tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-223508822024-03-17T23:01:10.524-04:00Garden Diaryincluding occasional comments on non-herbaceous beings and events.Gardenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03248260957446404211noreply@blogger.comBlogger2069125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22350882.post-25125702518835298292024-03-14T14:39:00.002-04:002024-03-14T14:43:04.775-04:00A Taste of May.<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>3-14-24 SHORT HILLS: </b>It’s Pi Day, and Judy informs me, Albert Einstein’s birthday. I started the day with an attack of vertigo, a first for me. Is it the first sign of some new, dread disease or just because I’ve got a stuffy nose? Time will tell, I guess. It happened just after I awoke, but was still lying on my back in bed. I felt like the bed was suddenly standing on end and I was sliding off onto my head. I knew I wasn’t moving and after several seconds it was gone, but recurred when I sat up and again when I stood up. There were a couple brief further episodes, but nothing for several hours. Is that the end, or will it be back?</span></p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We were in NYC to visit Emmett on Sunday. He is Growing and Developing. His parents were there also. We had dinner with Bill, and he was here to visit a couple of days ago in the afternoon. We sat outside in the sun. Last night we had dinner with Bette and Lonnie. This weekend we go to VT for the week and for the solar panels installation.</span></p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This week the weather has been like May. Daffodils and crocuses are open, the elm trees and maple trees are in bloom, a cherry tree has huge pink buds. Vinca is in flower. Next week though is forecast to be back in February. </span></p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The birds have been eating tons of sunflower seeds and suet blocks. We have lots of house sparrows and house finches this spring, but not so many grackles. The juncos have moved on.</span></p>
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Vinca minor flower cluster.
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Emmett learning to point.Gardenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03248260957446404211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22350882.post-70515916115967144932024-03-02T13:57:00.000-05:002024-03-02T13:57:38.402-05:00March First.<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>3-2-24 SHORT HILLS: </b>It’s cold and rainy today. The snow is gone. The early shrubs show the beginnings of leaves. I always feel that March 1 is the end of winter even though we have had huge snow storms in March and even in April. There are less than three weeks until the Equinox, and next weekend is the start of Daylight Savings Time. </span></p>
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<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I drove to The Home Depot a few days ago to get bird seed and suet feeders. I used the shopping cart instead of my cane, which worked out well. It’s a big store, and I did more walking than I anticipated, but that’s good. </span></p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We are both still very despondent about the loss of Maizie, but struggle on. Keeping busy is the best diversion. We had dinner at Bill and Lynn’s yesterday.</span></p>
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<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">At the feeders, grackles and red-winged blackbirds have arrived. Robins are patrolling the yard. Finches are developing summer plumage. They are all eating a lot of seeds.</span> </p>
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I saw this dove, and a second one, a few mornings ago in the elm tree out of the bedroom window. They looked huge up in the tree, far higher than my window. I couldn't tell what species they were until I got pix to enlarge.
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The second dove.Gardenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03248260957446404211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22350882.post-69040722141072614942024-02-20T13:06:00.001-05:002024-02-20T13:06:17.429-05:00Maizie.<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>2-20-24 SHORT HILLS: </b>Maizie died today. </span></p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Two days ago she was frolicking in the snow with Blue looking like a puppy. She was the alpha from the moment she walked into our house eleven years ago. Whenever I came home, she was at the front door to welcome me back, pressing against my leg and howling for joy. Nobody else ever showed a drop of that kind of enthusiasm for me.</span></p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">For ten years she was a therapy dog working with Judy visiting hospitals and schools. She met hundreds, maybe thousands, of people and left each of them feeling a little happier. </span></p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We have had many dogs and many favorites over the years, but Maizie was at the top of the list.</span></p>
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<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We are very sad.</span></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghmG-ylyuECL5QddHQEqmdB5COBPNn6dsEovjOCkLms_WI-XaVKHLxd-UwZ83IaQ9TPrNkTRxi4odAc6icgv_Uffe6upcTigZBFqVvTUv0pkP0N_ET9eByXsGrd_VlVlx4dtZGlcWWBTLRqLIF3vBYgqtJNMYjRyFgK8ED18E76ZnW7hf35e_nDw/s2388/DSCN4677.JPG" style="clear: left; display: block; float: left; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="2316" data-original-width="2388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghmG-ylyuECL5QddHQEqmdB5COBPNn6dsEovjOCkLms_WI-XaVKHLxd-UwZ83IaQ9TPrNkTRxi4odAc6icgv_Uffe6upcTigZBFqVvTUv0pkP0N_ET9eByXsGrd_VlVlx4dtZGlcWWBTLRqLIF3vBYgqtJNMYjRyFgK8ED18E76ZnW7hf35e_nDw/s400/DSCN4677.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>Gardenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03248260957446404211noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22350882.post-17491527093919582662024-02-13T15:14:00.000-05:002024-02-13T15:14:02.750-05:00White and Cold II.<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>2-13-24 SHORT HILLS: </b>Just when we thought winter was over, we got a ton of wet snow. They predicted this almost to the last flake, but I discounted the prediction as ‘forecaster-hysteria’. It has stopped by mid-afternoon, and the trees are starting to shed the snow. </span></p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Yesterday I got the pool cover pump going to drain a big load of rain water, and I saw snowdrops about to open and snowflakes coming up, it was in the fifties. Today it’s in the twenties with a load of white stuff. Winter is back.</span></p>
