Good morning..

Thought I had better check in. All is well here but others areas not so....3 deaths and one neighbour taken to hospital and is still in their care.

Check back later..

 Amy good Morning to you and all others that come by later. sorry for the tragety in your aeria. prayers for there famley's. it is clera here, the weather gusser is saying  62º F

Lloyd

Good Morning Everyfriend!  My day is off and running!  Cooper has arrived, the beets that I got at the Farmers Market are in the sink and the bee-guy is coming around noon!  It'll be a busy day!

The weather is a bit cooler today as it was yesterday!  I'm in favor of that!  I wish you all a good day...better than yesterday but not as good as tomorrow!

Where is Everyfriend?

Pickled beets yesterday Jane.Stil have a lot more to do as they are one of Kyles favourites..
Need to run next door and take care of critters...

JaneS I am here and looks like AMY peeked in while I was tracking down help to get on Line we are haveing trouble with the coumitey modem. and also I have gotten feable headed and forgetfull. can't reamber squat. sun is shining bright and is 74º now.

Lloyd

What a nice surprise to sit down for a minute and find Friend RICK posting!  You have been sorely missed, my friend an I, for one, have been praying for your recovery and your return every day!  Looks like my prayer was answered in a positive way!  Keep on keeping on! 

I've been working on the red beets all day (well, I took time off for the exterminator) and there are 9 pint jars of them sitting on the counter cooling!  I always feel like I've accomplished something when I look at the finished project.

AMY, sounds like you and I were doing the same thing today!  Too bad we can't do it together!

Tomorrow, the rest of the beets are going to be made into red beet relish.  I've never made that before but it sounds good so I'm trying it!

Now I have to go in on the sofa and watch some TV through my eyelids.  I'm tired right down to the tips of my toes and it starts at the top of my head!  I don't think it misses a muscle or a bone on the way!

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

Well, here I am...back here talking to myself.  Perry Mason didn't put me to sleep tonight so I got up off the sofa and put a load of towels in the washer.  It's almost finished and I'll throw them in the dryer and head for the haystack.  More beets to do tomorrow and no Cooper to get me going early!

Nighty night, all y'all!

Thanks for the welcome back.  Lots of catching up to do, both here and for my worldly requirements. As usual I'm not very chatty  - me of few words. Some more rest and maybe an appetite improvement might help. Goodnight to all for now.

I've been in a couple times but not long enough to post. So glad to see you back, Rick, and I think your son did a fantastic job keeping us updated!  Not sure my kids could do as well (or would).... he is a delight to visit with!

My family is gathering on Sat to take the group photos & all the photos of various groups. Daughter & I decided we'd take pics FIRST and feed 'em later. Not easy to get this many people in one spot when everyone is so busy. 27 total, counting me. I'll be sending Bubble a photo of the gang to post for me when we get sorted out. Need to make sure both batteries are charged & a clean SD card to start with, tripod ready (& a spare  ) busy day ahead!

Jane, I've had laundry on the list for several days & still in the baskets. Do you & Amy use the same recipe for pickled beets?  My brother found "Aunt Nellie's" in the jar are nearest to what our mother canned... got me hooked. He ate them like candy.

Off to bed, hugs all around.  Sweet dreams & God Bless!  Thanks to all (whole list of folks) popping in to hold hands when we need it.

You snuck in, Rick, and a welcome sight FOR SURE!  Anxious to hear if your birds are looking for you. The brown thrush are already gone, haven't seen any for most of the week. Only 2 robins left & both are young (speckled chest). Saw the first 2 "snow birds" this week so maybe we really will have the early fall.  WOW have you seen the moon tonight?  SO big & bright!

I received this note from Gloria

"Bubble this is Gloria I know you're surprised I'm still alive let's trouble with the new computer already David is been here for three days in a row working on it and I'm ready to throw it out I just called in again asked him if he could put the old one in and take this one home with him I didn't tell him I wanna throw it out but that's the kind he works at at work what his job is all Dell computers so he's OK with it"

I am glad to see  that she is well, just computer woes.

Good morning...
 
No need for C/A last night ,nice that the heat is passing through and not stopping.  Need to go to the lumber store, Kyle is going to make me a stand for my wasging machine. Right now to get clothes off the bottom I need to stand on tippy toes and rib cage on machine to get them.

I have many jobs in line, will flip a coin and see which does or doesn't get done. Need to help the neighbour in her garden today or tomorrow...will see.

