Something About Nothing............ #14

[Lynne G]

Yay, the smell of paint in Charade’s house. Glad to see you are having a nice day as well. This glorious sunny day is here for us today. Hope your cabinet guy comes too, as hope you also get those very nice, dry days we are to have the next 3 or 4 days.

Ooh news also showed roof off school in township next to us, like a 10 minute drive away from that school. And trees down, including one that killed a lady in the house it fell. Yeah, that happened about a 15 minute drive. Many cars are under water near that large river and local streams and creaks. Can barely see their roofs of those submerged cars. Rain totals are 8 to 13 inches in the area. Ours was around the lowest of those totals.

Us, very thankful the streets are already dry, and our trees mostly still have their leaves and branches, and are upright, and no flooding in our home. Confirmed tornados last night. Was scary. I can see why Son would be not happy to hear that tornado siren. We don’t have those siren here. Guess we do have phone and local newscasts that give the warnings and info on the storms. But just goes to show ya, it all depends where you are.

 

[keishashadow]

A good night’s sleep & I’m ready to tackle the world…or at least the tray of brownies smelling heavenly in the oven. dipped into the 40’s last night, believe it’s going to bounce back quickly. The house is still warm & humid.

came here expecting to hear lynne was treading water after seeing NYC’s news coverage. Will say, I’ve never seen a bus moving while the floor is flooded!

I’m a good listener if you need a friend.

indeed you are! One of the most calm & non-judgmental people I’ve ever met.

Keisha I have no words. How dare they allow unvaccinated workers in a home with elderly at risk people. That is so wrong. I hope your mom will be ok.

God willing, all of them will be fine. interesting to me how the acute staffing issues appear to compromising how the facilities say they would like to operate.

Now I am imagining a weird dank basement with huge old school boiler......lol.....

glorious isn’t it? I was raised in a home with a pump house off the basement. not once did I enter it. Coal cellar, repurposed to where the canned stuff sat on shelves was bad enough for me. odd here, most of the older houses have series of small rooms in basement. Believe they used to help support the weight of the house To save on timber costs.

I know I think I mentioned that to you before, not much comfort for your mum right now.

yes, you’ve been kind enough to listen to me rail on too lol

so I have no idea what`s for dinner tonight.

i’m going to have pizza for the 1st time in a while. nervous energy, decided we are going to set off bug bombs to kill off all the spiders & that ilk. Something I had gotten away from for a few years. Bit of a process, you set them & ‘run’. Come back several hours later, air out the house & ‘wahla’ all better.

Cat herding time started at 5 this morning

At the risk of seriously dating myself, First thing that cropped up in my dusty brain

And stupid laptop needs to work right, or sigh, need to call hep desk again. Connectivity, yeah, fine when it works right.

jr, after working from home since March of last year, finally was issued a company laptop...same one they had in high school circa 2010. Guess a brick is better than nothing.

I am really surprised that a facility allows unvaccinated workers around such a high risk population.

commonplace throughout the country, not something they exactly crow about in press releases.

But just goes to show ya, it all depends where you are.

True. We still have an old civil defense siren in town. Fire department used to have their own to summon the volunteers right next to it. I Never knew exactly where it was located. When I got my first apartment on my own, was so excited to find a cute one BR one at such a low price. Imagine my surprise the first night when they went off at the same time & nearly knocked me out of bed. Mounted directly across the street from me on an office building lol. you live and learn!

 

[Robo56]

Good Thursday morning Sans family

Robo, hope you are feeling much better today. Great looking pumpkin tree. So talented in your trees and decor. And nice to pick up some Christmas gifts when you were out.

Thank you Lynne. Feeling better. I do enjoy decorating some rooms in the house for the holidays. It’s so cheerful LOL....I know some people think that is weird with Halloween decorations, but I like them.

Robbie you are the queen of the holiday trees! Mine still red, white & blue that I let ride since Memorial Day

Thanks Janet. I would love to see your tree. I do like a decorated tree.

So sorry to hear about your mom. Putting her through those continued nasal swab tests is terrible. Hugs and prayers being sent her way.

Robbie, your pictures put a smile on my face
It’s just what I needed !

prayers for your daughter
It’s tough news but there is still a lot of hope she will have a complete recovery

Thank you Mac. Praying for a miracle too.

Robo love the tree. Yes, after travel rules changed I booked a couple of trips lol. The Motherland was great, with daughter. Now time to go to Universal with my friend(s). It was fun meeting you last time I was around during HHN.

It was nice meeting you too. Enjoy your trip with your friends. It’s good for the soul to travel and getaway.

Farmer dropped us off another batch of eggs last night, so we`re fully stocked again, will have to bake to use some of them up, we don`t eat so many eggs in 10 days.....he seems to drop them off every 10 days like clockwork...

So nice that your farmer friend looks after you all with fresh eggs. Is this the farmer and his wife that get the beautiful fruit from your trees?

