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We are getting a few days of light rain....the dandelions sure love it

Gracious....you know, I love flowers as much as the next person, but I do draw the line at dandelions !..but rain is good !

Good morning! Coffee is done and hot.

You wouldn't like my lawn...at the moment it is more dandelions than grass. ....I should look into making some dandelion jelly, I heard it was delicious. You steep the yellow petals and make the jelly from the tea.

If you go and pick the younger green parts of dandelions,( the whole plant..a bit of the root included..adds some crunch) they make a wonderful salad. A vinegar and oil dressing with a chopped up egg in it. Dad would take the salad bowl out to get them in to make sure he got enough. Wash them well, And.put in a cotton dish towel and shake around outside to get out the water. Now I am hungry for that as a salad.

You are welcome to come pick them if you would like

I would like to come but not to pick dandelions...But I do think I will go out and get some to add to tonight's salad...and not tell Tod...

Young dandy greens are good but it's to late in the season here to get young ones. The greens have definitely gone bitter beyond any taste.

Yes, you are right, Tina...I was just out getting some and yes they are far too tough already...I may add a few to our salad just for contrast anyway. I have just realized that Dad would go out and get what he called chicory from the yard....I always thought he was just calling dandelions chicory..but apparently not. They are actually 2 different plants of the same family..both edible..

Chicory is good and a longer season. Also pretty flowers. They are edible too.

Sweet dreams all.

Good morning !

I wish everyone a dry day today !

Good morning. I would rather not have a dry day, but I will.

That is the thing..we will all have wherever is given to us...it is just that we have had an inch or more of rain for so many days this week it is crazy. I would like to see the sun for a few days

It is still raining here and the mosquitoes are loving it....they ate their breakfast on me when I went to tend to my chickens.

Sorry for the mosquitos...but that reminds me...are your 2 chicks living out with the rest of the chickens yet ???

They have moved outside but in a dog kennel we borrowed from a farmer's wife....they have an upside down Rubbermaid container as a 'house' at the moment in the kennel. I am not expanding the coop until I know if they are hens or roosters, they say you find out in their 6th week which is next week.

My lawn needs to be mowed....the weeds are taller than the flowers in the flower beds

The way of the weeds. They will take over the earth and then burn down.

First)....I doubt if your weeds are that big...n
second). You will take care of the grass/ weeds..I have faith.

Rod went out and got us burgers tonight for supper. I was going to make homemade pizza and he knows how I hate to work on Sunday...

Pizza is good, Carol. We ordered pizza for the second time this shut down this week.

First)....I doubt if your weeds are that big...n
second). You will take care of the grass/ weeds..I have faith.

Rod went out and got us burgers tonight for supper. I was going to make homemade pizza and he knows how I hate to work on Sunday...

Yay for order in pizza. Apparently we will do that occasionally from now on.

Goodnight. Sweet Dreams everyone.

Sweet dreams, Carol.

My weeds are that big Junie, I have dandelions over a foot tall but I do not want to mow them until the other flowers have started to bloom....the bees need the food.

It will be a clean and mop day here....followed by outdoor work later in the day.

Our cow had a baby through the night, we are now the proud owners of a bouncing baby bull.

I am sure the bees will thank you, Sunny.I

Yay for a new baby bull. You will either have beef or you can sell him later.

Drinking coffee here. Trying it w/o sugar..I prefer the sugar.

Is sugar hard to come by, Carol? I drink black coffee.

I put sugar in everything

My bathroom fan gave out completely....my repair didn't last. Now to search online to find one that will fit exactly in the same cut out.

We use a lot of sugar also. Jonni in particular. But it has not been hard to get beyond the first couple of weeks of food supply disruptions, unlike toilet paper that disappears as fast as they get it in. I am interested in the supply. mostly.

We haven't had much disruption in our toilet paper supply since the factory is in our province but the prices have doubled in price at the least....with no reason for it.