Jane, I put Kyles beets in quart jars last year...he really likes them. The friend that came to stay here like pickled beet sandwiches or even cucmber sandwiches. Jesse has a bad habit of snapping at bees and the other day he got a hornet bottom line hornet dead and I hope Jesse learnt a lesson there.

Bubble, can't imagine living and listening to all the rocket fire.Praying that they soon stop . Good to hear from Gloria, hope her grandson can get her back online.

Need to get ready for town..

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

Good Morning Everyfriend!  And a special GOOD MORNING to our "found" friends...GLORIA and RICK!  So nice to see you both!

I'm off to the kitchen to get started on the Red Beet Relish.  I'm looking forward to the last bit that won't fit in the jars so I can try it out. 

Daughter Cindy and her lifelong friend will be returning from their trip to Niagara Falls later today and then tomorrow she will take off for WestChester, PA to pick up her daughter who will be going back to OK with her for a visit.  She needed that trip with her friend more than anyone can imagine!

Now I'm going in the kitchen, clean and label my jars from yesterday and then get started on today!  I wish you all a good day...better than yesterday but not as good as tomorrow!

Amy, there is a cease fire, so no rockets  for the time being. Most of them were fired to the south of Israel and there the kids are really traumatized. I am lucky that on central seashore where I live we have been relatively safe.

I just hope the quiet and relative peace will endure.

Good Morning everyone. well it is already 71º and sunny. we are going to a frunal today of a life time friend. he was in the hospitail with phenomania. I am shure he is with god a much better Place. but we here will greatley Miss him here. i better get a moove on, see you all later.

Lloyd

Good Morning,

It's been a "hectic" week (meaning "more thinking than I'm used to doing"  ).

Had the usual errands and hair appointment on Tuesday - plus a grocery delivery.   A/C went out Tuesday night and so did the attic fan.  Ceiling fans kept it comfortable until could call a/c company right as they opened on Wednesday morning.  Someone could come mid-morning and discovered the drain from attic was clogged. When that happens, the whole system (unit/fan) automatically turns off.  Good to know. Drain was unclogged - no parts needed - system working fine  .
 
3 of 5 cords on Roman blinds had broken a couple of weeks ago and replacements were ready to be installed; he came late Wednesday morning. They were so tight that he had to come back to adjust them - which he did yesterday.
 
Plus, the mosquito spray man showed up in between these two incidents AND #1 son came for lunch.

 #2 son/dil came for dinner last evening.  I had given them both a choice on what to have (main reason for grocery order) - which meant I did more cooking than I'd done in ages.

Jane, good to see you're home and back to the canning.  Haven't had pickled beets in ages but remember I liked them.
Hope Cindy/friend had a good trip to Niagra Falls and wishing Safe Travels for her/daughter back to Oklahoma.  It's supposed to be cooler (a/k/a "not as hot") by the end of next week.

Welcome back, Rick Rammell!  Hope your recovery goes well.

So nice to see Gloria is able to let us know she's trying!

Shirley, I think your brown thrushes have made it this far.  Have seen several in the past week or so.  I saw one "attacking" a black snake working its way across the yard.  Snake didn't strike back and looked dead when thrush stopped pecking at it. However, it was gone the next day so maybe it was pretending.

Bubble, hope your area stays safe and hope the cease-fire works.

Hi, Amy and Lloyd - and anyone else I didn't directly comment to.

Housecleaner just came.  I help her by staying out of the way.   

Such good news that Gloria is still with the world and that Rick is home and doing well.  It made a dreary, rainy morning seem much brighter.  And, so nice to see you today, Callie.  Some days are just too much, aren't they?  I always wish that "things" could portion themselves out over several days instead of happening all at the same time.  It is so exhausting!

Amy, my washing machine is really deep, too.  I can not touch the bottom of the spinning basket so, luckily, David has taken over most of the washing and I empty the dryer because I can reach that.  Also, we share the folding of the clean laundry at the kitchen table and counter.  So it works.  The manufacturers of almost everything don't think about the short people.  Everything is measured to an average person that is 'way taller than I am.

We are not pickled beets eaters.  We both prefer the cucumber pickles that I make and I have made a ton of them this summer because we eat them at nearly every evening meal and sometimes for lunch.  Once in a while I'll get a hankering for pickled beets but I cheat.  I buy a small can of canned beets and put them in the same brine that I make for cucumber pickles and let them refrigerate overnight and they are just as good (I think) as if I had made them from scratch.  I'm so lazy.

