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Good morning everyone. Sorry for the loss of your brother OldBroad...keeping you and family in my thoughts and prayers. Enjoying WADDB, knäckebröd and donuts this morning.

Wishing you all a wonderful day.

Good Tuesday morning!

Oldbroad, I am so sorry to hear about the passing of your other brother. Large virtual hug for you.

So sorry to hear about your loss, oldbroad and I send you hugs.

I am very sorry for your loss, ob. I too send hugs and condolences.

Good morning everyone; I'm so sorry for your loss Oldbroad. Draclvr, I feel really bad for that older woman who lost her roof during the storm, she must have been terrified. Just finished making a large pot of spaghetti sauce & it's now simmering on the stove. I got out a crusty bread from the freezer to put on the table. My son is coming over for dinner & he loves spaghetti. Stay safe everyone & have a great day.

Prayers heading up for you oldbroad.

Thank you all for the condolences. We are trying to work out what happens next. The email sent by the Partner just didn't make sense. He is not able to authorize the cremation because they were not married. That part I get, but he told the funeral home that he had no contact with us nor a way to contact us, and that if somebody finds and notifies us we should not mention that we knew anything about it at all, that we should act surprised. That is why I mentioned that the email was strange enough to sound like a hoax of some kind. I don't know what his issue is. He lived with my brother for many years and I'm sure our phone number and address are around their apartment somewhere. Anyway, my brother called the funeral home and the director said he would call the Partner and tell him to call my brother. Never heard from him today though. Will see what tomorrow brings!

Man, oldbroad, that all sounds very odd indeed. Sounds like his partner is a bubble off somewhere. Hope you can get it all figured out.

Good Morning everyone. Wide Awake Double Dark Brew is ready to start the day!

Oldbroad perhaps you should call the Funeral home today and see what you can find out. It must be so stressful to have this happening while you are trying to cope with the loss of your brother...my heart goes out to you.

Wishing a peaceful hump day to everyone!

Gerry

Good morning everyone!

Knäckebröd in the Break Room while we wait for the donuts.

Sunny and warm-ish over here.
I hope you can cope with that extra stress Oldbroad. Don't know how it works over there but here when someone passes away the bank accounts get autofrozen until the formalities are sorted out. Can cause practical issuses for the survivors.

Happy Wednesday GameBoomers!

Good morning, Danish, Donuts and Bagels in the Break Room. Music Bingo at the Eagles tonight. Oldbroad, Big hugs. Enjoy the day and hug someone.

I hope you can get things sorted very soon, oldbroad.
(That all certainly sounds really strange.)

Hopefully, your contact at the funeral home will be able to assist 🤞

Good morning everyone. Yes OldBroad, definitely call the funeral home as they should be able to assist with notifications. Assets, bank accounts, etc should have been frozen and matters initiated for settling his estate. Keeping you in my thoughts and prayers OldBroad.

That sounds really odd about your brother's partner, ob. It sounds like there is perhaps some kind of financial motivation going on here. Hopefully things get straightened out soon.

Oldbroad, I'm so sorry to hear about all of this. It's bad enough to lose your brother, without all of the mystery and stress.

I do believe it has to do with something financially. It would be SO much easier for ALL of us if there was an actual conversation. Unfortunately, the partner is very hard of hearing and wants to communicate only through email. Originally he said he was deleting all the emails and I should also. I did get a response late last night though confirming it's the hearing problem, but unless we are both sitting at the computer at the same time and emailing everything back and forth, this could take forever. Again, I AM thinking it has to do with the financial situation somehow but I think that can all be straightened out in person. We need to actually speak. We'll see what happens.

It is getting very dark outside right now, getting ready to storm I think.

Have a good Wednesday everyone!

Good Wednesday afternoon! As it happens, we just returned from an appointment with a lawyer about our Trust. Since we have a his, hers and ours situation we set up this Trust 24 years ago. But a lot has changed in 24 years, so we wanted to open up the trust to add some of the changes. In addition to assets and their distribution, the Trust also includes health directives and a living will. Since your brother and his partner weren't married, there could definitely be some problems. And if your brother didn't have a will or make other arrangements, the partner could be completely out of the loop with anything financial. You and your brother could be his heirs, not the partner if they didn't plan for this.