Our grandson in Kentucky called yesterday evening and told us their chickens are laying eggs now and great-granddaughter is having a fun time collecting the eggs. They bought a few chickens and built custom coop for them.

Hope you all enjoyed your walk today.


The rain and wind from the other day brought in cooler morning temperatures. It was 66 this morning really unheard of this time of year here. It’s usually smoking hot all of August. Supposed to be highs in the 80’s and low 60’s in the morning. I will take that.

I saw a pretty fox Saturday when I was sitting in the back yard. Then our neighbor texted Me a Tuesday that we have a fox living under our back porch. Then while we were having dinner the fox came out and warmed itself on top the stones.



One of the neighbors calls me Nurse Doolittle because I feed the animals who wander to the yard. Birds, squirrels, deer, foxes. Since the developer cleared the farm land behind us I have only seen the big doe once. I picked some apples from the tree for her and put some corn out. She looked thin.

Have a great a Thursday everyone. Enjoy life to its fullest.

 

[keishashadow]

One of the neighbors calls me Nurse Doolittle because I feed the animals who wander to the yard. Birds, squirrels, deer, foxes. Since the developer cleared the farm land behind us I have only seen the big doe once. I picked some apples from the tree for her and put some corn out. She looked thin.

it fits! can’t say I’ve ever seen a fox so relaxed. Does the wildlife from the cleared land seem to have relocated to ‘new digs’ by now?

When they tore down the hoarder’s house across the street that sat empty for so long, there was a bit of a migration period from all the critters that had taken up residence in overgrown double lot & the house. took a few days to shoo the bulk of them away into the nearby woods. Will say it does still startle me to find ground hogs holding court in my front yard in the mornings There are surely worse things lol

 

[Sue M]

Schumi we love to watch storms here too, what little we get. Lightning is an event! So I love a good Florida storm from the comfort of my hotel room lol! We just don’t get those at home.

Lynne glad you’re ok. Have the early morning news on and showed the NYC subway flooding! Yikes. We’ve had bad rain storms where someone died from tree falling on house a few years ago not far from me. Terrible.

Keisha lol Rawhide! A very young Clint Eastwood! When we first moved into our house there was a siren across the street! Long taken down.
Here the deadline for all healthcare workers is Oct 1 to get vaccinated. Govt mandate. Finally.

Having my morning coffee watching morning news. 7:20am here, looks like it’s going to be a nice day. Only have a morning appt then free day.

I‘ve been checking flights routinely. Yesterday saw the dreaded message on Alaska that my flights have changed and I need to call. You know it’s bad when you need to call. They canceled my Seattle to Vancouver connection. Only running morning flights now to Vancouver so I have to overnight in SeaTac area and fly home next morning. Ugh. Now looking at hotels. My go to hotel, a Marriott Towneplace Suites now doesn’t have a shuttle because they ran vans and too small with Covid. And I don’t want to Uber alone. There’s lots of hotels walking distance from the big mall that have airport shuttle so will look around. Maybe the Hilton. It’s right across from mall. Something to do. I land at 1pm. And Cheesecake Factory across the street!.

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[Sue M]

Robo wow! Great pic of the fox!

 

[Robo56]

Well just after I posted went into kitchen to put coffee mug in sink and look what was outside the window.



I knew the mom would not be far away.


When the little one approached her she licked its head.

it fits! can’t say I’ve ever seen a fox so relaxed. Does the wildlife from the cleared land seem to have relocated to ‘new digs’ by now?

We are not seeing as many deer. We do have some small areas of trees around the cleared farmland. So my guess is they are probably there or in some of the surrounding woodlands.


I will pick some more apples and put out some more corn for them.

 

[soniam]

@schumigirl Love the Morgan Freeman meme. If only.

@Robo56 Love the tree!!!

@keishashadow Sorry to hear about your mom. I have just given up understanding people anymore. I barely could before, but now, I feel like an alien most of the time.

@SueM Are you eating keto/low carb? I do keto. I need to try veggie noodles more. I need to vary up my menu now that I am not working and have more time to make dinner. We usually just do a grilled protein with a store bought sauce and a grilled or roasted veggie. I did make gremolata this week though.

 

[soniam]

@Robo56 You have a regular petting zoo going on in your yard!

 

[Lynne G]

Yay news from Keisha, Sue and Robo and Son. Good Morning ladies.

Ooh, that fox does look skinny and small, Robo. We have red foxes where I live. They like like a little dog, and are reddish colored. Yeah, deer are in the township park near me, and the woods close to the school up the street from me. But we have never seen a deer in our yard. My sister’s place, on the other hand, she’s always annoyed when those cute deer munch down in her flower gardens. They come very close to her home. Though she has woods all around her.

