Tuesday

More Irises

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Do you ever make memory stones for your garden? I order name plates then glue them to bricks. Since I had the angel kitties I added them to the stones.

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We scored toilet paper and hand sanitizer last week, but it involved getting up at five a.m.  Senior hour is from six to seven Tuesdays at Walmart this month. Given the hour we didn't expect many people to be there. Wrong. Let's just say there's no shortage of seniors in our area.

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Every few weeks a bird flies through the cat door onto the porch. Most of the time we just prop open the door and within minutes they fly out. Friday not one but two came visiting. Luckily Frank and Penny (the dog) were in the house. Faux was on the porch but she's blind and lumbers around like an ancient elephant. Since she'll be nineteen on her next birthday I guess she's entitled. Come to think of it, I've never seen Faux chase a bird, but I'm off topic.
These two were definitely bird brains. They looked like titmice but I could be mistaken.  I don't know how many times they tried to fly through the screen, ignoring the door. Finally, they figured how to get out.  I went out a little later and the birds were all a twitter. The two escapees were probably busy sharing their harrowing tale and preening about how brave they were.

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For the front liners, stay-at-homers, glove and mask wearers, here's a free read (in U.S. and U.K.)

Get it here.

Got Masks

Got masks? TP? Are your Irises blooming? Are there memory stones in your garden?

Those Darn Stars

I'm back!
The fam's stars haven't quite aligned yet. I may have mentioned that the bro had to have caregivers lined up before they'd do the transplant so my sister and I signed up. The transplant went fine and my sister went down to care give once he was home.  While she was there, his wife--my sis-in-law--was rushing to catch the bus, tripped and rolled both ankles, winding up in the street waiting for an ambulance. She was admitted, diagnosed with two sprains and sent home.
We headed down for our stint, were there a week when the HH landed in the hospital with kidney stones. After, he had surgery and was released, we packed it in and headed home.
Currently: Everyone is on their feet and mobile, after a fashion. Heh.
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My sweet Belle has moved on to her next cycle of life. RIP.

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More Longwood shots:

AND...Our Christmas Roses are still blooming so I guess it's time to start calling them Lenten Roses:)

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The first tulip of the season.

AND...Toilet paper, napkins, tissues and sanitizers have flown off the shelf. Toilet paper was even unavailable at Amazon. I should add an addendum I didn't try to find out if the RV or commercial TPs were available. The HH finally found toilet paper at Big Lots, Big Lots brand. 😑

Kudos to Amazon and E Bay for shutting down the men who bought up ALL the hand sanitizer they could find (over 17,000 bottles) to resell at exorbitant  prices online. They have since donated them and are under investigation for price gouging. I find it difficult to have much sympathy for folks who profits off the hardship of others.  Story here..

What's happening in your corner of the world? Got daffodils? Tulips? Lenten Roses? Hyacinths? Crocuses? Toilet paper?