Hi Tillie,

I am sorry about the dust and pollen.

And that you are out of craft supplies!

I'm pretty sure I have enough craft supplies for the rest of my life. Even if I ran out of storebought, I could always dig clay out of the yard and refine it..... And there is the woods and the marsh and the creek bed....

I went for a walk with dh today and ate some more raspberries.

I also FINALLY started cutting squares for baby wipes. I cut twenty of the terry cloth and the rest will be all flannel.

My neighbors are having a pool party. Dh thinks it is ok because they are outside. He thinks they will socially distance. I think they will drink too much and spread germs.

There is still caution tape across my driveway, but it is ok. They wouldn't invite us or come over anyway.

Tomorrow I have a little glazing at home I want to do.

Good Afternoon Ya'll

Only 88F in the shade today.
With the wind raging, it only took half an hour for the towels & washcloths to dry on the line.
Sheets & pillowcases even less time.

I'm bored.
The wind is really messing with my allergies making me cough a lot.

Both cats are bored and napping.
Scooter in the rocker & Twinkles beside me on the couch.
I would take a nap too but I'm not sleepy.

Good Morning Everybody

Winds picked up by 9am and will continue to get stronger all day.
Fortunately the temps will stay in the 80s.
This will be an extreme wildfire danger day.
Already a major fire in Reno area.

Have some laundry to do today since last night I put clean sheets & pillow cases on the bed.
Kitchen is staying relatively clean since I haven't been cooking, just eating lots of fruit/veg and bagels & muffins.

The dust in here is pretty bad again and will get even worse today.
Constantly have to wipe it off the counters and table.

I keep brushing Twinkles but he keeps shedding and pulling fluffs off himself so the carpet constantly needs attention.
Wish he would let me brush his belly.

Switching Scooter's cereal out for another kind to see if that helps with his scarfing & barfing problem he's developed recently.
He just eats too much too fast. Hope he doesn't like this other brand as much.

Need to find an activity to get interested in.
Some kind of craft or something.
All my craft supplies have been used up and I don't have any more beads or fabric or whatever to do anything with.
Still have some pencil puzzles and am tired of videos. ;p

BIG ((((HUG)))) Subclinical
Feel better...

Good morning.

I am shattery today. Dh is trying to taje care of me.

Cm, I'm glad things went smoothly. Hope the kitty settles in with you.

It is raining today, so no new boy kitty who does not have a name. Mr. kitty is sleeping in chairs.

Hi CriticalMass

All I had to do was copy/paste it in the bar. 😀

So sorry you are having puter issues.
There may be a program running hidden in the background.
Some sort of add on that you do not want taking up all the power.

I have removed so many since it updated yesterday and now it's able to work faster and not being so stupid, doing stuff I didn't want it doing.

Glad Roommate is doing well. Steven had no side effects and felt "normal".

Having the proper support and firmness and padding in a bed can make all the difference.

YES! get out and take walks in the evening when it's cooler.
That really will help with so many things and help you feel better overall and get some more restful sleep. 😀

Hang in there Kitties, soon things will be back to normal (((HUG)))

The wind has picked up and it feels like being in a blast furnace out there.
Have the hose slowly watering trees so I only need to check on it every hour or so.
103F at 1:35pm and humid too. :p

THANK YOU!!!
It worked GREAT!!!
Those strawberries look so delicious.
I have been wondering if Kitties get too quickly bored with that ball tower toy.
Such beautiful flowers and you capture them so perfectly.

😀

Tillie - try this and let me know if it works:

instagram.com/bunnyplanetqueen/?hl=en

I don't know if you have to put https:// in front of it or anything. If it doesn't work as is you might try doing that. IG works a bit differently on my laptop vs. my tablet vs. my phone, so it's hard to tell.

Technology! 😛

Had more freezing with my computer and I'm going to contact the computer place soon to talk to someone who knows something and maybe see if I should take this computer in and have them try and talk some sense into it. First of course I would need to get an idea what that would cost.

One plan would be to have them install Windows 7, and I could just use it while NOT connected to the Internet (to avoid hackers), and also run the Linux OS from a USB stick. Best of both worlds maybe. Plus if they can help me optimize the Linux I may have better luck with it. In any case, geek jargon aside, I can't keep on fighting with this blasted machine when I want and need to get some WORK done. 🙁

SubC, does new kitty have a name? I concur with Tillie a Barn Cat would be good to have.

