magnusfide
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Glad to know you didn't get any of that fierce weather. Or did you?
"The only time you should fear cast iron is if your wife is fixin' to hit you with it."-Kent Rollins
First law of science: don't spit into the wind.
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Wanderlost
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Nothing fierce, just a fair amount of rain, which we desperately need.
I sat on the north porch this morning, sewing buttons on a shirt. The barn swallows talked a lot, but didn't do anything. Then Czarny stepped outside and walked over to me, and they went nuts. He hid behind my chair, but they continued to swoop nearby. Poor guy gave up and low crawled back into the house, and the birds immediately reverted to normal. I gave him a few bites of beef jerky, and he's asleep on one of his towers.
Had a lovely dinner with my university band director and about 12 other WT alumni. As we finished, a young man who graduated from our university last week came up and chatted with us for a bit. Then we just up and sang the fight song, which silenced the otherwise unbearably loud rest of the restaurant, and then they applauded.
While the food there was good, the overall ambiance was one of noise and more noise. They also had a total of six handicap parking spaces, all some distance from the door - not the best organized parking I've ever seen in a restaurant that large. Don't think we'll go back.
The concert is this afternoon. In fact, it's a little over an hour's drive away, and we need to allow for dropping SU at the door, then me finding a parking place, etc. So we'll need to leave in a few minutes.
Later, y'all.
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The concert was wonderful. Afterwards, us alumni all gathered onstage for a photo with our director. At age 92, he's still truly amazing, both as a director/conductor and as a mentor.
Barn swallows are feeding six fledglings, so Czarny won't even try to go outside on the north. I walk with him from the house's south side to the west side of the garage, where Obi-Wander is parked, before he feels safe outside. He managed several hours outside yesterday, but only about an hour today before he wanted back inside. If he decided to be a solely inside cat, I'd be fine with that.
Saw a Cook's Country episode for a pork loin cooked with 40 cloves of garlic. I'll be making that later this week. Gathering family tomorrow for enchiladas. Think I'll have each one of them take a turn at scrubbing the dead algae out of the swimming pool, too....heheheh.
Time to change the pool filter again. Later, y'all.
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magnusfide
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Wanderlost wrote:The concert was wonderful. Afterwards, us alumni all gathered onstage for a photo with our director. At age 92, he's still truly amazing, both as a director/conductor and as a mentor.
Barn swallows are feeding six fledglings, so Czarny won't even try to go outside on the north. I walk with him from the house's south side to the west side of the garage, where Obi-Wander is parked, before he feels safe outside. He managed several hours outside yesterday, but only about an hour today before he wanted back inside. If he decided to be a solely inside cat, I'd be fine with that.
Saw a Cook's Country episode for a pork loin cooked with 40 cloves of garlic. I'll be making that later this week. Gathering family tomorrow for enchiladas. Think I'll have each one of them take a turn at scrubbing the dead algae out of the swimming pool, too....heheheh.
Time to change the pool filter again. Later, y'all. How did the algae-cleanup party go? Enchiladas sound great. I've done the 40 clove garlic loin before. It's easy at least the recipe I did was easy. Don't know Cook's Country haven't seen it. We're trying to add up the budget to see if we can make Longmire Days again this year. Robert Taylor and a number of the cast will be there including A Martinez. Should be good. Sounds to me like Czarny should retire from the outdoors and be a lap buddy.
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Had a cold front come through and it dropped the pool temp just enough to make it too uncomfortable for folks to climb in and scrub algae. I raised the salt cell setting to a full 24-hour chlorine production instead. Still need to scrub stains, but pool's clear.
Never heard of Longmire Days, but I've not read the books nor watched the TV show. Guess I'll look into them. Mom and Sister like 'em.
