Shirley, ---
The Robins have packed their bags and moved South. Most of the others will hang around for the Winter. Maybe some go south, but some stay. I will feed all winter, especially when it snows and they can't get to the ground. It's great to see a bright RED cardinal when there is snow all around.  The squirrels show up all winter but the chipmunks go underground (Hibernate). I don't recall the Mocking Birds being around this year. Hope they just found a better restaurant.

Removed so I don't confuse Lloyd.

If I said the left I was wrong. It's on the RIGHT side.
If  there is no coffee pot on your page, it is up there near the top

Amy --- I believe you have the panel showing down the LEFT side of the page. Anyone may or may not have that. It can be turned off/on. Mine is turned off to make the "business" part of the page bigger.

Rick, thank you for pointing that out. I just shut mine off

Lloyd, look for this....  Rick said to look on the upper right hand corner.

I didn't see the coffee pot at first either but before I posted that, I went back up and, sure enough, there it was!

I'm off to the haystack to grab some shuteye!  If I don't get there pretty soon, my eyes will go shut of their own accord.  Tomorrow, I'm going to Davy's with DIL and then I'm riding along with her to a big greenhouse that she frequents.  I've never been there and it should be a nice place to visit. 

The weather was gorgeous here today...cool enough in the early morning for a sweatshirt and then warm enough later for a tee shirt.  We're supposed to have the same tomorrow!  I wish you all a peaceful night's sleep and a happy tomorrow.  And may God bless us, every one!

Good morning...

Brrr, chilly this morning starting off at 36°! Taking neighbour into the city to a Dr. appointment. We will do a bit of shopping at Costco first and let them empty our wallets.

Jane, what a treat!! All kinds of plants will in sight but will any come home with you?

Better scoot..

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

Good Morning Everyfriend!  I'm up and attem.  I got my shower and dressed before Cooper arrived because after he's here, I'm busy and I might not be ready when Sarah is!  He's already had his breakfast, begged my last crumbs and is ready for a walk!

AMY, you never know what might happen at a greenhouse!  This particular DIL is a GARDENER...BIG TIM!  It seems to be her passion so maybe I can pick up a few tips!  I just might shake out my wallet while I'm there!  Then I'll have work to do when I get home!

Right now, Cooper is getting louder so I better get my shoes and a sweater and get moving!  I hope you all have a good day...better than yesterday but not as good as tomorrow!

Good morning, its 7:32 and still at our low of 46.Our high will be 59, but the rain that came Tuesday night through Wednesday night and brought brisk winds finally subsided. There's nothing new to write about other than that old weather standby.

good after noon. I hope you all get this. I keep getting kicked off. the weather nguesser spot says 61º and sunny, but itis hazey and over cast here now. Nancy and I have been busy working up peaches and apples.we put the peaches in boilling waterand then put them in cool watter so we can stand to handle them and peel the skin right off, then we cut them and slip them off the seeds.put them in frizzer ziplock Bags. we have appel pealers/ slicers. it cuts the peal off and the appel off the core in spirel slices. then we cut that in smaller peices. and put them in frizzer bags also, one gallen bags / seven quarts each bag.boy Nancy made a peach pie, wow was it good. the appel pealers vacum ther self with a little lever on the side to the vinal clounter top, just slide it open and stick a apple on the tongs and crank it. peals and coores and slices it in a easy motain. My mout h is wattering to get her to make a apple clobber alo. my sweet teeath calling. If you are traveling come by and we will share with you.

Lloyd

Now, Lloyd, you were just complaining about your sugar being HIGH.... so try taking those apples & put a dab of butter in a no-stick skillet & slice apples in like you slice for a pie.... put a lid on so they fry & steam (make their own juices) and just when they get that clear look put in a tad of brown sugar. Remember, a dash of salt brings out the flavor!  The crust is good but any starch turns to sugar in the body so be careful what you expect your body to absorb! Missouri has the best apples, I always pick the golden delicious for pies or to fry because they don't take much sugar to get that sweet flavor. The last few years I have not been able to find bushels of "home grown" apples to buy when I go in the fall. We used to have orchards south of Wichita where you could pick your own but they have been sold out to "developers" that tore out the trees & built a lot of little houses with almost no yards. That's progress. 

Got a job I've put off all day but want to get it over with before dark. 2nd time this week a mole or whatever those little critters are, ICKY looking.... got into the skimmer basket of the pool and I've got to put rubber gloves on & get it out. It's dead & I'm shivering at the thought but gotta do it. Both of my sons are in Colorado or I'd be tempted to call BUT .... gotta do what I gotta do.

Oh, Rick, today when looking out the window I saw a whole bunch of sparrows hanging around the bird feeders. Looks like they were glad to have the summer visitors gone.

