HAPPY NEW WEEK, HAPPY NEW MONTH, and HAPPY FULL MOON!
I hope everyone has a safe, healthy, joyful week!
The full Harvest Moon is 2 September. It's late on the night of 1 September for Annette.
For the gardeners on this thread, HERE is a photo of cardinal flowers blooming on the prairie at a state park near my hometown. Cardinal flowers (lobelia cardinalis) are wildflowers native to our prairie. It's a member of the Bluebell family. They depend on hummingbirds for pollination. I just thought they were a happy sight.
Diane: Thank you! Fascinating that those bright red cardinal flowers are members of the Bluebell family. Was listening to an interview today with Frank Nitty, who walked from Kenosha to the DC March on Washington. He was telling about the problems they had in Indiana. Suggest you move west ASAP. Thanks for the info about the Harvest Moon. Good luck fighting City Hall....
Lindybird: Maybe wash down the mismatched pie and salad with a glass of two or wine?
OG: Garage inventory has now been increased by two more packages (from Ikea). Too bad they can't open the church with some social distancing arrangement.
Left the house at 8:45 this morning en route to Ikea in Burbank (north of LA proper). Stopped at Crate & Barrel and Scandinavian Furniture, which only confirmed my suspicion that I need an entirely different lifestyle to go with their offerings. Was looking for a low bookcase and a clearance-sale chair. Ha! Left there and headed farther down the freeway to Ikea where there was a - arghh - 90 minute wait to enter the store! (I'd already driven 90 minutes to get there!). As it was, the wait wasn't that long and they had a place to buy water halfway through, but still....... Got into the store to find the Living Room section was being remodeled, resulting in far fewer displays than usual. Arghh.times two!. They didn't mention that on their website. Felt even worse for folks shopping for office furniture who were met with signs halfway through the line that advised 'very low' stocks. Why halfway? Don't ask me. I waffled about whether to buy a cheap-and-cheerful chair for 'my' room and decided to go ahead, given that they don't deliver to Santa Barbara and weren't even sure I could order online. I have about 3 months to return it, which is what it would take for me to work up the enthusiasm to make that trip again.
OH's temporary office setup isn't working for him at all, so guess what we'll be doing tomorrow.
Have a good Sunday everyone.
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DIANE – Thank you for the red, er bluebells. My bluebells have started flowering under the crab apple. I noticed blossom appearing on street trees in the next street. Much prettier than our street trees..
OG – It is sad your church has not resumed services. In our state, churches have restricted numbers depending on size. Mine has max of 120. By removing the early morning service that few attended and adding one in late afternoon (popular with young people I believe), so far numbers have been OK. We all fill in name & phone no (in case contact tracing is needed), use sanitizer supplied and only families sit close. Minister has asked for volunteers to stay 15 mins after to wipe pews. Venues are only deep cleaned if positive covid is reported at that venue. As for our older g-chn – G-dau is working in Canberra and does not reply to my emails or texts. Grapevine says she is OK. G-son is said to be looking for work but he’s not qualified for anything (study too hard, too boring). He does some work around house, meals, etc. I try not to worry too much about his future.
ANNETTE – More furniture removalling tomorrow? No rest for the wicked, they say. LOL
Dau#2 phoned last eve. “What are you doing Sunday afternoon?” Of course we are free for a visit. Since church, I have been flurrying around, tidying up, wafting duster, bought scones from bakery for a’tea.
There is nothing in which the birds differ more from man than the way in which they can build and yet leave a landscape as it was before. (Robert Wilson Lynd)
God loved the birds and invented trees. Man loved the birds and invented cages. (Jacques Deval)
Annette: Yes, this part of the Great Lakes/Midwest is a tinderbox. People are on edge, and many are openly carrying guns. Honestly, I don't even like going to the supermarket anymore. I put it off as long as I can. I stay on my own land.
Morning all: Made my usual mistake of staying up too late and then waking at usual time (5:30). Yawn. My desk is an absolute mess that I really must organize today in addition to helping OH sort out his office. Must also make a To Do list for the week, top of which will be a haircut. That said, better get stuck in.... :-(
OG: Yes, with all those shoes, we'd expect Lindybird to be prepared for all eventualities. :-) OH will not part with his chair, which frankly is sporting a few strips of Duct (Duck?) Tape here and there.
Forgot to mention that our Coopers Hawk spent about 20 minutes sitting on our fountain yesterday evening, sipping water every few minutes and generally looking very relaxed. Never seen it stick around for that long. I was about to put dinner on the (coffee) table, but didn't want to disturb it with my to-ing and fro-ing so we just watched it until it took off.
Hope all the churchgoers can settle into some kind of routine, what with all the precautions.
Nice to read all posts: thanks to Diane for starting us off.
Sunshine here today, enjoyed our walk, pics later. Had the right shoes on this time. My OH rolled his eyes yestersay, as I could have worn the same shoes for the whole morning, but chose to wear comfy ones for supermarket shopping & intended to change them to sturdier ones. Which I then left behind on the step!
More later, meanwhile, here is a butterfly which my OH spotted yesterday- he has good eyesight!
Can you spot it in middle of the picture?
Nearer....
Close up...