Spousal Unit's steroid injections into the herniated disk area produced no pain relief. Now they're going to do injections into nerves to see which ones are the problem. If outer, they'll score the nerve ending to stop pain transmission for 6-12 months. If nerve is up against the spinal cord, they'll have to do back surgery. Meanwhile, he thinks physical therapy is helping him in general. He rarely uses his walker anymore.
Czarny will only go outside if I'm with him now. With all six fledglings now out of the nest, there are that many more swoopy birds to scare him. When they leave in late August, he'll need about another month to realize they're gone, then he'll be back to his normal outside routine. I know he misses being able to sit on the deck and oversee his territory...
Had a biopsy on my foot Friday. It was messy for a day, bleeding through the bandages, then something else draining out. Feels okay today -- so far. Should get results in a couple weeks. Interesting thing is I'm allergic to most bandage adhesives, but haven't reacted to this particular brand/style yet.
Time to stir up something to eat. Later, y'all.
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magnusfide
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My wife has a latex allergy and can't use some of the bandage adhesives. Hoping your hubs gets some helpful pain relief. Weather bothers my joints but nothing drastic. Keeping him in prayer. Poor Czarny man can't enjoy his kingdom. He probably thinks those birds are pterodactyls.
Longmire Days are enjoyable in a laid back kind of way. I recommend getting the series in a dvd set so you can binge at your leisure. It's really better to be able to watch two or more episodes in one sitting.
A bit broody, plot twists, some murder and mayhem action yet punctuated with humor. Not a stereotypical western drama. Some philosophical conversations between friends (remember the asymptote).
The old retired sheriff played by Peter Weller is one of my favorite characters in the series. Pure cowboy poetry in motion.
Some memeage to inspire your interest in Longmire:
![[image]](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/8e/ad/ae/8eadaeb84f53a590da48018a5744be21--longmire-henry-walt-longmire.jpg)
![[image]](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/76/00/33/7600335861cac61dcb1c9378e14dfdb5.jpg)
![[image]](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/90/18/03/9018035446fb99f1e3ab3d7b6f8efa18--stand-tall-meme.jpg)
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Turns out I am allergic to that bandage adhesive; it just took longer to manifest than other brands. Leaving it open to the air now and it's feeling somewhat better.
Hittin' 90+ degrees today. Czarny sat in the doorway and thought about going outside, but didn't. He bounces into the great room periodically for some pettins, then goes off to take another nap.
Good thing he's staying inside, too. Mama Fox and 3 kits were bouncing around and under the RV, surprising me as I headed out to it. I tossed Mama some limp celery and came back inside - she knows we're no threat, but I'm not taking any chances when her kits are out and about. I've figured out her morning schedule, but not the evening one, so if we have anything to feed her, it will be about 0900 each morning.
We see does who are no longer pregnant, but haven't seen a single fawn. I do hope whatever disease it is that kills the fawns isn't going around again. We're kinda short on deer now.
Otherwise, it's pretty quiet around here. I'm editing Spousal Unit's late brother's western novella, hopefully for publication on 20 Jun, which would have been his birthday. All proceeds will go to sister-in-law.
Speaking of, time to get back to editing. Later, y'all.
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magnusfide
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Glad you're keeping Czarny away from the vixen and her pups. Foxes can do serious damage to a cat.
Hope the novella goes well. Westerns are popular again. First Longmire then Yellowstone are hitting a chord with fans.
We'll have to go to Longmire Days next year. Had a big repair bill that ate into the travel budget. State parks for us this year which we thoroughly enjoy. Then there was the Scotland trip we'll never forget.
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You can try contacting the Canyon Lake Animal Shelter Society or the San Antonio Humane Society to help you find a home for your cat, Spot. You can also post a free profile for Spot on Petfinder.com.
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magnusfide
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ArialSummer wrote:You can try contacting the Canyon Lake Animal Shelter Society or the San Antonio Humane Society to help you find a home for your cat, Spot. You can also post a free profile for Spot on Petfinder.com.
Spotacus passed away a few years ago. He lived a long and happy life with WL and WL2.
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