Morning all...
Sunny start to the day, although a little cooler this morning in the high 60's. It will get up into the 80's today.
but I do remember those tomatoes from my dads greenhouses!!! Nothing quite like them.....
There's nothing like picking a nice warm tomato off the vine and eating it right there. I loved doing that as a kid. I had to move some of my "normal" planting areas in the garden this year due to the fence installation and removing the apple tree, so I planted the cherry tomatoes near my deck. They've now grown as tall as the top rail of the deck and some of branches and baby tomatoes are just high enough that when I'm sitting on the deck I can just grab a few. At least that's my plan when they ripen. Just sit on the deck and pick tomatoes and pop them into my mouth.
Yep, there are a load of Christmas fans here.......self admitted Mrs Christmas here......love the whole experience!!!
Love it too. I'm a little concerned that this year we will have to go back on lockdown and our holidays may be changed. I was thinking about that yesterday and we've been talking about it as a family since we're thinking we will have a second wave up here in the Fall.
lol.....Tom is a huge fan of Lynda Carter.......she is lovely though, and yes, I never missed that show as a kid.....we had so many great shows back then!!
I saw that Disney+ has Schoolhouse Rock videos. Yes, I can still sing them, lol! Did you have something similar?
Then stock them back up again. We have some fabulous butchers, local and wholesale along with the farm stores dotted around the countryside.......so we have plenty of choices for quality meat.
I have noticed meat prices are going up again here, and some stock is going down. We are having an aluminum can shortage, which is weird. And some pressure treated wood shortages. Can't figure that one out. We need another post for the fence and can't get it, and we had to wait 3 weeks for some of the fence panels. We have almost all of them now, but we will need at least one more.
I am checking our butcher shop for prices this week, and probably a meat bundle.
Here’s a few pics of the trees
Really, really beautiful trees! You have an eye for decorating. I love the HP one especially!
I usually put my black tree up early and put some Fall decorations on it. I decorate a lot for Halloween and I was thinking of doing the black tree too, but haven't yet. Last year I made a bunch of HP potion bottles, which I have in my curio right now next to our wands. I don't put those away.
Think we have a sale on Dad’s home - I can’t believe it - two potential purchasers immediately - they have upped the offers today so we’ve agreed with one.
Wow, that was fast. Good news!
.yep, we have all woodland behind us.....it does feel like you`re the only people on the planet when you wander around places like that.......very peaceful......except when you think you see a yeti......lol.
LOL, that yeti....
We have to watch for bear. There are a lot of deer, but they usually run away unless it's rut. But the bear can be a pain.
Our governor had been making noises about possibly moving us back to phase 2. I am really hoping it doesn't come to that. We should know tomorrow afternoon.
I've heard from three different people in the past week that our county may go back to yellow. Our cases are not high, but fluctuating between 7-18 new cases per day. I think the rule is we have to either be going down or stay the same to stay in green. We do seem to be having a slight spike the past few weeks.
They added 4 more states to our travel quarantine list. So far it's still only "suggested" and "recommended" to quarantine for 14 days when returning from a hot state, but not only has my DH's company required the quarantine, but one of my dd's employer has now also. She's traveling to VA next week and so far VA is not on our list, but there's been rumors they will put them on too. I hope it doesn't happen while she's there and then she has to quarantine for 2 weeks.
I just heard today of a high school senior here who got the virus and passed away two days before graduation. That is so sad. They buried her in her cap and gown. I wish people would take this seriously because you really don't know who will get very sick or not. There are some very unpredictable aspects to this virus.
Our numbers in GA have been climbing since the weekend .My county does not require face masks.
That is shocking to me. It seems like we've had to wear them here forever. I don't blame you for not going out much. I'm still very cautious.
I think that might be the reason I avoided pork for so long. Back when I was younger pork was cooked for a week.....other wise they thought you`d get food poisoning.......so, it was dry......
Yep, the same here. My mom did the same to "kill trichinosis".
In the store yesterday and a woman came in, coughed all over the baskets as she went to pick one up without even attempting to cover her mouth. I think she didn`t look quite right, so none of the staff there said anything.....but everyone around was horrified as it was a full open cough........
I had the same thing happen to me on Friday, except it was a man. And we are required to wear masks and he didn't have one. He walked right in the door and coughed out loud as he was walking. Didn't cover his cough either. Ugh... I was in the check out line so not near him.
Should be able to grill out today too......maybe not lunch, but certainly dinner.
We are grilling out later too. Chicken breast, which I have to brine later.
Our state has required masks for some time now. We always wear one when out, but yeah, we see people not complying. And no way will I drink or eat inside the mall or take a drink in
I have not braved a mall yet. And I'm with you... I wouldn't eat or drink in there either.
Robo, did not seem to have any issues. Beautiful trees, you do a great job with all the different decorations.
Wow!! LOVE the trees!!