Could get sticky.

Yes, that's a tough situation. We updated our wills as soon as we learned of John's illness, and I just updated mine. It's very difficult when people's intentions aren't clear. It puts a huge burden on the family. My father had an old will, not updated for decades, and my mother literally had to dig through a basement full of boxes of old paper to find it. It took her months.

I hope it gets worked out.

Good Morning everyone. Wide Awake Double Dark Brew is on and I'm enjoying my first cup!

Oldbroad I hope you get some answers soon...so sorry you are having to deal with so much while trying to cope with your brother's passing...thinking of you and praying it all gets sorted out soon.

Hope you all have a good day!

Gerry

Sounds tricky with the Oldbroad situation. I keep my fingers crossed, in the good way.

Meanwhile the sun is shining. Temperature 7 Celsius and the WADDB makes wonders.
Emergency use knäckebröd is now available in the break room.

Happy Thursday GameBoomers!

Good morning, Danish, Donuts and Bagels in the Break Room. Going to a funeral for the father of a friend and Eagles sister this morning. Enjoy the day and hug someone.

Good Thursday morning. It's back to being cold again. At least the wind has died down. Yesterday, 50 - 60 mph gusts were recorded. I'm sure it was that or more out here. At one point I saw a chicken tumbling along the ground when a gust caught it!

League bowling tonight.

Good afternoon all!

Did a docu-sign today and already am receiving scam/phishing emails. I also emailed the partner yesterday to try to assure him that we are not trying to make any claims on whatever my brother might have had but that he should go through the paperwork to see what's what and discuss it with my other brother at the cemetery. I didn't hear back from him. There will be no actual funeral and I don't think I will even go to the cemetery.

Yesterday's storms stayed mostly away from us even though it looked like night time at one point, and then we had snow during the night which covered the grass. Happy first day of Spring .

Good morning everyone!

Emergency kits available in the break room.

Mr Frost made a visit tonight but he is running away as soon as Mrs Sun tries to catch him. I hear we just had the spring equinox, so Mrs Sun will appear more often here on the northern hemisphere.

No wind drama here.

Happy Friday GameBoomers.

Good Morning Fogfighter, connie, Draclvr, oldbroad, soot, hagatha and everyone! Wide Awake Double Dark Brew is ready! I'm already ready on my 2nd cup.

It is raining here this morning and windy. I'm hoping it lets up so I can walk late morning.

Enjoy your day everyone!

Gerry

Good morning, Danish, Donuts and Bagels in the Break Room. Going to a BBQ at a friend's house tonight. Enjoy the day and hug someone.

Good Friday morning! Thanks for the emergency kits this morning, Fogfighter!

We DID have drama yesterday! On Wednesday we had another near record low barometric pressure go through here. All it brought with it for us was extreme wind. It was gusting to over 60 mph and I'm sure it was more than that out here on our hill. Yesterday afternoon we looked outside and noticed all the patio furniture on the pool deck was gone! The only thing we leave out there is the glass top table and the 4 chairs. I have a circular cover than hangs down to the deck to cover everything up. It was all in the pool! Now this is very heavy metal furniture! Dave was able to hook the 4 chairs with a hoe and get them over to the side and lift them out. The table was another story. I suggested he get the tractor, so we hooked the bottom supports of the table to a rope and he raised it up out of the water with the tractor bucket. Of course, the cover was tied to it and full of water, so we had to untie that so it could drain and he could lift it the rest of the way out. Nothing was damaged including the pool – at least as far as we could see. That had to be an epic gust of wind to move all that heavy furniture 10 feet and push it into the pool! Holy moly!

That's wild Draclvr, but good that was the extent of it! Nobody hurt!

Happy Friday everyone!

Good afternoon everyone. The WADDB, emergency kit and bagels have kept me going these past days.

