Just need to talk to my friends (219)

90 and sunny here, and we are under a heat advisory with heat index of 99. We expect a clear night and a full moon, so it may be nice to be out in a couple of hours (after sundown).

One of the senior living places is hosting a BBQ with face painting, bounce house, and fireworks from one to three Friday. Not sure how great fireworks will be in broad daylight, but I might go out for a free meal if nothing else is going on. Or not; it will be hot out there. Their promo is "Food, Fun & Freedom!" Sounds good to me if I can take the heat.

I am more likely to go to the BBQ at DS' RCF on Saturday. It will be hot there too, but I won't get a sales pitch as I probably will at the senior living place.

Marshfield, a half hour east of here, has the longest running Independence Day parade west of the Mississippi. Politicians come for photo ops, including some future presidents.

Beth, I have some native plants in my garden too. Some call them weeds, but they are blooming so . . .

Beth, your garden is very pretty with the native and non-native plants.

Carl, where I live we have a lot of native plants aka weeds, growing tall, because nobody tends to them. We live in a community and do have a gardening company, but it seems that all they do is cut the grass and trim thd bushes once in a while.

Lorira, baby carrots are already peeled. They are ready for you to eat them raw, in salad or as a snack. I eat baby carrots as a substitute for cookies.

Good night.

Iris

Good morning. Sunny and beautiful at the moment, the heat dome will settle on us tomorrow. Yuck.

Lorita— I thought being pre-peeled was the whole point of buying them. I keep them on hand for lunch boxes and snacks but use traditional carrots in cooking. The dairy store sells massive carrots individually that I use for stews and soups because of their more intense flavor.

Carl— Anyway you can work in both parties? I mean a bouncy house? Last year, one of my niece's friends rented a bouncy castle/waterslide for her 4th of July celebration. He didn't warn her. A truck rolled up at 8am as a surprise. It was a blast. The kids had so much fun. Of course, the thing nearly drained their well.

Beth— My aunt had trillium along the shaded side of her house. Such a pretty flower. I planted bee balm the first year I lived here. It didn't make it. I may be the first person in the history of the world to kill bee balm.

Enjoying a nice pot of tea before my mom-centric day. She sees one of her many doctors and needs to pick up some groceries. She doesn't breathe easily in heat, so I want to make sure she's stocked up. I need tea bags and some nice bread.

I made a batch of turkey chili for DS last night. I soaked the enameled Dutch oven I used overnight and still have some serious scrubbing ahead. I've never had anything stick to this pot quite like the turkey did. He better like it.

I hope all have a pleasant day.
HB

Good morning.

off to Verizon

BABY CARROTS;

A "baby carrot" is typically a full-sized carrot that has been cut, peeled, and shaped into a small, uniform cylinder, not a young carrot harvested early. They are made from "ugly" or undersized carrots that are cut down, polished, and often treated with a mild chlorine wash for safety, which can affect their flavor and texture compared to whole carrots. 

I do not t hink that those baby carrots. have much flavor so now I only buy regular carrots and put the peelings in the compost.

Wow Judith - that you can trace family names back to 1275. We can't come anywhere close to that - only early 1800's for us.

Lorita - I'm glad you got your test done. Do you know when you can expect to get the results?

I haven't eaten baby carrots in a long time .. not for any particular reason. We put regular carrots in salads, but otherwise I tend not to eat them (especially cooked, when they're all soft and mushy).

Ahhh, "native plants". Yes, I have a few of those. I need to pull them all up.

HB - with my black thumb, I'm pretty sure I could kill a bee balm. I wouldn't even mean to.

I hope everything went well with your mom-centric day.

Beth - back when I had a job where I was required to be in the office by 9am, I'd go the gym early - 6am early. It sucked, but I did it because if I didn't, I wouldn't end up getting to go. It was always packed. I'm like you - eating before 6am is not going to happen, I just can't face food that early in the morning. I can barely face it by around 9am.

Gym's been good - earthquake bar and boxing yesterday. Boxing was fun, I learned some new moves. Footwork, mostly. Today was a cardio day - more boxing and a lot of time doing intervals on the treadmill.

I got post #50 up today! I only have about 10 more posts before I'm done with that project. But #50 feels like a milestone.

Last week at Death Guild I heard a new-ish song - Apogee (lyrics) by Madeline Goldstein. It's really pretty. If I had to classify it within the goth sub-genre, I'd call it "ethereal".

I have Bee Balm in the front flower bed! Except I let it get too crowded and now it has powdery mildew 🙄 Thinned them out and sprayed them with a “safe” fungicide. The hummingbird feeders are next to them. We watch the bees and hummingbirds every morning with our coffee.

Lorita, our across the road neighbor is a cousin by marriage. His new wife wanted baby goats so we gave them the set of orphaned twin girls. She keeps them in the stable and several times a day drives down (it’s a looong walk) to take them outside to graze and play. I believe the goats think they are puppies, lol. She’s even had her DH get a small spindle and make a ramp for them to climb (we have 2). She wants 5 goats, her DH says only 4. They’re newlyweds so I imagine she’ll get her way 😁

Been a busy 2 weeks around here; shuttling Uncle everywhere and trying to sort out his meds. The Neurologist has referred him for a Driving Evaluation that I don’t expect to go well. I helped him cut grass yesterday in the heat index of 108, then we cut our own grass.. I’d say 6 acres and guess who forgot to put on sunscreen? Yes, that would be fair skinned me. My tan line will include an inch wide strap mark across the top of my foot. I did wear a hat, 😂

Hope everyone has a good day. Careful in the sun and heat!!

Afternoon everyone.

Let's everyone be very careful in the heat. Goodness, its brutal. I feel sorry for those whom have to work out in the heat. That direct sun will burn you before you know it.

Back later to check on everyone.

Psst— we're over at #220.