my favorite time: when the tiger lilies, liatris, Russian sage, and coneflower are in bloom,
Fordite or motor city agate Paint used to build up in layers in the car painting room. Workers would scrap up the layers. Fordite is a thing of the past as they paint cars with less waste now. Mine is from the 1990s Ford Taurus plant
Steves brother with all the grandkids
This has been a busy with birthdays to celebrate, art fairs to go to, gardening, house guests, lots of cooking, bike rides, runs
My favorite bird is the Baltimore Oriole which shows up in May here I feed them grape jelly and oranges. Someimes as many as 20 show up but this year much less. And by June they seemed to be gone. In the past a few stay to July But this year babies on their parents showed up at the jelly feeder in July.
at first the babies perched nearby demanding that their parents feed them but now they fly here by themselves. They are the same size as adults but not so colorful. So all in all, I have 7 orioles. I was going through a big jar of jelly every 2 days but they are slowing down or are
disturbed that the bumble bees are now flying around
Our annual fight: Steve and I don't fight very often. Once a year? Though the last time I think it was two years ago in Utah because I chose a bad b&b and I allegedly should have known better. I make all the plans and he does all the critiquing. Doesn't seem too fair The fights consist of him sighing
a lot and then giving me the silent treatment for a week, annoying when we are away from home.
We have a 5 burner stove which I always thought unnecessary Who needs 5 burners. But the other week, all 5 are going. Cooking this, cooking that for as many as 16 people. I spilled some bread crumbs and he said something about could I be any messier, sighing and starting to clean them up in his unbelievably inefficient way being in my way and I snapped at him to get away, not done with the bread crumbs and I was going to clean them up once there was a break in the action I raised my voice to him, a cardinal sin made worse as his family was there I was forgiven, I guess in less than a week
The grandkids like their great auntts and uncle, especially Maya who hangs all over them. One night they just wanted to relax watching a show inappropriate for kids I was tasked with telling Naomi that they could just spend an hour here as everyone
was tired. Yes she does shoot the messenger.
I am getting some allies in the neighborhood The crazy lady across the street who at a neighborhood meeting said my big flowers were bringing the value of everyone's house down has been insulting others too. A new couple, two young men. moved recently next door to her. She told them she doesn't like the way their backyard looks when she is sitting on her patio. One of the men came over for gardening tips, ha! said they love my gardens and want some of the flowers, which I shared. We now are friends
it has been a record year here for rain with lots of flooding. As we sit in a bunch of sand, we are spared that but the resulting bugs are not fun. I never have seen mosquitos around here during the day, Now they are biting me while i try to keep the gardens up.
I usually miss the big Ann Arbor Art Fair because Im away on my bike ride. As that was canceled, I was free to go but the only day my friends could make it was very rainy and most of the booths were shut down I did get some stuff though
No thanks to the delta variant and crazy uneducated people who think getting vaccinated means they are a commie Biden lover, covid is on the rise but not in our county (ann Arbor allegedly being most educated city in the US) Most of this is happening in the south. My gut feeling is that these idiots were warned, let them get sick, lessTrump supporters going forward, but of course they take the innocent down with them' My favorite story is one of their 'conservative' talk show host who has been telling his audience not to get the vaccine, is in the hospital fighting for his life. He has since changed his tune as have a few of the deplorables who realize this will eat into their base
How did we get so stupid!
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Such a beautiful and happy time.
I know two people, fully vaccinated, who ended up contracting covid from unvaccinated people. I will continue to wear a mask and avoid indoor events even though I am vaccinated. ugh!
Kris
"My gut feeling is that these idiots were warned, let them get sick, less Trump supporters going forward, but of course they take the innocent down with them"
I think it entirely reasonable to joyfully anticipate the deaths of people who pose a mortal danger to others.
"My favorite story is one of their 'conservative' talk show host"
I heard Valentine's brother raging against those who are pleased that he is ill. I don't know if he would do more good by dying or more good by trying to get others vaccinated should he survive, but I'm not much invested in pondering the subject, my anger toward such people being so overwhelming that it's hard for me to want any of them to survive. I never knew what hatred was until Trump was elected, and had imagined that my rage would cool once he left office. It hasn't; it has simply grown to include a lot more Republicans.
I loved the photos (especially the one of the dog, but then it would be hard to find a prettier dog than a Belgian Shepherd), and I thoroughly enjoyed the text too. I would be darn mad at my spouse if she behaved as yours does--I just don't understand why you don't fight a heck of a lot more.
My granddog Kaya is a German Shepherd, not a Belgian though she does look similar to one. She is much bigger than they are.
I assume the talk show host has survived and maybe he will now urge his listeners to vaccinate so a silver lining.
I find the anti vaxxers and those that thought January 6 was AOK extremely dangerous people. I do hate them and I fear for our country.
Hi Kris, I am wondering how your daughter is doing? I assume you have been gene tested.
Hopefully your friends who got covid from the unvaccinated had a much milder case than they would have if they weren't vaccinated. Fortunately covid is rare in my part of the county and I don't go outside my bubble often.
Miss seeing your grandkids on Facebook
Sue, my daughter just finished her cancer treatment in July-a very long year. My other daughter was just diagnosed with ovarian cancer, today is the second chemo. She will have three in total. She will have genetic testing. too, but so far, nothing has shown up in the tests Allison and I took.I worry about my grandchildren.
Kris
I am so sorry that both of your daughters are battling cancer. Such a worry and it doesn't sound like a gene, maybe not identified yet. Or really really bad luck. My brother has the gene I have, his kids do not but one of them has stage 4 breast cancer despite not having the gene.
I wish your family well.
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