June 2020... Please tell us about your Day... June Flowers should be showing...

Sassycakes said:
Today hasn't been a very good day for me. This morning I got a call from my friend and she told me a mutual friend of ours had passed away last night. After crying for a few hours I called my friend who passed away yesterdays sister who is also a friend. Her daughter answered the phone and told me her Mom had passed away last month. So for the rest of the day I didn't answer my phone. I didn't want to hear anymore bad news.
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So sorry Sassy..that must have been a terrible shock...:(


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GREAT NEWS, EVERYONE.....8 more days till the longest day of the year. 🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞
BAD NEWS......All downhill from there.....Should be a law against that. 🌑🌑🌑🌑🌑🌑🌑🌑.
OH WELL......The hydro companies will need the revenue.


Woke up to +7 last two days, +3 this morning. Very cool days this week, cold north winds don't help. See what the official Summer brings.

Have had a productive week outside. Certainly doesn't take much dryness for the grass to go backwards. Maybe, rain on Sunday. A couple things to finish today, then work on my list for next week.
 
Sassycakes said:
Today hasn't been a very good day for me. This morning I got a call from my friend and she told me a mutual friend of ours had passed away last night. After crying for a few hours I called my friend who passed away yesterdays sister who is also a friend. Her daughter answered the phone and told me her Mom had passed away last month. So for the rest of the day I didn't answer my phone. I didn't want to hear anymore bad news.
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No one ever wants to hear that kind of news....very sadly.... sometimes when it rains, it pours. SO SORRY for your LOSSES. PLEASE TAKE CARE.
 

Put my back out...*ouch *..it's really painful can barely walk .😣 Got a heat pad on it..but I'm having to sit bolt upright, and when the spasms come they're taking my breath away.. I felt it wanted to go out yesterday I kept getting twinges , so I obviously just helped it along this morning by bending and twisting on high ladders and lifting heavy goods down from high shelves to donate to charity... every good deed etc...
 
Sorry you have worse hurting, from your already ailing back, @hollydolly :confused:

And @Sassycakes
Still thinking of you, as I did overnight, as well. I know you care so much about people. And they are important to you. It makes you a special person. Yet, is very painful, sometimes. 🌺

Hello to everyone.
 
Two phone calls that made my day. First from the ophthalmologist asking if I am ready to go ahead with the cataract operation.

Second call from the hospital advising me that I am booked in on 24th June for the operation.

Was supposed to have it on April 2nd, but then the hospitals were shut down for all non urgent operations and they were postponed because of Corona virus.
 
Was a great summer day yesterday, +30, strong winds from the west. Got my goals done for the day, being so dry, dandelions slowing down. Repeat today, hot and windy.....Lucky me, air conditioner not working right.....Needing to apply a water seal on my cement patio pad....still waiting for things get over....maple seeds are done, elm seeds are done, but now it's fluff from cottonwood and poplar trees....so will wait for that to end, may have to wait a couple of weeks yet. Off i go to the great outdoors.
 
Yesterday we went to the recycle/waste site...there's social distancing going on , 2 cars in at a time, so it's all taking much longer than usual, so we sat foir 45 minutes in the queue before finally being able to take our stuff which has been waiting in the barn for the last 3 months of lockdown.. ( why they shut the waste sites I'll never know) :rolleyes: ..then as our non essential stores all opened yesterday we presumed rightly that the supermarkets would have no queue, so we were able to get a couple of weeks grocery shopping without waiting in any queues..in 3 separate stores. Marvellous!!:D It is frustrating tho' not to be able to stop for a drink while we're out as we usually do because all hospitality is still closed..

This morning, we had brunch in the garden, and then we've been getting some trees lopped and cut back, which has given us more room and much more light on our side path.....just finished that, and now I've left hubs to do the power-washing..
 
Went to a blueberry farm this morning and picked three gallons. Hope to get at least 18 pints canned.

Yes, that is a mask around my chin. We had to wear them at the break area and at check out. I used a homemade fabric one as a double for a sweat rag.
 

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Was nice warm day, sun on and off very low humidity, my kind or weather......got some more blocks down.....spent less time digging dandelions, so dry, that they're drying up......till it rains.....they'll make a come back.....doing more thinking on moving things around out there.....i better take a break from this thinking thing. My brain may empty out and not refill.😜🤪
 
I'm a member of our garden committee,my 'summer job' is to water some of the plants/flowers in our community garden.I started on Mon,since no rain is in the forecast until maybe the weekend,I did it yesterday and this morning around 6:40.It was already 65 degrees with no wind
This morning,I have a dr's appt at 9:30.It was postponed twice because of the virus,the nurse practioner I see was furloughed.She came back to the office on Tues
 
Started to work on our back porch this week.
It needed the old paint removed.
Washed down the house wall back there first. Started washing floor, which removed some paint.

Last day or so has been getting floor ready to paint.
Hubby thought it was a great idea to paint , too.
He cleaned out the garage , washed its floor.

