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От : Ruth Haffly 1:396/45.28 23 ноя 24 13:41:36
К : Dave Drum 23 ноя 24 17:22:02
Тема : Climb It Change was:Cross [1]
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Hi Dave,
RH> We`ve got lots of squirrels. The deer are there but we don`t see them
RH> that often. The town keeps clearing out their habitats to build more
RH> and more housing so it sort of surprises me that we don`t see more than
RH> an occaisional one.
DD> Tree rats are like mice - they breed quickly and often. I`m fighting a
DD> battle with mice right now. I discovered their entry point and got
DD> that sealed off. Traps and D-Con baits are thinning their numbers. But
DD> Mickey and Minnie are stiil with me. Fortunately the dogs don`t eat
DD> mice so I
DD> don`t have to worry about second hand poisoning one of them.
We`ve only had a mouse problem once. When we were in HI, we had an
inside unit of a 4-plex. The outside neighbors let their back yard grow
out of control and mice moved in. When the neighbors packed out, the
doors were open and shut quite a bit, allowing mice access to the
housing unit. I`m not sure how they got into our place but we ended up
dispatching 3 or 4 to quickly solve the problem. Their back yard was
cut, finally, just before they left HI.
DD> Deer seem to adapt to urban living. I remember a picnic at the late
DD> Dale Shipp`s place in Columbia, MD and watching a doe and her fawn
DD> grazing in Gail`s flower beds.
We`ve seen quite a few in WF, including an albino one, but not that many
in the last few years. Steve did see a couple a few weeks ago cross the
street just below our house but they were gone before he could let me
know.
DD> 8<----- JUMP SHIFT ----->8
DD> intending to do just that but got sidetracked then forgot about it.
DD> Senior moment.
RH> Seems like we`re all getting more and more of those. (G)
DD> They`re called senior moments. THey can be disconcerting when you`re
DD> in a conversation and can`t remember a name that is *very* familiar to
DD> you. Or a location. Then 30 secoonds later it pops, unbidden to the
DD> foreground of your toughts and conversation. Bv)= Or when you`re on
DD> your way home.
I know the feeling all too well.
DD> 8<----- CLIP ----->8
RH> Count up how many pairs of scissors/shears you have for normal
RH> household/shop use; you might be surprised at the total. Some years ago
RH> go thru them. I found another pair of scissors but didn`t tell him. (G)
DD> One big "tin snip", one set of kitchen shears (big scissors), a beard
DD> trim scissors in the bathroom and four scissors from 6" length to 10".
DD> Not to mention an old (and unused big pinking shears that I inherited
DD> from my mum.
RH> I`ve got my grandma Weiss`s sewing scissors; Mom had them but Dad told
RH> me to take them when Mom went into the nursing home.
DD> Weiss is the brand on the pinking shears. The other scissors are
DD> newish enouogh the they`re probably from the land of dim sum and pork
DD> fried rice.
You sure it`s Weiss, not Wiss? The latter is a known name in
scissors/shears manufacturing.
Saw your shrimp recipies. Last night we made a shrimp, pepper, onion,
tomato and garlic stir fry from a Junior League of Rocky Mount cook book
I`d picked up some time ago. Directions were to serve it over angel hair
pasta but we subbed soba (buckwheat) noodles. It`s something we will do
again.
DD> One reason to raise your own tomatoes:
DD> Title: Green Tomato Pie DD> Categories: Pies, Pastry,
RH> Fruits, Citrus DD> Yield: 6 Servings
RH> Looks interesting, might try it next year.
DD> In normal years my `mters produce right up to frost time. But the last
DD> few years we`ve not had a killing frost until sometime in December.
DD> errrrmmmm .... Ground Control to Donald Trump - That`s climate change!
RH> I think we had our killing frost a couple of weeks ago.
DD> We`ve just had the one which signaled the grass on the front lawn it
DD> was time to sleep until spring. And prompted the big maple to begin
DD> shedding. One more trip round the yard with the mower to mulch the
DD> fallen leaves - then we`re done for the year.
DD> Just looked at the 10 Day Forecast on my Weather Bug. Supposed to get
DD> down to 31┬║F Friday night the back to the low 40s at night thru
DD> Turkey Day weekend. My phone told me when I plugged it into the
DD> charger that
DD> snow will start here in 30 minutes (05:30) but the outside temp is
DD> currently 34┬║F - so it will just be messy and won`t stick. (I hope)
Steve is outside working on our leaves again. He ran a mulching cycle
with the mower a couple of weeks ago but I hear the blower now. Still
have some on the trees, but probably not enough to worry about at this
stage.
DD> This year we`ve had one frost - just enough to tell the grass in the
DD> yard that it`s time to stop growing and take a nap. Yesterday we had
DD> rain all day. I had a customer (for wiper blades) at the Zone who was
DD> crying about all the rain so I asked him what month we were in. Then
DD> said "Think what that could be." Followed by "We`ve got a cart right
DD> over there with ice scrapers, snow brushes, collapsible shovels and
DD> ice melt for your sidewalks." I didn`t tell him that AFAIK we`ve not
DD> made a sale other than starting fluid from that display this year.
RH> Give them a few weeks and the cart will empty out fast, every day. (G)
DD> At least the AutoZone merchandisers hope so. I told my manager we
DD> ought to stock umbrellas, too.
DD> This was supper last night - promoting it from "archives" to DD>
DD> "kitchen". It`s a keeper. And Jasper (the big dog) liked helping
DD> clean the baking DD> vessel. Bv)=
DD> Title: 3-Ingredient Lemon Chicken
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Catch you later,
Ruth
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