For years we had bushes along the sidewalk from driveway to front porch & the sparrows lived in them. When a stranger walked up to the door they would "flush" and 40 or 50 birds would take off. I called them my "bush-babies". When Cas died the funeral home had trouble getting the gurney through so I started trimming them back. Got them all out now, so none living close to the house.  Our cardinals also stay all winter. We did have mockingbirds. Every so often one will pick up a new tune that I don't recognize, so know they visit around.

Getting dark so gotta go take care of that critter in the skimmer basket. Amy & Patricia, starting to sound like sure-fire fall where you are! Sounds good to me. Get to cover that pool for a few months!
    

I'm tired right down to my shoe laces and that's bad because I'm not wearing any shoes!  I'm hitting the hay early tonight because I'm getting Cooper early tomorrow and he's going to be my buddy for a week while Frankie is on vacation.  She's going to Mexico to visit her brother and his new wife.  Their birthday's are the the 19th and the 21st and they've always tried to celerate them together.  This will be a special one because it's the first one they celebrated together in almost 5 years.

Today was a beautiful day!  The temperature never got above 78 and there was a lovely breeze all day!  I did break down and buy some flower bulbs to plant while I was at the greenhouse with Sarah! 

I wish you all a peaceful night's sleep and a happy tomorrow.  And may God bless us, every one!

Good morning...

Nice rain here with a 46° temp. Taking the vehicle in for an oil change this morning then hurry home as the propane fella is to come .

Yesterday was busy,we hit Costco first then moved on to one more store then to the appointment at the medical centre. They were happy that the pressure in my friends eyes were down   and all the results will be given to her in Nov.

Not sure how the rest of the day will go ,have many things to do ,wonder whic one will win out???

Better scoot

Enjoy your day and stay safe..

Good Morning Everyfriend!  I hope you all have a great day...better than yesterday but not as good as tomorrow.

AMY, great news for your friend!

Good Morning everyone. It friday the 16 th of sept





























it Is 7:15 am sept 16 th. it Is clear and 62Fº son in law has both appel and peach trees , more tha one, and they are loaded. we bought new apple pealer/slicers.open it up and put a apple on the prongs, turn the crank and it peals cores and slices it up. pull the slices offthe core and slice it in to peices for good size to make apple pie's. dip the peaches in boling watter take tongs and get them out put in cool atter / and the peals slipp right off. Nancy Made a large peach pie yesterday. it was very delishes. just whatI do not need for my dieabeates. but i eat it anyway. cant resaste it.we have two 5 gallen buchets of each to process today. the new appel pealers clamp there self down on the fermackia counter top just fine. just cank and peals cores and slices in one easy motain,s. if you are close enough in your travels stop bu and we will give you some. Have a great day.

Lloyd

Good evening everyone. what is going on with this fourm,that none is posting or visiting. no one has posted here seince I did earley this morning. hope I never made any  one mad.If I did please accept my apolaigay.

Lloyd

good night and sweet dreams hope to seeyou al tomorrow, we got severial Quarts of peaches processed and put in ziplock bags and in the freezer, and a few sme of appels.

Lloyd

Well, LLOYD and I were the only ones in here today.  I wish I could wisper that in everyone's ear so they would know it.  Cooper has already hit the haystack and I'm following him.  Wherever y'all are, sleep well!

Good morning...

Overcast this morning, hope the sun peeks for a bit and laundry will dry.
 
Jane I bought a plant on Thur a watermelon peperomia, one of my African violets died and I needed something to fill in the space. Will see how this plant does.

Will soon be time to put away the summer wear and bring out the geemogotchees again. Everyone is saying how fast summer went, my only excuse is that one is so busy in the summer that time flies by fast!!

Better start laundry..

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

Good Morning to AMY and to anyone else who chooses to drop by.  I'm guessing that will be LLOYD and maybe SHIRLEY!  I guess we're just not all that interesting.

Usually, the first thing I do in the morning is hit the button on the coffee pot and then head back to the bedroom to make the bed.  With Cooper in the bed, I can't do that because he's a lazybones about getting up in the morning.  I have to let him know that breakfast is ready before he'll hit the floor!  Then I have to find a few minutes later to make the bed and there have been days when he's here that it's totally left my mind!  My Grandmother would be looking down her nose at me! 

Some laundry is on my list for today also, AMY!  It's not regular stuff, though.  It's odds and ends like bathroom and kitchen rugs, towels, and bed pillows!

It's foggy as heck here today and a bit on the chilly side.  I was happy to get back from our morning walk and get inside where it's a bit warmer!

If anyone reads this, I wish you a good day...better than yesterday but not as good as tomorrow!

Good morning from a foggy Interior, 43 degrees at 6:18AM. I haven't posted because there is nothing new that I haven't posted before, and that will continue possibly through October.

On a hunch, I went back a year to the past Soda Shop. Sandy reads but rarely posts anymore from Maine. Callie posts in Norm's because, as she has said, she prefers its chatter to the SS's talk of canning, cleaning, and preserving. Callie, if I'm wrong, I apologize.

