In the garden, and RAIN!!!!
POSTED BY: SIGNYM
UPDATED: Thursday, December 25, 2025 04:27
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Quote:Woo hoo!!
Originally posted by Brenda:
Hey SIG. Saw a message on Twitter this morning from Doug Hershnall the actor who plays DI Perez. "Shetland" is back on.
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If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake
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Trenched out 1 side of the house, scrubbed it with Dawn and TSP with a rinse in between and then I had to mow the front lawn and do some random yardwork while I was waiting for it to dry.
Didn't finish tarring the foundation on that side before the sun went down, but that's what my cordless lamps are for.
2/5ths of the hasta bed area down. 
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Well, still no rain by me or thunder storms. Though some folks have been allowed to go back home after being away for a week due to a fire up in the Interior. So that's good news.
Calling for rain around me again for tomorrow. Have no idea if I will be dry or wet on my way to mah jong in the morning. Have to see.
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Still no rain where I am. Have to see what the weather says tonight.
Another lousy morning at mah jong.
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Seems like the rain is avoiding you!
And decent tiles, too!
I hope you have better luck next week!
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It's toasty around here- around 90 deg, sunny and dry. Not unseasonable for this time of year, but my water bill will definitely go up.
NEWS FLASH! I see my first official tomato ripening. I have a few volunteer cherry tomatoes here and there but this is my first Early Girl. Looking forward to burgers with lettuce and tomato.
Made a couple of new recipes for pork tenderloin. When it's on sale it's a decent price for lean meat, but it's SOOO lean it's hard to cook properly, like chicken breast. I tried different versions of schnitzel but I have to say, not worth making again. It turned out like it's supposed to but so flavorless I don't see the attraction.
I just tried a pork tenderloin marsala and that wasn't worth making again either. Back to stir-fries until I figure something better.
On the upside, St Vincent de Paul did finally pick up items today. House and driveway look noticeably better.
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Got a huge compliment from a neighbor that lives a few blocks behind me on all the work I've done on my house while I was working and he was walking his dog. He said he remembered seeing me working on the driveway a few years back too.
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Originally posted by SignyM:
Seems like the rain is avoiding you!
And decent tiles, too!
I hope you have better luck next week!
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake
It is. Weather people are now saying rain for Saturday. Just have to see.
That is so true. It was a struggle this morning. 2 half way decent hands and that was all. Like you said maybe next week.
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Today I did a dozen little things, starting with a very early morning watering of the back wall pines and moving the van out of the driveway so St Vincent de Paul could get at the donation items. Then I brought in my office plant (and had to vacuum the mat where I spilled some dirt), watered the veggie garden, bucket-watered a spot where no hoses can reach... the bee guy showed up, said we were bee-free and he removed his bee box and hauled the bees away to his apiary, so I paid him ... vacuumed the kitchen mats, raked up the pine needles before I put the van back... did a bunch of dishes and made chicken and veggie stir-fry... then I sacked out on the love seat bc I was knackered!
Still have a metric crap-ton of little things to do, but yesterday I sorted out the big headache I was having with Medicare denying coverage. It was weighing on my mind terribly, but all is good now, so now I can focus on other stuff and feel free to do what I need to do.
Still have a TERRIBLE case of the itches. Most likely a late side effect of one of my infusions, but I scratched my neck open in my sleep, it's so bad. I've tried triamcinilone Rx and coconut oil and Cerave and sulfur cream and cool showers and even permethrin cream (on the idea it was some sort of garden mite) but the only thing that seems to help is Benadryl gel. I'm telling you, if you've got a bad itch somewhere...mosquito bite, spider bite, sun itch, hives ... try that stuff. It might work for you bc it works for me.
Well, on with a cool shower and slather myself with Benadryl gel and maybe take some oral benadryl and see if I can get better sleep tonight.
Nighty-night.
Tomorrow its onward thru the fog!
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Quote:Isn't that great when someone notices?
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Got a huge compliment from a neighbor that lives a few blocks behind me on all the work I've done on my house while I was working and he was walking his dog. He said he remembered seeing me working on the driveway a few years back too.
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It must mean you've made huge improvements bc most people only notice the bad stuff.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake
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