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whodat111/susan posted an update Sunday, Jul 10, 2022, 6:59am EDT, 1 year, 10 months ago
Hi Potties! A most welcome influx of posts this weekend. Makes my life seem uneventful.
Shelly - I'm so glad to hear that the "fish man" is doing pretty well. I'm sure he'll be thrilled to get rid of the port - it's always a step forward to get rid of something invasive like that. I'll keep him in my thoughts. I've always wondered if those roll up awnings were practical. On property like mine that's covered in trees it wouldn't work - I can barely keep the roof clear of leaves & spend a lot of time just keeping the leaves, acorns & hickory nuts off the decks. It's hard to tell when we'll get rain these days. We had a couple of weeks in the 90's without a drop of rain & the past couple of weeks we've had what the Florida old-timers used to call "popcorn showers" - varying in intensity & duration but enough to keep the flowers happy.
I think I have a trumpet vine up by the road but it's too new to be able to bloom yet. I've never been able to get bee balm to live & have tried several times. I had a clump of red hot pokers many years ago but they died off. I did notice a small clump in a flower bed up by the road at the old house last week. May see about moving them over here eventually. I did notice on my way home from grocery shopping the other day that my blueberries have a few berries ready to pick. Guess I need to plan on going up about daylight in the near future to pick some some & freeze them for Selena Anne.Gordon - Missed your posts & pictures recently but understand your need to rest & recuperate. Hopefully things will get better soon. I'm sure the puppies will be glad to go back to early morning walks. Are you near all the flooding? Y'all are drowning & our southwest is dying of thirst. Too bad we can't share our excess weather.
Marson - glad to hear from you. Seems like you & I share our impulses to rescue plants in need. I have about a dozen impatiens needing to be planted but I just haven't been motivated to get out in the heat the past week or so. Maybe soon.
Katie - I envy you the black snake. I haven't seen our Slither so far this summer & Zac hasn't mentioned seeing him either. I don't think Dennis would hurt him - not sure he'd been willing to get close enough to do him any damage. I think Zac's Shadowcat is responsible for the reduced number of chipmunks since when Slither was around there were lots of the little seed thieves to be seen. Loved the description of your sister's dog - envisioned her back covered with pats of butter & lots of sour cream.
I've been watching the Braves' games the past month or so. My friend Shirley's mama loved the Braves & I find myself remembering her while watching the games now. I really should write Shirley & tell her I'm thinking of Mama Rosalie.
I got up on Thurs. afternoon with plans on watching the game that night & found my DirecTV was dead. Called it in & got scheduled for Friday repairs & when going for a glass of tea, found my fridge, microwave & freezer were without power. I got brave & checked my power box & found a couple of the tabs had partially flipped. Once I flipped them back, all was well. The DirecTV repairman was right on time Fri. afternoon - he ended up replacing both control boxes & then had to practically rebuild my dish. Apparently it got zapped by lightning during a thunderstorm that I slept thru sometime Thurs. afternoon.
On Fri. nite I was watching the Braves' game when a pretty strong thunderstorm with very heavy wind came thru. When the power went out I waited for the generator to come on & it never did. The power was out nearly 6 hrs. & when I woke up this AM, I called & left a message with my generator folks. I'll be surprised if I hear from them before Monday. My annual check & maintenance is due in Aug. so in my message I suggested they go ahead & do the check-up while they're here. For now, I hope the expected thunderstorms don't take out the power again.
Last Christmas the god-daughters gave me the portable Bissel spot carpet cleaner & I've been really thankful the past week or so. Seems 1 of the cats forgot their house manners. Finally caught the culprit about 3 days ago - it was poor not very bright Sunny. I've set him up in a cage for the time being until I can drag out the carpet shampooer & scrub the area he chose for his "mistakes".
Sales at the booth are spotty so far this month. I'll have small sales for several days, then nothing for a couple of days. If I keep up the current level of sales I should cover the rent & maybe a few dollars more by the end of the month. I'd love to have space for another load of smalls out of the house before the rent comes due again.
Sure wish we'd hear from Max. I have a book I've been meaning to send her so may get it ready to mail tomorrow & hope that gets her to contact one of us.
Got a NASCAR race tomorrow afternoon & another Braves' game so think I should head for bed & book . Hope everyone is doing well & surviving the unseemly heat. Take care. Later.
Susan