Good Morning everyone. Wide Awake Double Dark Brew is ready!

Our stormy weather has passed...it should be a great day for a nice long walk!

Enjoy whatever you have planned this weekend!

Gerry

Good morning, Danish, Donuts and Bagels in the Break Room. Shopping is on the agenda today. Karaoke at the Eagles tonight. Enjoy the day and hug someone.

Good Saturday morning one and all. Ah yes Hagatha, we've had little ones requiring 'many-many' treats to get them through the nail-trimming process. Enjoy your long walk Gerry. I am currently enjoying the wide awake double dark brew and bagels for the moment before I get back to the day's projects and chores. It looks like I'm turning the corner with our White Flies infestation...this is good.

Wishing You All a Wonderful Day! ☀️

Good Saturday morning and welcome to the weekend! Another glorious day of fabulous weather ahead.

I'm taking advantage of it because we're supposed to head back in to the mid-90s next week. Got my new chairs and a small table for the hummingbird porch Thursday. I put the chairs together and put everything on the porch yesterday. Last night I got a glass of wine about 10:00 and sat out there with two of my cats for nearly an hour. It was so beautiful and quiet. Today, it's noisy with hundreds of chittering and arguing hummers!

More weeding today and need to get set up for canning tomatoes tomorrow. Finally have enough!

hagatha, emptying that pond by hand does not sound like fun. But if the water is no longer circulating, you will definitely get mosquitoes and other critters.

It's pretty hot here, too. My house stays cool for a long time, but I'm finding that in the late evening I need to turn the air conditioning on for a couple of hours.

In the end I couldn't get all of the water out of the pond, so I have to keep refilling it until the pond maintenance guy is here to have a look at it. He can empty it for me. I hate losing the water, but on the other hand it is leaking into my garden somewhere so the plants around the pond are getting it instead.

I'm back to hand-watering a lot of my garden though I have set up soaker hoses, which are allowed. Still, my Rhodos are all suffering from lack of water, as are a couple of my trees. Also, because of the drought conditions many of my plants have developed pests and disease, so I've spent fair amount of time dealing with that, too. At least the gardeners are here once a month to keep the place tidy.

Good morning everyone!

Emergency rations of instant coffee and knäckebröd available in the break room.

Over here no drama. Pleasant 22 Celsius and mrs Sun is in happy mode. Having great days now.. but they won't last forever.
Winter is coming.. eventually

Happy Sunday everyone.

Good Morning Fogfighter, Connie, soot, Draclvr, hagatha and everyone. Wide Awake Double Dark Brew is ready to enjoy!

Fogfighter sounds like you are enjoying some nice sunny weather. Soot good to hear you have those white flies under control! Draclvr that must have been such a nice treat to relax in your new chair and enjoy a glass of wine with the cats! Hagatha I sure hope they fix your issue with the pond water soon. Connie how is your weather...getting any relief from the heat?

Enjoy a relaxing Sunday everyone!

Gerry

Good morning, Danish, Donuts and Bagels in the Break Room. Gerry, still Hot and Humid with afternoon thunder boomers. It will stay this way until at least mid Oct. if not later. We stay on a heat advisory every day. Enjoy the day and hug someone.

Good morning Connie, Gerry, Fogfighter, Hagatha, Draclvr and all who follow. Draclvr, glad you got your porch setup and are enjoying the evening quiet with your little ones. Hagatha, soaker hoses used in the early mornings are your best option. Fogfighter, good to hear no drama over your way. Yes Connie, indoor operations are the way to go for you...I do my outdoor projects/chores in the mornings.

Wishing everyone a wonderful Sunday.

Good morning everyone.

We're in a deep haze here from a wildfire south of Nanaimo. Apparently it's out of control, or was yesterday. I haven't checked on it this morning. The upside is that the temperature has dropped considerably.

Fogfighter, I can glimpse winter on the horizon now, too. The nights are drawing in. Instead of the sun setting at 10 pm. it's now full darkness by 9:00. It's a reminder to enjoy those summer days while we can.

Good MorningConnie, soot, gagatha, Draclvr, Fogfighter and everyone. Wide Awake Double Dark Brew is ready and I am already enjoying my first cup.

Hope you all have a great start to a new week!

Gerry

The new week started in the best possible way. WADDB and pleasant 21 Celsius.

Thanks for the coffee Gerry and happy new week Gameboomers

Good morning, Danish, Donuts and Bagels in the Break Room. Lunch and Netflix with a friend today. Meeting at the Eagles tonight. Enjoy the day and hug someone.

Yay for DDB!

Good morning everyone.

The haze over us now is like the sky before a rain storm, only there's no rain coming. I think the forest fire is now under control, but it is really affecting our air quality and my asthma is flaring up.

Good Monday morning! How the heck did it get to be the middle of August already!

hagatha, I can't remember if it was last year, but out air quality here in the middle of the US was quite bad some days caused by wildfires in Canada. It did make for some stunning sunsets though.

Had a little shower this morning that was badly needed. I'm almost done with this last bout of weeding after all the rain we had in July, but had to quit after yesterday as my back was starting to get twingey. I'm overdue for a nerve block, but putting it off as long as I can. I have enough tomatoes to start canning today. I'm all set up and ready to get started shortly. Just plain tomato sauce today, but will do some chili sauce, pasta sauce, pizza sauce and maybe some salsa. Going to make some vegetable soup later too.

Good morning everyone.

Emergency rations of instant coffee and knäckebröd are available in the break room.
Over here pleasant 22 degrees Celsius and mr Sky is almost clear. Only a few thin high altitude clouds. I think no forest fires now. I guess I have to blame the chemtrails.

Happy Tuesday GameBoomers!

Good Morning everyone! Thanks for filling in Fogfighter! I've got the Wide Awake Double Dark Brew ready! Enjoy!

Have a Happy Day!

Gerry

Good morning, Danish, Donuts and Bagels in the Break Room. Wine time and some girl talk with a friend tonight. Enjoy the day and hug someone.

Good Tuesday morning! Connie, that sounds wonderful!

I'm heading back out to the garage to finish cleaning up after getting 17 quarts of tomato juice yesterday. It's a start!

Good morning. It's off to Pilates and then into town for cat food and human supplies. It's deeply hazy today. No rain, but at least it's cooled right down and the garden isn't getting scorched.

Good evening everyone ... whoa but time flies when you're busy We've enjoyed some nice cool morning temps in the high 60s and low 70s before baking in the mid to high 90s in the afternoon. Wishing everyone a wonderful evening.

Good Morning and Welcome to Hump Day everyone! Wide Awake Double Dark Brew is ready to start your day! I've already had my first cup!

It is going to be another beautiful less humid day here today! Great walking weather.

Happy Wednesday!

Gerry

On the first cup here too. Great way to start the day.
I throw in some knäckebröd for emergency use too.

Today a bit warmer, 25 degrees and mrs Sun is shining.
Warm but not hot.

Happy Wednesday GameBoomers

Good morning all: weather permitting (by which I mean not only dry but not too hot)another day up on the roof for me shifting some too well rooted vegetation and then putting in some weedkiller followed by some sand and cement mortar mix which will hopefully eradicate the problem for a decade or two. The scaffolding tower (with a climbing rope and safety harness) is a wonderful piece of kit for most of the job, but at one point I also have to use a roof ladder hooked over the apex of the roof to reach one of the chimneys...

Quite invigorating and plenty of coffee needed to sharpen the senses beforehand, also I am quite amused at how shocked/horrified some of my relatives are that I am still doing such crazy things at my age!