Good morning, Danish, Donuts and Bagels in the Break Room. Lunch and Netflix with a friend today. Still waiting for the pump people to come out. Music Bingo at the Eagles tonight.

Good Wednesday morning! Today it's supposed to start getting quite toasty - in the mid to upper 80's. Those newly planted tomatoes should be happy.

Had to run Bella the Bloodhound in to be dropped off at the vet. She hasn't been eating well for a couple of weeks, but over the last week has pretty much stopped eating. She acts fine, but changing her food hasn't helped much either. So, it's time to see the Dr. Chris to see what's going on.

Made really good progress outside yesterday. Got almost all my heavy stepping stones pulled up and stacked so I can power wash them. Lots of weeds pulled too. I think hubby is finally going to get rid of the chickens. The eggs are nice, but they cause SO much destruction and he refused to keep the poop off the sidewalks and places where we sit outside. My neighbor who has about 200 chickens is going to take them. We will just buy a couple dozen eggs from her every week.

Which means! I can have someone come in and spread mulch this year! Everything is in dire need, but there was no point with the chickens.

Good morning everyone. Yes Fogfighter, silly but cute song for sure. I am doing AOK Gerry...enjoying a cup of wide awake double dark brew this morning...great news about your A/C. Life's kept me very busy these past days...yard work, doc appt, chores and projects. My vote is for an easy upkeep landscape Hagatha. Yes Connie, too much rain too fast just runs off and you don't get a deep soak for trees and plants...have fun at Bingo. We've enjoyed many slow steady soaks these past days and I hope they continue into the summer and break our drought. Oh my Draclvr, I've never thought that chicken poop would be a factor.
Have a great Hump Day everyone
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Good morning everyone.

Latte Macchiato is what I drink every morning, with an extra shot of Ristretto. I don't know how well that would translate into a song, though. It makes for a nice, mild but strong coffee .

I hope Bella is okay, Draclvr. Today is Willow's day for her shots and checkup. She's become almost inert these days, sleeping under the bedspread all day. Seems cheerful enough, though.

An easy care lawn sounds great, Dan, but until I can decide what else to do I'll just stick with the lawn, which is not very big. My landscaper has a package that they call "Everything but the mowing" and I think that's what I'll do. My garden is my refuge.

Have a great evening Boomers.

Good Morning Fogfighter, connie, Draclvr, soot, hagatha, SpaceQ and everyone! Wide Awake double Dark Brew is ready.

Fogfighter funny little song. Connie hope your well pump gets serviced today. Draclvr no chickens...one less chore for you! Soot good to hear all is well with you. Hagatha the less for you to do in the yard the better...simple and easy is good! SpaceQ how are things with you...nice to see you join us in the break room.

Have a great day everyone!

Gerry

Good morning everyone.

On the second cup already. Käckebröd is available in break room in case of emergencies.

The Espresso Macchiato song is funny. The finals will be on Saturday, maybe the caffeine will fare well in the Eurovision. There is competetion though. For example my fellow Swedes sing about Sauna, the Icelanders are building a boat sailing out on the Atlantic. Grönland is already discovered but it will sure be an adventure anyway. Poland is sending a musical superstar with impressive talents, skills and looks but because language barrier no one outside Poland knows what the song is about. Presumably some ancient slavic folklore pertaining to Mother Earth. May the best song win.

Happy Thursday GameBoomers!

Good morning everyone...WADDB is wonderful this morning with Käckebröd. The competition sounds fun Fogfighter. Low maintenance is goodness Hagatha...especially if you can include native plants.

Have a wonderful day everyone

Good morning, Danish, Donuts and Bagels in the Break Room. Well is fixed, it was the controller. It was getting power , but not putting power out. Temps here going into the upper 90's, frown. Enjoy the day and hug someone.

Good Tuesday morning! Supposed to head up to 90 degrees F here today.

Well, Bella the Bloodhound did have a small blockage as I feared. But it has made its way through her entire digestive system and is close to the way out. The vet tried to remove it manually, but she is such a big dog he couldn't quite reach it. Who knows what she ate... we do catch her chewing on twigs sometimes. They recommended a diet of chicken and rice for a few days, so I ran in town and got some chicken thighs, carrots and zucchini. Shredded the veggies and put them in a pressure cooker with the meat and water for 30 minutes. Drained it and cooked a cup of long grain rice in the broth and mixed it all up. Starting with small frequent meals of it for a couple of days and then transitioning back to her dog food. In her X-rays they saw arthritis in her hips which we already knew about and the pellet from when she was shot. This purebred Bloodhound was dumped down by the river 6 years ago in the dead of winter. She was getting into people's trash looking for food and someone shot her. She made her way to out house and made herself a bed in some deep straw in the barn. We didn't adopt her - she adopted us!