Keisha, historic flooding being reported, including that from the large river. Higher than top record from 1896 for that large river. Yeah, not as close to me, but many have homes with feet of water in them, and news pictures of cars submerged in water. Pictures of the city and suburb neighborhoods along that large river are still flooded. As well as some roads still closed due to water still making passage not possible. Was a tornado about a mile from me. Damaged homes and a school that has no roof now, fallen trees, leaving some with no power and killing that lady in her home. So sad. And a long list of schools in my area are closed, no power issues, and while most have generators, closed to allowing families to deal with storm damage without having to getting your kids to school. But as we are in that sweet spot once again, no damage and only a few minutes loss of power. And my township schools are open, and roads around me are dry.

Sigh, that ever long morning with an early start time. Is it lunch time yet?

 

[schumigirl]

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A good night’s sleep & I’m ready to tackle the world…or at least the tray of brownies smelling heavenly in the oven. dipped into the 40’s last night, believe it’s going to bounce back quickly. The house is still warm & humid.

came here expecting to hear lynne was treading water after seeing NYC’s news coverage. Will say, I’ve never seen a bus moving while the floor is flooded!


indeed you are! One of the most calm & non-judgmental people I’ve ever met.

God willing, all of them will be fine. interesting to me how the acute staffing issues appear to compromising how the facilities say they would like to operate.

glorious isn’t it? I was raised in a home with a pump house off the basement. not once did I enter it. Coal cellar, repurposed to where the canned stuff sat on shelves was bad enough for me. odd here, most of the older houses have series of small rooms in basement. Believe they used to help support the weight of the house To save on timber costs.

yes, you’ve been kind enough to listen to me rail on too lol

i’m going to have pizza for the 1st time in a while. nervous energy, decided we are going to set off bug bombs to kill off all the spiders & that ilk. Something I had gotten away from for a few years. Bit of a process, you set them & ‘run’. Come back several hours later, air out the house & ‘wahla’ all better.

At the risk of seriously dating myself, First thing that cropped up in my dusty brain

jr, after working from home since March of last year, finally was issued a company laptop...same one they had in high school circa 2010. Guess a brick is better than nothing.

commonplace throughout the country, not something they exactly crow about in press releases.

True. We still have an old civil defense siren in town. Fire department used to have their own to summon the volunteers right next to it. I Never knew exactly where it was located. When I got my first apartment on my own, was so excited to find a cute one BR one at such a low price. Imagine my surprise the first night when they went off at the same time & nearly knocked me out of bed. Mounted directly across the street from me on an office building lol. you live and learn!

Glad you`re doing better today and back to fighting fit!! Oh you`ve been a good ear to me too on many occasions......

I was watching NYC on the news, my goodness that was bad! My cousins in LI seem to be ok thankfully.

lol....you descriptions are always so descriptively delicious!! I can`t imagine!! Never had a basement, the house I grew up in was a big mausoleum of a Victorian house and I believe it did have a basement, but it was barricaded up many years before......not quite like the conjuring lol....bit duller than that! But, we had pantries that were smaller rooms for storage, which weren`t in the least scary. But, one day I`d love a house with a basement. If only to spook myself!

Good Thursday morning Sans family

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Thank you Lynne. Feeling better. I do enjoy decorating some rooms in the house for the holidays. It’s so cheerful LOL....I know some people think that is weird with Halloween decorations, but I like them.




Thanks Janet. I would love to see your tree. I do like a decorated tree.

So sorry to hear about your mom. Putting her through those continued nasal swab tests is terrible. Hugs and prayers being sent her way.




Thank you Mac. Praying for a miracle too.




It was nice meeting you too. Enjoy your trip with your friends. It’s good for the soul to travel and getaway.




So nice that your farmer friend looks after you all with fresh eggs. Is this the farmer and his wife that get the beautiful fruit from your trees?

Our grandson in Kentucky called yesterday evening and told us their chickens are laying eggs now and great-granddaughter is having a fun time collecting the eggs. They bought a few chickens and built custom coop for them.

Hope you all enjoyed your walk today.


The rain and wind from the other day brought in cooler morning temperatures. It was 66 this morning really unheard of this time of year here. It’s usually smoking hot all of August. Supposed to be highs in the 80’s and low 60’s in the morning. I will take that.

I saw a pretty fox Saturday when I was sitting in the back yard. Then our neighbor texted Me a Tuesday that we have a fox living under our back porch. Then while we were having dinner the fox came out and warmed itself on top the stones.

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One of the neighbors calls me Nurse Doolittle because I feed the animals who wander to the yard. Birds, squirrels, deer, foxes. Since the developer cleared the farm land behind us I have only seen the big doe once. I picked some apples from the tree for her and put some corn out. She looked thin.

Have a great a Thursday everyone. Enjoy life to its fullest.

Lovely wildlife pictures Robbie.....seeing animals in their natural habitat is the only way to see them. I`m not a fan of any kind of zoo and won`t visit them, so seeing them like that is my only option. How lovely they are so close.

