Their days are numbered

 Our trees are almost bare.  We have had some hard, heavy rains.  Combine with the wind, the trees are almost bare.  Except for a young one she planted a few years ago.  It has still got most of its leaves.

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Copper had to go to the vet for his yearly visit.  One vet hurt him 2 or 3 yrs ago when giving a shot, now none of them can touch him. He will listen to them, follow their commands about sitting, lay down, etc...and even wag his tale...but no touching. So Rachel has to start sedating him the night before.  And this one vet will get down on the floor with him and daughter, and daughter holds his mouth open/gums  and his ears and moves them however she wants them to go,  and even places the stethoscope on him while she listens.

Then when it comes to the shots and blood drawing, they take him back and he lays down and they put a heavy blanket on him, and he does okay with it.  

I don't remember if I told you, or just meant to tell you...he notices scents more than any dog I have ever seen, and I have seen and been around a LOT of dogs.  He walks out a lot of times and immediately is sniffing the air, trying to figure out from what direction a scent is coming from.  

Then the other side of that is, if you are walking along with your hands at your side, at some point, his nose is going to be right in your hand.  If you have had anything at all out of the ordinary in your pocket, his nose is going there.  When Kitty lays on my legs at night and he comes up...he examines every inch of my lap.  The throw will be wet from his examination.

So, remember he doesn't let the vet/crew touch him.  BUT, he feels not such thing about putting his nose in their hands!  (They do give him treats for listening to their commands.)  But still...it is just funny.  And today he put his paws on the counter to sniff out the treats, and they some they give normally, but he smelled the salmon ones, and would not settle for the others.  

He has it made and doesn't even know it. 

True Love

 

He is a happy boy when Jeremy gets home!  He loves Jeremy to the moon and beyond.

It has been a day of laundry here...and that was enough.  Plus with the weather Copper has wanted out.  He loves company when he is outside.  Which is okay till the cold weather sets in and then it is not fun.

I just don't have much to say tonight...so will close for now.

The Long Hug

Lorelei and Gus

Gus was giving her a long hug

I am trying to put them in the correct order

This went on for about ten minutes...

Sarah and Lorelei were laughing the entire time...till they cried

After he stopped, they continued to laugh so hard they were crying...

I guess it is a good thing he does not do this every time she comes home...click on the photos for better views.

Another leaf

 Another leaf from the tree out in the back yard.  They are just so strange when like this I cannot decide if I love them or if I just think they are strange.

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Daughter was taking the day off, but ended up having to go in to work for part of the day.  Then around noon we went to the 4-h fair grounds to a Doughmaker's sale...they make baking pans, etc...along with their pans they had a lot of kitchen gadgets.  Maybe I will report on them at some point, but not now.  

Also, tonight we went to see the marching band....it was senior's night.  The seniors in the marching band got introduced along with their family members.  There were 43 I think.  A lot of seniors.

Then the band did their full performance, in their outfits.  I do not see how they do it.  I have always wondered that.  I don't see how the directors do it, nor how the students follow their directions. And there are almost 300 members of the band.

That is it for the day.  I hope you have a great weekend.

The tree

This is the tree that the dark leaf in yesterday's post came from.  I just love to watch it change.  

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I almost forgot that it was my night to post.  I try to do every other night.  Sometimes I just simply get other things on my mind and don't think.

I made a pot of vegetable soup this morning.  I managed to not make a HUGE one...it is still a lot.  I just simply love soups.  Roger ate a bowl but probably won't want another.  That is okay...I can eat vegetable souple for 3 or 4 days and not be tired of it.

I just sat and sewed more on my binding...a couple more needles of thread and it will be done.  All corners have been finished.  They are the tedious part of it since I make a mitered corner and I like them to look as nice as I can make them.  They are still not perfect.

I hope you have a good day tomorrow...

From the back yard...

There is the above, and then there is below

I just love watching the color change. 

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Nothing exciting today.  And that can be very good.  Though there are places I would love to go, I try to be thankful I can do what needs to be done.  All I have to do is think back to when I fell in 2018 and it puts things into perspective.

I have had a couple or three days where I did not touch my binding.  One day I was just too tired to even wiggle by the time I sat down.  One day I was upstairs for something and had to sit and wait just a few minutes so thought I would sew scraps together.  My foot pedal would not work. (It is basically the gas pedal of a sewing maching)  I picked it up from the floor and noticed the wire to the thread cutter had spots where the wire was bare.  Just a couple tiny ones.  

So on one of my trips to walmart I got electricians tape and yesterday was the first chance I got to go wrap the bare spots.  There were only two little ones.  And it is not like the electricity runs through it all the time.  The thread cutter is beside the pressure foot..but has separate wires.  

The pressure foot would work for a couple inches then stop...and next time I pressed did not work.  I tried looking on line to find it and what to do for it.  I never could find my exact foot...but found a place that said to take foot pedals apart and clean if they stopped working.  Well, I worked and worked and finally got it till I could sort of see inside, and I used Qtips to wipe as much dust as I could.  I could see nothing that looked wrong.  But this was not like I had it all the way apart.  It was opened up at one end about an inch or so but still hinged at the back end.

