Sounds like most of us chickens are back in the coop and behaving.    Had to giggle about those darn cars acting up for us but NOT the repair man. I was so mad at the one car I had for doing that I actually made a video of the dash, including sound it made, to take next time I went in. Got rid of that car with less than 7,000 on it. When I get a vehicle I love I keep it for 15 years or more & embarrassed my husband because he always had a new one (company car), so surprised me for my birthday, only new like in the state. Sport model & got me a ticket, yes, it did!  Wasn't MY fault it was the kind cops watch for........

And so it goes. Bubble, I become a mole & stay inside during summer & know what that temp feels like. Before married I had Civil Service job at near by USAF base, temp got to 118 and NO AC back then, concrete block building with concrete floor. You have my sincere sympathy. Don't know about what you are expecting for the really hot months of July & August but I am dreading what is ahead. We are getting the 80s lately but nights are still 60s. Be thinking of you & wishing cool breezes.

Phyllis, glad you feel better. Would love to get togather & bring all kinds of snacks. The Priest where I got to church brings me Communion on Friday mornings (has others he also visits along the way). I fixed his favorite fruit ice for him to eat on the road. It consists of same number of oranges/juiced to equal number of mashed bananas... sugar to taste & add water & stir every few hours as it freezes. GOOOOD stuff. Also have Mom's chocolate cake that nobody wanted to eat (but me), scratch & uses that cup of cold coffee, then boiling water before dumping into the cake pan. He was happy to take some for the ones that share the parish house with him. Won't be fixing that cake again for a while.

Supposed to have the sons & daughter in law over tomorrow to open the pool & cut grass.  All 3 are trying to watch weight so thinking of what to serve them. Guess salad with hard boiled egg & cube of baked salmon, have home made garlic croutons, may need to make some fresh ones. Have 2 large tomatoes that need to be eaten so guess that'll be the meal.

When I baked this last salmon (NW fresh from Alaska) I squeezed lemon over the whole thing after a rub down with olive oil, then used different herbs & spices in different sections so a new flavor in every bite. Turned out pretty good! Still enjoy cooking but gotta have someone come eat!

Tome, sounds like when a squirrel gets too playful on a transformer around here. This week they wired a new pole in so the hour+ power was off, we went shopping. I did turn off some of the clock radios in the house so I don't have to reset them every time.

All that & now to eat & take a nap. Daughter is at the airport to fly home.  Enjoy the day, only June 2,2023 we'll have! Looks like that line of thunderstorms might give Wichita a flip of it's tail before heading north. Need the rain!

So far our "scheduled" rain hasn't made an appearance. It's bright and sunny @ 92°.  Some broken rain masses moving South toward us but it looks like it will be a hit or miss thing.

Must admit I am glad today is almost over. The day has been busy and I did go get our vehicle back. Nice to have it back but he did find another probelm but that will be dealt with on Tue.

Rick, we didn't get a hint of rain. To the south of us they did get thunder but so far that is it.

Jane, David sent me a photo of you and the young'uns. Oh my what a handful,no more room on your lap!!

Time to say goodnight..I am more than ready to hit the hay..

See you in the morning.

Quote from: Amy on June 02, 2023, 09:10:33 PMRick, we didn't get a hint of rain. To the south of us they did get thunder but so far that is it.

It rained to the left, and it rained to the right, --- but it missed us. Only a few drops on the walk that I could see.  So, --- tomorrow I water the grass.

Hey there!  We took supper over to Ali's so she didn't have to do that while she was getting her flowers ready for the Farmers Market tomorrow.  It was a pretty good supper and fun to be with the kids.

Tomorrow is my last chance for the Farmers Market and tomorrow night daughter Christy will be arriving from Maryland to spend the week with us and then travel back to PA when Cindy takes me home.  That's good because she'll help with the driving!

It was HOT out there today but I don't think it was as hot as it was in Israel!  And it was 2 degrees hotter back in in PA than it was here in OKLA!  I can't imagine that!

Tomereader, you sure had a time with the power failure at your place!  That's sure not much fun!  And trying to remember which lights are on so you can turn them off before you go to bed isn't an easy job!

AMY, Cindy told me she posted one of the pictures on facebook.  That must be the one David sent you!  We tried our best to get Mikey to sit in on the picture but he was just plain TOO BUSY!  He's so funny!  He's still learning his words but he's got "Hi GG" and "Bye GG" down perfectly.  And if he's near me when he says the "Bye GG" I also get a hug! 

SHIRLEY, cooking is still one of my favorite things to do and my kids call me "The Recipe Lady" because I'm still collecting the recipes and I still like to make new stuff!