We haven`t seen as many deers in the fields around us this year for some reason, but lots of foxes which isn`t so unusual, but strangely owls, very large owls which are so beautiful.

Yes, that`s the farmer who takes most of our fruit....it`s one of their way of saying thank you, along with their chutney`s and pies of course. We`d never use all the fruit so it works well. Never seen store bought egg yolks the colour of these ones and taste so much nicer, will never buy store bought eggs again.

Your great granddaughter will adore picking the eggs from them, I`m a little wary of a lot of chickens around me so I don`t go near them in the farm, which is hilarious to them!




Well, another 8 miles this morning, and weather was lovely. Cloudy, but quite warm which made it very pleasant. I think we`ll have Saturday off to give my tootsies a chance to recover.

Popped out after lunch for some bits and pieces in town and popped in to buy some fresh fish, being reminded it was later in the day, we usually buy early morning fresh down the seafront, but got some cod loin that looked gorgeous.....bought some shrimps and decided we`ll have a shrimp cocktail appetiser tonight. Then, made sure I had lemons and we headed home. Not too many tourists around now, schools are heading back in most places, think it`s next week for our local schools.

Funny old day weather wise, feels very heavy and humid and supposed to being hit at the weekend of the tail end of Ida. Just hope it`s dry on Sunday as our friends are planning an outside lunch for us and around 10 others.

Think it`s time for a cup of tea.................

 

[Lynne G]

Ooh sharing Ida’s bad weather. Hope your weather is not stormy on Sunday, Schumi. Outdoor lunch would be nice. And yay for tea!

 

[soniam]

Another tea lover here too. I drink hot black tea every morning, even if it's over 100F and even on vacation. I bring my own tea and electric kettle for vacation. I don't like using the coffee makers in the hotel room to heat up water, and the hotel tea is usually pretty terrible. When it's warm, I drink iced tea mid-morning/lunch. When it gets cooler, I drink hot tea mid-morning/lunch, usually green then. Sometimes when it's cool, I will drink herbal at night. I don't like to drink much caffeine in the evening, or I don't sleep well. In the mornings now, I am drinking a peach earl grey. Trying to decide if I should buy some pumpkin black tea off the internet or wait to see if it shows up at my grocery store. Gotta get into the fall spirit.

 

[J'aime Paris]

Paris, do it do it do it. Seems good AP prices in September. And many of us are there last two weeks of September into first week of October.

Ah, nothing like quiet after that band of 30 to 40 mph winds, nasty thunderstorms, and tornadoes sighted.

Thanks Sue and Paris. We are staying safe. No need to go out in a storm.

Ooh fire alarm has gone off twice so far. And my one brother said he had to change his route coming home. Good thing my family is not dumb enough when you see the road looking like a river, to drive through several feet of rain covering the street. At least there are more ways for him to get home.

Been looking this morning....found $49 RT direct flights. On Spirit, which I'm not a fan....but at that price it's hard to overlook.

Also, Las Vegas is sooooo cheap too! Like ridiculous cheap!

My head may explode. Got phone call
From nursing home that one of their many unvaccinated workers tested positive. Mom is again in lockdown as it’s one of her care givers.

The management still hasn’t developed a stiff enough backbone to make the vaccine a condition of employment the same story at at all the local facilities here

so, despite being fully vaccinated & a covid survivor, she will be forced to be tested every other day. Suffers from Alzheimer’s, doesn’t understand why. I’m told she cries afterward like clockwork



Yikes. Believe Gettysburg had issues today in that regard. Hope the battlefield statuary is intact


Oh, it’s just an old skool repurposed shelf & hooks underneath thing. Overpaid at one of those home parties. I’m so glad those have fallen out of favor lol. Sick of looking at it after awhile so stuck it there & buried it under hanging purses

I'm sorry your mom has to go through all that.....very disappointing that a better system isn't in place.

Happy Wednesday evening Sans family

Thank you everyone for all your prayers, good thoughts and hugs for daughter. I will share your kind thoughts with her. I pray that all the good thoughts and prayers will lift her spirit.



Sounds like everyone is getting excited for HHN.




Sounds like a nice getaway.




Thank you Schumi.




Thank you Schumi. I did get the Pumpkin Tree up today.




Sounds very interesting.




Thank you for your healing thoughts and prayers.




LOL.....Cute.




Sorry to hear you had such a reaction to your booster.




Nice to hear you have a trip planned to Universal.




Bring out the purse......I always start decorating for Halloween first week of September.




So sorry to hear about your friends hubby’s passing.



Yep..... easy to get spooked after watching scary movie....LOL




Lynne hope the storms pass you without any issues. Take care.


I did get Pumpkin Tree up today. Will add the pics from my phone. Also went by Macy’s to pick up a few pieces of jewelry for Christmas. Happy to get a few gifts out of the way.

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WOW!!!! That's incredible!
Will you come decorate my home please??

