mower and weed whacker were not enough to cut it down. We talked about buying some more corral…

Weather is lovely this morning. There was so much traffic on hwy 2 going up into the mountains yesterday it was awful. Lots and lots of RVs. We had to take our old kitty, JJ to the vet to have her put down. She came here with me from SD 10 years ago. She was very old, about 18 and had developed thyroid problems. No matter…

Everyone take care, Sue in WA

Cold, windy day today. We lost power around 2:30 pm and it came back on about 7:30 pm. PUD outage map said there were trees on the lines. Glad it was only a few hours. Lisa - Part of our problem was that the nearest hospital to us quit hiring travel nurses. We had very good luck with them. The tenant from Hades lied to us…

Rita - I tried OA a long time ago, probably late 70's. I did not do well with the program but I am really not a group person. The best part of it I found was having an individual sponsor, someone you could call and talk to when you were having difficulty with cravings, etc. It was also hard to define exactly what you…

Lisa - Wanted to tell you my son has Crohn's and has been on Skyrizi for about a year now. His last colonoscopy showed everything completely clear this time. He had been on both Humira and Rinvoq before this. He is really happy with these results. Hope it works as well for you. Rebecca - Athena looks like quite a character…

DD and DS on their way home from the airport. Should be here soon. Things are ready but don't know for sure what dinner will be. Possibly burritos. DS will be here until Wednesday and then off to golf with buddies up near Leavenworth and Wenatchee. He heads back to San Diego next Sunday. Everyone take care, Sue in WA

Nessa, the labradoodle needs her flea and tick meds so she has to go to vet tomorrow for wellness check. She hates riding in the car and it is always an adventure getting a 63 pound dog in there. She is happy at the vet's but then we have to get back in the car to come home. The rest of the day will be spent cleaning and…

Everyone take care, Sue in WA

I love alone time but will be glad to have DD back home this weekend. She flies standby for free so doesn' know for sure yet when she will be able to catch a flight, Sat or Sun. I hope she makes it home Sat as I have tickets for the Seattle Symphony Sunday afternoon. I go with friends from church and we usually leave right…

Michele - I just put the dry crystals of epsom salt around the plants I want to protect. You might want to water it in for the plants to absorb it. Hope colonoscopy goes well. Pip - Bon voyage. Have a good time. Rita - That whole episode sounded kind of freaky. Enjoy your vacation. Went to yoga today and changed beds and…

Michele - Epsom salt adds magnesium to the soil. I use epsom salts around my marigolds to keep the slugs away. They don't like them but have to replenish after too much rain. Went to water exercise today then sat way too long in the hot tub listening to some guy talking about dancing. Crazy the conversations that get going…