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Weather - What's YOUR weather today? (Part ONE - Started Sat., March 14, 2009) (Let's keep this going.)
Nina wrote: "Our usual weather in March is in the fifties and no we are looking at some days of seventy. I hope summer doesn't arrive when it's suppposed to be spring."Are we talking about summer so soon? :)
I hope not Joy but just wondering if it is spring the first of March is summer far behind?
Nina wrote: "I hope not Joy but just wondering if it is spring the first of March is summer far behind?"Nina, you are an optimist! :)
We have 45mph winds this afternoon with gusts up to 75. Figures. The dogs & I took the small chainsaw & walked all around cleaning up branches from the previous storms this morning. We had a good time. A fox squirrel missed a leap between tree branches & Lily got it. Pip had a grand time carrying it around & chewed on it for a while. He didn't eat it, though. Munchkin & Pixie used to eat them. None of our current dogs do, so I tossed it over the fence for other critters. We were in the woods, so I doubt the buzzards will find it, but I bet it's gone by tomorrow.
Jim wrote: "... A fox squirrel missed a leap between tree branches & Lily got it. Pip had a grand time carrying it around & chewed on it for a while. ..."Cruel, cruel world!
Yes, sometimes nature is cruel and sometimes crazy. Last Sunday it snowed here and tomorrow they are predicting eighty degrees for the ballgame(our national champions) first game of the season. One thing it seems no one talks much about the election here as the weather is far more interesting.
Nina, to tell you the truth, I'm getting tired of hearing about the election. It's gone on too long. I'll be glad when it's over.
Me too. Enough already! I can barely look at their faces much less listen to them talk.
This may be a frivolous thought, but, as I watch the candidates on TV, it occurs to me that the men have it so much easier. They can wear nondescript suits which are easy to choose and fit into, but the women must worry about their outfits which (whether we like it or not) must fit well and can't help but make a fashion statement.Hope that made sense. :)
BTW, have you ever seen Hillary in the same outfit twice? She must have hundreds of outfits! I keep thinking of the wardrobe assistants she must have. They have to be ready with nice outfits which make a good presentation. Surely Hillary has no time to choose outfits. She probably has a good dressmaker who makes custom clothes to fit and flatter. Those clothes she wears are surely not off the rack! Clothes have to fit properly and they don't fit well on the female form unless custom-fitted.
Men on the other hand, can hide their big tummies under their wide nondescript jackets! Oh! If women could only get away with wearing suits like the men do!
The wind did a bit of damage. One tree down on the west fence line. It wasn't a big deal since it was a dead ash, one of many I've been expecting to come down. It was almost 2' in diameter, but easy to get rid of. I cut it once & then used the front end loader to put it into a brush pile. It had no branches &, while it landed on the fence, I'd pulled the staples along that stretch. I have the fence held up with a couple of pieces of wire on each post, so it just gets pushed down. It only took 15 minutes to pull it back up & get it squared away. It took a lot longer to fix the big door on the north end of the big barn. One board was blown off & all the others were loosened, so I put screws into them all. Oddly, I hadn't noticed it when I was in there getting the tractor. I didn't see it until I was mowing along the road. Well, the lawn doesn't need mowing too much yet, anyway.
Jim wrote: "The wind did a bit of damage. One tree down on the west fence line. It wasn't a big deal since it was a dead ash, one of many I've been expecting to come down. It was almost 2' in diameter, but eas..."Wow, Jim, that must have been quite a wind storm!
I thought I mentioned that we had 45 mph sustained winds all afternoon with gusts up to 75 mph. It was pretty rough.
Jim wrote: "I thought I mentioned that we had 45 mph sustained winds all afternoon with gusts up to 75 mph. It was pretty rough."The numbers don't have as much impact as: "One board was blown off"! :)
Isn't it strange that it was snowing last Sunday and today it hit 80 degrees?
Except for Donald's weird hair do the men don't have to worry over their hair each day either. Mostly they look nice no matter.
Nina wrote: "Isn't it strange that it was snowing last Sunday and today it hit 80 degrees?"Weather is full of surprises, Nina.
Nina wrote: "Except for Donald's weird hair do the men don't have to worry over their hair each day either. Mostly they look nice no matter."Very true, Nina, especially if they keep it short.