Yes, prices are up for everything. It is dreadful ,to say the least.

Ok the sugar thing..I have a lot if it.. I made sure I had plenty thanks to Tina.
BUT...I am on a statin..and I have researched this extensively..it seems every statin with the exception of prevastatin will drive up your blood sugar (A1C)..I felt fine..until I was put on metformin...then I was still ok until I had the dosage upped...now once in awhile..and there is no rhyme or reason to it, in the mornings I do not feel "right"..and also not all mornings..there is no rhyme or pattern to that either..so I thought I would see if not using sweetener in my coffee might help (?)..I have read that a body cannot tell the difference between real sugar and sweetner.....????

I like dandelions. I've never eaten any but I think they're pretty in yards. How can such a pretty flower be called a weed?

So Junie you're laying off the sugar for medical reasons. The only thing I use sugar for is hummingbird food.

We had a gorgeous day here. 75°. I can live with that.

I use sugar for that as well..my DH loves sweets...they even call his name...even when he is sound asleep.
Well I guess that I will use the simple version, Sheri. Yes, it is to see if I can figure out what my body is not liking. BUT then it could be my reaction to other things. I am also on a lot of Vitamin D...could be that too..my calcium levels are up...way up..as well..

Body chemistry is not something I have studied much. Sweet dreams ladies.

I am thinking I will mow the lawn today then plant my potatoes this evening after supper, they are callousing over.

GG is anxiously waiting to put in her garden but we are still getting frost. I'll make the trenches for the potatoes and she'll put them in....I hope it keeps her from tormenting everyday to put in the seedlings.

Good morning (here). I have groceries being delivered soon.

That's good Tina...is Tangela shopping for you?

Grass is cut, potatoes are trenched and I am in need of a good bath

Now it is tomorrow that I will get my groceries. Stay tuned to this station for further info.

Sunny, I was never able to find any certified seed potatoes and the ones from the store must be treated because they never sprouted. Guess I waiting to long to decide to plant them. You're having frost and I've got squash on the vine. Even the okra is up.

Junie has your doctor mentioned parathyroid disease?

Funny you should mention that, Sheri..I have just had a PTH blood test last Tuesday..of the Drs office has not called menu Thursday, I will call them. But see, my vitamin D had been low for so long my Dr put me on extra D plus the RX that she has me on..that drove up my calcium levels..but thanks for mentioning be that Sheri I feel better
About asking the Dr. About it now.

Sorry for the lack of seed potatoes, Sheri.

I will say goodnight now.. Sweet Dreams.

Sweet dreams, Carol.

Sheri, seed potatoes are scarce here as well. I always get mine early but even then I had to search...I was lucky to find some red, they are impossible to get this year.

I guess we are all feeling the effects of getting older....I have another cyst starting on my ovary. It kept me up with a dull, aching pain all night. I'll order some 'woman's meds~Midol' for pick up later today.

DH is home today...we'll be putting in my new door hopefully. That is after we repair the sub floor that has been damaged from the leaking under the threshold....there's always something to repair. Our house is 25 years old and is starting to show its age.

Good morning !
Wow..I guess I am lucky that my SIL gave me some seed potatoes. He had some potatoes left from when he planted. He had kept some potatoes from his crop of last year also. And as I said, I planted few of my potatoes that were going to seed. I planted 4 of them...planting in pots remember.

potatoes are a fall sown/spring harvested crop here. I would like to try to grow some this fall.

I love harvesting potatoes for some weird reason. Putting my hands in the dirt and coming up with a tater just feels right.

Colt is here. We planted a few more cucumbers this afternoon. It was toooo hot.

Humm, I did not know that Tina, ..that's interesting.
I love home grown potatoes. I sure hope I get at least a meals worth.
And yes, you should plant some !

Sweet Dreams everyone !

Sweet dreams, Carol. Wake well.

Thanks Tina...you too.

We planted 125 seed potatoes...yummy.