Robbie you are the queen of the holiday trees! Mine still red, white & blue that I let ride since Memorial Day


Yes, younger ones possibly by year end!

strikes me odd that mom (covid & vaccinated) still has to go thru testing. Rationale is Delta is a different animal.

I made egg noodles as side dish. Grabbed a different brand in same. Never again, tasteless & odd mouth feel to them

Do you keep a tree up year round, and change the decorations based on the seasons/holidays?
I put 2 trees up for Xmas...that's about all I can handle, lol!

I don’t know if this will help anyone here get through the situations they are facing, but sending you all ‘s

Many homies are facing situations beyond their control.

I’m a good listener if you need a friend.

You are a good person Mac!!

Morning all...just stopping by on my way to the shower and work.

Have a good day!

Cat herding time started at 5 this morning
Food time
I gave up and feed them at 5:30

is it nap time for me yet
Lol

Our very old cat now wakes at all times of day/night. We ended up just shutting our bedroom door.
She has food and water available 24/7. I think she just wants attention....

Ah, Mac and Metro up early too. Hope you both have a nice Thursday.

Schumi, nice to get fresh eggs from the farmer. I just picked up eggs when we did our Sunday grocery run. They are used as main meal, and yep, in baking too. We do go through them in a week or so.

Yeah, I’m not sure how a vaccine became so political. We have had new vaccines over the years, and all have generally done a very good job of protecting. Yeah, they are good for the masses, and unfortunately, not so good side effects happen to a very small part of those vaccinated. And like the flu vaccine, it’s hoped that the strain or strains of that virus that was in the shot, was enough to help you with a strain that is not one of the ones in that shot. And because of vaccines, many more survive and live a long life. Any way, off my soap box.

Ah, nothing better than a huge long line of storms clears the air, and drops the temp to a cooler 61 out now. Though in the middle of the night, to have a buzz on phone saying flooding of one of the large rivers that divides the City. Yeah, news this morning showed those that yep, thought they could drive through that river of a road, and had to be rescued. And yep, as the large river is not done cresting until later in the day, the flooding that has already happened will continue. Hence another flooding notice was on my phone again earlier this morning.

And so, with the storms gone, we will have nice, low humidity, sunny and mostly sunny days that last until past the weekend. How nice is that?

Thirsty Thursday. Time for tea. And stupid laptop needs to work right, or sigh, need to call hep desk again. Connectivity, yeah, fine when it works right.

Oh boy.... It really doesn't dawn on some people how dangerous flooding conditions can be. And putting rescuers in harms way isn't cool either.

Quick good morning as I wait for the painters. We are supposed to have a nice day today.

Just wanted to let keisha know that I will be praying for your mom. I am really surprised that a facility allows unvaccinated workers around such a high risk population.

Hope everyone has a good morning.

Hope the painting is going well!!

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A good night’s sleep & I’m ready to tackle the world…or at least the tray of brownies smelling heavenly in the oven. dipped into the 40’s last night, believe it’s going to bounce back quickly. The house is still warm & humid.

came here expecting to hear lynne was treading water after seeing NYC’s news coverage. Will say, I’ve never seen a bus moving while the floor is flooded!


indeed you are! One of the most calm & non-judgmental people I’ve ever met.

God willing, all of them will be fine. interesting to me how the acute staffing issues appear to compromising how the facilities say they would like to operate.

glorious isn’t it? I was raised in a home with a pump house off the basement. not once did I enter it. Coal cellar, repurposed to where the canned stuff sat on shelves was bad enough for me. odd here, most of the older houses have series of small rooms in basement. Believe they used to help support the weight of the house To save on timber costs.

yes, you’ve been kind enough to listen to me rail on too lol

i’m going to have pizza for the 1st time in a while. nervous energy, decided we are going to set off bug bombs to kill off all the spiders & that ilk. Something I had gotten away from for a few years. Bit of a process, you set them & ‘run’. Come back several hours later, air out the house & ‘wahla’ all better.

At the risk of seriously dating myself, First thing that cropped up in my dusty brain

jr, after working from home since March of last year, finally was issued a company laptop...same one they had in high school circa 2010. Guess a brick is better than nothing.

commonplace throughout the country, not something they exactly crow about in press releases.

True. We still have an old civil defense siren in town. Fire department used to have their own to summon the volunteers right next to it. I Never knew exactly where it was located. When I got my first apartment on my own, was so excited to find a cute one BR one at such a low price. Imagine my surprise the first night when they went off at the same time & nearly knocked me out of bed. Mounted directly across the street from me on an office building lol. you live and learn!

Brownies and Pizza....I'm on my way!!!

Good Thursday morning Sans family

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Thank you Lynne. Feeling better. I do enjoy decorating some rooms in the house for the holidays. It’s so cheerful LOL....I know some people think that is weird with Halloween decorations, but I like them.




