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Well, after a few hours I am now down to "just" 10,984 photos on my iPhone! From over 14,000….this is not a rapid process.

If you want to know how many photos on your iPhone, tap settings > general > about and it tells you how many songs, videos, photos, apps, capacity and available capacity. Just FYI!

Thanks for the step by step instructions! Apparently I have some work to do as I have 17,781 photos! Oops….

good afternoon

it is the same here, taking forever to ripen. One of my plants not even started ripening yet. The ones that are ripening, including even the cherry tomatoes you can’t have them in the house time till they’ll start getting black spots on them. Definitely not been a good year.

Iris, thank you for all the good reminders. I usually don’t start wearing my mask till the end of October but maybe I should get it out as I go to the grocery store. I’m very thankful for the mask, but I’m also tired of wearing it. I get spoiled during the summertime. I do not want to take it in to where my mom is & I don’t carry it out of there either.

Lorita I am not going to apologize, I am going to say to you do not be out there by yourself, pulling down a tree limb, do not please. I used to help my dad do that. I’d pull while he cut. But I was much quicker and more agile than and I trusted my dad.

it’s a beautiful day here, but guess I won’t get to work outside. I went to the attorney this morning and took care of some personal things that need care of. Now I guess I’ll go to the grocery store. I’m gonna try to be quick so maybe I can work a little outside but I’m guessing I won’t be quick. I already feel tired lol.

Good afternoon. I slept poorly but I'm feeling better today. I have less coughing, now more runny nose and sneezing. The first time I had Covid in 2023, the coughing lasted for three months! But eventually resolved.

Right now I'm sitting on my balcony, enjoying the fresh air. I don't seem to have much appetite, having eaten mostly soup, applesauce and tea for the past few days. Covid is supposed to take away the sense of smell, but I tested myself and my sniffer is good.

Lorita, as far as the vaccines not helping, it matters as to what percentage of the intended population is vaccinated for herd immunity. The urgency about getting vaccinated has declined. Perhaps the focus needs to be on vaccinating the most susceptible people, older adults, those with chronic illnesses, and those living in congregate living facilities.

I would like to know how many people infected with Covid are needing to be hospitalized. In other words, is Covid still life-threatening to older adults? Influenza is life-threatening to certain populations. So is RSV.

Actually, if I didn't know I had Covid, I would think this is just a summer cold.

I posted too soon. I'm having a coughing spell right now, I've got to go.

Iris

WG contains Hass avocados, distilled vinegar, and 2% or less of water, jalapeno peppers, salt, dehydrated onion, and granulated garlic. It is marked "use or freeze by 10/9/25" so you can freeze some if you like. They pack it fresh in Mexico, probably right by the avocado orchards.

There is a spicier version that has more pepper, but I prefer the milder version, plus the mild is the one that comes in the small package.

Thanks. I'll probably get some sleep, but it may be fragmented again.

Happy anniversary, JeriLynn!! I hope you guys have a blast. It sounds like a fun trip.

I'm with you about "things I used to be able to do, and now cannot." I can still do much, but like you, I'm now more careful about climbing on things, and I'm kind of sulky about my cataracts (that I have to deal with this year).

HB - Hatch chilies do have a season, and it seems to be a bit shorter this year. Usually we have them through most of September, but the displays are looking a little skimpy now. I'd go out and get them asap if you're curious about them. They're tasty.

8 vials of blood??? What is this, The Abominable Dr. Phibes?? (Vincent Price drained Terry-Thomas of all of his blood via phlebotomy tools). And yeah, whenever I have blood drawn, that is exactly where my mind goes.

I've been reading about the uptick in covid cases - so I'll continue to be vigilant about wearing my mask.

Eve - That's kind of where I am with family photos. There are so many from the 40s and 50s and I have no idea who many of the people are. And there's only one person left of my parent's generation who I can ask. Hopefully I'll have a stack I can take with me when I go for a visit later on this month - and hopefully she'll know. If not, I'll still keep them; I couldn't possibly throw them away.

Beth - You're amazing! That's a lot of photos go through.

Iris - those are all the right questions to be asking about covid. I don't have a lot of faith that we'll get accurate info from this iteration of the CDC.