Our grey boy was distressed in the wee hours and let it be known with much me-yowl-ing. Tonight I'm going to try to make a ritual of going to bed out here on the couch, try and get him interested in sleeping with me; maybe that'll calm him and I'll enjoy it too.

He and missy are usually okay until they see my roommate come through or she goes into the bathroom, etc. Then they are reminded of her existence and want to go to her and can't understand why that is not allowed right now.

We are going to try and watch some Dark Shadows here in a bit, with her sitting socially distanced from me and blocking off her lap and the side table so the kitties can't try to get on her. She is feeling pretty decent, no major side effects.

Despite yowling kitty, I slept okay and my back feels a little better. Two pillows instead of one last night were a good idea. This is the same type of musculoskeletal pain I was having back last fall or whenever and the doctor did that adjustment, was going to have me go for PT but then I found a different spot on the mattress and the pain went away.

Clutter is to blame for this new round as the bed is just a nightmare. I'm hoping I can get all the crap that doesn't belong there gone when I return to sleeping there. And if possible go on some walks with my roommate. I've turned into too much of a couch potato and that's not good.

Lots of these things needing done will be easier now that we have this big event behind us. 🙂

Good Morning Everyone

Hi Subclinical
We missed you but we really do understand (((hug)))

GREAT! that the rat population is noticeably better and less smelly!

We know that virus would be spreading out from the cities and I wish your DH and Steven would be more careful.
It was important for us to use precautions in the beginning and it's even more important now with the wider spread.
You MUST get to see your Grandchild even if you have to quarantine your DH away from you at home.
((((((HUG))))))

My state has ordered everybody to wear a mask at all times in public.
The other day Steven subjected me to a rant about how he went off on a grocery store cashier about store policy.
Steven was angry that the man snapped back at him.
That poor man, trying to do his job just checking groceries and having to listen to people beotch at him about store policies all day long.

Do you have a low fee spay/neuter clinic near by for "Barn Cats"?
Here for 40.00 you can get a female done and 30.00 for a male and this includes inoculations.

You really could use some good Mousers.

Going to be over 100F today but supposed to stay under 100F the next few days.
Going to water trees and Lilac bushes today.
But mostly will lay low inside and putter and watch Roku.
Laundry is caught up and kitchen is clean but bathroom needs some attention again, as always. 😛

Good morning,

Sorry I've been absent the last few days. I've been going through a period where everything seemed overwhelming and just forcing my way through the essentials and watching too many videos. I'm starting to come out of it a bit today, but I'm going to just start fresh to get through the block of posting something.

Please know that I have been reading and grateful for your posts and thinking about you all even though I am not responding to all of your events.

Very proud of CM.

I slept ten hours last night and I have done chores and started the dishwasher. I have not seen a live rat for two days, although I found half a rat yesterday. The barn is starting to smell better.

I seem to have another new cat. He is a pretty young tomcat, (which is going to be a problem). Yesterday he came within two feet of me while I was petting mr. kitty. I think he wanted some petting, but mr. kitty hissed at him and he ran away. They do sit in the yard social distancing very properly and watch the birds together. Flat Cat will also social distance with them now and then, but still avoids us. We don't see Flat Cat every day.

If he stays, I will have to catch him and take him to be neutered and get a rabies shot. I cannot have him growing up and fighting with mr. kitty.

Cases are accelerating in my state, we set a new record yesterday. And the counties that hold my family's lives are part of the problem. Dh is still playing golf though, and I will go to the pottery studio on Tuesday - I actually feel safer there than at home because all the people seem to be taking this more seriously than Dh does. It may be my last trip. I will fill my gas tank on the way home. Dd was born two weeks early, and I won't go out again after the baby is born because I want to see him.

Thunderstorms today.

Good Evening Everybody

What a day...

Have spent so much time trying to straighten out my laptop.
Got it a little more functional.
There are a LOT of things I am missing and they are irretrievable.
So unfair of them.
Why did they delete some of my links but not all?
They erased Instagram links and facebook and my genealogy links and about 10 other links.
But they did leave me this link but removed some things here like my name and my spam name etc. on the drop down.
Issues on other sites too. 😛

Anyways...
Waited till the sun was lower on the horizon to water.
Finally finished watering at 10:30pm.
But it was not too hot.
Had company out there.
Jack woke up from his nap in the catmint and gave me lots of lovings.
I was worried about skeeters (mosquitos) but I had Bats keeping me safe. 😀
Not sure yet if the tiny green sprout is the Ginger or a weed coming up.
The Grass and the Honeysuckle are really suffering from the heat and look terrible.