Thanks Janet. I would love to see your tree. I do like a decorated tree.

So sorry to hear about your mom. Putting her through those continued nasal swab tests is terrible. Hugs and prayers being sent her way.




Thank you Mac. Praying for a miracle too.




It was nice meeting you too. Enjoy your trip with your friends. It’s good for the soul to travel and getaway.




So nice that your farmer friend looks after you all with fresh eggs. Is this the farmer and his wife that get the beautiful fruit from your trees?

Our grandson in Kentucky called yesterday evening and told us their chickens are laying eggs now and great-granddaughter is having a fun time collecting the eggs. They bought a few chickens and built custom coop for them.

Hope you all enjoyed your walk today.


The rain and wind from the other day brought in cooler morning temperatures. It was 66 this morning really unheard of this time of year here. It’s usually smoking hot all of August. Supposed to be highs in the 80’s and low 60’s in the morning. I will take that.

I saw a pretty fox Saturday when I was sitting in the back yard. Then our neighbor texted Me a Tuesday that we have a fox living under our back porch. Then while we were having dinner the fox came out and warmed itself on top the stones.

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One of the neighbors calls me Nurse Doolittle because I feed the animals who wander to the yard. Birds, squirrels, deer, foxes. Since the developer cleared the farm land behind us I have only seen the big doe once. I picked some apples from the tree for her and put some corn out. She looked thin.

Have a great a Thursday everyone. Enjoy life to its fullest.

Very nice photo Robo!!

Schumi we love to watch storms here too, what little we get. Lightning is an event! So I love a good Florida storm from the comfort of my hotel room lol! We just don’t get those at home.

Lynne glad you’re ok. Have the early morning news on and showed the NYC subway flooding! Yikes. We’ve had bad rain storms where someone died from tree falling on house a few years ago not far from me. Terrible.

Keisha lol Rawhide! A very young Clint Eastwood! When we first moved into our house there was a siren across the street! Long taken down.
Here the deadline for all healthcare workers is Oct 1 to get vaccinated. Govt mandate. Finally.

Having my morning coffee watching morning news. 7:20am here, looks like it’s going to be a nice day. Only have a morning appt then free day.

I‘ve been checking flights routinely. Yesterday saw the dreaded message on Alaska that my flights have changed and I need to call. You know it’s bad when you need to call. They canceled my Seattle to Vancouver connection. Only running morning flights now to Vancouver so I have to overnight in SeaTac area and fly home next morning. Ugh. Now looking at hotels. My go to hotel, a Marriott Towneplace Suites now doesn’t have a shuttle because they ran vans and too small with Covid. And I don’t want to Uber alone. There’s lots of hotels walking distance from the big mall that have airport shuttle so will look around. Maybe the Hilton. It’s right across from mall. Something to do. I land at 1pm. And Cheesecake Factory across the street!.

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It's a pain when the airlines mess with flights. Maybe they'll pay your hotel for the inconvenience? Lol, one can dream!

Well just after I posted went into kitchen to put coffee mug in sink and look what was outside the window.

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When the little one approached her she licked its head.



We are not seeing as many deer. We do have some small areas of trees around the cleared farmland. So my guess is they are probably there or in some of the surrounding woodlands.


I will pick some more apples and put out some more corn for them.

So sweet!
We get deer, turkey, sandhill cranes, and a bunch of other critters in our back yard. Where our property ends turns into a farm field and then a nicely wooded tree line beyond that.

@schumigirl Love the Morgan Freeman meme. If only.

@Robo56 Love the tree!!!

@keishashadow Sorry to hear about your mom. I have just given up understanding people anymore. I barely could before, but now, I feel like an alien most of the time.

@SueM Are you eating keto/low carb? I do keto. I need to try veggie noodles more. I need to vary up my menu now that I am not working and have more time to make dinner. We usually just do a grilled protein with a store bought sauce and a grilled or roasted veggie. I did make gremolata this week though.

I had to look up gremolata. Looks nice! Very refreshing I'd guess.
I learn a lot on the SANS board!!

Glad you`re doing better today and back to fighting fit!! Oh you`ve been a good ear to me too on many occasions......

I was watching NYC on the news, my goodness that was bad! My cousins in LI seem to be ok thankfully.

lol....you descriptions are always so descriptively delicious!! I can`t imagine!! Never had a basement, the house I grew up in was a big mausoleum of a Victorian house and I believe it did have a basement, but it was barricaded up many years before......not quite like the conjuring lol....bit duller than that! But, we had pantries that were smaller rooms for storage, which weren`t in the least scary. But, one day I`d love a house with a basement. If only to spook myself!







Lovely wildlife pictures Robbie.....seeing animals in their natural habitat is the only way to see them. I`m not a fan of any kind of zoo and won`t visit them, so seeing them like that is my only option. How lovely they are so close.

