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Amy · May 18, 2024, 07:08:30 AM

Good morning...

Seems Alaska contacted Oklahoma , Oklahoma contacted Ontario..young pup (son) then phoned me. Thank you Patricia and Jane for your concern. I must admit time is not what it used to be.....now if I sit my eyes just may have Jane's slam shuts!! With Kyle not able to do what he use to do I get the extras. Babe now needs more coaxing to eat and I will take the time to hand feed her.Trying to get yard work plus garden in has been taxing but this too shall slow down (I hope).

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

JaneS · May 18, 2024, 09:19:50 AM

Good Morning Everyfriend and a special "Good Morning AMY!! Thanks for letting us know what's keeping you busy! We all wish you better times! Keep on keeping on and know that if you don't make it in here, we'll miss you!

Today will be a busy day here. Emma spent the night and I think she stayed up a bit later than usual and now she's catching up!

I'll be out for my daily walk soon and Cindy said something about a visit to the Pennsylvania Dutch (Amish) store later today. I guess we shall see!

I wish you all a good day...better than yesterday but not as good as tomorrow! Make it your own in every way and don't forget to share it with us!

phyllis · May 18, 2024, 10:34:04 AM

Sorry I have been missing but have been dealing with a big problem. On last Tues. evening a large tree fell on my house. It did a fair amount of damage to the roof but no injuries to David or me. Right now I am dealing with the insurance co. and other local repair and restoration companies who are helping me to restore my house. It is a headache but everyone is being very helpful and accommodating and it will just take time to get everything done. I'll come in here when I can. Meanwhile,

Take care, All.

CallieOK · May 18, 2024, 12:00:16 PM

Good Morning! As of yesterday afternoon...I'm a Great Grandmother!!! Cooper David was born at 2:24 p.m. Father is "Sir Carson", as I've called him on here. Cooper weighed 7 lbs, 15 oz. and was 20 1/2 inches long. He is the 5th generation to be named David - although my husband was the only one who was/is called that. Cooper's parents and the grandparents live about a 40 mile drive away. I'm guessing I'll meet him when uncle/aunt, who live across town from me, go out to see him.

Phyllis, lots of trees falling on houses across Oklahoma in the past two weeks. So sorry you're having to deal with that, too.

Enjoy your day, Everyfriend.

MarsGal · May 18, 2024, 12:48:31 PM

Phyllis, I am happy to hear that you and David are okay, and hope that the repairs/restoration don't drag on too long.

It is another quiet day today with some off and on rain this morning. It is staying cloudy and in the mid-60s today.

patricia19 · May 18, 2024, 01:49:51 PM

Good morning, I'm late checking in as meet and greets, plus morning chores, ran long. Phyllis, I'm sorry to hear about your house and hope it all gets resolved soon. That must have been a shock when it happened, I can't even imagine.

Calle, that is such exciting news and welcome to Cooper David! I love that name and that family names are contained on through families. Congratulations to Carson and Cooper's mom.

Thanks, Jane, for helping and enjoy visiting the Oklahoma Amish store. The only ones close to that locally, are two settlements in Big Delta that have roadside stalls, Old Believers, Russian, and Mennonites, both sects have several farms in the area.

Amy, it's nice to see you posting. Jane said it best, we miss you when we don't hear, but hope you take care of yourself too when you're caring for others.

JaneS · May 18, 2024, 05:35:44 PM

Hello Everyfriend, especially those of you who have posted.

CALLIE, Congratulations to you and to the rest of Cooper's family! what a special event!

PHYLLIS, thank goodness, you are both safe. The repairs will take some time but it's infinitely better to be repairing the house than it would be to be repairing YOU OR YOUR SON! What a blessing for both of you!

To all the rest of you, keep on keeping on! We'll miss you if you don't stop by. We'll even miss you if you stop by and don't say anything!

We did go to the Amish store today and we spent a bundle and got some good stuff. I let Emma pick a little container of candy and she bought gumdrops and they were all kinds of sizes. They have a little restaurant there too and we had lunch. I had some of the best home-made potato soup ever. Now I have to go get ready to go with Cindy to stay with the kids while Ali and Dan go out to dinner to celebrate their wedding anniversary! We've sure as hack had a fun day. Emma stayed all day and it was great! I wish you all a good rest of the day. Make it a good one!