Flojean is in hospice, and Gloria's daughter has told Shirley that she will no longer be on the computer.

Bubble is busy, and I'm busy; Jenny hasn't posted since August 15th; Also, our two British posters have died or have left the Internet, and the other posts are in Norm's.

I'm really sorry to be so boring!

Quote from: JaneS on September 17, 2022, 10:36:01 AMI'm really sorry to be so boring!

Who said that was the case?
What we need is more new faces. Spread the word, tell your friends.

Jane, I wish I was as good about doing all that extra laundry as you are.  Ever since I put a litter box on the floor in front of the dryer I've dreaded having to stretch around it to reach the washer OR dryer. Came a time when I discovered Tommy was using the old Christmas tree trunk and stand to potty on so had to close the Dutch door to the basement. Of course that didn't stop Tommy so had barricade by stacking stuff on the flat part of the door. About that time Callie came to live with us & she couldn't be trusted down there, either, so the box in the utility room got used a lot & I struggle to even get the necessary laundry done.

Down to just Tiger and she is getting much too spoiled. The other night/morning I woke up to a commotion by the sliding door of the bedroom. Whatever was going on was INSIDE the bedroom but the lights from the pool area weren't bright enough to tell for sure.  The movement was nearly too the ceiling & all around that quarter of the room. My hand was feeing around for the bag holding the Rugar & Beretta ... couldn't find it so got up & turned the lights on.....  My daughter had given Tiger the biggest, fluffiest bed you ever saw, fur on it is probably 5-6" long.  Tiger got her toenail hung up & was slinging it around in circles & almost touching the ceiling when she jumped on the bed. I had been awake with allergy problems so Tiger got off MY bed & in her own, and I fell back into a dead sleep so mind was not clear & I wasn't sure if someone had broken in or what... When temps are nice I open the sliding door & go right to sleep with fresh air, but have only gotten to do that once this whole summer because temps have stayed hot overnight. Anyway, it was NO way to wake up!

Amy, did I ask you if you plant a fall garden?  I got a single package of mixed lettuce seed to put in the trug, not sure how it will do since roots will probably get colder than if in the ground.  The lady at the nursery said they weren't having any luck with their 2nd plantings.

Gotta get moving.  I can't multi-task like used to could, forget to go back & finish what I switched from.

We all know Shirley talks too much.............

  I dislike replacing ceiling lights...but it is done and not without..

Laundry won't be hung out but it is getting done. Going to check to see if I have enough cukes left to try a new pickle......ya ..I know I said no more but the lady said they were delicious!!

Shirley, no I don't plant  a fall garden...any time now we may get frost. I still have beets,carrots and parsnips in the trugs but they are safe for a bit.

Jane, bite your tongue, you are never boring!!!

Jane no one said you're boring.

Shirley, my ten-year-old Farrah, doesn't make much noise. If she isn't sleeping or eating, she's sitting like a bear, front paws up to the left of my computer, looking for attention.

Oh, c'mon now!  I NEVER said I was "bored"!!!!!

I think we all have our daily routines - some are more active than others.  Following Patricia's example, I did a bit of research and found that a lot of posts are in the Game forums.
Also found that, within the last few pages of "that other conversational forum"  ", the topics that had varied responses were:

TV shows/movies (pro and con opinions)
TV stations for news ("ditto")
Ceremonies for Queen Elizabeth
What girls were wearing in the '50s and what we wear now
Books read
Restaurants (pro and con)
and Web-Cams watched

My topic for today would be college football = and my OU Sooners are playing what used to be Archrival Nebraska.
Off to  for the Crimson and Cream!

With Love and Wishes for an Enjoyable Day to ALL S&F friends 

Just got in from feeding the neighbours hens swiss chard. They clean the leaves off, leaving the stems quicker than anything!!!

Our trip to town to pick up lighting  was interesting. Heading into town a doe jumped out in front of us and headed to the other side........as did her twins one by one...phew..they all made it!!!

Fish in the AF for supper tonight.

Thanks AMY I am 85 years old and foregetfual, I need all the help I can get, also I so sad about gloria not being abel to be here with us. so what if she hits the wrong key, sometimes the rest of us do /and make mastakes also. sure is nt the end of the world.
It is still sunny and up to 90º . with a few floating clouds. we have a grand deaughter gtting married in a few days, and all things is constrated on that. I am or if I am boring. but i wish more folks would come back active in S&F. have the rest of your day good just you like it.

              amy feed your chicken orster sheels so they wont eat there owen eggs, they need that to make tere owen egg shels. and feed them  cracked corn in a long feeder with bars across the top to keep them from scratching the feed out and wasteing it.  also a feeder with some bars across the top.  in it they will eat some of the sand in it and that and help them to griend up there feed in there craw.

a foot noat my grand mother would throw the feed out in front of the chicken house and i guss that would give the  exersize,

Lloyd