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Finally back…much to tlell…but all seems well…

We helped my brother with his pond on an emergency basis when we got to his house…and we arrived back to a mess with the koi pond (we are draining and filling as we speak: our big koi are ok, but we don’t know about the little ones—can’t see...

A message from Fearless Leader…

Facing the better part of 500 spam attempts—I have not accepted any new memberships registered in the last week or so. If you are a real and sincere person unfortunately caught in the mass deletion of the spam-net, please do sign up for the site again, and this...

Got the Forester to the dealer, oil change, checkover…

Clean bill. I thought it was 120,000 miles. Actually it’s 130,000. I also checked out the head gasket problem…a nice spendy item that was an issue in models prior to 2004, and we are a 2004. Yay!. The 2004’s and ‘5’s have a catalytic...

Two pounds down…

There’s a tiny bit of onion in the Atkins recipes, and that causes water retention, especially for us. We’ve been struggling with attitude and ‘where’s the pony’ thoughts regarding slow progress, and also getting a shade weary of the same...

Raining cats and dogs…which is a good thing…

We’ve been dry for a while, and we’re headed into July and August when we have more heat and less water. Jane set my fig bush out yesterday: it’s liking the weather: so are all our new and transplanted trees, except the Harry Lauder’s...

Got the car inspected…

In Oklahoma most any gas station can do it. In Washington, in Spokane, there are 2 state-run inspection operations, and the addy listed on the internet is wrong…it lists it as 930 N Hamilton, but that’s Gonzaga U. It’s actually hidden by the...

I think I was dehydrated…not senile…

I have a bad habit of not drinking water. Yesterday, within a matter of hours I… …decided to make coffee, removed and dumped the grounds basket, left the holder in place above the tank (it’s a lever-pour tank system: Cuisinart)— …poured...