RAMMEL · May 18, 2024, 06:17:26 PM

I wish we had one of those Amish Stores around here, but it's not to be - to much City stuff here. We do have a few "Farm Stands" around, but I don't think it's quite the same.

Amy · May 19, 2024, 06:37:19 AM

Good morning..

A day of rest here..maybe.

Phyllis I am so glad you and David are fine...houses can be repaired .Good to hear that everyone is being helpful. You have enough stress without adding to it.

Jane, hope you are keeping a journal of your days there. We have a Mennonite market here in summer. I get my bushels of cucumbers and tomatoes there. Get them all at once and not wait on what the garden is producing.

Rick, famr stands are good! You also get fresh produce and maybe even baking there.

Patricia, nice chatting with you. I think I have everything in order here now....sometimes the schedule will go out of whack but that's ok . Most of the garden is in all but tomato plants.

Callie..........congratulations GG!!! I also like the name Cooper DAVID

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

MarsGal · May 19, 2024, 06:59:15 AM

George used to stop at one up Rt. 15 between here and Mansfield, PA. I was only in it once.

Rammel, we used to have a lot of market stands near here, but it is a rare sight now. I am not sure how many orchard market stands are left. There might be one or two. We used to got out to get strawberries, and a few of us neighbors would pile into a car with our baskets and head on over to pick your own cherries, blueberries, apples, etc. Jane, our blueberry picking was up near Winfield if I remember correctly. Otherwise, we did our fruit picking south on Rt. 15, mostly around Biglerville, home of the PA Apple Museum, and Aspers, home to a Mott's apple processing plant.

phyllis · May 19, 2024, 07:55:08 AM

Callie, I add my congratulations on the new little addition to your family. Like Amy, I also think Cooper DAVID is a good name. I love reading about all of the families and their lives and activities.

AND, TO EVERYONE for your encouraging words to me, thank you. You are right, houses can be fixed.

Rainy here today but hopefully no wind. Take care, All.

JaneS · May 19, 2024, 09:45:04 AM

Good Morning Everyfriend! It's going to be a hot one here! The temp is going all the way up to 88 today!

MG, I bet the Farmer's Market where your guy stopped is the one that is practically in my backyard. It's open every Saturday and it has EVERYTHING! I go there regularly! We also have one that is open every Wednesday and there are lots of Amish farmers who bring their fruits and veggies there. I haunt that one also!

I'm not sure what's on the schedule today but tomorrow I'm on my own. Cindy has a call to report for jury selection. She's hoping NOT to be selected and I'm hoping that she isn't selected, too. Although, she would probably be a good one!

Don't know if we'll have kiddies today or not. Daddy is off work and he likes to be with them when he can! But if Ali needs him to help her with the flowers, we might have the kids. Sometimes they go with them to the flowers and sometimes they don't! I guess we'll see!

I wish you all a great day today! Enjoy every minute! And don't forget to peek in here!

Amy · May 20, 2024, 06:55:39 AM

Good morning..

Starting out at 48° heading to a high of 80+°. Company came on their motorcycle/trike yesterday just as I was watering the flowers. We have been friends for over 50 years and always enjoy our time together. She said as long as they can swing their leg to get on the bike they will be riding it. I should have told her my friend in another province who is 79 rode her trike here on her own to visit friends! Now her husband is trading in his motorcycle for a Honda trike..age has a way of creeping up but that doesn't mean one has to give up!

Being a holdiay weekend here there are lots of tourists /cottagers up. Firercrakers broke the stillness of the night last night,hope no repeat tonight. Traffic will be a stinker tonight.

Today is doing the trimming where the lawnmower couldn't get yesterday. Gardening and whatever comes along ....

Enjoy your day and stay safe

RAMMEL · May 20, 2024, 08:35:02 AM

Good morning anyone. We're of to a nice start today. Sunny, warm (58°), and calm.

CallieOK · May 20, 2024, 11:07:15 AM

Merry Monday!

Cooper spent most of the third evening he has been in this world underground in his maternal grandparents' storm shelter!