Sorry but could you make that a link?
I can't get into the site without giving them all my personal data and allowing them to share that with the rest of the world. 🙁

IG is BunnyPlanetQueen

I hate that Linux - or the laptop I bought - not sure which - has been rather disappointing yet Microsoft has tinkered with Windows until it's a hot mess.

So I feel your pain, Tillie.

my laptop insisted on installing this heinous microsoft edge.

Please repost them for me.

Hello CriticalMass

Very relieved you two are now more comfortable with this whole procedure (((HUG)))
Now it's just a matter of days before things will be back to "normal".

Watch out the side & back aches are not your kidneys acting up.
Anyways, you always need to drink plenty of water, more so now with this heat.

When I browse the clothes in the thrift shop I always smile and think to myself "that WAS my style, but not any more".
We all change. Things that were our style when we were at different ages no longer appeal to us.
Just another part of growing up and aging.
Nobody wants to see an older me in things I wore as a teen. 😀

Arts and crafts supplies are very hard to declutter when you haven't been able to do them for a long time.
Plus getting just the right items is a whole nuther adventure in it's self.

I try to consume my consumables. Sometimes it's hard because I tend to want to keep things for special occasions.
So I force myself to use and enjoy my consumables regularly.
Like my pretty candles, the "good" body powder, the better shampoo, the pretty dress, etc.
Used to worry there would never be any more nice things in my life once these were gone/used up but I was SO VERY WRONG.
Maybe not the same kind of nice things but nice things none the less. 🙂

And now, the followup:

Post 2 of 2: "The Decluttering Status Update Post"

Been thinking about the storage unit and the "UGH" feeling, yet some optimistic ideas are also coming to me. Beginning to remember some elements of the strategies I had brainstormed pre-Covid.

One, for example, was to use some of my stimulus money (make that now "what's left of my stimulus money" but oh well!) to buy plastic boxes for books, and start getting the books that got scattered into order and neatly onto the shelves. And ditch any wobbly shelves. I'm going to be selective as to what books I keep, but I do have books that mean a lot to me and that I will still use.

I had another piece of insight. I think of so many items I own as "my" this or that in a really particular, attached way. For example, button down short sleeved print cotton shirts. I used to wear those more often. Nowadays I don't. Yet I kept a bagful because those were MY button down shirts. The pink flowered one. The blue striped one. Etc.

But really, there is no law that says I have to keep exactly those shirts for the rest of my life! (Tatoulia, maybe this relates to your silk quilt, I don't know - if it does, glad to be of help.) Some hangup I have about "ownership" and it goes back to childhood - familiarity is probably behind it. My doll, my Mickey Mouse toy, my red sneakers, etc.

As an adult, I can choose how to conceptualize my the material things I own. They don't have to be some sort of touchstones. They can just be ordinary things. They can flow in and out of my life, like money does (money mostly flows OUT, but you know what I mean). When a person makes money, they don't stop to ooh and ahh over every bill or coin, or keep those forever. Or when one buys food to eat, they don't plan to keep it forever - one hopes anyway.

That's it - I want to look upon more of my ordinary possessions as "consumables" rather than "keepsakes."

Back to clothes - a few of them CAN be hard since I'm fussy - but that's okay sometimes. If, say, I want to keep my 100% cotton shorts I customize with good pockets that are hard to find. But generic things - like those shirts - only keep what will really be used. My tastes and habits change. If I want one again, go get one. Easy-peasy.

Many categories of "stuff" in the storage unit and at this house to deal with. And so many attachments taken for granted. But I think this "consumables" vs. "keepsakes" concept is going to help.

Only one potential drawback, and that's supplies to create with - theoretically they are consumables, yet the rate of using up stash is not as fast as I'd like (SubC can probably relate to this quite well!). I'm going to have to step up my crafting and stash-busting or decide to pare the stash.

All this, as I've said before, would be so much easier if I had a place of my own, and preferably a studio as well. Still, I at least feel now like I'm reconstructing my game plan and that helps.

Okay! Now that I've said all that, I can take my nap!

An update - and a big "Hello" to Tatoulia!

This got longer than I intended as I typed, so I'm splitting it up. I give you:

Post 1 of 2 - "The Social and Life Events Post"

This morning went amazingly fast. We have been home since 12:20 and her appointment was at 11:00. I had gone to McDonald's across from the hospital and just finished my food when she texted me that they would release her in 10 minutes.