Carl - I had a feeling that's why you were up. I went to sleep right after Death Guild (which was great last night). I paid the piper this morning for that - and I'll be going to sleep at a decent hour tonight.

I had a lot of errands to run today and got everything done, so that was good. I managed to get myself into the gym, which was also good. And we had deviled eggs!

Good morning.

Iris, so glad your Covid is milder and that you are feeling better. I am so sorry you missed your trip! At least you didn't miss Alaska, Scandinavia or Kenya.

GG, I've watched several episodes of "Life after People." Pretty interesting. Thanks so much for sharing about this series. There is a FB page called "Abandoned Iowa." People post about places that are abandoned, including pictures. Also, there are YouTube channels where people post about Urban exploration ie Urb Ex. They will go through the grounds of abandoned amusement parks, hotels, houses, malls….really any place you can imagine. They sometimes encounter persons squatting on the property, and once they got frightened when exploring a movie theater and there were other people. They locked themselves in a room until the thread, real or perceived, was gone.

Our weather has turned cooler also. We've been able to turn off the A/C and have the windows open, which I love.

Eve, I imagine you have received your new washer and dryer by now. Hope you like them and that they last a long time.

Eagle, is your DH doing better? He's had a lengthy cough for sure! That must be exhausting.

Carl, speaking of the earlier days of computers…I took a job in the very early 90's and had a computer that used D-Base for collecting data. The staff provided me with a mouse and a mouse pad, and I didn't know what it was for! 🐭 WG sounds good. I like guacamole but if I make it, typically it'll turn brown before we can get it eaten.

JeriLynn,hope you enjoy your travels. There is some beautiful country down south. And Happy, happy anniversary to you and your hubby!

Lorita, I hope you get your tv and refrigerator soon. You have waited a very long time!

HB, it sounds like you will have a better day today.

Sunday after church we stopped at a roadside stand and bought a Blackjack watermelon and 2 dozen ears of sweet corn. I processed and froze most of the corn.

Yesterday I made Target and Walgreen's runs, and drove a friend who just had a TKR to her PT appointment.

Tomorrow is exercise class, prayer group and swimming.

Next week is vacation! We plan to go to Estes Park, CO.

Everyone is busy, busy, busy. Somedays I'm busy all day but for the life of me I can't figure out what I've done all day!!! DH's coughing has finally gotten somewhat better. He's a long way from "normal" but I'll take less coughing. However, what I'm noticing is he's very blah. He's quite content to read, work on a puzzle or a wooden model. He hasn't even wanted to participate in our daily Zoom meeting this week, which he loves. I hope this is all part of his lung healing.

Iris I have to get paper work to our physician for our travel insurance, like you do. I'm certain hoping she'll get it filled out and back to me in a timely manner. The physicians page is one page, but I have to provide multiple documents on travel, etc. I sure hope I get the money back. And you too Iris.

I have photos on my phone, around the 4000k mark. But I have it set up that it goes immediately to the cloud. That way I'll always have those pictures. Now, I have, I believe 3 totes full of hard copy photographs of my parents, grandparents and great grandparents. Probably a third are marked - but Uncle Bob - on the back on a photo taken in the 40's still means nothing to me. I've often thought about how we take pictures now - all on our phones. We don't have photos to hand down to our kids. I find that sad. I can go pull a tote out and grab a handful of pictures and feel a connection to my past, to my parents / grandparents that this generation will not have.

Its a specular day & I need to get outdoors. I have a project I'd love to complete. I just need to spray paint part of it & its done. No wind and blue sky tells me that today's the day to finish it.

Let's be safe out there everyone.

My wife bought two collage frames many years ago and filled them with cropped family photos. The one over my library table has pictures of my older son on his first tricycle and in his first car, my younger son on his first tricycle and at his Eagle Scout Court of Honor, me on the beach at Malibu, and others. Photos like that are invaluable. I cleaned out my mother's house when she went to a nursing home, and she and I spent one day going through her old photos and identifying them. That day was one of the best times she had after leaving her home.

HB, I hope you threw out the old drill. I am gradually decluttering my house, and I count any trash tossed as a thing accomplished.