We haven`t seen as many deers in the fields around us this year for some reason, but lots of foxes which isn`t so unusual, but strangely owls, very large owls which are so beautiful.

Yes, that`s the farmer who takes most of our fruit....it`s one of their way of saying thank you, along with their chutney`s and pies of course. We`d never use all the fruit so it works well. Never seen store bought egg yolks the colour of these ones and taste so much nicer, will never buy store bought eggs again.

Your great granddaughter will adore picking the eggs from them, I`m a little wary of a lot of chickens around me so I don`t go near them in the farm, which is hilarious to them!




Well, another 8 miles this morning, and weather was lovely. Cloudy, but quite warm which made it very pleasant. I think we`ll have Saturday off to give my tootsies a chance to recover.

Popped out after lunch for some bits and pieces in town and popped in to buy some fresh fish, being reminded it was later in the day, we usually buy early morning fresh down the seafront, but got some cod loin that looked gorgeous.....bought some shrimps and decided we`ll have a shrimp cocktail appetiser tonight. Then, made sure I had lemons and we headed home. Not too many tourists around now, schools are heading back in most places, think it`s next week for our local schools.

Funny old day weather wise, feels very heavy and humid and supposed to being hit at the weekend of the tail end of Ida. Just hope it`s dry on Sunday as our friends are planning an outside lunch for us and around 10 others.

Think it`s time for a cup of tea.................

8 miles! That's so great Carole!

Have the anniversary celebrations begun? It's the pre pre day of your anniversary, right? LOL!!
Hey, 29 years deserves more than just one day of fun!
So nice you'll be having lunch with friends to keep the celebration going!!

Basements are in probably 95%+ of homes around here. I thought that every home everywhere had basements when I was younger, since that was all I knew at the time.
I have no idea where I'd store half of our decorations and belongings without a basement....I'm guessing the majority of hoarders live where basements are common, lol!








There is some sort of travel deal happening right now! Direct flights to Orlando for $49RT and direct flights to Las Vegas for $94RT!! You cannot even drive to those destinations for these prices!!
My parents are considering Las Vegas. It's actually cheaper than FL since the hotel rooms are also dirt cheap and no theme park tickets needed.

I'd like to get one more use out of my UO pass, so I'm leaning toward Orlando. DH isn't sure if he wants to go to FL. He isn't "into" the parks, but will occasionally go for me. Work has been busy for him, so I cannot get a commitment from him at this time. Ugh!

 

[schumigirl]

Another tea lover here too. I drink hot black tea every morning, even if it's over 100F and even on vacation. I bring my own tea and electric kettle for vacation. I don't like using the coffee makers in the hotel room to heat up water, and the hotel tea is usually pretty terrible. When it's warm, I drink iced tea mid-morning/lunch. When it gets cooler, I drink hot tea mid-morning/lunch, usually green then. Sometimes when it's cool, I will drink herbal at night. I don't like to drink much caffeine in the evening, or I don't sleep well. In the mornings now, I am drinking a peach earl grey. Trying to decide if I should buy some pumpkin black tea off the internet or wait to see if it shows up at my grocery store. Gotta get into the fall spirit.

Iced tea is the drink of the devil.......lol.......never liked it and just seems wrong to be cold.

But, electric kettle.....good girl!!

We are fussy with tea, the other drink of the devil is Liptons Tea....always amazed when anyone says they drink it, disgusting. I love good quality teas and some fruit teas, but not flavoured with things like Pumpkin. Can`t imagine that in tea.

Breakfast tea, should be served strongly brewed with a splash of milk the traditional British way, and never with sugar.....bleurgh! But Earl greys, always with lemon. Same with Oolong or Darjeeling type of teas.

Royal Pacific do a decent teabag, for all I hate teabags, it`s not too bad.

Some of the nicest teas are from specialist stores and Harrods has our all time favourites, and not as expensive as you may think coming from Harrods. But, haven`t found one in America yet that makes the cut. But, something for everyone out there.

Keisha is still convincing me to try a different Iced Tea though......if anyone can, she can......lol.........

Been looking this morning....found $49 RT direct flights. On Spirit, which I'm not a fan....but at that price it's hard to overlook.

Also, Las Vegas is sooooo cheap too! Like ridiculous cheap!


I'm sorry your mom has to go through all that.....very disappointing that a better system isn't in place.


WOW!!!! That's incredible!
Will you come decorate my home please??


Do you keep a tree up year round, and change the decorations based on the seasons/holidays?
I put 2 trees up for Xmas...that's about all I can handle, lol!



You are a good person Mac!!





Our very old cat now wakes at all times of day/night. We ended up just shutting our bedroom door.
She has food and water available 24/7. I think she just wants attention....


Oh boy.... It really doesn't dawn on some people how dangerous flooding conditions can be. And putting rescuers in harms way isn't cool either.



Hope the painting is going well!!



Brownies and Pizza....I'm on my way!!!