Tillie, thanks SO much for the reassurance about riding in the van. The hospital people gave her some more pointers - between your comment and all of that we relaxed a great deal. Being plenty cautious but not uptight and scrupulous to a ridiculous degree. It's not as different from all we've already been doing with the Covid, actually. Plus it's just so nice to be on the downhill side of all the planning!

Everything fell into place nicely even with the planning, too - last night and this morning. The cats weren't too happy though. Especially little floofy grey boy, who yowled for awhile when we got back. But he is now napping on her little table - and not picking on his sister - yay! She is curious, her default setting for when things are unusual. And playful. (Photo on IG)

Naps are about to happen for we humans too, as it's been quite a ride. Don't know if I mentioned in any posts about my side and back aches - been going on about 3 weeks now, some from sleeping wrong probably, maybe twisting to do stuff, and I could certainly use more exercise than I'm getting. When I can swim again someday, I will not procrastinate anymore, ever. That stretching in the water is what my muscles are screaming for.

So anyway, for now, ibuprofen and an ice pack (not as sweaty as a heating pad this time of year, and it does feel nice). Will also do some gentle standing stretches later. And keep chilling mentally - I probably was so tense and knotted up when I was the most worried, that can't have helped at all. One doesn't know how tense one is sometimes until one relaxes later and feels it leaving.

SubC, I'll pray for a safe happy delivery of a healthy grandson! It really has come around so quickly toward the big day.

Good Morning Everyone

Hi Tatoulia

YEA! for the haircut! 😀

Try not to be out and active when the heat and humidity is at it's worst.
Cities are deadly hot with all that concrete and asphalt holding in all the heat.

I know what you mean by that snaggy foot feeling with that quilt.
Don't over think about how to get rid of it.
You could just ask the closest person to you if they want it or drop it off at donation.
Whatever you decide is perfectly alright, there is no right or wrong. (((HUG)))

YEA! for BF getting the postcard stamps and the cleaning Fairies coming in!

Last time I went into town, wearing the face mask was just killing me.
Making me so much hotter and very dizzy.
The heat always makes me quarantine at home even before viruses.

Need to water garden and grass this evening.
Will do a load of cat laundry.
General tidying up and a whole lot of taking it easy with Netflix. 🙂

Just breathe and stay hydrated. You are doing a great job, CM! You really are. I can certainly understand your anxiety and I just want you to stay hydrated. You are doing a great job.

SubC I cannot believe the baby is almost here!!!

Tillie that must e been fun to run into a friend.

I'm suffering in the heat, as usual. The mask makes it worse. I be stopped wearing gloves and have been very good about not touching my face. I had a hair cut today. My hair was making me crazy. I am not coloring it. We shall see how it grows out.

Bf stopped at the PO for me today and bought me three sheets of postcard stamps. I go through them pretty rapidly. Although the last two days I've only sent one postcard each day. To mom, naturally.

I've been a bit cranky all week. It's tough being in a city when everything is upside down. Our friends (we love their kids) reiterated again today that we can move in with them. It's tempting. They have a big house and a yard. Way out.

SubC I think you mentioned having sweat drip down your neck. When I come I from being outside, it's like something overtakes my body and I am a positively drenched. That happened to me tonight so I took a shower. I was going to shower anyway after having been to the hair salon.

My cleaning fairies did an exceptional job this week. Just so clean. I've been editing what is out and each thing I remove is not missed and immediately makes my apartment feel fresher. What a gift. I have also made a decision on a thin satin, cafe au lait colored quilt which I use at small seasonal intervals. I had it professionally cleaned and I think it's time to get rid of it. It's very nice and looks good but my feet are always a bit rough and they snag on it (sorry to be gross). So I don't like the feel of it. I don't know if I should call my original cleaning fairy (she sends her two friends here to clean) or if I should just take to goodwill. What do you think? I know she appreciates the things. Maybe I'll ask her if she comes into Boston still. I like the women she sends here to clean and. So I think of them as my ladies. In fact, they now clean the doctors' apartment and I didn't go through my original lady. I can't get involved in who does what or how the money is split. I now just pay the ladies in cash most of the time and I've increased what I pay them by $10 to help them through this terrible time. So I don't know what to do regarding the bedding.

I did a quick load of laundry tonight just so I'd have some clean underthings. They are hung on the rack to dry.

I'm sleepy. Will call BF and make sure he got home from work and then off to bed.

I hope you can sleep peacefully tonight, CM.

Hey CriticalMass

Father, give us courage to change what must be altered, serenity to accept what cannot be helped, and the insight to know the one from the other.

Happy you and Kitty had a good nighttime snuggle on the couch.
Sorry you didn't get that rain.