Sorry about your friend, Lloyd.  Losing someone you've known and cared for most of your life is so hard.

Take care, All.

Good Afternoon Everyone!!

So sorry to see that the weather is getting so
bad  in Europe and some places here in the
USA.

We here on the rocky coast of Maine are
having moderate temperatures for August. 
We are very lucky ,  I understand,  because
around the USA and especially in Europe,  the
heat and summer storms are horrible. 

I hope that everyone can stay safe. 

Wishing the weather would moderate all over.

Have a good weekend, everyone!

Sandy

Ahh, I can now breathe a sigh of relief, as Gloria has been heard from and Rick is back home.  To me, it is so painful when folks whose posts I read are suddenly missing (unheard from), in hospital, etc.  I say their names in my prayers, and am blessed that prayers are answered.  I had a strange "household" problem last week: For years I've had an electric clock up on the wall, above the TV.  Many, many years ago, we had an electric outlet installed there for the clock.  YOu just don't realize how many times you look to that clock for the time, until it doesn't work anymore. I took it down, only to find that I couldn't pull the plug out of the outlet, it seems to have "fused". Also, looks like the connections may have shorted out.  Have a call in to an electrician and hope they can come and remove the plug, and totally disable the outlet. I have other electrical things I will have him work on!  Speaking of appliances not being made for short people; I need to get a stool made to stand on to get the clothes out of the washer.  Wish my dryer was raised up a bit so I don't have to practically get on my knees to remove clothes from there. Makes the back a bit painful!  Guess I have yakked enough for today.  Good wishes for better health for all who visit here. 

Well, I'm all finished with the red beets!  The pickled beets are labeled and put away and half of the relish is labeled and put away.  I'm not going to get to try it because Cindy wants one last visit to the local drive in.  It's unique in that it's best meal is Fish and Chips and it's so good that people travel many miles to eat it.  This one has been open since I was in high school and it looks like it will be open forever.  The kids are on the way to pick me up!  Gotta go comb my hair!

Good Night and sweet dreams. I am tired out. all in all it has been a good one. sad seaing our friend Laid to rest, but he is with god and I am sure a better place than here. hope to see you all tomorow.

Lloyd

My mind is going a dozen directions at once, trying to get cameras charged & set up for the family photo opt tomorrow. A bunch of us used to keep the camera discussion buzzing a few years ago, Jack was kinda the ring leader for the best of the latest models of Panasonic Lumix and it's been a couple years since I've sorted & charged so got quite a mess.

Lloyd, sincere sympathy for the loss of an old friend. I don't have many left from the early years but we do have a luncheon every year the first week of October, for anyone from "The Class of '53" that can make it. Much as we tell ourselves that "they are in a better place".... we miss them. Death is forever and such an empty feeling for those of us left behind.

Gloria, you'll never know how bad I wanted to check with your daughter but she seemed so frazzled I didn't want to add to her stress.

I'm still planning to make some fruit ice for the gathering tomorrow. Got a bag of oranges and 2 bunches of bananas..... so much easier with the electric juicer but still a lot of work to make enough so everyone get at least a few spoonfulls. Have to stir it every few hours so the fruit doesn't sink to the bottom. I tried the canned orange juice one time & not at all the same. I add plenty of sugar & never found anyone that didn't love it.

Callie, my brown thrushes & even the robins LOVE any kind of grapes. I cut them in half so they can pick them up easier. Kinda lonesome around here right now.

Anyone that does not can might try the "Aunt Nellies" pickled beets.... slices or the jars of the little ones. They really are good & taste pretty much like Mother used to make.

Better get busy, won't get to bed till well after midnight.  Sweet dreams & God Bless.

CAN YOU NAME IT?

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Good Morning Everyfriend!  Cindy is on her way to West Chester, PA to pick up her daughter, Courtney.  Then they will be off to Oklahoma!  If you have a minute, please say a prayer that they arrive safely.  They will be staying overnight a little more than half-way there and completing the journey tomorrow.  They have about 20 hours on the road.

LLOYD, I'm sorry you lost a friend but as everyone agrees, he's in a better place and not suffering any more!

Today, I MIGHT make some of "Jim's Egg Thingys".  I never say I'll do anything for sure any more.  If I decide not to, I don't!  Next week I'm getting some corn to freeze.  I much prefer frozen corn over canned corn!  I'll pick that up at Davy's. I noticed he seems to have the best on the local market!

