April 2020... Please tell us how your day is Going... April Showers bring May Flowers...

Good Morning...
How we all doing today, little early I know... another day of waking up with... Well you know, there's no real point to mention it...

Yesterday, hooked the hose's for the pool, noticed I was short one 2" O ring... Checked the whole workshop... So everything together except one hose. Then we started making the extension on the back deck in the dog run...

Miss seeing the Grandson... will he remember who I am, by the time this Convid - 19 is over...
God Bless
Well, I hope YOU all have a GREAT day... and Please Keep Safe...(y) God Bless YOU all
 

Mid-day here....

...Been sitting out in my gloriously warm sunny s/w facing garden for the last 2 hours. Had brunch with hubs.. he had his vegan concoction to drink, blended veggies with spices & chilli ... and I had smoked trout on toast, and a little blue brie cheese on salt & black pepper crackers... ..and a mug of hot tea ( I love hot weak tea in the mornings) :coffee:

He went indoors after a while to get on with some stuff and I stayed out just watching the antics of the birds at the feeders and reading my magazine .. it's supposed to be warm and sunny all day so I'll go and do a little bit of gardening in a little while...

Hope you're all gonna have the best day you can... 🌞🌻🌷
 
On my early walk around 6:45am,the sun was beginning to make an appearance.All I heard was quiet except for a couple birds chirping,didn't see anybody out& about
This morning,a friend is taking me to Walgreens,need a couple of items.I'll be interested to see how many other customers are wearing some type of face mask.I was there a month ago,saw 3 people wearing them
The rest of my day reading NYT,my book take a short walk after lunch
 
Lee said:
Camper, nice to see you here

Holly your post just reminded me that I bought a new finch feeder yesterday. Hoping for goldfinches.
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wonderful Lee...(y)

we have the goldfinches in our garden too.. in fact we have one feeder where we fill it a third with mealworms, a 1/3 with Niger seeds, and a 1/3 with Millet. The Goldfinches eat the niger seeds , the Sparrows eat the millet, and the Robins eat the mealworms..
 
We don't get as many different small birds in our garden as we used to, but we do get Goldfinches. Most mornings I see a Wren attempting to build a nest in the roof above the log store. Apparently the male builds several nests and the female chooses the one she likes.
The blackbirds are masters of building nests in strange places. One year they built a nest on top of the log pile and raised three offspring..

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My son and DIL came over the other evening, backed their truck up to my sidewalk while I was at the kitchen window, so we could yell at each other for awhile.

We probably annoyed the neighbors, but it wasn't for long.

They threw a bag with 2 masks to me and I threw them a bag with hand sanitizer and a roll of paper towels.

I was so happy to see them.

I used one mask to go out for a bottle of wine at the place down the street. It tasted so nice with my salmon last night.
 
Rosemarie said:
That reminds me of my recent experience. The delivery firm has a tracking system, and they tell you exactly where the driver is. When he had just two more drops before mine, I went downstairs and waited by the door. After an hour, no luck, so went back and checked on-line. It said he had tried to deliver but it was refused!!

A couple of phone calls and two hours, and it turned up. Seems it had been taken to the wrong address. Whoever the other person was, I'm grateful for their honesty.
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It is an international problem, apparently. Our mail service and delivery drivers have the same issue - Seems that they hire the illiterate, the dyslexic, the numerically challenged - I'm all for having the differently-abled gainfully employed - but really, they should still have to meet minimum requirements for the given job. Or, it may just be that folks don't give a darn about doing their jobs well. (That's probably it.)
 
MickaC said:
Your comments on how temperatures affect bones and joints.....Truer than True.....Sometimes there isn't much relief. Extreme cold and rain, humidity, plays big numbers as to how your body feels.
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I actually hope that is it - our temperatures have been bounding daily between 50-60 and then down to freezing. Add to that the yard work - now, my shoulder is also SO painful... I'm old, but previously tough as nails with good musculature... just discouraged that my body is failing in the season that requires the most of it. By the way, what is the breed of the fur-baby in your photo? Gorgeous!
 
Sliverfox said:
Looks like the temps will be 40s - 50s rest of week.
And hopefully no rain.

NW Pa had a mild wet winter & so far more rain than the ground can hold.

Few of my daffodils are blooming.
The deer have chomped off the new lily leaves,, darn!

Hope every is well & remains so all of April.
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The deer got my daylilies, too - it happens every year... might as well move them to the back, where the deer don't have to walk so far!
 
RadishRose said:
Dog food.

I recently started auto delivery with Amazon. So, my second delivery was due March 25th. Didn't show up, even tho' I got email that it did!

That night, I got another email saying March 26. Still no show. Rather than hassle in phone queue (which is a terrifying experience) with UPS for a ten dollar item, I ordered it from Chewy with 7 to 10 day wait!

So, when I ordered grocery for my pickup tomorrow, I got 4 cans to last until Chewy gets here.

Guess what was on my porch late yesterday? Yup, the missing case of Amazon dog food from UPS. Chewy comes tomorrow. I'll have 2 cases plus 4 cans on Friday night not to mention the 2 cans I have left.
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Better to have too much for our "dependents" than not enough for the future. (-:
 
@Empty Our bodies don't pay us back very well, after many years of life, quite often because we thought we were super people, in previous years, but we weren't, and now, we're paying the price......That fur-baby is my #2 child, she's a corgi, she's just over 8, a tri-color.....#1 Fur-baby is a Bichon/ shitzu, she's 13 and a half, black with some white.....my #3 fur-baby, he's a sheltie, a sable and white, he's 3 and a half.....Aren't you sorry you asked that question. :D:ROFLMAO::D:ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:. Thanks for asking. Their pictures are in the pet thread, somewhere.
 