The tornado that went through the other side of the suburb in which they live was a BIG, long-lasting one. News this morning said it began in the Texas panhandle and fizzled out east of OKC - a 202 mile path!!!

Fortunately, all of my family who lives in that suburb are fine (hope Mary Page's granddaughter and family are, too) and I haven't heard of any damage to their houses. My area wasn't affected.

Today is sunny and supposed to be in the 90's.

Off to find something useful to do. Enjoy your day, Everyfriend.

patricia19 · May 20, 2024, 01:45:30 PM

Good morning, a little cooler this morning but sunny. We finally reached the early seventies over the weekend and hope that continues rising!

Nothing new here, meet and greets, morning chores and some vacuuming yesterday and today. I've been doing some re-arranging and spot cleaning here and there as I can.

Callie, I'm so glad Cooper and family are safe and accounted for. I understand that a new series of storms will begin tomorrow from the west coat through Maine. I hope all in its path stay safe!

Jane, I hope you're doing well today, Phyllis, MG and Rick you as well, stay safe, please.

Amy, what a nice visit that must have been with your friends. I have a few from forty years and one who was actually in my Kindergarten class, which I find remarkable. What is that saying, it popped into my mind, reading your post about silver and gold?

I found two. One from the Girl Scouts, that I partially remembered, "Make new friends but keep the old. One is silver, the other gold." It's from a poem by Richard Parry,

New Friends and Old Friends
Poet: Joseph Parry

Make new friends, but keep the old;
Those are silver, these are gold.
New-made friendships, like new wine,
Age will mellow and refine.

Friendships that have stood the test -
Time and change - are surely best;
Brow may wrinkle, hair grow gray,
Friendship never knows decay.

For 'mid old friends, tried and true,
Once more we our youth renew.
But old friends, alas! may die,
New friends must their place supply.

Cherish friendship in your breast -
New is good, but old is best;
Make new friends, but keep the old;
Those are silver, these are gold.

JaneS · May 20, 2024, 02:48:23 PM

Just as I started in this morning to see what was going on, Ali called and asked if Jim and I could mind the two boys while she kept an appointment for car repairs this morning. We did and they just left. I think Jim's as worn out as I am. I loved it but I'm tired. Just getting up and down on the floor to play with Cam is a chore for me!! But it's a chore I love!

We used to sing "Make new friends" regularly in Girl Scouts and at GS Camp. It's one of the songs that is permanently stuck in my mind! I love it! I sing it still about once a week!

Cindy is still off to see if they want her for Jury Duty! It sure does take longer in real life than it does on Perry Mason!

I guess I'll go read a bit and maybe stuff something in my face while I read! Have a good rest of the day! Don't forget....stop by and share it with us!

Amy · May 21, 2024, 05:13:17 AM

Good early morning..

Woke to thunder and lightening show. Made sure the dogs had water in case we do lose power...hope not.

Yesterday was busy doing odd jobs outside ,I managed to get the trimming done around where the lawnmower wouldn't go.

Due to rain work will be inside .

Patricia, love the poems. If we have compnay and another friend pops by and says I won't come in you have company. I just tell them they are friends you haven't met yet.

Callie, so glad to read everyone is safe and sound. I can't imagine enduring tornados and happy to read they have a storm shelter.

Jane, I bet you slept sound last night after having fun with the kids. Don't you wish we had their energy?

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

RAMMEL · May 21, 2024, 10:01:13 AM

Quote from: Amy on May 21, 2024, 05:13:17 AMDon't you wish we had their energy?

You, we, did one time, and wasted it

JaneS · May 21, 2024, 11:52:46 AM

Good Morning Everyfriend! RICK, you are so right! We didn't even know what it was we were wasting back in the "olden days"!

Cindy is gone again! They haven't finished selecting the jurors yet. She says it's a slow process and there must be a way to speed it up! If she served on that committee, she'd find a way!

I don't know what I'll be doing today...maybe making more cookies for the doggies...maybe some cleaning...maybe some supper! Maybe all of the above! Or maybe the kids will come over again!

You all have a great day...better than yesterday but not as good as tomorrow! And don't forget to share it with us!