I cleaned as good as I could and then had to work at getting it back together...and how it slipped back into place is more than I know but it did, and I took it upstairs and it seems to be working fine.  

I looked and looked yesterday trying to find an alternative to it, but no luck.  I did find two places that had had one at one time.   Maybe it will be fine from now on...but I sure would like to find a back up pressure foot.  

That is it for tonight...

Not much going on...

At one time I knew what this is called but I have long since forgotten. I do think it is beautiful.

I have did very little this day other than fixing food and washing dishes.  I did go to Walmart and Tractor Supply with my daughter.  I had not exactly forgotten an item or two at Walmart, but was just sure I had some left only to find that I didn't.  Then I also got a couple more items.  Do you always find 'other stuff' when you go to walmart.  I do, not that they aren't needed, just that I don't have to buy them then.  But I get them in case something happens and I can't get back for some reason.

Before Covid hit, I had started buying some things ahead, such as toilet paper, till I would not have to buy them in winter.  Less to fool with in the cold.  I have not did that here, but I will probably start with a few things that I have to buy all the time.  I have several things that are delivered by amazon.  I like that because it is less I have to shop for, less I have to carry out of the store and into the house. 

But during it all, I only did pick up one time.  I would like to do that now for some of the bulkier items, but hate the idea of having to be somewhere at a certain time.  Cause again, I never know what is going ot happen. Most mornings go smoothly, but not all.  Still, I do want to try it again.  Did you do pick up, and do you still do it?

 

Had this for a long time...

 I have had this in my camera for a long time and just last night downloaded it...I thought when I took it that it would better than the one from my phone iposted a while back...now I am not so sure.  It is one of the hydrangeas my daughter has.

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I am doing quick posts before giving meds.  My lamp came late yesterday...I tried it yesterday evening and I think it is going to work great.  I was so busy all day long yesterday, that when night came I was too tired to stitch a single stitch.  But I am going to try in a bit I think.  I did have time to sit today and stitch for at least an hour and a half.

Tell me...have any of you became all thumbs with age?  I do think today was part because my hands were so cold, but know I accidentally unthreaded the needle two or three times.  Thankfully, someone pointed out a needle threader that has a light...I cannot find it on amazon now.  Anyway, it is a real help.

And I have a Clover Dome needle case that is another handy gadget...I can set and load up to 10 needles with thread, and put them in it and wind up the thread...it keeps the thread untangled, and I can just reach and get one instead of having to stop and hunt out everything out of the sewing box and thread a needle.  I usually do 6 or 7 and it doesn't take much more time than to do one.  

Anyway, it was so enjoyable to have even the daylight to stitch by today.  I am hoping to put in more time after meds...

Autumn

 I just love pumpkins, gourds, squash...love all the interesting shapes and the colors.  I really love those little decorative gours...I think I even had a plant several years ago.

I almost did not post...I thought it won't hurt to skip it tonight, but then thought I need to do it if I am able.  

I wonder what/how Sandra and Bob and Beau are doing.  I hope they get their power back soon.  I just cannot imagine being without power this long...

I have been very busy this day with just the normal chores.  I was hoping to have time to stitch on my binding, and I could have had time, but not the lighting.  I do have a lamp that is supposed to get here tomorrow.  I am looking forward to having it.                                                                                                                        ********************

The past several weeks I have been watching old series from beginning to end...an episode or two a night...plus have had The Moonflower Murders and a new season of Van der Valk to watch.  

I cannot even think of all the ones I have watched.  I should make a tab and list each thing I watch....just to have for my own information.  I can go back and see viewing history but always takes me a bit to figure out how because I don't do it enough for it to become in grained in my brain.

I heard from Sandra

 I will try to copy a few of the things she says...

They are still without power...no cable TV, no internet, and some that got power back on still have no cable, and Tv, and internet.  She said itis like the city was bombed every day.

When they drive down the street to get two bags of ice, they have to do 4-way stops because signals are not working.

Her son and his wife lives in Clearwater about 40 miles away....they had power back last night but no TV or internet service.

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She says they are doing okay but the worst thing is from a diesel generator next door.  There is the noise, which ear plugs help for that, but there is no help for the fumes that fill the air in their house, in their yard..  

That is the basic info she sent...

Are you ready for snow...

 I am not, but I always love working snow scene puzzles.  

That being said, I think this is the first summer ever when I have looked at snow photos and wished I could step into the for just a while.  I don't know what the official record is, but I feel like this has been the coolest summer I have ever observed in Indiana.  I am not complaining, though I guess I am some...there were a lot of days it was not comfortable to read outside.

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I had no new info from Sandra today...I did notice their weather is warming back up.  I pray they get their power back on sooner than expected.

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I got the binding made and sewn to my quilt...not just have to flip it to the back and sew by hand.  Not sure how long it will take...I need to make the plunge and try and buy one of the lamps to work by at night  

Ssturday update from Sandra

 The easiest way to tell the news is to just do the screenshots of her message.   I basically let her know I got it, but I do not message her at all through the day because i know she is trying to conserve her phone Data and energy.  It is not like she can just plug in her phone and charge it.