You should be fine on the ride home with Roommate in the back seat.
It will take a little while before she starts emitting any strong radioactivity.
Plenty of time to get her back home safely.

Remember, Roommate will be right there to help answer your questions about any pet care should you think maybe you are forgetting something.

You two will do fine (((HUG)))

Hey

Glad you got your errands done, Tillie, and SubC I concur it's good to have a strategy in place for bridge work and hopefully you won't get flooding but always "Turn around don't drown!". When my roommate was coming back from getting her 2nd shot she saw a bunch of fire & rescue trucks on the bridge and we were concerned someone was drowned in the river. Turned out to be a training exercise. Whew!

I'm sure you have good sense about all that. 😉 I had a momentary mental image of you putting the doggy on a little inflatable boat like the one I used to take to the lake going camping with my cousins.

We had rain predicted for here last night. I think it missed us. Also for the weekend but it was taken off the forecast. Just hot days ahead. Roommate has left for the kennel with her dog.

I have had dreams sleeping on the couch, but nothing bad, and my anxiety has diminished. Kind of resigned, and more able to Let Go and Let God about this crazy world. Nothing I can do anyway. Idiots gonna idiot. Oh, and kitty did stay on the couch with me last night, bless him. He is better than xanax!

So we're getting close to being ready. I'm doing laundry. Need to get a list and schedule made of all kitty, bunny, fish, etc. tasks. Also any radioactivity things to remember. Need to sweep leaves out of the back of the van.

Yesterday I offloaded a few items from the van into storage so I can drive my roommate and she can be on the stow and go seat in back coming back. We should be far enough apart that way.

The storage unit is a disaster. I will have to address that. Do some soul searching and, when weather permits, some of the things I had planned pre-Covid. Sigh. So many things came screeching to a halt. And in many ways it has been a blessing to step off my personal rat treadmill. But problems don't magically vanish in the meantime.

I can't dwell on it now though, or I'll be on overload. Must get through this immediate situation.

Good Morning Anybody

The rain didn't last long but was wonderful.
Made some small puddles.
Scooter and I got wet.
The west side windows are a mess.
The morning is pleasantly cooler today and the dust is out of the air.

Need to do a load of laundry and clean the kitchen.
The bathroom needs some attention too.

IT'S RAINING!!!

Good Afternoon Everyone
105F in the shade WITH humidity 😛

Hi Subclinical
Good luck with your bridge work.
Hope you are never "trapped" either side of that raging water (((hug)))

Did you pick enough peas to bring some inside for dinner or just eat them all like I would have. 😀

WAY TO GO! for getting feed, making cheese and doing dishes!

YEA!!!! for the new cutter!!! ENJOY! 😀

Hi CriticalMass
WAY TO GO! working the computer & tablet!
I know that kind of stuff can be frustrating figuring out how to do it and then getting them to do it.

Don't fret Roommate's treatment & all that.
You two have done fantastic thinking it all out and getting ready.
Plus you can still tweak the arrangements day by day as you get into her quarantine.
The important thing was the safety of your Fur Babies and you've got that covered. 😀

Sorry you have anxiety filled nightmares.
Please keep away from the news as much as possible.
Look at the cute animal pics and listen to happy music ((((HUG))))

Went this morning and filled 3 water bottles.
My Friend was there getting water too, happy time! 😀
Spent about 10 minutes talking but it was too hot.
I saw dollar tree was open and the parking lot was empty except for 2 cars.
There have been some things I had been wanting to get from there for months now.
So I dashed in and was able to easily get my stuff & get out again with only the cashier getting close to me.
YEA! 😀

Anyways it is deadly hot here.
I got lightheaded and nauseous so I have been resting here drinking cool liquids since getting back home.

No new cases of covid19 discovered here.

Hi CM,

Good job cleaning out the files!

Tillie, I hope you got your water bottles filled.

This morning I picked peas and hoed weeds in the garden. ❤️Daughter came by to borrow the truck, so I got to have a nice shouting visit with her out in the yard.

She's bringing it back tonight because we are having bridge work done tomorrow and if she doesn't, her car will be stuck for a week.

Dh says I have to drive my car up and park it near the road. I was thinking I might just skip going to the studio next week instead, but he said no, I need to be able to get out in an emergency - what if something happened with the baby and Dd needed me? Good point. So, anyway, they say they can do the work in one day, but then we can't drive on the concrete for six days, So the only way in or out will be to wade across the creek. If we get a heavy rain that won't be an option. (The water rises as much as 13 ft and flows fast in flood stage)

The baby shouldn't be born any sooner than July 3, so we should be ok. I really don't want to have to pick up her dog and bring it home through the creek.