Glad nothing was damaged Draclvr...wind gusts and fast moving water can wreak havoc. Keeping you in my thoughts and prayers OldBroad to settle your brother's affairs.

Have a wonderful afternoon and evening everyone

Wow! That's some wind! Glad everything's okay, including you.

I decided to do some actual cooking today, so I'm making a vegetable biryani, tandoori-style chicken, and roasted spicy cauliflower. Now I remember why I stopped cooking. I don't actually enjoy it any more!

LOL, hagatha! What I enjoy is eating my own cooking!

It's more the cleaning up that I hate. And of course an Indian meal uses a lot of different knives and cutting boards and bowls and pans. Anyway the biryani turned out well, even though I made it with brown rice. Now I have enough for about a week's worth of rice.

The big fat cat that's been plaguing my guys was outside today, rolling around on my patio in the sun. I went out to have a word with it and shoo it away and it responded by rubbing my legs enthusiastically and purring, plopping down onto my feet. It's a real sweetie, the sort of cat that you want to steal. Dude doesn't seem too perturbed by it, but Willow goes nuts when she sees it. Somehow it has decided that my house is part of its orbit. I think it might have been the cat I saw sitting with Dude a while back, so hopefully there won't be any fights. I think it's a female, anyway.

Good Morning and Welcome to the weekend connie, Foffighter, soot, Draclvr, hagatha, oldbroad and everyone! Wide Awake Double Dark Brew is ready.

Draclvr I'm so glad you are safe and all went well recovering your patio furniture! That is amazing how mother nature can literally turn things upside down!

Home you all have better weather today.

Gerry

Good Morning everyone.

Weather is decent and here comes the emergency use knäckebröd.

No cat drama here though I did see a black cat sneak around the other day.

Happy Saturday GameBoomers

Good morning, Danish, Donuts and Bagels in the Break Room. Shopping is on the agenda today. Karaoke at the Eagles tonight. Drac, I'm you glad are safe. Enjoy the day and hug someone.

Good Saturday morning! Finally the winds has died down. My son borrowed my big garden tiller so he could tear up his front yard and reseed it last week. He brought it back last night and said that wind on Wednesday blew all his straw and grass seed to the next county!

Sun it out and supposed to get up into the 60's today, so we are going to put a couple of steaks on the grill tonight. We split a side of beef with my son and picked it up last week. When he tried to pick his up, it was the morning after the tornados and that area in our county had so much destruction, there was no power anywhere. He finally got theirs this week. We get this beef from a small family farmer with 5 little kids! It is so far superior to anything you can get at a grocery store, I hope I never have to go back to it.

Totally agree about the cooking clean-up, hagatha! I would like for everything to magically get cleaned up and put away while I eat!

Good morning Draclvr, Connie, Fogfighter, Gerry, Hagatha and all who get the chance to pop in for WADDB, knäckebröd, Connie's treats and a chat. Woo hoo Drac, enjoy the warmer temps and grilling. I'll be grilling BBQ ribs this afternoon. Finished Saturday morning house chores this morning and then once I get the ribs cooking I'll finish the rest of Saturday chores this afternoon. I am thinking spring has finally sprung here with our last frost/freeze warning yesterday.

Take care everyone and have a wonderful day.

Good morning all. My groceries have arrived (via my brother). I have two easy meals in mind to make. We'll see how easy they feel when I'm doing them. My cooking stretches out through the day sometimes. If there is chopping of something let's say, I'll do that then sit for awhile and then go do the next step. I try to clean up while I'm cooking so there is not a sink full of dishes to do afterwards. Part of the stretching of it has to do with the fact that my back will start hurting if I'm standing there too long.

Drac, does the beef come cut into steaks, roasts, whatever, or do you do that part?

I hope you each enjoy your day!

Good morning, everyone.

It's a lovely morning, but apparently we're getting more rain this afternoon and through the weekend. I was hoping to gear up for a walk but obviously that's out. I think I'll spend some time organizing the linen closet, pull out all the towels that Willow shredded and decide what to do with them. Somehow I ended up with far more towels and sheets than I could ever use.