PATRICIA, that weather sure is giving you the ups and downs!  I bet you're all wishing for summer!

RICK, I think they had the same weather in PA that you had!  It was really HOT there!

I'm off to the haystack soon!  Have to be up and about so I can enjoy my last trip to the Farmers' Market!  Ali's flowers were looking good tonight when we left their house!  Can't wait to check her out tomorrow.  I wish you all a peaceful night's sleep and a happy tomorrow and may God bless us, every one!

Good morning.

What a difference in weather! The temp is sitting at 56° and a nice breeze is blowing. Good working weather for sure!

Today is laundry and baking after I go for groceries and Kyle for some lumber.

Jane ,yes that is the photo he sent.

Phyllis, hope you are feeling better each day.

Patricia, we are now under a burn ban.

Shirley I haven't forgot about the photo of the hens will get it soon.

Rick, no rain here but starting Mom we are to have rain for a few days.......we will see if that happens. Need rain to plump up the strawberries

Better get ready for town.

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

      

Good evening everyone,well i have been setting in here reading about all the deffernt things that young, Ladie dose building her house here self and the garding,and taking her harvest,s to the market,she has a large woven Basket, she puts on her back with sholder straps. she filles it with defferant things and walks to the market, fiends her self place to set down and display here produce or what ever, and seels it. when she is sold out,, she picks up her basket and puts her scales and equipmet in her Basket, and goes and gets something to eat. and then goes and buys her self a a swetter or somenthing. and walks home, on her little farm she raises chickens turkies ducks and hogs. her place is on the banks of the river. she built her self a watter wheeil. and fixe it to pump watter to here house,thurgh a pipeline she bult. she is quite a nice little tough Ladie.

are  grand deaughter, husband and there four childern live in the other half of this double duplex we live in. they owen it, they do nt charge us any rent. we just Pay our owen elitric bill.  our oldest grandeaughter Is just ten
years old .and already is a good cook and helper,  she just brought both a dougnut with Iceaing, she made her owen self, was still warm out of the deep friyer. now how is that for love ?

Our temp Is 66º and clear blue skay's
Lliyd

I love reading about people that build things from scratch, Lloyd. Had the books about a lady that built her house in the woods, had a German Shepherd as a companion, loved how she managed to get things done with just the 2 of them. Don't have the books anymore, loaned them to someone & never got back. Tough that we can't really do all those things ourselves anymore. I am thankful to be still living on my own as you & Nancy are doing. We would be "holy terrors" in a retirement home! I already found out God isn't ready for me so we will just do what we must and try to set a good example for our kids and grandkids. Okay?

On that note, will say sweet dreams and God Bless to all. The fireworks of the River Festival will start about 10:00 but like last night, I will not even look to see if any show above the trees. Where they shoot the fireworks is just down river a couple bends and easy to see everything 33 years ago when we moved here. Now the river below me has lots of trees the beavers haven't gotten to yet. I grew up being able to watch the fireworks of the Mo State Fair being shot off every night from my bedroom window so a nice sound to me.  Love y'all.  Tisie/Shirley

Good morning..

Starting out at 47° and heading to mid 70's today..I can live with that. A day of rest here and a welcomed one at that. In a few minutes I will go out and water the garden.

Jane, where are you??

Shirley,  people like that reminds me of this saying.
. A woman is like a tea bag - you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water. Eleanor Roosevelt.

Bubble, I sure hope it has cooled off there.

Patricia, the east coast did get a reprieve  with a rain.Not as many fires buring but a lot of homes lost.

Better get ready to meet the day.


Enjoy your day and stay safe.

Good Morning Everyfriend!  The Soda Shoppe was almost as busy yesterday as it was around here.  First off, we grabbed our breakfast and heading for the Farmers Market.  It was my last one to see Ali in her flower booth.  She did well yesterday but had a few leftovers.  I forget what it is she does with the leftovers but there's a place that buys them from her and then resells them.

I bought some stuff to take home and then we took off and did some shopping to get ready for Christy's visit!  There were some cancellations and she had long waits in airports along the way and never arrived in Tulsa until 1:30 a.m!  She was supposed to be there a little before 11 p.m.  So guess who is still sleeping!

I was awake to greet her when she got here and then right back to sleep!

We had thunderstorms all night so I guess we'll have long grass and lots of flowers and the creeks and rivers might be aflow once again!  It's been a pretty dry summer so far!

I wish you all a good day...better than yesterday but not as good as tomorrow! 

Good morning to all who might pass through. we're starting the day at 56°, sunny and bright. The rain missed us and it doesn't look like we are due for any for another week.
Seems liker a quiet morning around here. None of the usual traffic noise. Must be a good morning for sleeping in.

