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whodat111/susan posted an update Thursday, Jan 27, 2022, 7:56am EST, 2 years, 3 months ago
Hi Potties! 'Bout time I stopped by to catch up with everybody.
Max - I was sorry to hear you had furnace trouble. Did you have a space heater or 2 to keep you warm? I'm glad you were able to get the furnace fixed so quickly.
That was an interesting bird buffet you put together. Sometimes Walmart has bags of shelled peanuts & I buy those to give as treats. They're too expensive to give them all the time. I put out suet blocks, in bad weather the big seed blocks, sunflower seed in the flat feeder the doves can use & mixed seed with sunflower included in a regular feeder. The titmice & nuthatches can empty the peanut feeder in a matter of hours.
Nobody in my family was "craft-inclined". The nearest to that was my great-aunt Ruby who loved to cook. The women in my family tended to be more interested in gardening than inside skills (me too). As a result there were no quilts, rugs or afghans made. My mom knew how to crochet & embroidery but never had much spare time to do it - too busy making a living & raising me.
I've had a little overcast but no rain lately. The days have been in the 40's & 50's with nights in the 30's but are told the high this coming Sat. & Sun. may not break freezing. I saw on the weather channel that my friends in Lakeland may get as low as freezing over the weekend. That's always been major cold when I lived in FL. I can remember when it would get that cold my mom & grandmother would take sheets, towels & pillowcases out to cover the tender plants like hibiscus for the night.
I didn't know it was so hard to adopt a pet in FL now. Is Lakeland too far for your daughter to go? I support the shelter there & she'd be welcome to use my name as a reference if it would help.Shelly - You must have terrible weather coming your way. I was watching one of the weather channels the other night & they actually mentioned Erie by name. They almost never do that - just Phillie & Pittsburgh. I hope the man came & did some insulating on your addition - I can't image anybody doing construction up there not insulating for winter weather. Are you thawed out now?
I worry about my fish 'cause it's not cold long enough for them to hibernate thru the winter. When I went out back yesterday they met me at the surface after hearing the back door open & close. I expect they'll have an ice roof in a few more days if it gets as cold as expected. Our daytime high Sat. may not be above freezing so I'll be sure & fill all the bird feeders as soon as it gets daylight. I can't do it before morning or the possums & raccoons will empty them.
I'm not familiar with Hancock but I have an old friend who lives just across the SC line from Augusta. It's about a 2 hr. drive on I-20 from Atlanta. I've driven down there a couple of times in years past & that's the most boring drive in the world. The only break in the monotony is when you go under an overpass!
Zac was here first. When Bear moved out here in 1984, Zac's family already had their home built & Zac was about 4 yrs. old. I think he's in his early to mid-30's now. He's been a real blessing ever since I had the wreck & needed so much help that 1st year or so when I was recovering. He still makes himself available when I need help & I try to not ask him too often. He has a really busy life between about 4 jobs & a young family.Gordon - That king parrot was a show stopper. When I was a child I had a collection of bird pictures to color - kinda like paint-by-number only crayons - for some reason 1 of the birds was y'all's gray & pink parrot (gullah?). I'm been entranced by them ever since.
I'm sure Sylvia is more than glad to be home. I thought Australia wasn't as bad with covid at 1st as we were but it sounds like y'all are almost as bad now. I hope her recovery in quick & easy. Bet the puppies are glad she's home.
The article on the moth was interesting. When I was little I remember seeing something similar but only about as long as your little fingernail & light grey. I they called them bagworms - when they called them anything at all.Marson - I loved your joke but think it was all too true. I must have C-Nile - too obvious to be the D-Nile version.
Good luck with your new computer. I really need to upgrade mine since it's a good 10 yrs. old but I'm paralyzed with dread at the thought of having to figure out new technology. My cats are more tech savvy than I am!I haven't done anything useful since we had this last batch of cold weather. One warm day I took the leaf blower to both decks & today I ran up to the mailbox for the 1st time in days. It's a good thing I made the mail run - had a couple of bills there that need paying & a bunch of books I'd ordered had come & were pretty well filling the box.
I may not go to the booth this week unless I have a sudden spurt of sales. I've covered the rent for this month but not much more so don't have a lot of empty spaces. I may just wait & go next week when I have to pay the rent & may have a few small things to take along. Since I pay for my U-Haul space early in the month, I may bring a few things home from there to clean & tag for my next trip to the booth. U-Haul has upped the rent $5/mo. so I really need to work harder on getting rid of that stuff & bringing the good stuff here so I can give up the space. Just don't have the room here to bring anything.Everybody hunker down if the cold weather is headed your way in the coming days. Gordon, you & Sylvia just stay cool. Later.
Susan