Joanne had a couple of (scheduled) out-patient surgical procedures earlier this week and is doing very well, thx for asking :) Everything went as planned, some new discoveries were made and repaired so, hopefully, this will be the last of her issues for a while (too).
Today she spent several hours labeling 7(ish) cases of plum, plum/orange jam and orange marmalade so I guess her fidgety-ness (no, that's NOT a word and I know it!) outweighed her "ouch" factor enough to get her up and about on crutches.
We hear that we'll have visitors for the weekend so will tell any tales when the weekend is past.
That's it for now. Thx for stopping in and we'll see ya when we see ya.
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Monday, May 14, 2012
Catching up ...
A quick note to catch you up on a few things around the hacienda:
* My latest surgery seems to "have worked" and I'm returning to "normal" ... that's scary all by itself.
* I spent 3+ hrs cleaning bee hive wooden ware / foundation on Saturday ... work all left undone the past season + due to constraints brought on by health issues. Currently we have 3 strong hives in operation. The Queens are very prolific, as noted by the UHmazing brood frames filled to near-capacity with larvae and capped brood - you should see the clouds of bees outside their hives as they take orientation flights each afternoon. In each of the boxes there is a prodigious amount of honey and pollen being stored, so I'm hopeful the bees will have enough to share with the rest of us as the season progresses.
* Joanne has spent a great deal of time putting in the garden this year ... (my health issues prior to surgery have restricted my ability to help). The trimming of the neighbor's walnut tree that we had done last fall seems to have increased sunlight to the garden area a great deal ... everything's doing great! With the success of last year's experimental Tomato Pond, we've put the tomatoes in the soil where the pond was last year and so far have TONS of blossoms and a couple of handfuls of tomatoes on the vine.
* All animals are doing well ... the dogs have responded well to the meds we began giving them mid-year last year and are both healthy; Calvin and Cherry are doing very, very well ... but Joanne thinks CherryBerry's got too much tummy swinging underneath her when she walks so it looks like it's time to cut back on the wet food a bit.
That's it for now. I've been moving content to a word doc in order to free up storage here so I can post more pics ... hope to put some up tonight.
hal
* My latest surgery seems to "have worked" and I'm returning to "normal" ... that's scary all by itself.
* I spent 3+ hrs cleaning bee hive wooden ware / foundation on Saturday ... work all left undone the past season + due to constraints brought on by health issues. Currently we have 3 strong hives in operation. The Queens are very prolific, as noted by the UHmazing brood frames filled to near-capacity with larvae and capped brood - you should see the clouds of bees outside their hives as they take orientation flights each afternoon. In each of the boxes there is a prodigious amount of honey and pollen being stored, so I'm hopeful the bees will have enough to share with the rest of us as the season progresses.
* Joanne has spent a great deal of time putting in the garden this year ... (my health issues prior to surgery have restricted my ability to help). The trimming of the neighbor's walnut tree that we had done last fall seems to have increased sunlight to the garden area a great deal ... everything's doing great! With the success of last year's experimental Tomato Pond, we've put the tomatoes in the soil where the pond was last year and so far have TONS of blossoms and a couple of handfuls of tomatoes on the vine.
* All animals are doing well ... the dogs have responded well to the meds we began giving them mid-year last year and are both healthy; Calvin and Cherry are doing very, very well ... but Joanne thinks CherryBerry's got too much tummy swinging underneath her when she walks so it looks like it's time to cut back on the wet food a bit.
That's it for now. I've been moving content to a word doc in order to free up storage here so I can post more pics ... hope to put some up tonight.
hal
Wednesday, May 02, 2012
Where did two years go so quickly?
With all the +/- distractions / life situations these past few months, I realized only on Monday that CherryBerry and The Calvinator have been with us for two years as of last week.
Their presence in our lives and our home has been wonderful ... and we can see / hear it in the actions and words of our friends and visitors that they enjoy Cal and Cherry as much as we do. And what's not to like? Both are friendly, quick to interact with everyone and very, very relaxing to rest a hand on or actively pet / scritch (thx for that word, Ellen :)
Here's to the two years of CherryBerry and Cal just passed and many, many more ahead ... we're glad you're here.
Their presence in our lives and our home has been wonderful ... and we can see / hear it in the actions and words of our friends and visitors that they enjoy Cal and Cherry as much as we do. And what's not to like? Both are friendly, quick to interact with everyone and very, very relaxing to rest a hand on or actively pet / scritch (thx for that word, Ellen :)
Here's to the two years of CherryBerry and Cal just passed and many, many more ahead ... we're glad you're here.