Oldbroad, I do cooking in stages, too, especially with the chopping of onions. It makes the cooking less onerous.

Oldbroad, the beef is taken to a processor where it is cut into steaks, roasts etc. and then frozen. We specify how we want it cut and packaged.

I'm making a hash brown casserole to go with the steaks tonight and I did just that! I chopped my onions ahead of time so I could go fold laundry!

Hagatha, we have several animal rescue facilities which LOVE to accept shredded towels. Don't know if you have a place like that near you.

Draclvr, that's a great idea. There's a cat rescue here in Nanoose. I should ask them if they want the towels.

Good Morning Fogfighter, connie, soot, Draclvr, hagatha, oldbroad and everyone! Wide Awake Double Dark Brew is ready to start your day!

Hope everyone has a peaceful restful Sunday!

Gerry

Yet a sunny and chilly day. Frost on the ground in the morning. But Mr Frost lacks staying power now.

Emergency use knäckebröd is available in the break room.

Happy Sunday GameBoomers!

Good morning, Danish, Donuts and Bagels in the Break Room. BBQ/ meet the new puppy at a friend's house today. Enjoy the day and hug someone.

Good Sunday morning! We had normal, pleasant thunderstorms last night! Got up at 1:30 to let Bella the Bloodhound inside... she is terrified of thunder. Maybe got an inch of much-needed rain. None of that tornadic weather provided any rain to speak of.

Hubby is feeling good enough to get Bella in to the vet for her annual exam/vaccinations this week. She is so huge she only fits in his big truck! Then I can get her in to the groomer for a much needed bath. All dogs must be UTD on vaccinations before going there. You haven't lived until you've smelled a Bloodhound! Stinky!

Happy Sunday all! We are expecting rain a little later and then after that another high wind advisory. I hope to cook today, and play. That's it.

Good morning Draclvr, Connie, Fogfighter, Gerry, Hagatha, OldBroad and everyone. Enjoying WADDB, knäckebröd and bagels this morning. Hagatha, please forward that rain down this way...we can use it. OldBroad, that's the best way to tackle cooking so you don't over do it. Did you get a walk in today Gerry? Meet the puppy event will be fun Connie!

Have a great day everyone

Good morning everyone.

Soot, I wish we could send you some of our rain. It's pretty gloomy and wet here today. My lawn is mostly moss.

Who doesn't love a new puppy or kitten?

Yay! Finally Monday again. Sunshine, retreating frost on the ground. Movements of the ground so the bird bath fell over. No earthquake. Just normal soil movement when the soil thaws. Fixable without help of tractor.

Emergency kits with instant coffee and knäckebröd are available in the break room.

Happy new week Gameboomers!

Good Morning all! Wide Awake Double Dark Brew is ready!

Fogfighter that sounds similar to what happens here when the ground starts to thaw and "sink".

I did walk yesterday soot. It was a beautiful sunny day with a chill in the air, but perfect for a 4 mile walk on a hilly country road with a friend. It is going to be a very rainy day today all day so no walk planned.

Hope you all enjoy your Monday!

Gerry

Good morning, Danish, Donuts and Bagels in the Break Room. Styx is a Dobie puppy, and he is super cute. We all wanted to take him home with us. Enjoy the day and hug someone.

Good Monday Morning! Chilly and sunny, but NO WIND!

Thanks for the goodies, Fogfighter. Running Rumu, my robot vacuum, upstairs with I have some coffee and check my email.

Good morning everyone.

I'm off to get my thyroid levels tested just to make sure everything is OK. I'm also having my Vitamin D tested because always seem to be low.

The little fat cat was at my house again last night, meowing at the door. I keep shooing it away and it comes back. It doesn't look at fat as it did a week ago, and it's desperate to come in, so again I'm wondering if it's lost. I'm going to post a picture on the local FB page to see if it is missing.

Happy Monday! I sure hope nobody "dumped" that cat, hagatha!

I was thinking the same thing, oldbroad.

