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Day Trip
We took a business day trip, about 200+ miles round trip. It was a beautiful day, a little cloudy but plenty of sunshine. We went south & a little east, through the rolling hills of the Palouse. This is farm country with some brown fields, some green fields, some green & brown striped fields and some fields with tan stubble. I think the stubble ( Read more... ) -
First Tomato, Hydroplane Races
Not much to say today. We ate our first ripe Beefsteak Tomato, on meat and cheese sandwiches. It was better than delicious! We should be able to keep up with eating them right off the vine for a while. Although we have about a dozen tomato plants of different varieties, they are at different stages of maturity. On another note, I'm not able to keep ( Read more... ) -
Snuggles, Garden Progress
Snuggles' story is having a happy ending, except that J is still homeless. C and family are taking good care of the dog. Daughter gave him a bath yesterday and he is staying in the cool house with them, which I'm sure he loves. Snuggles is happy and I'm happy ( Read more... ) -
Updates on Bed, Snuggles
Son Steve called the bed company (EMEDSTORES) this morning, determined to get his bed this week. Their website promises "Lightning Fast Delivery". He was told they STILL couldn't find anyone to set up the bed. They had someone who lives four hours away, but he didn't want to do it. So Steve called around and found someone who would be happy to do ( Read more... ) -
Dog, Chapter Three and Turkey Babies!
Hopefully, this will be the final chapter about Dog. Harry talked to his owner, J, today and learned: Dog's name is Snuggles, part Dalmation (white with black spots), part Pit Bull, and J's had him for 11 years. J is homeless at the moment, but is the someone who comes by every day to care for Snuggles. J says Snuggles is very friendly. Our ( Read more... ) -
Random Thoughts
Marionberries with my cereal this morning and with my ice cream tonight. Yummy ( Read more... ) -
Customer Service Is Alive & Well, With One Company At Least
Bought a new drain cleaning bladder in May, used it 5 times and the side split. I sent Cobra Products an email saying the BrassCraft bladder only lasted forty days. Leslie answered my email and said they would send a replacement. Nice. Told her/him? I'd spread the word about their great customer service. Squeaky wheel works again. Most companies ( Read more... ) -
Puttering As An Art Form
Staying in the house, in just a few rooms in the house because of the heat. I can only sleep, read, watch TV, be on the computer for so long. So I putter. I moved all the plastic containers that can go into the refrigerator/freezer into a storage tub in the basement. I finished drying clothes and didn't start any more loads for fear of blowing a ( Read more... ) -
In The Neighborhood Today
Another 90 degree F day, so I spent most of the day in the back & front yards, sitting & reading my book. Even though I was in the shade 99% of the time, I still manage to have a heat rash on my arms tonight. It's supposed to be cooler tomorrow, but that's what the forcasters said yesterday. I'm not complaining, I'm just looking forward to cooler ( Read more... ) -
Planting. Still
I went out to the back yard potting table about 6:30AM, only to find the sun beat me to it. The potting table. So I hid behind the spruce tree and got about half of the transplanting done. I transplanted the Red Bell Pepper plant into a small redwood tub; the Cilantro into a lime green plastic planter; the Italian Oregano, another Oregano & ( Read more... )