I cannot imagine being without power and internet so long...anyway here is her message...

I hope the FPL is right and power is back by 17th...that is still a long time to wait.  I hope the break in temperatures holds.

From Sandra

 Just got the following from Sandra:

I ask about the temperatures and living with no AC. Here is her reply...

Sandra made it through

 I just heard from Sandra, the Mad Snapper...they survived the hurricane.  She asks for no one to email or message till I let you know it is okay.  She is without power so trying to conserve her phone.

They have trees down, but none on the house.  They have some damage, enough to have to contact insurance.  But she said it is not bad.  If she sends more info, I will try to do an update soon as I can.

hahahaha

 I suggest clicking to expand...every time I run across this photo I laugh.  I think it was taken in 2011.  It was out at the strip mining area.  I did not know I had captured this till I downloaded my photos.

They were coming in for a landing on this pond of water, but they would get just within seconds of touching down and put the brakes on...and instead fly around in a circle and come back like they were going to land on the water, only to repeat.  I don't know how many times they did that...at least 3 or 4 and this was one of the shots I took.  They eventually just flew away.  I never did understand what frightened them.

I have been busy all day but I can not tell you what has kept me busy.  I did run to Walmart...but was there and back in about an hour exactly and the walmart I go to is 8 miles away.  I did go upstairs and make my binding for the quilt, but still have to press it.  I cannot wait to get it on the quilt till I can have hand sewing to do.  Some people hate the binding part of quilts, but I love it...

Not long until bedtime..

One of these days...

 One of these days it will be finished...but sometimes I am not sure it is going to be this year.  I do have the fabric picked out for the binding...but I still have not quilted the 'orange peels' because I cannot decide what design.  I have had it ready to trim for a couple or three days but by the time I could get up there to do it, was too tired.  I feared I would make a bad mistake.  So today I went up before it got late in the day and got that done.

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I have not did much today.  I did make a run to CostCo for 5 items, but I did look around some.  Other than that, and dishes, and fixing Copper's food, and having him in and out, I have not done much. 

I do need to get in an order from Amazon...seems like at least half the time they come kind of late.

That is about it for the day for me.  

I just couldn't get a good photograph

First of all I suggest you click the photo to to expand the view.  This is the roots of the trees there...and they are just so weird.  Looks almost like little aliens or like little headstones at a cemetery.  I cannot imagine trying to walk through a whole forest of those trees. 

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Daughter and I went back to Eagle Creek Nursery today.  She wants this one magnolia and wanted to talk to one of the people there.  And it turns out, it does need to be planted in a somewhat protected area and where she wants it, it is not.  So we won't be getting it.

Next we looked at gingko trees...I have loved them ever since the first time I saw one.  She read about them, and they are hardy trees.   But the trees they had are not that big, and I told her I would never live long enough to see them get big and beautiful.  Even if from the start they grew the 12-24 inches per year that is their average.  But one place said they generally don't grow that well the first 4 or 5 years after planting. So, we did not get one.

We came home with nothing for now.

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My Life as a Turkey is on Youtube right now.  I set down to watch it...but was so relaxed I fell asleep.  I will go back later and pick up where I left off.  We watched it when it first came out, then it was on Netflix or Prime...and we watched it again.  Roger even enjoyed a second viewing.  I cannot remember if I have found it elsewhere or not...but it is one thing that I would enjoy watching every now and then.  

He hatches wild turkey eggs, and is the 'mother' for them...it is wonderful.   The following is the description given for the film:

After a local farmer left a bowl of eggs on Joe Hutto’s front porch, his life was forever changed. Hutto, possessing a broad background in the natural sciences and an interest in imprinting young animals, incubated the eggs and waited for them to hatch. As the chicks emerged from their shells, they locked eyes with an unusual but dedicated mother. Deep in the wilds of Florida’s Flatlands, Hutto spent each day living as a turkey mother, taking on the full-time job of raising sixteen turkey chicks. Hutto dutifully cared for his family around the clock, roosting with them, taking them foraging, and immersing himself in their world. In the process, they revealed their charming curiosity and surprising intellect. There was little he could teach them that they did not already know, but he showed them the lay of the land and protected them from the dangers of the forest as best he could. In return, they taught him how to see the world through their eyes.

 

Just a litle something..

 

I saw this a bit back, and it struck me funny.  My brother did not think it funny at all.

A big help

 A while back I bought these...one is kept downstairs and one upstairs where my sewing is.  They are something else I have found so very handy to have around.  I don't do anything crazy with them...I would not trust myself to reach up in a cabinet and get a glass or anything breakable.

I use them for picking things up off the floor...a lot of the time little pieces of fabric that has slid down the backside of my sewing table...but even in front.  But it sure saves on my knees when it is in behind things  and saves on my hips and back just normal.

Every time I use them I am thankful someone came up with the idea and also that I finally had sense enough to get them.

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Roger had another good day.  I guess everyone has days they don't feel good.  But I am always so glad when he gets back to what is now normal for him.