I guess I better get dressed and get my day started!  I wish you all a good one...better than yesterday but not as good as tomorrow!

Good morning...

Starting out at 47°,nice sunny day. Have laundry in the  washer that will soon be on the line.  Good news is the neighbour came home from the hospital but has a long road ahead of him with tests etc.

Will check out the cucumbers at the store and IF they are good will buy and put into Mrs. B's pickles. Today I drain the icicle pickles and brine again...........not sure I like this job for the nest 6 days but move into doing the syrup after the brine. Will see.

Jane,yes prayers for safe travels, I do know how one can worry when kids are on the road. )

Lloyd, I am sorry to read of your friend, we have had a rush on that here with  3 passing but know they are all on a better place.

Day is moving faster than I am better get a hitch in my get a long.

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

Before I forget to tell you shorties.... I've been using this kind of step stool for years, even got an extra for the motorhome. Best part is the handle that collapses it & makes easy to carry is built in flat so the whole thing can slide into narrow spaces between cabinets. I sit on it, stand on it to get little things out of the washing machine.... I even have a piece of the no-skid stuff cut to size so it's not slippery. I was surprised how many styles are available but this is nearest to what I have. https://www.amazon.com/Folding-Step-Stool-Lightweight-Bathroom/dp/B014WOXB6O/ref=sr_1_5?crid=2VJTEEXQE9SQ1&keywords=folding%2Bstep%2Bstool&qid=1660391852&sprefix=folding%2B%2Caps%2C186&sr=8-5&th=1

I'm getting one of those stools but don't tell my daughter!  She thinks I should stay flat on the floor at all times....even when all the smoke alarms are going off!  Even when I need something off the top shelf in the kitchen or laundry room or bathroom or....wherever!  I'm allowed to live alone but I'm not supposed to DO anything.  The other 3 kids just say "Be Careful, Mommy!"  She used to work at the local office of the Area Agency on Aging and I guess she saw a lot of injuries.  I understand that and I live with it!

I'm just waiting for a quick trip to the recycle place.  OOPS, my daughter just texted she's on the way!  Keep on keeping on!

Shirley, that is a great stool!! Lightweight and portable!! Kyle did make me a stool that will stay in front of the washer.Will pass this information on.
Phyllis, my ribs were getting sore bending over and reaching down, I knew if I told the "wood whisperer" he would make me one. I needed a new sewing desk, mentioned what it needed to have and not need and he made the perfect one for me!!

Good morning from a sunny Interior! The last few days have been warmer with evening thundershowers. However, yesterday we had 81 degrees and no rain. This warmer weather comes after a week dipping into the low thirties and frost. Unfortunately, we're going to be dripping again on Sunday.

We've had record climate events last winter and this summer. This summer alone, we had as a state three million acres burnt, sinkholes, flooding, and 67,000 lightning strikes in July alone that caused seven new blazes. And a frost in early August.

A recent phenomenon is that shore's sea ice is disappearing due to climate change, and polar bears have more miscarriages. One of the results is that polar bears are remaining ashore and mating with grizzlies; we're seeing a tenfold increase in hybrids. Two of the most giant and most dangerous bears are getting together and creating an entirely new species.

I've been busy with mid-year and summer-end paperwork, had my houseguest return to her home, and did a massive clean, declutter, and toss for the yearly apartment inspection ahead of next month's visit by the head honchos from the state capital.

I am sorry that so many are dealing with ill health and the loss of old friends. I wish I could wave a wand and make it all like it used to be sometimes. I've gone through, past, and around so many changes in the past twenty years that I often feel obsolete. And past my due date.

Shirley, I have two of those stools purchased from Home Depot. I keep one in the kitchen and one in the living room. Last week I purchased another rolling unit like the brown one in my kitchen. This one in white for my bathroom holds many items I had on the floor, under the sink, and on my small counters. I'm even thinking of purchasing yet another for my bedroom.

I m staying in with the AC doing its job. and that is where you will fiend me untill the fall weather cools it down.
then i plan on getting the wood working tools out,nd makeing Nancy a ceder chest full length of the weth of the  foot the bed. it is 84º and a light weind here now. we have some good ripe peaches,(large ones) I skined four  of them and cut them up, and Nancy Made a large peach pie. I am druleing thinking of a big peice of it for supper,If I can wate that long. the sun is full here now. Ithink i should fiend another good western to take another nap with. the sun is bright sun and 84º now. I best go fiend that movie now.

Lloyd