HAPPY NEW WEEK and HAPPY NEW MONTH!
Can you believe it will be September this coming week?!!! I hope everyone has a safe and serene week. I keep trying to get back here to catch up with everyone, but I'm not having much luck. When I arrived back from Indianapolis, I had a long To-Do List of critical tasks. I'm slowly working through it. I'll try to stop in on Monday and do some replies. Lindy: Have a good time in Wales. The 17-year cicadas are long gone, but now our regular August annual cicadas are screaming at the top of their little lungs in the trees. One day when I was dog-sitting, I looked down in horror to see that the smallest dog had vomited up a HUGE pile of cicada parts onto the carpet! She'd been feasting on the bugs outdoors. Oh...it was disgusting!!! Would you think that this innocent little doggy could create such an unholy mess?!!!
Our herring gulls are red listed birds. Think about that the next time you hear some flaming idiot calling for a cull of them.
Clare -- Thanks for reminding us how long we've been chatting!! There must have been quite a few thousand words said, and a few pics posted. Not to mention, quite a bit of various rambling ditties from me!!
Many thanks for all the good wishes for my b'day. I took some cards with me but have just opened several more which arrived in our absence, so it's been a two day event :-)
We are back home after a quick skirmish round, cleaning, and throwing stuff into the car. A good journey and none of the horrible queues we saw yesterday, as those leaving after the Bank Holiday wended their way home in snaking formation. Sue's son (my OH's nephew) has been told he will have to wait now until next week for his operation, as his whole shoulder has swollen too much around the site of the injury. He is on a lot of morphine for the pain. Don't think he'll be back at work as a hospitality manager & chef, for a while. Pat, sounds as if you had a lot of countryside fun with your gt nephew!! Nothing quite like seeing huge machinery at work! Now have a few quiet days to recover!
Morning all:
PatO: I can imagine the thrill of coming across those four huge harvesters. :-)
Lindybird: Gosh, Sue's son goes out for a pleasant ride and ends up like that. Makes you think about how much we all assume our daily routines will end predictably.
May Gray, June Gloom, etc., seems to be hanging on this year, with coastal overcast lasting until late mornings/early evenings. Meanwhile, so much of the state is dealing with wildfires that California has shut down 17 of its national forests until September 17 - and maybe longer. The state's resources are stretched too thin to cope with another one.
Take care all.
OG: No, this is coastal fog. We have had some smoke, but minimal..... Agree (now that you've reminded me) that PatO's newsletter gig seems very demanding indeed. Tell EE he's important to us too!
Clare: Forgot to thank you for the the link to The Hatchling. What an amazing endeavor.....
Unknown said:Clare: Forgot to thank you for the the link to The Hatchling. What an amazing endeavor.....
Er ....... that was SunnyKate2. I was the saddo remembering the Weekly Chat's 12th anniversary.