Little BIrds All In A Row

June 7, 2020

Good morning.  It's early and still a bit grey, but today should be sunny with temps in the sixties.  I didn't get very much sleep during the night, so I'm hoping that later this morning I'll be able to have a nice nap.  First I need to wait for Pogo to wake up and have his breakfast.

Did any of you get photos of the moon this week?  I did go outside to see if I could see it, but the cloud cover prevented me from seeing the pink moon.  Audrey sent me a photo that she took of the moon.  Beautiful shot, Audrey.  Thanks for letting me share it here.

We finally got some rain here yesterday.  A little came during the night, then in the afternoon a storm came up.  I went out on the porch with Pogo to catch a welcome breeze when all of a sudden the rain came pouring down along with heavy winds.  It was actually blowing me around out there so we had to come back inside.

I hope all my tall plants are still standing after this downpour.  Thank goodness I have photos of the new blooms.  I'll save them for tomorrow's post.  Today I have some photos that Audrey took by her porch.  These are beautiful, Audrey.  Thank you for sharing.

I have no idea what kind of bird those three little ones are that are sitting on top of the trellis in the first photo.   I'll have to give Audrey a call today to ask her what they are.  One thing is sure, they really are beautiful.  Look at the pretty blue color on their wings.  

In case anyone using the new blogger is getting lots of spam all of a sudden, I figured out (quite by accident) how to get rid of the spam comments.  Go to your "Settings."  Scroll down to "Comments" and then down to "Reader comment Captcha."  Turn this on.  That should stop the spam.

Well, Pogo is awake now, so hopefully he's hungry enough to eat his breakfast.  I'll do a bit of blog reading while he eats, then it's naptime for this old lady.  So, till tomorrow, Y'all stay safe and have a fantabulous day.

Hugs, Edna B.

Still Waiting For That Rain

June 5, 2020

Good morning.  Well, we are still waiting for that rain.  Yesterday, I finally resorted to taking a pain pill so that I could do some crocheting.  I finished the grey neck warmer set, and poked through my yarn stash to find a blue yarn for the next set.  I decided on Windsor Blue.  

I'm getting a late start today.  For some reason, sleep did not come easy last night.  It was daylight before I finally drifted off to dreamland.  Pogo seemed to be having a restless night too.  Hmmm.  Maybe because the sir was so sticky?  

Today I want to take a walk around the yard to see if my orange irises have blossomed.  I'll take photos if they have.  Something tells me that the rain is waiting for these big blooms to open, then it will come and knock them down.  It happens every year.

I was hoping to have some new plants put in the ground by now, but I haven't got around to it yet.  I'll have to see if Amazon sells veggie plants.  If they do, maybe I can order a couple and plant them in pots.  I'm thinking that I'd like some summer squash.  Oh yum, that's one of my favorites.

With the warmer temps, lots of folks are out walking their dogs.  Have you noticed that no matter how hot it gets, these folks never give any thought to the fact that maybe their dogs' feet are burning up from the wicked hot asphalt?  

It's true.  In winter, these folks bundle up in lots of warm clothing, but do they put anything warm on their dogs?  No.  In summer, these same folks keep their feet covered because the ground is wicked hot.  But they don't seem to mind that their dogs' paws are burning from this same heat.  Go figure.  Here's an image I borrowed from the web.

I just heard from Deanne.  Their little dog Sassy has been at the hospital having tests all morning.  She's been sick for a few days.  Hopefully, with meds, she'll be much better really soon.  We're praying for you Sassy.

While browsing the web, I came across a rather gruesome item.  This is something I've never heard of before, and I thought I should pass it along to you.  

Now I'm going to do some blog reading.  So, till Sunday, Y'all stay safe and have a fantabulous day.

Hugs, Edna B.

Let It Rain, Let It Rain, Let It Rain

June 4, 2020

Good morning.  Tis sunny and warm.  Today we should be getting up into the mid eighties.  I'm not sure where the rain went that my phone app said was coming yesterday.  I wish it would get here.  We certainly need it.  My two new plants are gasping for a drink, so today I'll take some water out to them.  