Amy · May 21, 2024, 12:24:29 PM

The rain has taken the crab apple blossoms and made the ground pink! Lilacs are sharing their scent but all too soon they shall be gone. The rain will certainly help the seeds in the garden.

Rick, time was something we didn't put a value on back then. Now we covet every second. I know time slips by so fast anymore.

Patrica, do you have lilacs there???

patricia19 · May 21, 2024, 01:18:15 PM

Amy, we do have several different types of lilacs in Alaska. One type grown by a neighbor grew 20 feet. I have seen white, yellow and purple. We also have crab apple trees.

Amy · May 21, 2024, 04:41:08 PM

Patricia, we have all shade of purple and white but I have yet to see yellow.

patricia19 · May 21, 2024, 04:49:21 PM

"Known for its vigorous nature, longevity, and beautiful flowers, 'Primrose' is a truly unique French Lilac featuring abundant large clusters of butter-yellow buds that open to soft yellow flowers, which stand out remarkably well against the backdrop of deep green heart-shaped leaves.

As with other lilacs, the flowers of Primrose are delightfully fragrant filling the yard with heavenly sweet aroma in spring. Can be grown as a large shrub or lower branches removed to form a highly attractive tree 8 to 12 feet tall and 6 to 8 feet wide. Excellent in the flowering shrub border or as a specimen or background in sunny to partially shaded landscape borders."

Amy · May 22, 2024, 07:15:31 AM

Good morning..

Looks to be a nice day with no rain in sight. The rain did put a push on the grass and the rhubarb too!
A few errands in town to do then home to get things done.

I made Flapper pie, a recipe my friends Mom would make when she was a child. Put some in the hidey hole , more like a cream pie to me.

Jane, talked with David and he is off to Harrisburg PA. is this close to your home?

Patricia, I am going to look for those ,can't you just imagine having a row of purple ,yellow ,purple?

Better get the day started.

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

JaneS · May 22, 2024, 09:40:49 AM

Good Morning Everyfriend! I was just getting into bed last night when I realized that I had not checked out here! Cindy and I just got to talking and doing things and I simply forgot to check!
Sorry about that!

AMY, David is about 60 miles south of me when he's in Harrisburg! But he's only about 10 miles from my sister's house! He has gone through Lewisburg before and that's where we met!

I've never seen yellow lilacs either! and yes, a row as you suggest would be beautiful!

We're about to get another storm this morning and I'm guessing that my walk today will be upstairs on Cindy's (whatever you call it). It's thundering like crazy. Ali was going to bring the boys over so she could go work on her flowers but I don't think that's going to happen. I guess we'll see how fast it passes!

I wish you all a good day, better than yesterday but not as good as tomorrow. Make it your own in every way! And don't forget to stop by! We miss you when we don't "see" you!

Amy · May 22, 2024, 09:44:10 AM

Jane, David just read me a sign "Welcome to Lewisburg"
he is by the hospital. I had the name wrong it is not Harriburg but Herndon (sp)

patricia19 · May 22, 2024, 12:05:52 PM

Good morning, 53 and partly cloudy. Tomorrow's forecast is for cooler weather and some rain. Amy, we have several different types of lilacs grown locally, so I thought they had to be in Canada. I checked and yes, available in Canada.

It's a "common Lilac" shade, Syringa Vulgaris, Syringa Primrose yellow lilac which is rarer but grown locally and in your area according to my search.

"Primrose is an extremely rare Lilac adorned with unique buttery-yellow blooms, that is much sought after by gardeners but seldom found. The color actually deepens & grows more intense as the season progresses, especially in colder areas."

Jane I hope that latest storm passes right on by!

Amy · May 22, 2024, 01:20:16 PM

Patricia, I did check it out and yes they are here. I will check the garden centres to see if they carry the Primrose one.
Found this.

https://bambooplants.ca/product/yellow-lilac-syringa-vulgaris-primrose/

Helped Kyle with making a transition strip to make it easier for his to get over the door sill with his walker. Picked up t-bone steaks when out and will vacuum seal them for the freezer.

Tis 80° at the moment, makes one so thankful for a/c!

Amy · May 22, 2024, 01:21:22 PM

Phyllis , how are repairs on your home coming along?

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