Eucalyptus trees are so beautiful and smell so good, and the sound of the breeze rustling through their leaves is just delightful. What a bummer about the one that came down. I had no idea their branches were brittle.
Betting plenty of boomers and other generations were screaming pretty loudly, too.
I feel for you, Hollydolly. I'm a gardener. We don't tend to flood here, though in 1996/97 the river flooded our gravel road that provides the nearest access to the highway. Our home place is more affected by drought, which we did experience again this summer. Plus, we had forest wildfires not too far away, and for a while an uncomfortable level of smoke coming into our valley from several wildfire sources.I managed to go and clear up the damage in the garden caused by the storms the last 2 days. No damage to the outbuilding that I can see, but my big flower pots have been smashed to smithereens... so I've gathered them all up and thrown them all out.. they will be expensive to replace, so I won't...
It's been dry up until now.. here... but a few minutes ago we had thunder & lightening again.. and the rain is back !!...
You're a jewel here at SF.
. All's back to speed and as it was the company's fault got compensation. Nice!
Please go!
Oh, the new pipes are in, new shut off valves all around, Things under sinks finally all put away. Tomorrow, a guy coming to give an estimate on sheet rock replacement for the walls and ceilings that have had holes cut into them. Not sure yet when wall and ceiling repairs will be done. My son will paint.
I hope the tumor will keep taking its time! I love life!
Don’t even think of saying goodbye to us , any time soon…..you’re here with us for the long haul.Well, I am having my usual quiet day and am loving it! It's nice not to feel sick except for the usual age related stuff, of course! When I was diagnosed with bladder cancer I expected to have to say goodbye to this group long before now, and here I sit feeling disgustingly well instead!
At the moment I am responding to posts, reading my Spenser book in between, and just came back from my second pedalling on my stationary bike in two days. I don't like how weak my legs have become and hope to strengthen the muscles a bit. I did 3 minutes yesterday on moderate tension, and upped it to four minutes today. I know that's pitiful but I believe in taking it easy at this stage in my life! Last time I pushed myself too hard and ended up having cramps for days!
This evening will be special. We (my daughter, son-in-law and I) are going to watch a Champions League Soccer game. Bayern Muenchen vs. Manchester United! Both are excellent teams so it should be great. They played yesterday so we are watching the game on DAZN. To enhance my evening even further, my daughter will be making Bread Dumplings, Goulash and Red Cabbage for me. Life doesn't get much better than that!
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I have an unrelated question, HD. How do I download a picture that's not in one of my folders without either having to pay for it or having it defaced with a trade name! I don't mind the above drawing but I was going to use one for my avatar, just for the fun of it and a trademark would ruin it!hellooo...I'm here hiding from the torrential rain....
I preume you mean a photo straight from the internet ..Yes ?.. all you do is search for the subject , find one that isn;t copyrighted, save it to your computer if you want to use it as an avatar, then reduce it's size to avatar size.. using a free photo editor.. then save again and then uplaod to here from your computer..
Not ALL my pots, but tragically my biggest, newest and most expensive ones...
I get the flu vaccine every year and haven't had even a trace of the flu for over 45 years. I had one after the other in my youth, complete with pneumonia and pleurisy! As you wrote, it's not fun!
Thanks a million, HD. That's exactly the funny type of picture I was looking for! I got really frustrated because all I found was Shutterstock and Getty and countless others that wanted me to become a member!I preume you mean a photo straight from the internet ..Yes ?.. all you do is search for the subject , find one that isn;t copyrighted, save it to your computer if you want to use it as an avatar, then reduce it's size to avatar size.. using a free photo editor.. then save again and then uplaod to here from your computer..
if it's a photo not specifically to be used as a an avatar, then you just google images, choose one that has no watermark, right click ''copy image address''... or some will say ''copy image link'... then simply click on the little box with the house in it above.. click on the ''chain link'' and right click your mouse and the photo will post here..like this
Since I am not a gardener I have to ask, GiGi. How big are those pots that makes them so expensive? I keep thinking of the small to medium sized pots I could buy for less than ten dollars at one time. No idea what they cost now!@hollydolly All your pots destroyed? OMG. If that happened here, they could only be replaced if DD/DSIL took out a second mortgage! We have a lot of pots.
Amazon problem may have been resolved. Fingers crossed
@Mizmo I can relate to the Battle of the Duvet Cover. I dread having to wash the cover for my weighted banket. Ugh. But you got a day's reprieve.
Both are great, HD, but I just saved the one with the old sailor even though he looks nothing like me! I didn't know I could save pictures right from your posts! And there, at one time, I was so into everything "computer" that people asked for my advice! How the mighty have fallen!How about this one... ?
or any of these...I can make them avatar size for you if you find one you like..