Good afternoon everyone. Fogfighter, spring thaw brings back memories of my time in Maine and Montana. It's been raining here Gerry, so no walk yet...maybe later. Enjoying the remaining WADDB, knäckebröd and donuts before tackling the rest of the afternoon. I was thinking the same Draclvr and OldBroad.

Have a wonderful day everyone

Good Morning Fogfighter, connie, hagatha, oldbroad, soot, Draclvr, and everyone! Wide Awake Double Dark Brew is ready!

It rained all day yesterday. Didn't get to walk. It will be a chilly day in the 30s today...hope to walk this morning. Hagatha it sounds like someone may have left that kitty in your neighborhood...I hope you find out where he or she belongs...maybe the kitty has a "chip" with the information under the skin.

Have a Happy Tuesday everyone!

Gerry

Good morning everyone!

Emergency use knäckebröd is available in the Break room. Just add WADDB.

No rain today but cloudy. Soot: over here we call the spring thaw 'tjällossning'. Causes as much problems as it's hard to say.

Happy Tuesday GameBoomers. With or without tjällossning

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

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

Good morning Connie Fogfighter Gerry Draclvr OldBroad Hagatha and all who follow. Brrr Gerry, hope you get some warmer weather for walking. Groceries on my docket today. But first, I'm enjoying the WADDB, bagels and knäckebröd. tjällossning does look like a tongue twister Fogfighter.

Have a wonderful day everyone

Good Tuesday morning! I tiny bit warmer today and more sun. The peach trees are blooming, so there are hints of spring... Tjallossning... however you pronounce it!

Bug vacuuming upstairs on the agenda. We get literal mountains of Asian Ladybeetles in this old house every winter. I try to keep up with their horrid dead carcasses.

Good morning everyone,

I'm off to Pilates this morning, rather reluctantly. It's another blah day, with rain and gloom. After a quick shop for cat food at the vet, I'll probably spend the day on my Steam Deck.

Good Morning Fogfighter, connie, soot, Draclvr, hagatha and everyone. Wide Awake Double Dark Brew is ready and smells so good this morning!

Hope you all enjoy a wonderful spring day! My daffodils are coming up...I can see the yellow buds!

Gerry

Good morning everyone.

No daffodils yet but there are some brave pioneering flowers. The tjällossning is a toungetwister. Nowadays you can easily hear its pronunciation. I just tried with bing translator which can say out the words loud. Fairly good though slightly odd sounding. Maybe it's some machine dialect.

It works decently for the knäckbröd in the break room too.

Happy Wednesday GameBoomers!

Good morning, Danish, Donuts and Bagels in the Break Room. A manicure, then lunch out with a friend today. Music Bingo at the Eagles tonight. Enjoy the day and hug someone.

Good morning Connie, Fogfighter, Gerry, Hagatha, Draclvr and all who follow. Fogfighter, I am thinking the on-line pronunciation is machine-based. Enjoying the cool spring mornings while they last. Off to our monthly vet visit for shots and a check-up. And then projects once back home, but first it's time to enjoy the WADDB, knäckbröd and Danish.

Have a great Hump Day everyone 🐪

Good Wednesday morning! Another sunny cool spring day. My daffodils are actually blooming!

Grocery store run later this morning. Got a lot of cleaning done yesterday, so I might just might do some gaming this afternoon.

Hi everyone!

We have had daffodils blooming for almost a month now. There has been enough sun between the snow and rain to keep them going. I find them quite remarkable to be able to survive this seemingly unscathed. Years ago my next-door neighbor planted hundreds of them; for years now people come down our road just to take pictures of them. Over time many of them popped up on our property too and there are more of them every year now. Such a beautiful sight.

I hope everyone here has a good day. I really enjoy reading about what you are all doing.

Good morning everyone,

I've got some pots of Spring flowers and bulbs on my patio and they add a much-needed last of colour.

I have realized that there is not one, but TWO fat cats coming to visit. They are similar in colour and shape, and I would hazard a guess that they are not only siblings, but also share a human. One of them seems inclined to be friendly with me and my guys.

Some of my outdoor Spring bulbs have been blooming also, Marian.