Through with the Cat Scan so will wait to find out what they found out. One down as the old saying goes. Glad I got some pansies planted before the next round of tests. It will be a nice relief if they can find something to do to stop the pain. We are lucky they have advances in medicine.
I seem to be into trilogies as of late in my reading/latest one is "The Glassblowers."
Nina wrote: "Through with the Cat Scan so will wait to find out what they found out. One down as the old saying goes. Glad I got some pansies planted before the next round of tests. It will be a nice relief if ..."Nina, did they give you anything for the pain?
Nina wrote: "I seem to be into trilogies as of late in my reading/latest one is "The Glassblowers." The Glassblower (Glasbläser-Saga #1)
The American Lady (Glasbläser-Saga #2)
The Paradise of Glass (Glasbläser-Saga #3)
All by Petra Durst-Benning
Nina, I hadn't heard of this trilogy. I just can't keep up with it all.
PS-I read the sample of _The Glassblower_ (Glasbläser-Saga #1) at Google Play:https://play.google.com/books/reader?...
It reads easily but has time shifts which I'm not a fan of.
I listened to the audio sample at: http://www.audible.com/pd/Fiction/The...
Seems to have jumped ahead. The name of the character mentioned is different from the ones at the Google Play sample.
Will this book have numerous characters to keep track of?
Joy, the "Glassblowers" book that I am reading was written by Petra Durat Benning. i don't recall any drastic time shifts/perhaps a few weeks and maybe several months on occasion but not many and not too many characters as some stories have in them. The main focus is on three sisters and their friends and bosses and a husband. But not hard to keep track of in any case. It is interesting to me aside from the story is the way glassblowing is described and not on and on description. It is hard for me to say if you would like the book but I find it entertaining and keeps my interest in what happens next..
Joy, They let me take pain pills and that I did as it is quite painful for me to lay flat on a hard table for 45 minutes and they did help alleviate it to some extent. I hear about so many people with such worse problems I hate to complain.
Nina wrote: "Joy, the "Glassblowers" book that I am reading was written by Petra Durat Benning. i don't recall any drastic time shifts/perhaps a few weeks and maybe several months on occasion but not many and n..."Nina, I got the impression that there definitely were time and place shifts in _The Glassblower_. It seems to tell the story of generations. One of the characters seems to inherit the genes for glassblowing from her ancestor whom we see die in the beginning. Her husband leaves her and she moves to Italy. Just as I got comfortable with one set of characters, another set was introduced.
The book is filled with long Italian words describing places and things in Italy. A little of that goes a long way.
The reading is easy and flows along but I don't like the time and place and character shifts. But I suppose that's what makes a story.
Hope your pain will be alleviated soon.
I wonder if the recent storms around KY have affected Jim. Hope he and his family are OK... and the dogs and the horses and goats too!May 10, 2016 - LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - "As storms moved across the state on Tuesday everything from severe thunderstorms to tornadoes were reported."
http://www.wkyt.com/content/news/Watc...
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/la...
Lots of thunderstorms here but fortunately no tornadoes as in OK. I assume Jim is OK or we would have heard otherwise..Is that wishful thinking?
No damage from the storms, but I couldn't finish weeding the south bank garden yesterday. I spent 2.5 hours on it Monday & almost 3 hours on it tonight to finish it up. It's over 80, humid, & sunny. Ugh. Tough going, but I can start to mow tomorrow. The fields will probably still be too wet, but I can get the lawn done.I do have to move a couple of things in the north house garden. Joe is coming to replace my old A/C unit with a new heat pump on Saturday. It will be about a foot bigger all the way around, so a hosta & a few other things need to move a bit. They're getting crowded anyway. Of course, that means I'll wind up weeding that garden, too.
Too much work, Jim! I'm tired just reading about it. LOLGlad you're all OK.
Enjoy your new A/C unit.
It is a lot of work, but this is the third year for it & it's coming along nicely. The grass & weeds are starting to lose to the flowers I've planted. A lot of Japanese iris, cone flowers, & other perennials. I also planted a couple of dozen annuals - mostly coxcomb & marigolds - plus a few osteospermum. Then I topped it off with some seeds for other annuals. I had a few of those come back this year, but last year was a bad one for annuals. We had a good wet spring up until the middle of April & then it was dry until the middle of June, so it killed all the little plants. We'll see what happens from here on.
