In the garden, and RAIN!!!!
POSTED BY: SIGNYM
UPDATED: Thursday, December 25, 2025 04:27
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Sounds funny! I'll see if we can find them!
I used to have to call Quebec from time to time, tracking down specialty chemical suppliers. It was a trip, hearing "Vous avez telephoner xxxx. Pour Anglais presser nombre xxx"
I hope I've translated that correctly! I took French way back when in high school, so I could follow along, but it was a head-spin, being treated as the "foreign language" speaker! I can imagine a lot of humor along those lines!
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
I should think you should be able to find them.
It looks right to me.
Been a long time since I've tried writing any French, not since high school either. I'm used to reading it as in Canada everything that is prepackaged has to have French and English on it. Basically that plays a lot into the films.
ETA: Your spelling of Newfoundland is correct. You write it just as you say it.
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So yesterday I managed to do a ginormous "kitchen cleanup" -two drain trays and a stovetop of drying dishes, pots, and pans.
Dear daughter and I also picked some late beets out of the garden and they had Swedish meatballs with sauce on no-calorie fettucini garnished with chopped parsley, creamed spinach and sweet-pickled beets (instead of lingonberries) for dinner.
Also set up the "grow lamp" for my herb windowsill (I got a "grow bulb" with a standard base and grabbed a spare desk lamp, so I didn't have to buy a whole lamp).
Had a 2.5 hour phone call "triennial meeting" with our daughter's service provider ... not that they provide a whole lot of service, but her continued eligibility is important for other benefits.
Today I think it's going to be beef and vegetable soup, but tomorrow the weather is warming up a bit so I have some leftover roast pork that I'm going to turn into pulled pork with salad for dear daughter (can't eat crucifers) and cole slaw for hubby - an easy fix.
Today also I hope to dust the house and plant the rest of my herb seeds (parsley, cilantro, and two kinds of basil) and if I manage to get that done, I'll be happy. Also need to plan out a menu and come up with a grocery list so hubby and daughter can do the shopping.
Tomorrow would be sweeping and vacuuming if my energy holds up, and back to cooler weather so maybe chicken and dumpling soup.
Not sure if I posted this already, but I had someone get me some tays of chicken feet for the dog. They were supposed to be the "meaty bone" part of her new diet, but she's not a big fan ... mouths them and drops them, not much of a chewer... and cutting them into swallow-whole-sized pieces was a royal pain. Well I had three trays, wasn't sure what to do with, but confirmed online that you can, indeed, make a decent broth from them (country cooks know this!) so I made an experimental broth from one tray, and it turned into a rich gelatinous broth that I can add to regular boxed broth to punch up the flavor, and it works very well. Not that I would bother to get more chicken feet ("Paws", they call them) but at least I can use up the remaining trays and free up some freezer space, as time goes on.
Dog is doing extremely well on her new "raw food" diet. I don't know if it's the new diet (raw meat, organ meat, veggies, egg/cheese) or the calcium supplement and vitamin she's been getting every day, but she's running around like a puppy again, doing donuts in the backyard, picking up her toy and pestering us to play, and pogoing thru the goundcover looking for lizards. Her fur is soft and her eyes are bright! It's good to see!
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Out for my walk in a bit and it can't make up its mind if it wants to sun or rain.
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Quote:Our weather's been like that! Yesterday it started out mostly sunny, but clouded over by noon and got a tad drizzly. Today cool and cloudy, tomorrow mostly sunny (they say).
Originally posted by Brenda:
Out for my walk in a bit and it can't make up its mind if it wants to sun or rain.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
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It sounds like your dog is a puppy again!
Today, I'm continuing to slog through end of year routine filing.
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Quote:all of your descriptions of your dog are exactly the same as my friends dog, after I recommended the dog get Boost. It is a toy dog, several years past life expectancy, which had teeth removed without owners permission, and had stopped eating and had been wasting. I had suggested vanilla Boost, 1/3 of a 8oz bottle per day, or per meal (I forget which now). Delivered with plastic syringe (baster) into the mouth. After a few days, dog would then go to the doggy bowl and eat some again.
Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Dog is doing extremely well on her new "raw food" diet. I don't know if it's the new diet (raw meat, organ meat, veggies, egg/cheese) or the calcium supplement and vitamin she's been getting every day, but she's running around like a puppy again, doing donuts in the backyard, picking up her toy and pestering us to play, and pogoing thru the goundcover looking for lizards. Her fur is soft and her eyes are bright! It's good to see!
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Quote:Haven't gotten to that yet. Oy!
Originally posted by 1KIKI:
It sounds like your dog is a puppy again!
Today, I'm continuing to slog through end of year routine filing.
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If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
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Quote:
Originally posted by SIGNYM:Quote:Our weather's been like that! Yesterday it started out mostly sunny, but clouded over by noon and got a tad drizzly. Today cool and cloudy, tomorrow mostly sunny (they say).
Originally posted by Brenda:
Out for my walk in a bit and it can't make up its mind if it wants to sun or rain.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
It was okay when I went out and was still okay when I came back. It was raining a bit around 4pm but has since stopped. Might rain again this evening.
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Originally posted by 1KIKI:
It sounds like your dog is a puppy again!
Today, I'm continuing to slog through end of year routine filing.
Quote:Well, that and doing the stuff still left undone from last year - of which there is a LOT! But going through everything category by category and finishing each is the only way I can think of to keep myself organized at this point. Doing a bit of one and a bit of another is just too much for my organizationally-challenged brain to manage.
Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Haven't gotten to that yet. Oy!
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