Snowdrops first, but they are all done now, then daffodils, narcissus and hyacinth.

So nice to see the splashes of colour 👍

Good afternoon. I hope you all are enjoying the day. No flowers for me to see except .

Have a great evening Boomers.

Good Morning Fogfighter, connie, soot, Draclvr, hagatha, Marian, Mad, oldbroad, SpaceQ, and everyone!

Happy Birthday Marian! Wide Awake Double Dark Brew is ready and Birthday cake to celebrate Marian's Birthday! Have a Happy Birthday Marian!

Hope everyone sees the sun shine today!

Gerry

Good morning, Danish, Donuts and Bagels in the Break Room. Marian. Enjoy the day and hug someone.

Good morning everyone. A great morning starting with birthday cake, WADDB and bagels.

Happy birthday Marian 🎂

Have a wonderful day y'all

Good Thursday morning! Sunny with temps edging up towards 80 degrees F today.

This weather has me thinking about the garden this year! Because of hubby's knee surgery and some other issues, we aren't putting in our normal two huge vegetable gardens this year. But I MUST have my tomatoes, so I am starting my tomato seeds this weekend. Instead of my normal 98 plants, I'm just putting in about 36.

League bowling tonight.

Thank you all so much for the birthday wishes! I appreciate it, my friends.

Wishing a good day to one and all.

Good morning all. No sun here - rain is getting ready to move in. Happy Thursday everyone!

Good morning everyone.

Today feels like Spring! It's warm and sunny and the landscapers are here to do the Spring cleanup.

Good Morning connie, soot, Draclvr, Marian, oldbroad, hagatha, Fogfighter and everyone! Wide Awake Double Dark Brew is ready...enjoy!

I will be cat sitting this weekend for my friend and neighbor, Andrea who I walk with most days. Gracie is her old kitty...very sweet. I love spending time with her. Gracie loves my giving her gentle massage and I love giving them to her!

Happy Friday everyone!

Gerry

Good morning, Danish, Donuts and Bagels in the Break Room. Going to see a friend in the hospital today. Meeting friends at the Eagles tonight. Enjoy the day and hug someone.

Have a pleasant Friday everyone!

Good Friday morning! Super windy out there again - nothing like last week though. Supposed to be severe weather heading out way for Sunday afternoon. Tis the season, I guess!

Good Morning everyone! Wide Awake Double Dark Brew is ready to start your day!

It is rainy here...hopefully it will be okay when I walk down to take care of Gracie, my neighbor's cat later. I hope to get in a nice long walk after that too weather permitting.

Enjoy your day everyone!

Gerry

Good morning, Danish, Donuts and Bagels in the Break Room. Shopping is on the agenda today. A benefit at the Eagles for one of our members later today. Steve is under going radiation and chemo for cancer. Please pray for him. Enjoy the day and hug someone.

Yay! Sunshine and apparently a partial solar eclipse today. I missed it but partial is not that much to watch anyway.

Happy Saturday GameBoomers!

Good morning everyone. Woo Hoo the weekend is here. I wonder what happened to yesterday Off to run errands and start projects. Enjoy your cat sitting and long walk Gerry. Hope the severe weather skirts you Draclvr. Connie, will keep Steve in my thoughts in prayers.

Wishing you all a wonderful Saturday.

Happy Saturday. I'm waiting for my groceries. No meal making planned for this week though. I did my two last week and now I need a rest.

Connie, well wishes for your friend.

Good Saturday afternoon! I'm late to the break room, but I'll have a cup of WADDDB anyway. We had to fish the heavy patio furniture out of the pool AGAIN this morning! We had wind yesterday and although it wasn't as bad as last week, we had several huge gusts probably above 60 mph and that took it back into the pool! We are leaving it under the grape arbor until all this awful weather this month is over. I am worried about the potential for large hail tomorrow though.

Pretending it's spring and I am starting a few tomato and pepper seeds today. Hubby is not ready to be on his knees in the huge garden yet, but I am going to till up about 25 feet of it to plant just enough tomatoes for us... about 36 of them.

