Gripes
1. I had an old WWII clamp-on adjustable fluorescent lamp. Used 40 watts. Loved it for decades. Simple on/off switch on the top. But it started to "hum" all the time.So I replaced it with a...
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Garden
I can't do a proper garden this year. Bad hip and too much shade now where I built raised beds years ago. So I bought a dozen 10 gallon containers and put them in the sunniest spot in the back yard....
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Thankful Thursday
Yeah, that was actually yesterday. But it was a bit late when I wrote this, so I'm posting it today. I am thankful for some of my neighbors. This is more of a starter-home and bedroom neighborhood...
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The Birds
In mid April, my right hip came to a "grinding" halt. So a lot of routine stuff stopped here. Part of that was bird support. The regular sunflower seed feeder went unfilled (and was badly tilted...
View ArticleVeggies, Flowers, and Grass
I've got 9 tomatoes in 10 gallon containers. Four Cherokee Purple and 2 Brandywine heirlooms (all about 2' high) and 3 cherry tomato hybrids. My other 5 containers have bi-color corn and flat...
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Shrubs And Trees
When I moved here in 1986, the backyard was a mess. As Julius Caesar might have said "Ethaechabetduaspartes". Playing on his famous ""Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres". Sorry, I couldn't...
View ArticleNew Eyeglasses
I finally got new eyeglasses Monday. One for reading, one for driving. I needed new reading glasses. My previous ones were very abraded so I was using the 2014 ones. My close-in vision hasn't...
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House Plant Pots
Sometimes, you just decide "enough is enough" with some plant pots. The pots are ugly and mismatched, wrong-sized, etc. But it never gets far enough up your To Do list. Well, I sure have enough...
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Father's Day
I am not technically a "human father" (so far as I know, and at 74, I probably would by now). But I am a "Cat-Daddy" and that is sufficient for me. It is actually an honor. I have known some people...
View ArticleDry And Hot
It is dry and hot here. And according to a map I saw today, it will get worse in July. I mentioned previously that Maryland has pretty decent weather. The Appalachian Mountains protect us from some...
View ArticleSpam Alerts
I have 3 AOL email accounts I read on different browsers just to keep them separate. One, I almost never use, so spammers haven't found it yet. The other two get about a dozenspans each day. They...
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Computer Chair
It is old. Between me sitting in it for years, the arms rubbing under the desk, and cats clawing at it on the top, it is not looking good but still functional.So should I replace it? Can a...
View ArticleA Pleasant Surprise
Sometimes I get lucky. Sometimes I forget stuff but get away with it. For example decades ago, I abandoned a grocery cart full of food. Not deliberately, of course. The store was trying to prevent...
View ArticleA Fox? And Other Varmints
Wildlife is suddenly showing up. I assume the dry weather has driven them to suburban yards. Deer came and ate all my hosta leaves. I have static charge repellent posts with an apple scent lure to...
View ArticleIndependence Day
" WHEN in the Course of human Events, it becomes necessary for one People to dissolve the Political Bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the Powers of the Earth, the...
View ArticleIndependence Day
Yesterday, I posted the Declaration Of Independence, which I thought was good to re-read.But today, I want to add some things. We are (mostly) a Nation of immigrants. From everywhere. Some people...
View ArticleNoise
You should not have to listen to a neighbor's music when you can barely hear your own TV with all the doors and windows closed.Yesterday, one of my neighbors decided to "delight" the entire...
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Some Intrusion Pics
Here is where the "I think it was a fox" burrowed under the fence. This one shows the light from outside the fence. Those fence boards were 4" below ground, so it suggests the amount of digging.This...
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Yard Flowers
Some flowers do better than others. And some have their own season to grow. I try to plant flowers that can deal with the local climate. But sometimes even they need a little help.I've had these...
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