Adios March

March 31, 2021

Good morning.  I guess in some areas, March is going out like a lamb.  The wind lately has been a bit frisky at times and we've had bits of rain (mostly during the night).  This is not the case in other parts of the country.  

I was up early this morning, putting together a "doggie package."  My cousin Anita told me that when her package arrived the other day, her little dog Ginger  sniffed it all over to make sure it was okay.  However, when the box was opened, Ginger looked a bit sad because there was nothing in the box for her.  

How could I have been so unthoughtful?  So I've put together a little box of Pogo's toys (I have tons of them!)  and addressed it to Ginger.  I'll see if Deanne will mail it for me this week.

A couple days ago, I found some really pretty yarn in my stash so I started a baby blanket with it.  The yarn is from Red Heart and is called Minty.  I'll make another one with yellow yarn.

Has anyone other than me been noticing the downright horrible taste in a lot of the commercials on TV lately?  Some are in extremely bad taste, and others are just stupid.  I'm really surprised at Geico for their poor taste in their latest ad.  They usually have pretty good ones.  The latest one has a basketball player, Dikembe Mytombo, running around making grunting noises and smashing or throwing things.  Exactly what is the point of this stupidity?  Does it really sell insurance?  

And how about the cat litter ad?  (I think it is for cat litter)  The guy scrapes the litter box and the cat poo flies through the air and lands in the woman's smoothie drink.  Really?  This is supposed to sell cat litter?  

Whatever happened to the commercials that are fun or at least interesting to listen to?   Does Big Business really think that all of us consumers are so stupid that we need these new kind of ads?  That's really sad!

I'm beginning to annoy myself so I think I'll go read some blogs.  Let me leave you with this picture that I borrowed from the web.  It doesn't cost much to feed a hungry animal or show it some love.

So till next time, Y'all stay safe and have a fantabulous day.

Hgs, Edna B.

The Trash Barrel Gremlin Strikes Again!

March 30, 2021

Good morning.  Yesterday was a rather quiet day.  I did not get much sleep Sunday night, so I took advantage of falling asleep yesterday morning.  

Yesterday was trash pick up day in our town.  Sadly, we sometimes lose our trash barrels on these days.  Once they are emptied, they are tossed onto the sidewalk.  If it's windy, the barrels blow around until someone stops them.  Or someone takes them.  Or they get run over by the street traffic.  Or they just disappear into thin air!

I started out with two trash barrels but several months ago, one of them disappeared on trash pick up day.  The other one disappeared yesterday.  There must be a trash barrel gremlin out there somewhere.  I shopped around online for a new one, and hopefully we'll have it later today.

My cousin Anita called me yesterday afternoon.  The package that we mailed to her on Saturday had arrived and she and her hubby were loving their new lapghans.  I can't get over how quickly the package got delivered.  The package was taken to our post office shortly before noon on Saturday 3/27 and had already been delivered to my cousin in PA on Monday 3/29.  Awesome!

Here's an image I borrowed from the web to share.  I love watermelon and it's really good for you.  Imagine what a bowl of cut up watermelon every week could do for your health!  

I don't really have a lot of news for today.  When each day is much the same as the day before, it's not always easy to find news to talk about.  (But I'll keep trying)  Today I'm going to look for a new pattern for a baby blanket.  I have something in mind, but I don't have the pattern for it.

Before I leave now to do some blog reading, let me share one more picture that I borrowed from the web to share with you.

So, till next time, Y'all stay safe and have a fantabulous day.

Hugs, Edna B.                                      

Remember Hop Scotch?

March 28, 2021

Good morning.  Gosh, have you noticed?  We're running out of this month already.  Time is flying!  Today's temps will get into the mid fifties with rain.  Tis another great day for crocheting.

Speaking of crocheting,  Deanne mailed my box of lapghans yesterday.  We still have a lot of cool weather ahead so I'm hoping that my cousins will enjoy these lapghans.  I've been busy finishing the pockets for the pocket wraps that I made.  All the pockets are made and now just have to be sewn on to the wraps.  

I think I've decided on a light yellow for a baby blanket.  Or maybe the Aran.  I like that color too.  Hmmm, such big decisions!  I'll be needing to make a couple more afghans too.  My stash of them is running out.  They make great gifts.  

