CoTT 2 House of Cards

[dughlas]

18 minutes ago, CassieQ said:

Some of my most treasured possessions are small boxes full of old "stuff".  I lost most of my belongings in a fire back in 2012, and my memory is very poor, so I don't have a lot of memories from when I was young.  I found a box that had been saved full of old love letters and notes from my friends in college.  It's nice to look through every once and a while.    

I love that while you lost much you still have something to treasure.

[Page Scrawler]

21 minutes ago, CassieQ said:

Some of my most treasured possessions are small boxes full of old "stuff".

Hey, Cassie.     I quite agree.   

[Valkyrie]

1 hour ago, Marty said:

Oh, I don't want to get rid of really nostalgic things. But there's stuff I have that is really just taking up room.

I'm not quite as bad as some of the examples in the following article (I hope), but I do sometimes worry that I might be slowly approaching that stage...

https://scienceofcaring.ucsf.edu/health-public/recognizing-and-addressing-hoarding-significant-senior-health-concern

Same here.  I'm not getting rid of the nostalgic things, like my Ireland box, but I do have a ton of stuff that needs to go.  

[Valkyrie]

1 hour ago, CassieQ said:

Some of my most treasured possessions are small boxes full of old "stuff".  I lost most of my belongings in a fire back in 2012, and my memory is very poor, so I don't have a lot of memories from when I was young.  I found a box that had been saved full of old love letters and notes from my friends in college.  It's nice to look through every once and a while.    

  Oh same here. I've found stuff like that too.  That stuff I'm keeping  I like looking through it every once in a while too.  

[Headstall]

1 hour ago, dughlas said:

I know it can do that to me that's why I make it a point to sit outside each day. I have a nice shaded spot where there is often a breeze with a comfortable chair and a small table. I take an ice cold drink in my insulated cup, a bowl of fresh cold water for Thistle (I float a few ice cubes in the bowl to help the water stay cool) and my tablet. Maybe you can find a similiar spot. I noticed the heat and humidity are not quite so unbearable since I acclimated to them while I was at Mum's. The weather here lately has been similar to what June was like there.

I do go to the woods most every day, and it's cool in there. I sit and throw the ball or stick for Cookie, but once we leave the woods, it is sickening. Maybe I will take a cold drink with me next time... for both f us. She needs water frequently when we are outside, but I don't like her drinking from the cats' water pails, or the horse's. 

[Albert1434]

Hmm

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[Albert1434]

When its hot you should carry water for both of you 

[CassieQ]

1 hour ago, Valkyrie said:

  Oh same here. I've found stuff like that too.  That stuff I'm keeping  I like looking through it every once in a while too.  

Some of the things that I miss the most were my yearbooks and the journals i kept from when I was in middle school and high school.  I retrieved them but the water damage from when they were attempting  to quell the blaze was too much.  I had looked through them maybe 6 months or so before they got destroyed and there were things in there that I didn't remember at all.

[Albert1434]

Jack Sherman of the red hot chili peppers died at 64😢

 

Edited August 22, 2020 by Albert1434

[Albert1434]

Sorry to hear that CassieQ so sad

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[Albert1434]

We had Chicken Wiener Schnitzel

[CassieQ]

4 hours ago, Albert1434 said:

Sorry to hear that CassieQ so sad

Thanks.  It was a long time ago, though, and I've moved on.  

[Headstall]

6 hours ago, Albert1434 said:

When its hot you should carry water for both of you 

I'm talking about when I'm on my own land... I never take Cookie off the property because I don't want her to think it's okay to go out onto the road.  

[Headstall]

1 hour ago, CassieQ said:

Thanks.  It was a long time ago, though, and I've moved on.  

Hey, Cassie.   I let go of my massive vinyl record collection, and I will always regret it... those and so many of my books. I thought I should pare down my possessions at the time.  

[Page Scrawler]

6 hours ago, Headstall said:

Hey, Cassie.   I let go of my massive vinyl record collection, and I will always regret it... those and so many of my books. I thought I should pare down my possessions at the time.  

Aside from books, clothes, and a few kitchen tools, I don't really have much that can be exclusively called "mine". Most of what Morgan and I own is shared, or we bought it together. Then again, I have at least two dozen books on my shelves just gathering dust. I bought them, or received them as gifts, and told myself I'd "get to them eventually", but "eventually" just never seems to happen.   

[dughlas]

11 hours ago, Albert1434 said:

We had Chicken Wiener Schnitzel

Looks tasty though I must admit I prefer jager schnitzel. It's the mushrooms in the brown gravy though I suppose a rich chicken gravy would suit better in this case. 

Edited August 23, 2020 by dughlas

[Albert1434]

Aloha All

[Marty]

19 hours ago, dughlas said:

I hope you were able to make some repairs to the garden.

The day has brightened considerably from this morning's overcast. Now mostly clear with a few puffy white clouds. If out working in it the sun is strong, doesn't take long until sweat runs. I spent some time cutting back a wild rose bush in my lower yard....

Happy Sunday, all!

Well, dughlas, I did manage to tie most of the damaged pea vines back to the chicken wire they had been growing up. Some of the stems are quite badly damaged, but hopefully the plants will still be able to transport water up the stems to swell the peas inside the abundant pods that had started developing before the storm hit.

A reasonably mild day here, with the temp currently (around 2:30pm) about 16°C/61°F. Mainly cloudy with frequent light showers and occasional sunny periods, but not long enough to risk hanging washing out. The lawns really need mowing, but they're far too wet at the moment to do so safely without damaging them. Hopefully there'll come a couple of dry days in the week to cut them, but I may have to put the mower blade to its highest setting for the first cut.

Hope you're all keeping safe!

[Albert1434]

Aloha Marty 

[Albert1434]

Happy Sunday

[Marty]

43 minutes ago, Albert1434 said:

Aloha All

G'day, young Albert.

[Albert1434]

The firer's in California are now up to 500 and there going to have more Thunderstorms😲 

[Albert1434]

Nearly 1M acres scorched and tens to thousands of evacuations😱

[Marty]

11 minutes ago, Albert1434 said:

The fire's in California are now up to 500 and there going to have more Thunderstorms

They're still making the news here in Ireland, Albert:

https://www.thejournal.ie/california-wildfires-some-of-largest-in-state-history-5182720-Aug2020/

Along with news of villages being evacuated due to a wildfire in Greece’s southern Mani peninsula:

https://www.thejournal.ie/greece-wildfire-mani-5183051-Aug2020/

Edited August 23, 2020 by Marty
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[Albert1434]

Death Valley hit 131f/55 c hottest day on the planet omg Ever

Edited August 23, 2020 by Albert1434