In the garden, and RAIN!!!!
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Dandelion fluff around.
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Quote:And I bet the lawn care ppl are going nuts!
Originally posted by Brenda:
Dandelion fluff around.
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You have dandelion fluff already?? I always associate that with summer. There are no dandelions even here right now - not even sprouting that I can see.
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:Quote:And I bet the lawn care ppl are going nuts!
Originally posted by Brenda:
Dandelion fluff around.
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I'm sure they are Sig.
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Originally posted by 1KIKI:
You have dandelion fluff already?? I always associate that with summer. There are no dandelions even here right now - not even sprouting that I can see.
I haven't walked near any really green areas lately but I can't think of anything else it would be. I mean that produces this fluff blooming now.
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I think you're right - a relative who lives at your latitude has dandelions.
They also mentioned the twilights were getting long. You have to be at least up that far to get those beautiful blue twilights.
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Well, we have dandelion fluff over here! Also sow thistle fluff.
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It all started with a couple of fluorescent tubes going out in the garage, so hubby ordered a dozen replacements with a brighter, whiter light from Lowes. Such pieces of go se!. Two of them didn't work right out of the box, and most of the rest either took over a minute to turn on fully, or spent the entire time flickering/half-on.
How annoying! So hubby ordered replacement LED tubes that fit right into the old fixtures, the only thing is that you have to remove the ballast and rewire the fixture. fortunately, he knows how to do that. So I was his trusty helper for the first six tubes and dear daughter was his trusty helper for the next six while I went in to make dinner.
The garage looks awesome now! I hadn't realized that the old tubes were so dim ... and getting dimmer. I thought it was just my aging eyes!
There are still six more to go, but we don't have the LED tubes and tomorrow is shopping day anyway, so no garage work tommorrow, just front yard weeding/pruning/thinning and shopping.
Meanwhile, the pain continues. Sigh. It's not my joints,it's my tendons or ligaments or maybe both. The minute any bit of stress is put on any joint ... a thumb, a wrist, an elbow, knee, hip, neck ... whatever ... it hurts. It could be something as small as picking up a dinner plate or handing a pair of wire strippers up to hubby. I'm moving slowly, carefully, and very stiffly.
And I'm not even on Levaquin! But maybe it's my statin. Been on it for almost a year ... that would be the LONGEST I've ever been on one before I started this "hurt all over" problem ... but maybe this one just caught up with me! I'm going to go off it for a week and see if it washes out of my system and if there's any improvement.
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Going to (hopefully) be installing the casings on my 4 bedroom windows today. I got the sills I created from scratch as well as the slats that will be behind the casings installed last night. Just that alone looks so much better than they used to and except for a few paint touchups and a lack of closet doors in the 2nd bedroom these rooms look great and are essentially finished.
I got a little side tracked with my brother's stay, 2 weeks of water issues, patching the roof and just generally not prioritizing the correct sequence of things to be done, so in Day 5 of our 80-90 degree weather I still have a brand new A/C unit sitting on the floor collecting dust.
Oh well... Got a cool week coming up with a few nights dipping into the 40's again and what looks to be very little rain. I should have plenty of time to wrap up the windows and get it installed before it hits 80 again and finally keep the humidity out of my house for good.
Then I'll start making a plan for the gutters and the foundation fixes that need being done and hope that the rainiest days of the season are behind us.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Well, you have a lot of work on your plate, SIX! But it sounds like you're making good progress!
I know I've mentioned this in another thread, but ... have you thought of renting a room, or two? You have a large house ... you've posted the pictures, so I know! ... and instead of being a money-pit it could be an income-producer.
Your brother, for example. If he gets benefits and some agency is paying for his rent, or part of his rent, could it pay you instead? (It would probably mean inspections and so forth, and I believe it would mean crossing state lines, so the agency you would be dealing with would be Indiana, not Illinois, so there would be red tape which I know you hate, but might be worth it.)
Or just take on a boarder or two. Here, renting a room with "kitchen and laundry" privileges goes for $600-$800/mo, there it would be less but still a tidy sum in your pocket every month.
I know you have your friend's example of how NOT to rent property, but you'll be right there keeping an eye on things. Just look into eviction procedures .... you may need to resort to that ... and it would mean loss of privacy but could still provide a steady source of income.
Yanno, turn your money-pit into a money-maker, at least for a time.
The reason why I bring this up is because real estate values are predicted to drop. By the time you're ready to sell, you may not get the price that you're hoping for/counting on. And if things keep going as they're going, that backyard might come in handy for raising some chickens and growing some veggies.
Just a thought.
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Originally posted by 1KIKI:
I think you're right - a relative who lives at your latitude has dandelions.
They also mentioned the twilights were getting long. You have to be at least up that far to get those beautiful blue twilights.
I looked it up and yeah, I think I am.
Wouldn't know about those. Truth be told there are very few flowers and plants that I can identify on sight. I am no green thumb.
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