Going to make a potato salad this afternoon and put some burgers on the grill later.

I hope the grape arbor will keep the furniture in place, Drac. I don't know your layout but I'm guessing being blown into the pool is better than at the house or something else, even if it has been a PITA!

Good Morning connie, Fogfighter, soot, Draclvr, oldbroad, hagatha and everyone! As usual Wide Awake Double Dark Brew is ready to start your day!

Connie sending healing prayers for Steve...hope all goes well for him. Fogfighter I hadn't heard about the partial eclipse of the sun yesterday. Soot I did enjoy my very long walk and hope to get one in today too. I'm also enjoying my "cat sitting with Gracie". Draclvr you sure get scary weather! Oldbroad maybe enjoy some gaming time instead of cooking!

Hope you all have a peaceful day!

Gerry

Connie - Prayers heading up for Steve

Good morning, Danish, Donuts and Bagels in the Break Room. Thank you all for your prayers for Steve. I don't have the final total yet , but it is is over $6000. We may be the smallest Eagles in Florida, but we are strong when needed. People helping people. Enjoy the day and hug someone.

Good Sunday morning! It looks like they have shifted the potential for severe weather to the south of us. We need rain, but no more tornados and hail!

After this weather passes, I really need to get out and start cleaning up all the perennial beds. They all need to be mulched this year, but I'm not going to do it because the chickens just destroy everything.

Also will be getting up a hummingbird feeder today. There is a website where you can follow the migration and they seem to be arriving a little earlier this year. I need to look up something I read last year about repelling the huge European hornets. I had so many problems with them last year.

Connie. Wonderful financial support for your member Steve - and please add my thoughts and good wishes for him to those already mentioned.
Mad 🤞

Good Sunday morning Mad, Draclvr, Connie, Space Quest Fan, Gerry, OldBroad and all who get the chance to pop in for WADDB, Connie's treats and Fogfighter's knäckbröd. Steve has a bunch of wonderful friends Connie. I've been wrestling with squirrels to keep them out of wife's spring flower pots. So far the score is Squirrels 3 Soot 1 Never give up .. Never surrender! And now the printer is not listening to me or the wife's PC...oh my. OK, time to reboot everything. Thank goodness for WADDB!

Have a wonderful day everyone

See, that's the benefit of cats -- no squirrels.

Another gloomy day here, but warming up. I'm planning a walk later on today if the rain holds off.

Happy Sunday all!

We're expecting some possibly severe weather here this afternoon.

Our neighbor uses cages to trap the squirrels. One time they had a kitten trapped in one all night. My brother tried for a couple of hours to get somebody to answer their door the next morning. Finally the guy comes out and says "oh, I thought it was a squirrel". Meowing. A meowing squirrel. All night. I think they would have tortured it just like they probably do with the squirrels.

Connie, that is wonderful!

Good Morning everyone and Welcome to the start of a new week! Wide Awake Double Dark Brew is ready!

Sounds like you had a stressful day yesterday soot...hope all is well today with the printer and flower pots! I've had issues with squirrels ripping up flowers hanging on my deck in the past too. Connie that is great news on all you raised for Steve. Draclvr how do you keep up with all those spring chores??

Wishing everyone a good start to the week!

Gerry

Good morning everyone.

New day, new week but not much left of March.
Are you ready for the April's fools thingies tomorrow?

Always tricky. I am at least ready for the WADDB. Adding some emergency use knäckebröd in the Break room.

Happy Monday GameBoomers!

Good morning, Danish, Donuts and Bagels in the Break Room. Joint meeting at the Eagles tonight. Enjoy the day and hug someone.

Good Monday morning! Back to sweatshirt weather here.

Gerry, I'm still being a total slacker! I will wait until a couple of warmer days to start cleaning up all the perennial beds and fertilizing them. Hubby would normally have a lot of spring onions and radishes planted, but he wasn't able to do it this year because of the knee surgery. I did get my tomato and pepper seeds started yesterday, but it will be mid-may before put those out in the garden.

