Good evening all.

Clumsy day today. :rolleyes: Nuff said.

Remember, she’ll be coming round the mountain ….:music:

everyone,
I’ve been up since 3:30 when I was wakened with indigestion. Serves me right for eating red lick rice in the evening. It doesn’t happen often and I feel fine now. I might try getting a little more sleep.

We will go over to my son’s house today to bring Matteo his birthday present. I feel so bad that they had to cancel his party because of the isolation practices. He understands but it doesn’t help with his disappointment.

Nice to see pictures of gardens and birds.

No other plans today so we’ll see what turns up.

Yeah Bill, en route to feeding the cooking fats in their favorite spots. They don’t eat otherwise. Difficult for me but hey. They be cats. They don’t care much but do appreciate the effort. Bit. Have you seen a cat with a sardonic smile? Ms feral is too polite to do that. And besides she is totally madly in love with you.

I didn’t stop on the errand except to register that … there they are! Pencils not fats.

Thank you all for the warm welcome.

Steve…We seem to inhabit the same stomping grounds…I even have family in the memphis area & lived in tenn for awhile. That is a beautiful part of the country. I agree that florida has been pretty much ruined…Lorida, however, is like going back to the 40’s. Still has only cattle ranches, a post office & bait shop & Trail’s End hasn’t changed a bit.

JJ, your garden is awesome…loved the bird bathing video.

Doug, you sound like quite the cook…your wife is a lucky girl.

Getting stir crazy…so bad that I’m going to clean out my clothes closet!

Have a good day all.

Good Morning!!

-8C right now but will warm up to 1C and it is bright and sunny, not a cloud in the sky.

The teacher from my sketching course has set up a Facebook site for us to do homework, haven’t checked it out yet but I will.

Yesterday I cleaned out the shelf that was filled with pots and bags of spices that I will no longer be using so I cleaned that out, then son and dog came to visit for a couple of hours, then I shopped for DIL’s parents who are still in isolation.

I went at six in the evening because that is when it usually is the least busy, yesterday there were about 10 people in the store and 5 of them were employees busily doing shopping for other people. As for the roads one would have thought it was Christmas morning, a lot of people must be working from home.

JJ, lovely video and I so enjoy seeing the colour green in your garden!!!! Haven’t seen that colour in ages. Your orchid is just gorgeous!!!

Annie, now you have me singing that song and very appropriate!!!! I hope the clumsiness didn’t do much harm. Those pencils must be scary:)

Ellen, HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Matteo, a shame about the party. I just read about your open door garage, I hope the pipes didn’t get busted.

Maribeth, I am glad you joined us!! You have had an exciting life!!

Sharon, you are well stocked!!! I hope your back is feeling better!!

Betty, gosh I thought you were younger than that, with your curling, how on earth do you get up and down with ease on that ice:eek: :thumbsup:

Kay, for your Olympic laundry event!!!! Good links, really enjoyed the high school kids!! How wonderful that you are doing so well with your walking!!!

Lynn, sorry you are having problems with your monitor.

Lynn/LC, wonderful that you are so delighted with your namesake’s find!! I love a lot of the opera arias but not the opera itself. Having said that, your description of the behind the scene events sound really interesting.

Char, yesterday I was hoping your internet didn’t go down again, glad all is well!! We may be X posting right now because this is taking me forever. Are you learning more interesting stuff in class???

Steve, there are a lot of snowbirds coming north in both our countries, let’s hope most of them will listen and stay in quarantine.

to you Doug and Bill!!

Uschi

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Although I used to be a semi-regular washer, I have not posted nor read the Wash for many months. No real reason, just life. I have been painting regularly until recently…just can’t seem to do it. As most of you know, I live in Coral Gables, Fl a nice small city a little south of Miami. We also have a home on a lake in central New Hampshire where we spend several months each year…we are the opposite of Canadian snowbirds.

I have been concerned about Covid-19 since first reading about it…partly because I am a physician, partly because I worry about everything. We decided to return to NH earlier this year mostly because we feared that the 1700 mile drive would be more difficult later; and we did not want to spend hurricane season in Miami. We had been mostly isolating ourselves in FL for several weeks and do have adequate supplies of stuff. We are now in NH with Sophie, our 4lb poodle.

From the beginning, I was mostly concerned about the economic and societal costs of the virus. The medical aspects are frightening but almost everyone will survive; not so sure of our institutions, regardless of nationality. Personally, my wife and I are elderly but we have had wonderful lives. Not fatalistic but my children and grandchildren are my major sadness and I can’t do anything about it…they are pretty geographically scattered.

I started reading the Wash again a few days ago. So saddened by June’s death. I always admired both her artistic talent and her valiant struggle with her later years.

I also realized I did not see any of the usual posts from Shipbroker and was shocked to learn of Geoff’s passing.

I do not know if I can contribute much to the Wash, but I just wanted to thank everyone who has made my life more colorful and my understanding of other countries more complete.

Good morning, all!

Welcome, Maribeth! Sounds like a lovely quiet life in such a crazy state. My husband would join you fishing in a heartbeat!

Where is Marshall, our other Floridian?

Nothing much going on today for us, but getting to ready to ‘do’ church.

Thanks for the video, JJ. That’s quite a large bird who thoroughly enjoyed itself. Still trying to get my orchid to rebloom—it’s been years. I probably need to repot it. Not being home to tend to my plants, my OH has a tendency to drown everything, even the succulents and African violets. I hope eternally that he will stick his finger in the soil and check the moisture, but….

Ellen~ it’s so disappointing that Matteo’s party was cancelled. At his age, the party is the most important. By the way, I read a blurb in Medscape about findings that corona virus can be shed in feces and those that contract covid with gi symptoms are sicker and possibly have a poorer outcome. Another reason to wash those hands for 20 seconds, especially for those with young children. I need to share that with my kids!

Annie, be careful. Don’t get impatient—you’ve come so far! At least move the pencils!

We won’t run out of meat here, just veggies. I can’t get frozen broccoli, just a lot of pea here in the freezer. They’re not my favorite vegetable. I will have to figure out how to make them palatable with an online recipe search.

Church is starting soon, and I have to go down and put on coffee for mom and water for tea for my husband and me.

~ Carol