By evening that floor was ready to paint.
He & I used paint rollers & did that floor last night.

Tonight we did the back porch & railings.

The big porch swing is sitting on the lawn.
It looked worn, paint dull.
Went looking for a hunter green spray paint today.
Couldn't find it at Home Depot, tractor Supply,Ollies.

If I can't find it tomorrow,, will settle for black paint.
 
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Started to work on our back porch this week.
It needed the old paint removed.
Washed down the house wall back there first. Started washing floor, which removed some paint.

Last day or so has been getting floor ready to paint.
Hubby thought it was a great idea to paint , too.
He cleaned out the garage , washed its floor.

By evening that floor was ready to paint.
He & I used paint rollers & did that floor last night.

Tonight we did the back porch & railings.

The big porch swing is sitting on the lawn.
It looked worn, paint dull.
Went looking for a hunter green spray paint today.
Couldn't find it at Home Depot, tractor Supply,Ollies.

If I can't find it tomorrow,, will settle for black paint.
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Wow......You achieved so much, in such short time. I bet all your work made everything brand new.
 
The day was Ho-Hum. After yesterday's 31 temp, sunny summer day, today got to a big 16 for a couple of hours, then downed to 13 for the balance of the day. Ho-Hum........Managed to get the small branches, twigs cleaned up after the wild winds we've had for the last week or so, just in the front yard.....Played Russian Roulette.....Every time i went out, spinned the Roulette to see what kind of warm clothing i needed to wear on JUNE 18.🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶 to go outside.
 
This morning I was awaken by the birdies chirping outside at 5:45.I tried to go back to sleep,no avail
I went for my early walk around 6:15,was nice/cool 65
My friend,Thora who lives a floor above me,we went on our weekly grocery trip to TOPS.They have redone parts of the store,trying to remember some items aren't where they use to be
My mid morning 3 block walk,went to local co-op store{am a member}.As I was walking past Panera's,saw a couple people sitting outside not eating or drinking,wearing no masks or social distancing I see this all the time when I go on my walks,it makes me wonder if they don't care.
I'm so use to wearing the mask,its part of my daily routine now,will continue to wear it
 
Has been kind of a odd day, can't quite put my finger on it, but just kinda odd.
Have you ever know a person to......shovel pea stones out of a wooded half wine barrel, then moved it a foot and a half, then shovelled pea stones back into it.
Another with the same task......moves a very old 5 gallon metal gas container.....pea stones in it as well....to move 4 feet, without loosing the pea stones in it, because the bottom wasn't good.

There......Guilty......Now you know someone that does dumb things like that.
 
hollydolly said:
Put my back out...*ouch *..it's really painful can barely walk .😣 Got a heat pad on it..but I'm having to sit bolt upright, and when the spasms come they're taking my breath away.. I felt it wanted to go out yesterday I kept getting twinges , so I obviously just helped it along this morning by bending and twisting on high ladders and lifting heavy goods down from high shelves to donate to charity... every good deed etc...
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Holly lie on the floor and bring one of your knees up so you can grab it in your hands and rock slowly side to side on the floor for a few minutes. This exercise has helped me in the past and others besides.

Be well dear.
 
Got a pretty good sleep last night--about 7 hours which is better than the less I have been getting.

Still trying to "fix" my wrist. I'm wondering if I can get something like a cortisone shot for it at a doctor. I may give them a call yet.

Took doggie out for a walk this morning and it's a nice sunny morning. Saw the managers outside and looking at their garden. They have planted tomatoes as far as I can see. They usually have some good cherry tomatoes.

I couldn't figure out why Let's Make a Deal wasn't on this morning and then realized it's a Saturday..the week has gone fast.
 
Going well. Bought an inexpensive gas powered lawn mower. A friend is going to mow my lawn for me this summer. He is putting the mower together as I type this. Ordered us a pizza. He has helped me a lot around the house, doing handy work and stuff. I do not mind paying him for a job I know will be well done.
 
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Early yesterday morning around 6:50 after coming back from an early walk to get the paper I watered the plants/flowers in our community garden
After breakfast I walked 2 blocks to see my close friends,Marcia&Dave for weekly chat.I don't go every Sat like I use because of the virus,was wearing my mask.When I knocked,walked into the living room,my 'buddy boy',Aker was lying on the rug,tail started to wag when I bent down to pet him
I had a nice visit as usual
In the afternoon,I took my next door neighbor,Pat outside,we sat in the back of community garden where there was a nice breeze,it was sunny/humid We sat with our masks/social distancing with another resident,Don{he is my'supervisor' on the garden committee} and his partner Dave
This morning,around 6:15,went on walk to get Bflo News,then watered the plants in the garden.This morning,will be watching our weekly church service online.If its not too humid,may go for a couple of walks.This afternoon,will have my weekly 'zoom meeting' with my brother&family,look forward to it
 

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