What Greeted Me This Morning!

 

Brugmansia Corner starting to bloom!

8/22/2024 - Photo

Just breath taking and fragrant!!  Got to love those

night bloomers.

The South side photo.

Again Smoke Is In The Air!

 The closest Fire is 44 miles away

but the smoke is heavy in the valley.

Well the neighbor to the northwest 

thought they would grill tonight, 

more smoke in the air and no one

could open their windows for some

fresh air.

Smoke and Cancer go hand in hand!

Come on rain!!

A Storm Is Coming!

 Can't wait!!

Still raining but it was a fun ride!

I was out closing up and turning 

the greenhouse lights on.  Saw the

bolt of lighting and it's was time to

come inside for sure.  Lots of 

lightening, thunder, wind (60 mph)

and rain!!

Calm for right now!

8/14/2024----Microsoft Update

 Wow, needed the BitLocker numbers

three times today to get the laptop updated!

Heads Up!!

Another Request For Albutilons Bloomers / 2024

 Here they are:

A. 'Red Tiger'

A. 'Julia'

A. 'Salmon'

One of our crosses.

A. 'Deep Pink'

A.  Pink X Voodoo

This is the whole collection but two!  They

are growing like crazy!

9/6/2024

Started to strip the leaves today 

to start putting them away.  The

leaves felt gritty.  

9/11/2024

I can gladly state that all the stripping

of the leaves is done and just need to

find room to put them away.

While stripping the leaves, 

I was able to take some cuttings.

Air Quality Is Bad!

 Since we are in the hazard area for

the next 24 hours it's time to get the

stitching out and see if I can start a

new one. So much smoke/smog!

8/11/2024

Nice breezy day and the Wild Fire Smoke

cleared out.....Nope!   Neighbors thought

they would burn!  Who cares if we have

to breath your smoke??

So my questions is do we sue them or 

so we sue the County for allowing 

firepits or open burning?

9/6/2024

They are advising folks with health issues

to limit their time outside.  One of those 

days you want to wear a mask outside!

Some of the photos in Portland looked

really thick smoke.

The Kiss of Death!

 

I removed two nests today and they

keep coming back to the front door

area.  Keeping the Epi Pen handy!

8/10/2024

After knocking down the nests 4 times 

yesterday, I hope the problem with the

wasps has resolved it's self.   This 

morning no nest or wasps were found.

Why the title?  For the past 3 years I 

have been getting venom shots due

to stepping on a hornet's nest and 

being covered from head to toe with

stings.  The smartest thing I did was

pull the stingers out, take a cold 

shower and take Benadryl before

heading to the Urgency Clinic when

my DH got home to take me.  Where

I got a couple shots of steroids and

they wanted to book me into the hospital

over a holiday.  Nope!!  I spent the weekend

resting and they checked in that next Monday

to see how I was doing.  I now have to carry

an epi pen!