Cat circus!
Check out what our good friend Judy Hnilo (of Homeless Cat Network) sent to us - it's great!
Thanks for thinking of us, Judy :)
(btw, Calvin really tried to talk me out of putting this up as he's afraid you'll encourage us to send him to their Summer Cat Clown Camp ... something we haven't completely ruled out ;)
Thanks for thinking of us, Judy :)
(btw, Calvin really tried to talk me out of putting this up as he's afraid you'll encourage us to send him to their Summer Cat Clown Camp ... something we haven't completely ruled out ;)
Sunday, April 29, 2012
Home & doing well
But I do have to say, getting old ain't for sissies :)
Pain meds are working fine and it appears the surgery has corrected a major pain issue / problem I was having ... may be getting my normal life back, but only time will tell.
Thanks to all for your concern and supporting phone calls, emails and good vibes, they are - each and every one of them - very much appreciated.
hal
Pain meds are working fine and it appears the surgery has corrected a major pain issue / problem I was having ... may be getting my normal life back, but only time will tell.
Thanks to all for your concern and supporting phone calls, emails and good vibes, they are - each and every one of them - very much appreciated.
hal
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Sierra Madre Wisteria (and Festival ;)
Saw something about this today and thought you'd like to know about it, too. Turns out in L.A. County there is a wisteria tree that covers 1 acre, weighs 250 TONS and has 1.5M blooms. Here is a link to pictures of it on google that I found and here is a link to the annual Wisteria Festival held by the City/Town of Sierra Madre.
Enjoy the links ... and don't forget to smell the fragrances that are in bloom as we speak!
(As most of you know, I'll be away from the keyboard for a day or two. Until next time, be well :)
Enjoy the links ... and don't forget to smell the fragrances that are in bloom as we speak!
(As most of you know, I'll be away from the keyboard for a day or two. Until next time, be well :)
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Sorry for lack of posts ...
It's not because things haven't been happening - life continues on!
Actually, the dearth in posts is because (a) we've hit our blogger free image hosting limit (b) without the ability to post pics, i'm practically speechless ;) what i'll try to do over the next few days is move content from the beginning of time to 12/31/09 to a word doc that will form the beginning of our family book :)
in the meantime, everyone is doing well - cats'n'dogs'n'bees'things. joanne is off @ a wood carving event for the week and i'm holding down the fort doing honey-do list items before she returns. other things: gardens are partially in; we've got a new goldwing in the family - our 14 year bike croaked and was replaced with an '03 model; owen and liv are doing well ... overall, life's pretty good :)
again, sorry for the lack of posts but we hope to return to our normal broadcast schedule any day now ;)
hal
btw, it's 2:40 and cal's been head-butting me since 2 ... it's time to go out in the back yard. (wait 'til i tell him i've gotta mow the lawn before we go out, there's gonna be heck to pay!
Actually, the dearth in posts is because (a) we've hit our blogger free image hosting limit (b) without the ability to post pics, i'm practically speechless ;) what i'll try to do over the next few days is move content from the beginning of time to 12/31/09 to a word doc that will form the beginning of our family book :)
in the meantime, everyone is doing well - cats'n'dogs'n'bees'things. joanne is off @ a wood carving event for the week and i'm holding down the fort doing honey-do list items before she returns. other things: gardens are partially in; we've got a new goldwing in the family - our 14 year bike croaked and was replaced with an '03 model; owen and liv are doing well ... overall, life's pretty good :)
again, sorry for the lack of posts but we hope to return to our normal broadcast schedule any day now ;)
hal
btw, it's 2:40 and cal's been head-butting me since 2 ... it's time to go out in the back yard. (wait 'til i tell him i've gotta mow the lawn before we go out, there's gonna be heck to pay!
Wednesday, April 04, 2012
Happy 8th Birthday, CherryBerry!
Today's Cherry's 8th Birthday and as I type this she's laying on my desk next to my left hand.
This morning we had a house full of company ... strangers to Cherry who left her somewhat unsettled and tucked away until they were gone.
Everyone has gone home now, come out, come out, wherever you are :)
We're running ~2 hrs late but I think we're heading out to the backyard for awhile now.
Happy Birthday to CherryBerry, we're glad you're here :)
This morning we had a house full of company ... strangers to Cherry who left her somewhat unsettled and tucked away until they were gone.
Everyone has gone home now, come out, come out, wherever you are :)
We're running ~2 hrs late but I think we're heading out to the backyard for awhile now.
Happy Birthday to CherryBerry, we're glad you're here :)
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Mmmmm ... spring is in the air!
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