Today I've dug out a photo from back in the seventies.  This was a gift from my children.  They all went to the mall together to shop and found this beautiful candle.  I still have it and today it sits on top of my doll cabinet.

They've just played one of my favorite ads on TV.  A little girl is sitting on her front steps.  Just watching people walk by on the sidewalk.  So she goes to the sidewalk and draws a hop scotch gameboard, then goes back to sitting on her steps.  Now when folks walked by, they hop scotched across the game on the sidewalk and then waved to the little girl.  Do you remember playing hop scotch?  Oh my, what fun memories!

Now I'm off to wash the dishes in the sink and then settle down to some crocheting.  First, let me share this image with you.  Please remember, when you cut down your trees, you're not just cutting down trees.  You are destroying our ecosystem and a lot of very important homes.  Where are all our birds and animals supposed to live now?

So, till next time, Y'all be safe and have a fantabulous day.

Hugs, Edna B.

Be The Change

March 26, 2021

Good morning.  Yesterday afternoon turned out to be really nice.  Today is supposed to be gray, wet and in the mid sixties.  Spring is trying.  It's just taking a while to get here.  Temps will be going down again, but after a while they'll be rising again.

Well, I finished the two lapghans for my cousin Anita and her hubby Ray.  Now I just have to box them up and get them in the mail.  I placed them on the porch gate to take a photo.  

I have some Fuschia yarn that might look nice as a lapghan.  We'll see.  I bought the yarn because I liked the color.  Now I just have to think of something to make with it.  

It finally got warm enough yesterday afternoon for me to sit out on the porch for a while.  It felt really nice to be able to listen to the birds and watch the squirrels play.  I missed our wild turkeys this year.  They only came by a couple times.  I hope wherever they went, they had some really good food and shelter.

Deanne was finally able to get her first vaccine shot yesterday after work.  So far, she says she has no after effects.  I hope it stays that way.  She was even given the date when to go back for her second shot.  My cousin Anita and her hubby also got their first shots this week, along with the date to go back for their second shots.  They live in Pennsylvania and were initially told that they would not be able to get the shots until probably May or June. 

There's not much for good pickin's on TV this morning so I'm watching the Shop LC program.  Today is Friday so that means nothing is over $9.99.  I'm not shopping but it is interesting to see what they are offering.  

Before I leave to do some blog reading, let me leave you with this beautiful image that I borrowed from the web to share.  When you see an animal looking for food in your yard, don't chase them away.  Put out some food for them.  A lot of them have families to feed.  Hunger hurts.

So, till Sunday, Y'all stay safe and have a fantabulous day.

Hugs, Edna B.

Ladybug, Ladybug!

March 25, 2021

Good morning.  The forecast for today has changed a bit.  Instead of a lovely sunny, warm day we'll be getting cloudy with bits of rain and afternoon sunshine. Temps are supposed to be getting up into the upper sixties and I was planning on having breakfast on the porch.  I guess now I'll wait until this afternoon to sit out there for a while.

I have to share a funny story that was told by the host on an old game show program.  (Sale Of The Century)  He was saying that Mikhail Gorbachev came here and was awed at the many different items in our stores.  Mr. Gorbachev told the host that while he was in a grocery store he saw powdered milk.  You just add water, and you get milk.  And, he saw powdered orange juice.  Again, you just add water and you get orange juice.  Then he saw baby powder, and said "What a country!"

I'm one of those folks that just can't throw out the yarn bits that are left over from projects.  I put each color in a baggie and keep them all in a large bag.  So, yesterday I went looking through the bag to see if maybe there were left overs of the color that I need to finish this last lapghan.  I found a baggie with just enough of the yarn to finish my project.  Woo Hoo!  

Of course, I still went online to check out any new yarn colors that I might be needing for future projects.  I'm thinking that I'd like to make another baby cocoon and hat set just to have on hand.  You never know when a new baby will be expected.  Plus, I want to make something in a really bright color.  Like maybe Fuschia.  Or Flamingo.  Or Mango.  Gosh, if I keep this up I'll be drooling.

I borrowed a chart from the web that I thought would be very helpful to all of us.  It shows what the bites of various insects look like on our skin.  These are: Spider, Mosquito, Tick, Bedbug, Flies.

And then I borrowed another picture to share.  I never knew there were so many different types of Lady Bugs.  Did you?   This picture shows seventeen different Lady Bugs.