I'm still trying to learn my way around this new Blogger.  One thing it brought me is a lot of spam comments.  It is harder now to get rid of them too.  What were the folks at Blogger thinking when they decided to change everything?  I would revert back to the old version, but I'm going to need all this time to learn how to cope with this new stuff.  According to Blogger, the old version will no longer be here by the end of July.  

I don't like change, but I'm stubborn.  I will not let this mess get the best of me.  I will lick it!  (If I change my mind, I'll let you know.)

There must be rain somewhere nearby because my right hand and arm are really sore today. My arthritis usually hurts most when rain is coming.  It normally stops hurting so much once the rain gets here.  

I was hoping to do a bit of crocheting today, but I can't till that rain gets here.  Last night I almost finished the light grey neck warmer set.  I think there's only about ten or twelve more rows to go on it.  Ah well, maybe I can finish it tonight.  I'm really hoping to start and finish the next blue set this week, then I'll be done with them for a while.

I borrowed this image from the web to share a new scam.  I thought this was worth passing along. 

I also borrowed this image because it definitely is a good lesson to pass along.  Too many adults think it is so cute when the little ones pester and annoy their dogs.  It is NOT funny or amusing.  It is animal abuse.

Now I think I'll grab a cold bottle of water and do a bit of blog reading.  So, till tomorrow, Y'all stay safe and have a fantabulous day.

Hugs, Edna B.

Beautiful Blossoms

June 3, 2020

Good morning.  The sun is shining and temps should get up close to eighty, although my phone app says we have rain coming this afternoon.  Well, to be honest we really do need a bit of rain.  The plants are beginning to wilt a bit.  It seems like it's either famine or feast when it comes to rain.  

Yesterday, Deanne came by and we had lunch on the porch.  There's plenty of room to keep a distance, plus we have masks.  I don't wear mine unless I have to because it's hard for me to breath with it on.  She brought me a tuna sub and I ate half of it and saved the other half for my supper.  Yum, Yum!

Before she left, we walked around to the other side of the house to see what might be blooming.  All my prize iris plants are either blooming or getting ready to bloom soon.  Deanne took a few photos for me.  The flowers on these iris are huge.  There were white ones blossoming.  Note the huge orange buds.  They will be blooming next, and are my favorites.  (obviously)  

Then she took a photo of my backyard.  I leave it wild and wooded on purpose for whatever wildlife lives there.  Plus it looks pretty.

Last evening I did a bit of crocheting on the newest neck warmer set.  This one is light grey and it's working  up really nice.  I have one more set to make after this, and then I really must get back to my other projects.  Six months go by really fast when you lots of projects to finish.

I think I need to box up the afghan that is going to Sweden and get it mailed.  I've been holding off, but it really needs to go.  Once the holidays have gone by, I'm going to have to make a new list of any afghans that I still need to make.  Yup, looks like next year will be a busy craft year too.

I'm having a hard time getting this post typed.  When I click on preview so that I can proof read it, I can't get back to my original post to finish.  It goes to draft, and from there I can only erase or publish. So, I end up having to erase the whole thing and start over.  Which I have.  It's becoming a lot less fun to blog. If you spot spelling errors, etc. then please accept my apology. 

Now I'm going to do a bit of blog reading.  So, till tomorrow, Y'all stay safe and have a fantabulous day.

Hugs, Edna B. 

So Many Changes, So Much To Learn

June 2, 2020

Good morning.  Tis sunny and 57F degrees at the moment.  Temps should climb into the mid to upper sixties  in a few hours.  My phone app says it is supposed to start warming up again tomorrow.  This would be a good time for my phone app to be right.

Thank you to John at By Stargoose And Hanglands for telling me how to size a photo that we're uploading to our blog.  I spent a while yesterday trying to figure out how to put my slideshow of photos back at the top of my blog.  Alas, I did not have much luck.  I did click on the help button, but that offered no help.  Today I'll look it up on Google to see if it has any ideas that work.

As you can see, I finally figured out how to make a link to another blog.  I leaned a couple other things too, but they are minor.  It's going to take a while to figure out all the nuances of this "new" blogger.  I used to have a jukebox full of music on my blog too, but it disappeared.  I guess because of legal reasons.  I'd like to figure out how to put another one on my blog.  I rather enjoyed it.

