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I spent most of this afternoon playing with a Golden Retriever puppy. It made my weekend.

SpaceQ, goldens are the best! I love my Nugget so much, she is the sweetest dog I've ever had the pleasure of sharing my life with! Hope all is well by you!

I just got home from a 4 day trip to a tiny town of Bellevue, Iowa. It was hands down one of the best vacations ever!

A Disney cruise ship just sailed by. A tug was in the way and the ship's horn sounded - it's the opening notes to "When you wish upon a star."

Good morning, Danish, Donuts, and Bagels in the Break Room. Meeting at the Eagles tonight. Goldens are the Best, I miss mine.

Good morning, Hawaii Kona Coffee, Scottish Breakfast tea and bottled Fiji water in the Break Room. Culling trees around the house today...lots of noise.

Welcome home Ana.

Dogs are our link to paradise...

Have a wonderful Monday everyone!

hagatha, that made me laugh! I assume it got the attention of the tug boat!

Dogs are indeed our link to paradise. I never thought I'd have a Bloodhound adopt me, but Bella has been an absolute joy!

Yes, the tug moved to the side. This is a very narrow channel and all the vessel traffic going north comes right past our windows. Only the largest ocean-going vessels sail on the outside, the west side, of the Island. We get lots of ship's horn sounding here.

I was sitting outside looking out at the fog over the water this morning, and all of a sudden was treated to a full-on conversation between the cats, who joined me for a few minutes. Honestly, those two are so verbal together it's hilarious. I've never seen anything like it before. Chirps and peeps and churring and quiet meows. They both talk to me a lot, too.

Our cats are another link to paradise Hagatha

They are. I'm so glad I have them. Some days they're the only reason I have to get up.

hagatha, one of our members over at Mystery Manor lives in Washington State. She went on a whale watching tour and they were treated to a humpback whale who interacted with them for about 30 minutes! The captain of the boat had been doing this for 15 years and had only seen it 3 times and never for more than a few minutes, so it was a thrill for him too! She said she got a direct blast of whale snot more than once! Said the stuff is seriously stinky!! LOL!! The video she posted is amazing.

Today was day 5 for my sweet pickles which means that I put in jars and processed in a boiling water bath. Got 18 pints!

same thing.

Hi Everyone/Boomers

May You all have a great day or relaxing night....enjoy your breakfast or dinner....Happy Gaming

Good morning, Danish, Donuts, and Bagels in the Break Room. Lunch and Netflix with a friend today.

Good morning everyone

Nicaraguan Coffee, Scottish Breakfast tea and bottled Fiji water in the Break Room.

18 pints! Wow Drac, you're definitly in Pickle Paradise!

Have a Tootin Toosday everyone

A desperately needed rainy day. I'll try some of that Nicaraguan coffee, Soot! Just sitting her enjoying my cup of strong black German coffee and listening to the hummingbirds. I finally gave up and put up seven 1 quart feeders. The three hanging baskets I had are toast anyway after the extended 100° temps we had. It's about time for the hummers to enter their final push to load up on food before they start their migration in a few weeks. A professional photographer friend found a hummer nest on her property and is taking daily photos of the progress of the little ones being fed by the mama hummer. It's so fascinating!

Today is canning all my culled tomatoes. I wash and cut up the gnarly ones along with any that have bad spots and cook them down. Then I put through my snazzy electric Italian tomato press and pressure can it in quarts. I should get about 8 quarts of sauce today. I already have 16 quarts, but that's not enough as I use a lot of it in the winter.

I miss my hummingbirds. Dude was so adept at catching them on the balconies that I had to take those feeders down. I've only got a couple of safe places for them now, on places I can't see, so I'll put up the heated ones away from grabby little paws in a week or so, for the over-wintering Anna's.

Good morning, Danish, Donuts, and Bagels in the Break Room.

Good morning one and all!

Sumatra Mandheling coffee, Scottish Breakfast tea (nice malty flavor) and bottled Fiji water in the Break Room.
We might get our "possessed" refrigerator fixed today

Happy Hump Day everyone 🐫

I took my Willow to the vet yesterday to get her a full health checkup and guidance on weight control, and also because she's pretty obviously depressed a lot of the time, lethargic, and very clingy. The vet put her on kitty Prozac. We'll have to see how that goes, but it would be nice to see the old Willow again, the sleek one who loves walking on her leash and playing.

I'm sure Willow is missing John and picking up on your grief too. Animals are so attuned to their humans. I had two dogs who clung to me constantly after my 2nd hubby died.

How old is Willow?

Willow is 9.

She's been pretty sad for a couple of years, clearly picking up on John's pain and sadness. She spent most of her time since she was a kitten sitting with John, in his lap or draped over his arm if he was working at this desk, and she used to do do what we called a "huggle," where she'd sit in his lap and wrap her front paws around his upper arm and pull herself really close to his armpit, with her full strength. She always slept beside him, too. There's no doubt in my mind that she misses him terribly.

She's still a young'un. Yes, I'm sure she does miss him!

Good morning, Danish, Donuts, and Bagels in the Break Room.