Quote from: Amy on June 04, 2023, 07:00:49 AM
 
Bubble, I sure hope it has cooled off there.
 

Hard to Believe: we had thunders for half an hour before there was a sudden downpour of 10 minutes.  That is unheard of after Easter! Then a power failure due to the overuse of electricity for a/c. Luckily it was back after a short time.
I suppose the rain came from USA? LOL

Today we have more normal temperature but prédictions are for a return of the same next week end.

I hate the a/c so it gets turned on only when Illy is here.  I can live with the heat, after all I was born on the African equator.

Amy, the entire world seems to be either burning, exploding, or freezing. One day last week, we had three alerts running, one for floods, one for fires, and one for snow!

Now they're posting signs warning drivers not to drive through low-lying flooded areas because people are going through them!  You'd think people knew better, but we don't seem to retain many survival instincts as a group!

I'm sorry about the burning Canadians have from one end to another.

The rain has stopped here since Friday, but we still have dark clouds as the passing weather system moves into the Yukon.

I was out yesterday wandering the shops and giving away my money. I managed to get everything paid and funded for another month, but something is always forgotten. In this case, it was coffee and filters. I forgot to put it on my list; if it's not listed, I never remember!

I did see a couple of robins and one hawk but other than the usual pigeons, not much else.

Shirley, my sister, is revamping her house, the contractors did the heavy work, and now she is putting up trim, painting, wallpapering, furniture recovering, and building shelving. She'd planned to sell and return to Portland, but that wasn't going to happen, so she's redoing her house and yard.

She's ten years younger, making me jealous of her skills and stamina. When she was younger and bought her first vehicle, a red Chevy love truck, she reupholstered the entire cab area in red gingham!

Bubble, I'd love to have some of that heat! Locally forecasters are saying it will be a cool, wetter summer. We're getting our weather from Siberia and passing it along through Canada. On the other side of the mountains, the state's Southeast has an entirely different weather system.

Patricia,we are seeing smoke and a lot of it!!Not sure the cause of the smoke though.We are in a no burning ban but one has to read and comprehend those words. Cottagers/city people don't think that it applies to them.

Unfortunately, everything I've been able to pull up online is more about how it's affecting the US than the Canadians.

I did find this interactive map, https://firesmoke.ca/forecasts/current/

Patricia, the neighbor  took a drive and said the smoke was coming from the other end of the lake, let's hope it soon dissipates. Sure hope we get rain..
Thank you for the map.

Bubble, have you ever put down, paper or computer, the story of your life?  Whatever incident pops into your head just put your age at the top so later you can put it in chronological order. We all need to think about doing that so the generations can see what life was really like and what made us who we are. I had so many questions as I worked putting Mother's in order, so she explained, filled in the blanks how they built the ice house to store meats durning the summer, bringing slabs of ice from the river. Kept the butter cool in the dippers of the well, how they made cheese how thoughtful friends were when the little girls got wet on their long walk to school, taking them in to dry off before sending them on. She remembered a life of love and hard work with lots of reasons she could have been bitter. And, NO, I have not done this yet! 

Patricia, I think the little rain we got this week has helped fire danger. We are in a real dry period so concerned about anything burning.

Like your quote about women, Amy, never heard that one before.

Rick, like you, not enough rain so anything that comes out of the hose is "high dollar" city water & it is high here. Speaking of high, been pricing the 3" chlorine tablets for the pool & they are out of sight! Had to order a couple new floaters & brush for the pool so far, but expecting motor & pump will be needed before summer is over. I tried to get the darn pool filled in when we first bought but would have been near impossible, so I just gripe.

Jane, I'm still dreaming of that field of flowers and what a neat thing to do. Glad you've had a good visit and sure you are just a tad eager to see the family back home.  Safe trip.

I'm off to bed so sweet dreams to all and God Bless. Love y'all.......Tisie/Shirley

Shirley, I started writing "life episodes" about 15 to 20 years ago  but after a few years I lost the mood and now I am much too lazy to continue. There are better stories to be found on line or in print!

Ahhh, Bubble, but none better to the family than one written by an older member.     I am still working on fixing my e-mail & the "other" way to communicate but everyday life is keeping me busy. Must get some muscles built up. Still hope the day will come I take off in that motorhome to "see the USA". As long as it sits in the driveway "I can dream, can't I?"

Good Monday morning to all. Hope the day is as special as can be for each of you.

Good morning..