I got feed today, so I am set for that. And then I made mozzarella cheese and am running the dishwasher.

My new rotary cutter is here, so I can start the wipes, but that might be a project for tomorrow.

That last post I made, I had been going to include some things I had accomplished. But I had to cut it short. So now:

I accomplished some things the other day.

What I did was, I got a bunch of files from my tablet backed up then deleted off the tablet. It was running out of room and couldn't do much if I didn't clear some space on it. Still have more to do but it at least works again.

The laptop is about the same although I did discover how to make it display my file directory tree. It's only been how many months since I bought the thing, and now I can do this basic function. Progress!

Roommate got her first preparation shot this morning to make her body take up the radioactive iodine on Friday. Another prep shot tomorrow. Dog will go to kennel tomorrow afternoon.

We are getting various things ready in the house. It hasn't been an entirely efficient process, but she has this amazing knack for extrapolating logically the steps that need to happen to make XYZ possible - and also the effects XYZ will have on other things. Mainly if I can just catch the parts that pertain to things I need to do, I think we'll be all right.

Yesterday morning I had awakened from a nightmare symbolizing all my anxieties about civil unrest. Felt bad, anxious off and on yesterday. But last night I did get myself to get off any websites that would just bring scary news. I looked at a couple pages of 2020 memes instead.

Also, the kitty had thought I was going to sleep on the sofa so he started curling up on it. So I decided to go ahead and move in there ahead of schedule for last night. Turned out to be a good decision. Although kitty didn't stay, I slept much better. Not enough hours, though, so I may get a cat nap.

Whether or not I'll get a chance to post again here before the treatment is done I don't know. So everybody please take care and I'll be back when I can.

Plan is to go into town tomorrow morning before it's too hot and fill some water bottles.

Good Morning
"Clink!"

Had the fan on all night that brought in cool enough air.
This morning the birds have been very busy cheeping at cats.
The Finches told me Cowgirl Kitty was on the porch waiting for breakfast.

Jack has made himself a little fort out in the Catmint near the birdbath.
He spends the hottest part of the day sleeping in there.
He has smushed down the plants making a Jack sized little bed in there.
You have to get right up on him to see him but the birds have a bird's eye view of him sleeping in there.

Good Evening Everyone

Yum! Fresh raspberries straight off the picker bushes!
Makes putting on your shorts worth it! 😀

Yep, that's what I am hoping too. :/

Fiskars make GREAT products. I only have several different scissors but I love using them.

Bet that last shower felt so good and I hope you are sleeping comfortably by now. 😉

Hi CriticalMass
WTG! for purging the ratty old clothes!
When we dress better it helps our self esteem and that makes us feel better about most everything in general.
You can always put on a pretty top and then change it before doing something messy.
I do that, change when I go into town then change back once home again before doing any messy chores.

I felt good about shopping in the hospital auxiliary thrift shop because they had proper spacing, few customers and everybody had to wear masks.
They also had hand sanitizer placed all around for us to use.
They said they washed or wiped all the donations before putting them out.

I was wondering if you felt that quake, I saw you had one n the area.

The ginger is in the garden now. I'll let you know when it sprouts.
Never did this before but I watched youtube videos and it is so easy.
I really would like you to try growing a ginger plant.
One rhizome in a little pot would make a lovely house plant and you don't have to harvest and eat it.

Tomorrow supposed to be over 100F.
Plan to water the trees & lilacs, watered grass & garden tonight.
Cooler has been running since 10am and is still running now at 10pm. :p

Hi CM,

I got the Fiskars one! Glad to hear you like it.

My ds can also recycle any plastic with a number. I think it's regional. It means you have good recycling. Yay!

Tillie, I put on my pants (shorts) and opened the door and decided not to get the mail. Spent the afternoon getting (mostly) caught up on dishes and laundry instead.

Dh and I walked up together after dinner. The black raspberries are coming in, so we enjoyed a bunch of them in the way back for dessert.

Right now it is so hot and humid that I had to take a break in the middle of evening chores. My hair is pinned up, but sweat is just running down my neck. I'll need another shower before bed!

Tomorrow it's going to rain all day. I'm planning to go down to the studio again.

Today I found another big rat and two little rats (dead) and saw another medium sized live rat. I am hoping the partial rat was partially eaten by other rats. I've got the feed locked down well now.