You should not kill or spray these bugs.  They eat a lot of garden pests.  I checked with Wikipedia and according to them, there are 5000 different species of Lady Bugs in the world.  

Ladybug - author unknown.

Ladybug, ladybug, On the tree, Fly down here and sit with me.  Rest on m hand, I'll count your spots, 2,,4, 6,8 polka dots!

I just put the mail out for the mailman, and I see that the rain has stopped and it looks like it is clearing up.  Maybe the sun will be out soon?   Now I'm going to do some blog reading.  So, till next time, Y'all stay safe and have a fantabulous day.

Hugs, Edna B.

Trees

March 24, 2021

Good morning.  It's seven thirty and I'm still waiting for the sun to come out.  I now have two weather apps on my phone.  One says it will be overcast/cloudy, and the other says it will be sunny.  My weather app predicament just grew.  They both give different high temperatures for today too.  I suppose I cold just mix them together and come up with my own forecast.  

One says no rain, the other says 4% chance of rain.  One says 59 degrees for a high and 39 degrees for a low, and the other says 63 degrees for the high and 48 for the low.  I got the second weather app from the Weather Channel thinking that I might get a better idea of the correct weather forecast.  So much for that idea!

Last night I worked on the second lapghan.  Now I only have nine more rows to go to finish it.  However, I might run out of yarn before I get to the end.  I suppose that this could be a good excuse to look for a new color of yarn for another project.  (A girl just has to try!)  I'm thinking that I might need a couple lapghans for my porch.  Yes?

Deanne came by yesterday after work and we sat out on the porch for quite a while enjoying the birds and the fresh air.  I don't have to tell you how nice that felt.  When she left, she took my outgoing mail and dropped it off at the Post Office.  Thank you Deanne.  I feel better knowing that the bills will get to their destinations on time.

I borrowed a couple very touching images from the web to share with you.  Our trees are so very important to our survival.  Yet so many folks just cut them down with no reason or rhyme.  Think before you pick up that saw.  Do you really need to cut that tree down?

                                     

Here's a beautiful poem titled "Trees" by Joyce Kilmer.

I think that I shall never see a poem lovely as a tree.

A tree whose hungry mouth is prest against the earth's sweet flowing breast;

A tree that looks at God all day, and lifts her leafy arms to pray;

A tree that may in Summer wear a nest of robins in her hair;

Upon whose bosom snow has lain' who intimately lives with rain.

Poems are made by fools like me, but only God can make a tree.

Now I have a card to put out for the mailman to pick up.  Then I'm off to do some blog reading.  So, till next time, Y'all stay safe and have a fantabulous day.

Hugs, Edna B.

New Clothes Are Such Fun!

March 23, 2021

Good morning.  Gosh, it's almost lunchtime!  I came on here hours ago to type my post, and got side-tracked.  First I thought I should pay some bills and get them out to my mailbox so that the mailman could take them.  I finished before the mail normally is delivered here, and OH NO!  The mailman had already been and gone.  

Lesson learned.  Write out the bills at night and put them out before 9 a.m.  When will I ever learn?  This is sort of like Murphy's Law, right?  If I put the mail out early in the morning, the mailman doesn't deliver until just before 6pm.  That happened just last week.  Ah well, there's always tomorrow.

Today I have some adorable photos to share.  Deanne and Eddie took their grandchildren shopping the other day for some new clothes.  Sears was having an awesome "closing" sale.  This is Xander and Aurora.  Xander is showing a talent (and joy) for photo posing.  Maybe he'll make a great model some day?  These are just so fun!

The kids couldn't wait to get home and try on all their new clothes and have their photos taken.  The next day, they made paper Easter Bunnies to hang on the wall.  Crafts is always fun time.

Yesterday, Deanne came by after work and vacuumed my porch and dusted things off so that I can sit out there this week.  We have some nice days coming and it's going to feel so good to sit out there.  Thank you so much Deanne.  I really appreciate all the nice things that you do for me.

I ordered a couple hanging pots that will fit over the porch railing.  I'm going to put a couple of my house plants in these.  If this works out like I hope it will, I'll order a few more pots so that a few more house plants can live outdoors for a few months.

That's my news for today.  Now I'm off to read some blogs.  So, till next time, Y'all stay safe and have a fantabulous day.

Hugs, Edna B.