Putting together my big flower pots today with plants from the local nursery. Going to have a little helper as the little girl I pick up from the bus now and then is going to come here after school to help. She is very excited!

Good morning all.

I can't believe how some people treat animals. They are thinking, feeling creatures just like us. How could anyone abandon a beautiful dog to die? I just don't get it.

Hagatha, if you ever saw what I see down at the horse rescue, you would not believe it either. The worst abusers are the Amish. They whip, beat and inject pain killers to keep their horses working and then throw them away to slaughter in Mexico. They are also have the most horrendous puppy mills you can imagine. If you have the stomach, watch this video of Riddle who came to us a couple of years ago. When I was feeding at 10 pm, I was always so afraid he would be down. WARNING if you have a weak tolerance for this abuse. Riddle recovered, but some don't.

Riddle

I've long hoped that laws would change to make animal abuse a more serious charge with more serious consequences. It just isn't happening.

Riddle was so very lucky to be rescued. Again, I just don't understand it. You would have to be an utter sociopath to do that to an animal.

Bella, Riddle and many other rescues are blessed to know you and the Longmeadow team Draclvr!

Good Morning Fogfighter, connie, Draclvr, hagatha, soot and everyone. Wide Awake Double Dark Brew is ready!

Connie so glad it was an easy fix for your well. Years ago our well was hit by lightening and the control unit "fried".

I don't understand how people can be so evil...torturing and abusing innocent creatures.

I have a different service technician coming today to complete the yearly maintenance on the "attic" unit of the air conditioning...that part was not serviced.

I hope you all have a good day to start the weekend!

Gerry

Good morning everyone.

Only 14 Celsius here. WADDB is helpful for getting started.

Happy Weekend (soon) GameBoomers!

Good morning, Danish, Donuts and Bagels in the break room. I will never comprehend how some people can treat and abuse animals. Going to lunch with a friend today. Enjoy the day and hug someone.

T.G.I.F. good morning Connie, Fogfighter, Gerry, Hagatha, Draclvr and all who follow. Grocery shopping is on my agenda today and with daily chores will fill my day for sure. Hope the attic servicing goes without incident Gerry. Enjoying a second cup of wide awake double dark brew with a bagel.

Wishing you all a wonderful Friyay!

Good Friday morning! Oof, that 90 degrees F was hot yesterday! Much nicer today, but we are supposed to have severe storms later this afternoon. Large hail is possible, so I cleared out the garage so I can pull my truck in if necessary.

Already have a load of laundry in and just going to sit here and listen to the noisy hummingbirds and enjoy my WADDB.

Evening here. I just coded an hopefully XP compatible version of a freeware mini game of mine. Boldly naming it: Knight's Quest in Elephant Valley. Because it's about a Knight finding his way in the Valley of Elephants. No kidding. Now time for beer. Happy Weekend GameBoomers.

Good morning all.

Just got (another) eye-watering quote for dental work for Willow. It's a good thing they're cute...

We've had a mixed bag of weather today, from raining to howling winds and now sunshine. I was woken very early by search helicopters overhead; a sailboat capsized and someone is missing.

Good Morning Fogfighter, connie, soot, Draclvr, hagatha and everyone! Wide Awake Double Dark Brew is ready!

Fogfighter congrats on your game...is it running okay? Soot all went well with the air conditioning service yesterday...time will tell if everything is good. Draclvr hope you didn't get severe storms yesterday and all is well with you. Hagatha I hope they were able to rescue the missing person.

Enjoy the weekend everyone!

Gerry

Good morning everyone!

Already on the first cup of WADDB. Emergency use knäckebröd is now available for anyone desperate to break the night's fast.

Over here chilly and rainy. Mr Spring is sure hesitant this year.

The Knight game seems to run fine Gerry. At least on my virtual machines. The elephants cooperate. Is available as freeware for any brave explorers.

Tonight there will be the music contest finals over here in Europe. Apart from the Sauna and the Espresso Macchiato songs there will also be a somewhat controversial song with a not so sublte Finnsh gal singing in a mix of German, English and Finnish. And the poor Maltesan singer got some backlash for singing about singing in their own Maltesan language. Then there is an Australian guy from Australia with a milkshake theme. Ireland chose a more happy note and arrange a party for Laika up there in orbit. Must be happening in some parallell timeline.

Anyway it will sure be a totally audiovisual experience. May the best team win!

Happy Saturday!

Have a great weekend Boomers!

Good morning, Danish, Donuts and Bagels in the Break Room. Way too hot here, upper 90's. This does not bode well for summer. Trivia at the Eagles tonight. Enjoy the day and hug someone.