Jim, it must be disappointing to lose those flowers. Hope the season improves for you. As I shop, I see all the beautiful flowering plants that I could be buying but I just don't have the energy to fuss with them. As I look at my old pictures of all the flowers I used to grow (in pots), I long to do it again, but I'm getting too lazy. :)
Lots of thunderstorms. My new lavender plant says "Don't give me another drink."
Nina, I never had a lavender plant. Do they give off a strong lavender scent?
If you rub the leaves the scent comes off. I actually love the smell of lavendar as it reminds me of the fields of it in France/hillsides of purple.
Joy, because you were reading the book about Richard Burton I thought this tidbit might interest you. Last night we were watching the movie, "Where Eagles Dare," and I was reminded that once I was with a tour guide who took us to view the castle high in the Alps called Eagle's Nest. He said that is where the movie was filmed and he had been the interpreter for the cast. After the movie was ended Richard Burton asked the cast members and crew to Elizabeth Taylor's birthday party as she was then married to him and had been staying at this town while the movie was being filmed. Our tour guide told us that he called his wife and told her about the invitation to the party. She refused to go as she said she didn't have a nice enough dress to wear. When Elizabeth heard this she told the man to go buy her a dress in town and charge it to her. The woman was thrilled and did attend the party.
Nina wrote: "If you rub the leaves the scent comes off. I actually love the smell of lavendar as it reminds me of the fields of it in France/hillsides of purple."Thanks, Nina. I always wondered how they gave off their scent. Do the flowers have any scent at all?
Nina wrote: "Joy, because you were reading the book about Richard Burton I thought this tidbit might interest you. ... When Elizabeth heard this she told the man to go buy her a dress in town and charge it to her..."That was very nice of Elizabeth, Nina. As I read the bios of Hollywood celebrities, I get the impression that they had a lot of parties! LOL
I think it's nice to hear something good about a celebrity whoever they are. Usually, not the case. I am anxious to read about Cary Grant from his wife's point of view.
Nina wrote: "I think it's nice to hear something good about a celebrity whoever they are. Usually, not the case. I am anxious to read about Cary Grant from his wife's point of view."And I'm anxious to hear what you say after you read the book! :)
Be sure not to read my spoiler at my review! :)
Had to bring this back up to the top. As I write, in Omaha, Nebraska the temperature is 95 degrees F;with humidity added in the 'feels like' temperature is 111 degrees F!Excessive heat advisory until 8 PM Friday evening!!
Can you beat that?!
Sounds very uncomfortable, Mary. Hope is cools down for you.
Sounds like the same as us in Kansas as the temp tomorrow is going to be ninety eight and near or at One hundred degrees on Saturday. I am looking forward to non-watering flowers every day. When? Tomorrow will be a hot and sad day as I am visiting my friend in Hospice. She was at my birthday party six weeks ago and thought she had a problem with her knee but otherwise she looked fine and was about doing her regular things when she went to have her knee x-ray they found ovarian cancer and she is not expected to live. Scarey.
Sorry about your friend, Nina.
Nina,my prayers for your friend in Hospice and for you as well.
Sorry to read about your friend, Nina. It's brutally hot here, too. Temps above 90 with heat index above 100.
Thanks everyone for your concern. Went to visit my friend but she was under sedation so didn't get to visit with her but I squeezed her hand and left a note I was there. Otherwise got up at six/ten and made a peach upside down cake/watering flowers on side of house and back garden/took a walk and then showered and did laundry all before nine o'clock. Was ready after the visit to sit at the oldest grocery/deli in the same family(LIrish) in North America and had a half of a delicious corned beef sandwich. Busy day.
Glad to hear your keeping busy, Nina.
I am on my fourth book concerning Chief Inspector Armand Gamache that take place in Montreal or Quebec or a small village on the Canadian Vermont border. Excellent writing. The book's author is Louise Penny
Nina wrote: "I am on my fourth book concerning Chief Inspector Armand Gamache that take place in Montreal or Quebec or a small village on the Canadian Vermont border. Excellent writing. The book's author is Louise Penny."Happy reading, Nina.
Louise Penny
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We're supposed to get warmer this week. It's 28 out now, but that should be the last time under freezing this week & we're supposed to get into the upper 40s today. Each day is supposed to be a bit warmer until we're in the 70's on Wednesday, but then it's supposed to start raining for the next 3 or 4 days.