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I wanted to get the house in order before winter. The furnace was serviced and then repaired. The downstairs bathroom work got done. Some outdoor chores have been completed during this stretch of lovely weather ( Read more... )

I discovered a fairy ring in my side yard yesterday. I will need to watch my step out there, and not just because of the deer droppings! (Pics expand)


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On the return trip from taking my wife to an appointment today an ‘Engine Hot, AC Shut Down’ warning came on in the truck, though the water temp gauge stayed at 160° (I’ve been watching the gauge for about 1 1/2 years because it wasn’t reaching the ‘normal’ 210° I was used to and figured there was a thermostat issue lurking somewhere). And the ( Read more... )

My day today had two distinct highlights:

I found more Ball canning jars. The pint ones were at the local Ace Hardware so I scored two flats! We now have quarts, pints, and half-pints. We’ve put up two quarts of stewed tomatoes and three of tomato sauce. Tomorrow we may make blueberry jelly in the small jars.

Those half-pint jars, btw, are just over ( Read more... )

Tonight I realized my tinnitus had gone quiet in my left ear, and was barely audible in my right. This has happened once or twice before in the past decade, and the silence, though not quite deafening, is shocking. I grabbed my cell and clicked up some tunes :D

I started with the 1902 song from my last post, and then grabbed my “On Repeat” playlist ( Read more... )

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Foxfire!

I have always been intrigued with 'glow in the dark' objects. As a child we had a plastic Reddy Kilowatt figure with light purple phosphorescent hands (similar to this one). I had one of those hands for years after Reddy was tossed out. And I had (still have) a Mattel ThingMaker for which they finally made glowing Plastigoop! I'll write ( Read more... )