Still hazy outside, I would imagine it is much worse out west and down east.
Stopping at the garage this morning to see how long the job will be tomorrow, maybe I can just wait it out there. Then home to chase dust kangaroos.
Still no rain here, trees are whistle ling dor the dogs to come by.

Shirley, I wanted my friend to write or even record his life,before war and after but he also let it go. Said some of the horrors in the war were best left unsaid.

Better get a move on before the heat of the day catches up.....

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

Good Morning Everyfriend!  It's still a bit hazy out there but heading for a high of 89 today!  It's gonna be HOT!

Yesterday we went over to Ali and Dan's for supper.  We took scalloped potatoes and fresh green beans to cook and Dan made the BEST ribs on the grill that I think I've ever had!  He worked on them all afternoon and when we ate it was like heaven!It's been a long time since I had ribs.  In fact, I cant remember when the last time was!  I don't make them myself!

And the kids were great!  Altogether, it was a good day.  But boy was I tired when it was over!

During the day, some things came up about family and I did some "memories" for them.  Dan seemed interested in separating which side was which!  He's a pretty neat guy and I'm very happy for Ali and the kids!

I guess I better get on my horse and get something done.  I wish you all a good day...better than yesterday but not as good as tomorrow!

Good morning, everyone; I'm in a perfect mood today with a low right now of fifty-five and our expected high of seventy-four, all with cloudless sunny skies. I'm hoping all that rain and cooler weather we sent to the Yukon makes its way further into Canada and does some good.

Bubble, I wrote some of my memories down in college when it was a required assignment in two separate classes. The first was keeping a daily journal read to the class if the teacher chose yours. I suspect most of ours were like those other peoples' Christmas letters.

The second was the most challenging assignment I've ever had, made more complicated by thinking it would be easy. The assignment was to take a memory from the day before and make it into a poem or saga for extra credit. I was happy when both classes moved on to other assignments.

Amy, I hope your van issues will soon be solved. I know it must be difficult and frustrating when you need transport.

Jane, I think you would have earned extra credit in either of my two classes as I don't believe you've ever slowed down, and what  lovely close families you and Amy have!

Bubble, you have lived through some historical times, but life never seems that exciting when it's ours.

Many years ago, for no reason I can ascertain I ceased to be active in Seniors And Friends, although I never lost interest in the activities of all the friends I made.  Now I am back for better or worse assuming you are the same loving and caring group that I came to know and love so many years ago.  I have maintained contact with Bubble and have  made several visits to Israel, although that is no longer an option due to my declining years; but Seniors and Friends will always be the link.
I will leave you for now and bring you up to date later.
Don.

Don...
... good seeing you back...you have been away far too long...dont be a stranger...
Don, i have posted something for you in ( Classical )

Jackie ( UK )

Don, --- Welcome back. I'm sure everyone missed your posts. We're still the same group, though maybe a bit smaller.

Another WELCOME BACK, DON, from Tisie/Shirley in Kansas. Just rejoice in the ones that can make it in here. You have been missed but I ask Bubble about you & hope for the best for all of us.

My son called while ago asking how bad the hail was at my house... not even a drop of rain. They got pounded and then pouring rain (I am jealous). I have a few lazy drops hitting the pool water. They only live a couple miles from me.

Opened the pool yesterday & is looking pretty sky blue already, such a pain in the neck. I tell myself a flower garden that size would be a lot of work. Since I take my oxygen into the shower with me I guess I could get in the pool but haven't been in but a few times in the 35 years living here. I could go on complaining about the prices of chemicals but will shut up.

I was just going to read this time but I have to post to say WELCOME BACK, DON! YOU HAVE BEEN MISSED! In fact, I think of you even when I'm not on this website.  Every time I see a picture of Santa, I think of you!  Don't go away again!

We had Ali and the kids over here for lunch and then when she went home to put the little guys in for naps, Cindy and Christy and I went shopping for a bit!  When we got back, I did a short walk outside and came back sweating!  It's HOT out there!

Now I'm going to go sit outside in the shade and probably let my eyes droop!  Keep on keeping on Everyfriend!  I'll "see" y'all later!

Welcome back Don! I hope your air quality  is better than it is north of you.

Jane, sent you an email .

Patricia, I must admit that I hope the repairs  will be the last for a while.We head to the city for two appointments on Wed. I was to go again on Thur but my friend rescheduled  to next Thur.




 

Good morning..
 
Still smokey outside and no rain during the night.
 
Taking the van in and will wait for it then home to do what didn't get done yesterday.

Jenny, where are you?

Bubble, how is the weather in your part of the world?

Patricia, better share all that rain you are going to get for the rest of the month. We will take some  for you.

Enjoy your day and stay safe..