Connie, that is amazing that you were able to raise such a huge sum for your friend. My little home town did it for my sister's husband when he underwent a stem cell transplant. They had to be away from their home at the hospital in Omaha for 3 months. The money raised let my sister leave work and still pay the mortgage and other bills. Small communities are wonderful.

Good morning everyone.

Finally, a lovely day. I don't how long it will last with out changeable weather, but I'm planning a walk.

My garden looks pretty good right now. The star Magnolia is in bloom and the shrubs are in leaf, giving a good display of reds and greens. The landscaper got most of the weeds out of my gravel parking area, but there's a significant weed factory in there and if it looks like we're having two good days I might get the vinegar out and give it a spray.

Connie, it's so great that your community did that. When John and I had to be in Vancouver for his spinal surgery we were so fortunate to have a friend who was willing to have me and Willow stay with him while John was in the hospital (for three months). Otherwise I honestly don't know what we would have done. Now your friend doesn't have to worry about those practicalities and can focus on the health issues.

Good moanday moaning everyone. Yesterday was not stressful Gerry just busy ... seems like most days are busy ; ) I'm ready for WADDB, knäckebröd and bagels too Fogfighter. Glad you have nice weather for a walk Hagatha...I was able to get a walk in this morning before the rain started. Congrats on getting your tomatos and peppers started Draclvr. Wishing you all a great day.

Good Monday afternoon all. I hope you each enjoy your day. I'm hoping not to hear bad news from my friend who lives in Valparaiso, where there was extremely bad weather yesterday. My brother brought me home something from Culver's today. I haven't looked yet to see what it is. Every Monday for the last two months or so he's been bringing home some sort of fast food. That's it.

Heard from my friend. A lot of downed trees in her area, one right across the street and one that landed on her fence. She sent me 3 different pictures of 3 different trees. She lost power for 6 hours. Other than that, all is good, thankfully! I heard that they had 80 mile per hour winds but haven't seen mention of a tornado. She said it all happened within about 3 minutes but there were no tornado sirens or anything.

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

I have a busy day ahead. My daughter and hubby are coming for a weekend visit...I need to get things ready...my daughter has Celiac disease so I have to get special gluten free food for her...I even have a separate toaster for her to use so there is no cross contamination.

I hope the weather is better for everyone today. Enjoy your day!

Gerry

Good morning everyone.

Emergecy kits of instant coffee and knäckebröd are available in the break room while we wait for the real stuff.
And that's totally true. Just go and check for yourself.

Happy new Tuesday and happy new month GameBoomers!

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

Good morning Connie Fogfighter Gerry Draclvr and all who follow. Enjoying WADDB knäckebröd and bagels before I'm off to get groceries. We are very familiar with the gluten free environment Gerry...have a fun visit. Have a wonderful day everyone.

Good Tuesday afternoon! Sunny and chilly here and getting ready for more severe storms tomorrow. They will be scattered, so I hope we don't get any of it.

Just got back from a quick grocery run in town. Wish I could go outside and start working, but it's still just too windy and cold! I'm a wuss!

I was just thinking about you and your garden produce, Draclvr

A very, very long time ago, my late Husband and I used to grow quite a nice variety of food stuff - but on a much smaller scale than your epic quantities !!

We did fruit .... such as .... strawberries, raspberries, gooseberries, rhubarb, eating apples and cooking apples.

And a few veg .... like .... potatoes, carrots, onions, spring onions and tomatoes.
[A big greenhouse full of tomatoes becaus we both liked them A LOT (and I still do) ]

Can't do any serious gardening nowadays, because of health issues, but I have a gardener to keep all my flowers, bushes and shrubs and trees etc in trim 👍

Good Morning Fogfighter, connie, soot, Draclvr, Mad, hagatha, and everyone! Wide Awake Double Dark Brew is ready!

Draclvr hope you weathered the storms and stay safe.

Enjoy Your Day!

Gerry

Good morning, Danish, Donuts and Bagels in the Break Room. Music Bingo at the Eagles tonight. Afternoon/ evening storms have been the order of the day here. Enjoy the day and hug someone.