MickaC said:
@Empty Our bodies don't pay us back very well, after many years of life, quite often because we thought we were super people, in previous years, but we weren't, and now, we're paying the price......That fur-baby is my #2 child, she's a corgi, she's just over 8, a tri-color.....#1 Fur-baby is a Bichon/ shitzu, she's 13 and a half, black with some white.....my #3 fur-baby, he's a sheltie, a sable and white, he's 3 and a half.....Aren't you sorry you asked that question. :D:ROFLMAO::D:ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:. Thanks for asking. Their pictures are in the pet thread, somewhere.
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NO - not sorry at all... I am so lonely without my best friend... Look forward to seeing the rest of your gang!
 
I spent another hour under the kitchen sink this morning trying to solve our faucet issue. My current problem is that I cannot get the "quick disconnect" coupler on the faucet's main feed hose to actually disconnect so that I can get to the single brass nut that holds this fool thing in place on the countertop.

There is absolutely nothing quick about this particular fitting at all. It doesn't disconnect quickly or any other way.

This morning, I admitted that I have been defeated by a hose connector and called a plumber who will come out tomorrow.

This episode hurts my "home repairman's" pride in a big way and I shall hang my head in shame, at least until I can figure out how to spin this into a good story.

It isn't often that I call in the professionals, but ...… well. I am probably passing up a good opportunity to make things worse, by disabling the kitchen sink and dishwasher entirely, and bringing on household starvation by messing up my wife's cooking.

Maybe I will just call this a strategic retreat and reach for the checkbook.
 
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Well just found out that there are some birds that consider bigger the better. And guess they wanted a bigger birdhouse than the two put up in the yard for them.

Went out in the sunroom to see not just one but two sparrows flying in there. The sunroom needs a new door and there is a chink up top of it where they got in.

No harm done to the birds but believe me my heart took a pounding as I was bending down to get the newspaper out for recyling when all the flapping started right above my head. I swear they thought my hair might make good nesting material.

Opened the door wide, seemed like they did not want to go out at first but swishing the broom around changed their bird brains quickly.

Got to fix that door.
 
I slept 12 hours last night--I must have needed it because now I'm feeling better than I did yesterday. Took doggie for walk and talked to one neighbor at about a 15 foot distance. We were talking about how we are all afraid of each other now and we don't know if we'll get over than once the social distancing requirement is lifted. Our dogs also stood at a distance. Usually they like to play. Poor doggies!

Tried to order from 2 food delivery places and none had any delivery times. I'm thinking some people are hoarding food now, ordering too often with too many items which makes it harder on others, like me. But then I don't know even if it's possible to hoard as you don't get all you order when you do. I really don't know but this whole thing is frustrating.

I want to go to CVS for a few items but fear some workers there might have the virus after one was confirmed with it. They said they disinfected the store. I think I'll stay away for a few more weeks. I'm so tired of all this. I know I can't be the only one.
 
It was cloudy, 44 when I went on my early walk around 6:50 to get NYT
As I was coming back,ran into acquiantance,Sam who was walking her golden retriever,Marla.They live the next block over,Marla recognized my voice, wagged her tail started to pull Sam towards me LOL!
In our conversation,I learned Sam works at Buffalo General Hospital{where I did} as ER physician and at local VA hospital.She told me the coronovirus patients are being treated on 16th & 15th floors at BGH which are normally the Orthopedic nursing units.
I don't have any plans today,may clean the wooden blinds by the living room window
 
Ruthanne said:
I slept 12 hours last night--I must have needed it because now I'm feeling better than I did yesterday. Took doggie for walk and talked to one neighbor at about a 15 foot distance. We were talking about how we are all afraid of each other now and we don't know if we'll get over than once the social distancing requirement is lifted. Our dogs also stood at a distance. Usually they like to play. Poor doggies!

Tried to order from 2 food delivery places and none had any delivery times. I'm thinking some people are hoarding food now, ordering too often with too many items which makes it harder on others, like me. But then I don't know even if it's possible to hoard as you don't get all you order when you do. I really don't know but this whole thing is frustrating.

I want to go to CVS for a few items but fear some workers there might have the virus after one was confirmed with it. They said they disinfected the store. I think I'll stay away for a few more weeks. I'm so tired of all this. I know I can't be the only one.
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You are not alone - but please, please try to tough it out (not that we have many other options.)
 
Lee said:
Well just found out that there are some birds that consider bigger the better. And guess they wanted a bigger birdhouse than the two put up in the yard for them.

Went out in the sunroom to see not just one but two sparrows flying in there. The sunroom needs a new door and there is a chink up top of it where they got in.

No harm done to the birds but believe me my heart took a pounding as I was bending down to get the newspaper out for recyling when all the flapping started right above my head. I swear they thought my hair might make good nesting material.

Opened the door wide, seemed like they did not want to go out at first but swishing the broom around changed their bird brains quickly.

Got to fix that door.
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My next-door neighbor had a wild turkey looking for a way inside last week!
 

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