A bear knocked over all of our garbage cans...he was visiting house to house through the night.

Did he manage to get into them, Sunny. I hate picking up strewn garbage.

Good morning !

Tina has a good question, Sunny. That would have been quite the mess to clean up. Unless you got lucky and they were empty ??

Raining here....

Yes, and they were all at the road for pick up at 6 am this morning. Luckily I woke up at 5:30 in time to clean the mess....others weren't so lucky. The drivers just drive on by...not that I blame them.

I have only seen 1 bear in my area since I've lived here and it didn't come close to our house. Glad they don't like us.

It is 100° here today. Colt and I walked down the driveway to the mail box and couldn't wait to get back inside. There will be no playing outside today.

I don't understand this time thing. We called Buffalo Wild Wings today because Colt loves their mac and cheese. They are open from 11 AM to 4 PM for pick up only BUT from 4 - 11 PM they're open for inside dining. And some places are open all day but close at 5 PM. To me, this is just nuts.

I think Businesses are struggling between their safety and opening up for income, Sheri. I think it will work out after a while.
We had a bear here a couple years ago.
I'm glad you got the satisfaction of cleaning up before pickup, Sunny. I'm sorry that your neighbors didn't. It isn't windy there, is it?

No, we had no wind Tina.

Times for businesses are really screwed up here as well. Pick up at the hardware store is from 8am-11am then it closes for two hours and reopens at 1pm to 3pm to go inside

We had our first death in our province from Covid this morning.

I'm sorry, Sunny. That's sad. I hope for no more for you.
Our county has been steady at 157 deaths for the last three weeks. But our cases have gone up since masks are no longer mandatory in our county or the county next door. I expect the death count to climb (if it's counted correctly).

Good Afternoon all,

No bears here but we do have coyotes,, hubby sees them in the distance when he walks Milo.. some people go out in desert to walk their pets but he sticks to the streets, course if he crossed it would be desert in some places... Hubby takes him at 6 am and about 8 at night now that it's hitting 100* here.
Our county has had 2700 cases so far and 208 deaths but they are opening up... they are making plans for schools too this fall.. tell you what if I had school age kids they would be homeschooled … glad my Grands in Colo are for sure.. especially the youngest boy Nicoli.. he is immunocompromised so no way does he go out. They were desperate for a new game for one of their systems over the weekend so Dad masked and gloved up and went to store and they texted back and forth to choose what they wanted... He stripped and showered before he got near anyone else... they live in Littleton and it's bad there still... My bil that lives close wants to have his annual 4 of July party.. he called and wanted us to come... Hubby said no way... sorry see you after we can have an inoculation and danger is over,, my Sil is diabetic ..74 yrs old and he has no business exposing her to this crap... he thinks it's all crap... guess till he actually sees someone close get it he wont' believe it...I just pray no one does... none of us are young anymore..

I spent most of the last couple days cleaning up my office and taking all my old tablecloths and making them smaller for table we use now.. left some big for when I drag out portable table but made 4 smaller to use everyday for us.. now I finally measured the window in office to make the blackout curtain for it .had it since we moved in..have plenty of time now.. then we make the pretty one shorter too.. for some reason it's about a foot and half to long, must have been the only one I could find close enough to the right size,, small town wally world - gotta take what you can get here. LOL!

Well off to go make dog bags for hubby to take on their walks.. to clean up after Milo... I try to keep them done up ahead so he has plenty... nothing but time now to get stuff done, not that I can't get lost in a book fairly easy..... LOL!

Stay well all...…
Nana

In our county covid count is 89 with death count at 7..

We shall see what I the next ,6 months to a year bring. The news says the second serge has begun in Missouri..we will see. I hope it has not.

My county has 2.18 million people. Is next door to Los Angeles County with 10.04 million people. LA has 43,952 cases and 2,942 deaths. I think we're doing pretty well given our challenges.
But any county that spikes now is just a second spike in the first wave of this pandemic. We're all still in it. The wave will not be over until it comes near a standstill. Then in fall, alter kids go back to school we will see a second wave. How we react to that as country will tell how bad it gets.

