-
whodat111/susan posted an update Saturday, Dec 11, 2021, 1:44am EST, 2 years, 5 months ago
Hi Potties, happy Friday!
Max - Your fog from a few days back has found its way up here. Pretty much no visibility tonight & drizzling off 'n on. I didn't get the bathroom fern out today but may try tomorrow. Only bad thing about putting it out is the trail of bits of frond it leaves thru the house when I take it back & forth. I don't understand what happened to your neighbor's magnolia tree. We have gazillions of them up here (kinda the trademark tree of the old south) & even though we've been known to get down to the single digits at times, ours seem to take it in stride. Broke my heart when 2 huge magnolias were cut down to put up a Bojangles nearby a few years ago. They could have been left without any effort at all.
I finally made it over to the booth yesterday with my stash of garlands that I drape across most of the shelves. The job was made more pleasant since my next door boothmate was in to restock her booth. First chance we've had to visit in quite some time. Not much in the way of sales so far this month but I expect Dec. to be slow. Guess folks are spending all their money on new stuff.
People will steal any thing that isn't nailed down. Years ago Bear had a pair of about 30" long cement planters up by the road (very, very heavy) & somebody stole both of them. About the same time I had a length of "snow fence" up by the road that I was going to use to border a flower bed - same thing with it. I've always wondered what the thief did with it. Keep in mind that our houses are on a double dead end & the area was pretty much undeveloped back then. Needless to say, neither of us put out anything movable after that . I do put seasonal flags on the side of the storage shed & Zac mounted my American flag on the shed last year. No sense in temping the wicked.
Katie - Your Subaru is barely broken in yet! Not sure about its exterior since y'all do have some nasty winters up there. I saw on the TV tonight that y'all may be in the midst of some bad weather. They mentioned an Amazon warehouse in IL (I believe) got pretty much destroyed by a tornado tonight.
Post a picture of your tree when it's dressed? I haven't put one up in several years but have toyed with hauling out one from year's past. Not likely since I haven't gotten off my behind & done my cards yet. Maybe while I watch TV tomorrow. At least I got a start on the charities I support with their matching gift programs today.
Gordon - I can't imagine having real, live koalas on my property. I get excited enough with raccoons & possums! The dratted cowbirds winter in S. America & come up here in the spring & summer. They take advantage of other birds & eat lots of my seed before going back south at the end of the summer. I wish they'd lose whatever they use for a map to find my place. Other wanted seasonal birds seem less frequent than they used to be, to my sorrow.
Wonder if Marson's frozen in yet. She may be north of where the current weather is happening.
Wish we'd hear from Shelly - always enjoy her posts.
Think I may have finally found an electrician to fix the outlet that Irish "sprinkled". Spotted an ad in our little area newspaper & gave them a call today. They actually returned my call & may get back to me over the weekend. I mentioned to the lady that one reason I called them was that their ad said "veteran owned". It's her dad's company & he's a Navy vet. Told her so was Bear & he'd want me to support a fellow veteran. Now hoping things work out. I'd be really happy to have 2 outlets replaced & my closet light back working. We shall see.
Put my flannel sheets on the bed last night. This may be the last time for that set; they're a bit the worse for wear. Can't imagine why since they can't be more than 20 years old!
Think I'll feed the zoo & go crawl between those flannel sheets & read myself to sleep. Everybody take care - especially those where the weather is nasty. Later.
Susan