My SIL Edie sent me a photo from her archives.  It must have been taken with an early digital camera because it is quite grainy.  Tis a photo from the late seventies or early eighties of my hubby and me.

I just thought of something.  There's no button to add a video to our blogpost.  If anyone has that figured out could you let me know how to do it too?  Thank you in advance.

Deanne is coming y today.  We're going to have subs for lunch together.  I must remember to text her soon to let her know what I want on my sandwich.  I'm thinking I might have turkey with mayo and pickles.

When Kevin was here the other day, he brought me a gift from Deanne.  It's a little patriotic doggie.  Isn't this just the cutest little thing?  Thank you Deanne, I love it!

I just discovered another thing I need to figure out.  When you type a post and save it as a draft, how do you open it and edit it?  I tried everything I could think of and finally erased the whole post and started over with a new one.  This is not my idea of fun. 

With all these "new" and rather unnecessary changes to Blogger, I'm sure we're going to lose a few fellow bloggers.  Some folks I know have been blogging for many years, and I'm going to miss them.  Blogger seems to be taking a lot of the fun out of blogging out of blogging.  That's really sad.   

Ah well, it's time for me to get started on this new day.  So, till tomorrow, Y'all stay safe and have a fantabulous day.

Hugs, Edna B.

Welcoming Another New Month

June 1, 2020

Good morning.  Today is sunny with temps in the low sixties.  My phone app says it will warm up again in a couple days.  It's also a brand new month.  Can you believe it is already June?  Here is the June page from my calendar.

I'd like to thank everyone for all your comforting messages.  My friend Rhoda reads this blog every day and I'm sure they will be very comforting to her too.

I'm trying the "new" blogger today.  It's very different, and I haven't decided yet if I like it or not.  I'm not sure how to size the photo yet, so if anyone has figured it out can you let me know?  Thank you in advance.

I'm thinking that it's going to be more expensive now to have my blog books printed.  I include all the comments in my books.  They've changed the layout of the comments page and now they are spread out more so it will take more room to print them in the books.

Blogger says it will be much easier now to blog from your phone.  I'm thinking that these changes are all for the phones.  It's sad that the laptop users didn't get a vote on some of the changes.  I don't know about you, but I would have a hard time blogging from my phone.  My fat little fingers make it difficult just to text.  I always have to keep going back to change all the wrong keys that I poked.  Can you imagine me trying to type a whole post on that tiny keyboard?

Well, that's enough of my complaining.  I'm sure I'll find more changes to discuss as I go along.  How about talking about our doggies now that the warmer temps are going to be coming to stay.  I know I say this every year, but please don't leave your doggies in the car, EVER!  It doesn't take long for the heat to kill your pet.  Your pets would never hurt you.  Please do not ever hurt them. 

Now I have to try the "preview" and "publish."   First though, let me share a beautiful photo that my daughter Deanne took some time ago at our local park.  

Till tomorrow, Y'all stay safe and have a fantabulous day.

Hugs, Edna B.

Rest In Peace My Friend

May 31, 2020

Good morning.  It's sunny, and according to my phone app temps should stay in the sixties today.  It's a sad day though.  A very good friend of mine passed away a few  days ago.  (May 27)   I didn't check my email yesterday until around nine o'clock last night.  There was a message in it from my friend Rhoda. 

Rhoda and Marshall have been good friends of mine since back in the seventies.  I met them through my late hubby, Michael.  When our grandchildren started coming along, Marshall took over being our Santa Claus every year.  Except for when Christmas Eve fell on a Friday.  Then Marshall would go to Temple and my brother Artie would take over Santa's role. 

As some of the children got a bit older, they were certain that they had figured out that Santa was really Marshall.  Surprise, surprise.  The years that Marshall showed up while Santa was handing out presents to everyone really confused these smarty pants kids.  Hmmm, maybe this really was Santa?

                                                   Mrs. Claus and Santa

                                                       Artie and Santa

                                                      Marshall and Santa

Marshall was a natural entertainer and my hubby's best friend.  May you rest in peace, Marshall.  God Bless you.

Because of Covid-19, there can be no service.  When folks are able to get back together, Rhoda will have a Shiva House. 

Till tomorrow,  Y'all stay safe and have a fantabulous day.

Hugs, Edna B.