Very nice photo Robo!!


It's a pain when the airlines mess with flights. Maybe they'll pay your hotel for the inconvenience? Lol, one can dream!


So sweet!
We get deer, turkey, sandhill cranes, and a bunch of other critters in our back yard. Where our property ends turns into a farm field and then a nicely wooded tree line beyond that.



I had to look up gremolata. Looks nice! Very refreshing I'd guess.
I learn a lot on the SANS board!!


8 miles! That's so great Carole!

Have the anniversary celebrations begun? It's the pre pre day of your anniversary, right? LOL!!
Hey, 29 years deserves more than just one day of fun!
So nice you'll be having lunch with friends to keep the celebration going!!

Basements are in probably 95%+ of homes around here. I thought that every home everywhere had basements when I was younger, since that was all I knew at the time.
I have no idea where I'd store half of our decorations and belongings without a basement....I'm guessing the majority of hoarders live where basements are common, lol!








There is some sort of travel deal happening right now! Direct flights to Orlando for $49RT and direct flights to Las Vegas for $94RT!! You cannot even drive to those destinations for these prices!!
My parents are considering Las Vegas. It's actually cheaper than FL since the hotel rooms are also dirt cheap and no theme park tickets needed.

I'd like to get one more use out of my UO pass, so I'm leaning toward Orlando. DH isn't sure if he wants to go to FL. He isn't "into" the parks, but will occasionally go for me. Work has been busy for him, so I cannot get a commitment from him at this time. Ugh!

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No celebrations yet, we don`t really make a huge fuss with anniversaries.....well, we will next year for our 30th wedding anniversary!!! Tiffany here I come then......lol......I`ve already chosen what I want for that!!

Sunday lunch with friends is about it this year. We don`t really do gifts either for a regular anniversary, but I have ordered a bottle of Pol Roger Champagne, one of our favourites....not really a gift, but a surprise for Tom and we`ll enjoy that Sunday night.

I`d be off to Vegas with your parents if I were you!! They sound a fun couple and you`d have a blast......excellent flight prices and yes, I have been hearing of the cheap hotel rooms. I know someone who recently got a huge suite in the Bellagio for less than a third of the usual price....I`d go for the room alone. I love hearing of those cheap flight prices.....

We mainly have attics over here. If you have them properly floored out they can store an incredible amout of stuff. Yes, all our "stuff" is stored in the attic areas and we have another above the garages too. Although we are clearing stuff out too.....but we seem to collect more than we get rid of! But, yes, I do love the idea of a basement....

ps.....Love Michael Palin.....not for Monty Python as I never got that show, but his travel tales and shows are infamous!





Cod was beautiful, slightly undercooked so it was very succulent and tasty. And no fishy smell the way some folks think fish is like when one cooks it.....fresh, it should smell of the sea and not fishy.

No dessert for us tonight, but going to make a pot of tea.......Soniam has made me think of adding some peach to Oolong tea tonight.......I only wish they were Georgia peaches, but Italian will do.

 

[Lynne G]

Paris, awesome flight prices. You know they are still offering good AP hotel rates? Yeah, many around me have a full basement, but not me. Crawl space as they call it. We do have a nice attic.

The most beautiful weather today. 82 degrees, low humidity and full day of sunshine. Loved my lunchtime walk.

 

[Metro West]

Afternoon folks. Today is dragging but not long now. I'm taking a 1/2 day tomorrow to start the long weekend.

 

[Lynne G]

Way to start a holiday weekend, Metro. Yay for half day Friday. I’m hoping for 59 minutes less tomorrow.

 

[macraven]

@schumigirl Love the Morgan Freeman meme. If only.

@Robo56 Love the tree!!!

@keishashadow Sorry to hear about your mom. I have just given up understanding people anymore. I barely could before, but now, I feel like an alien most of the time.

@SueM Are you eating keto/low carb? I do keto. I need to try veggie noodles more. I need to vary up my menu now that I am not working and have more time to make dinner. We usually just do a grilled protein with a store bought sauce and a grilled or roasted veggie. I did make gremolata this week though.

i assume You are a healthy eater
I was at one time but when I moved to Georgia, bbq ribs won me over

 

[Realfoodfans]

@Robo56 lovely photographs so close to the house!
@soniam I’m back on Keto. For health not weight. It really helps with avoiding inflammation. Just a pain for me doing different meal for everyone else.
@j’aimeparis amazing prices there. No deals from this side of the ocean!

L had a good first day but very tired - in the bath now and will be shouting for a Nanna story very soon. Her teacher was asking for volunteer readers so I’ve offered to go in. J and L both excellent readers way beyond their years but I know from DS with Dyslexia it’s not always that easy.

Large issue here around the country with internet - ours went off this afternoon and had to set a hot spot up for J who is lost without his pad! Ours came back this evening but off in huge areas apparently.

Hope no more adverse weather conditions for any of you.