You are rght, Tina. I wanted to buy the kids face masks..found some to use with filters. DD says not to bother that she thinks no kids will have to wear masks when school starts. My 3 born-premature granddaughters are going to pre-school this year..I told my DD that I would happily keep them home instead..
But they are going.,I am so afraid for them...I so wish a treatment or a vaccination would be found.

They take breathing treatments when they even get a simple cold....

Yes, it is a worry.

Sweet dreams all.

Thank you Tina. Good night to you and everyone as well. Sweet Dreams.

The sun is shining, the mosquitoes are swarming....it must be spring here

GG's allergies are bothering her....the pollen in the air is heavy. Her eyes were swollen and bloodshot so it is time to start the Reactine meds for a few days. You can see the yellow dandelion pollen on the windows.

Attempting to finish up the door repair today. DH is quite the helper, he even put in the door knob wrong

Good morning !
spring is a good thing..mosquitoes and allergies are not. Our allergies are much worse here than they were in I!linois.. Rod takes something OTC..I used to take Sudafed when I had issues at home...but since my HA..I get to take nothing, because I steer clear of antihistamines.

Rod had to wash his truck the pollen was so thick on it.

Sorry about the door problems. Hopefully you will be done soon and have it in correctly.

I'm so glad our seasonal allergies are so mild.

That is good because you live in the land of year round blooming....GG would not fair too well there.

I'm not sure of that. My older son had dreadful asthma when we lived back east. I had him tested as almost two years old. He was not allergic to food stuffs. Just everything wirh fir or feathers and anything green growing. He had a couple of allergy shots before we moved. And after we got back to California it was all magically gone. Just mild seasonal stuff. And Dimetapp worked for that. And the nasty ear infections that came with them.

Ah I hear you on that. My youngest had Dimatapp as a prescription when she was very young. Her Dr. Finally gave her an open ended RX.
she needed it so much. But then it became OTC soon after that. Thing is even though the Dr. assured me the 2 were the same strength, to me, the prescription worked better but we had to use the OTC. Same thing happened with Zantec.

Grass is already growing back under my blackberries. DH wants me to wait to get my mulch until we have to go to Lowes for other things. Looks like I will be " trimming " grass again.

Dropping in to say goodnight Sleep well all !

Can you use weed cloth under your berries, Carol? I put weed cloth in places where I don't want weeds to grow and then mulch over that. If I want to add plants, I just move the mulch over nd cut an X in the weed cloth and plant then smooth back the mulch.
Sweet dreams all.

Yes I can Tina..and I was sad to find I gave mine away when we moved. I will have to buy some. Thanks for the reminder.

Desert Dreams be Tina.

Cardboard or newspaper works temporarily as well Junie.

A full day of rain here....guess that means I get to catch up on housework

Yes, I have used newspaper back in IL. I was thinking about it when I was having trouble finding it online...we get very little newspaper here. At home I could count on sale bill paper, and a Local news paper...here nothing like either.

Good morning!

I have used cardboard under my shade cloth too.
I've been up a few hours. Contemplating taking a nap. But will have to feed some lunch soon so 'll wait.

now cardboard I DO have ......

Keep cardboard wet. It won't do much good it water doesn't get to plant roots. For that I use a watering system under the cardboard with drips for each wanted plant.

Junie not sure what size area you're talking about but I've read that boiling water will kill grass and weeds. I've never tried it but have read it a lot of places.

Sheri..my blackberries cover between 16 and 20 feet of my fence...I was going out to measure but it is in the 90's out, and lazy me does not want to go out. The above is my best guess of the area. I think I will just buy some landscaping paper next week when we go to get the other items we need but I appreciate the information.

Goodnight all. Sweet Dreams.