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<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Judy was outside with the dogs a few times taking pix. There’s eight inches of wet snow and it’s cold, but there very little wind. I don’t see any damage at this point, but the problems may show up later. </span></p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">On Sunday we were in Brooklyn to see Lily and Danna’s new apartment in Brooklyn Heights. It’s just beautiful—roomy, bright, light, airy. Valerie’s fam was there along with Alison, Anna, Gardner and Emmett. </span></p>
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Maizie taking a snow break.
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Blue and Maizie checking out the snow depth on the table.
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Maizie napping.
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All four dogs trying out the snow.
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Maizie on a visit to a Seton Hall pap rally.
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Snowdrops open early, before the snow.
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Anna and Emmett in sweaters that she knitted!
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Me and Emmett.
Gardenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03248260957446404211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22350882.post-40458283619010133492024-02-06T13:02:00.000-05:002024-02-06T13:02:13.650-05:00Home Renovation.<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>2-6-24 SHORT HILLS: </b>Back in NJ just in time for more home work. The painters are here to tidy up the room that had the electrical short and the fire, plus our bedroom, the living room, the kitchen and probably more before Judy lets them leave. Judy is one to never waste a disaster. If the painters [electricians, plumbers, carpenters, etc] are here for problem one, they might as well look at problems 2 through X. So our lives are upside-down again for the week. </span></p>
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<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I have stopped using the walker and am walking with a cane and a knee brace and sometimes without the cane. PT resumes this afternoon. I have done some walking outside in the driveway and on the grass.</span></p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Groundhog day, Feb. 2, was last week on an overcast, dark, rainy day. No groundhog saw its shadow that day anywhere in the Northeast. That means, according to legend, that winter is over. So far the rodent might be right. The last few days have been sunny and the afternoons have been in the forties—almost spring-like. </span></p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I saw a pair of house finches, about a week ago, sitting together in the junipers for a long time. I saw them again yesterday in the yew tree next to the kitchen windows each doing extensive grooming. Pictures of them through the window and window-screen are terrible, but they are a pair and seem to be deciding on a nest site. Another sign of an early spring.</span> </p>
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House finches spending time as a pair perhaps considering a nest site.
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Here they are again a few inches from the window and screen doing extensive personal grooming. Sorry about the bad photo.
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Another pic through the window.
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Snowdrops are always the first to show up.Gardenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03248260957446404211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22350882.post-19809095766113887292024-02-01T11:45:00.002-05:002024-02-01T11:49:24.710-05:00White and Cold.<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>2-1-24 VERMONT: </b>We came up last Saturday between bad weather days. It was an easy trip. As soon as we settled in, I started coughing from a cold, which is now starting to clear. Judy didn’t get it, so far. </span></p>
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<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Vermont is white and cold. The sky has been overcast since we’ve been here. We have a foot of snow around the house. Judy has put on snowshoes and trekked out into the pasture with the dogs. They use her trail. </span></p>
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<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Monday we went to Smith’s auction house to pick up Alison’s rug and Judy’s latest acquisition, a trade sign from an old inn. We hung it on the new side of the house, and it looks great. </span></p>
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<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Tuesday the solar people came to the house to evaluate that part of the roof where the panels will be deployed and decided we can get a few more panels than previously estimated. </span></p>
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<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Wednesday Dave the plumber came to fix a few leaky faucets and a leak under the kitchen sink.</span></p>
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<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 5px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Friday it’s back to NJ. </span></p>
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Horses and Barns.
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The upper pond and the brook.
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The lower pond after another snow fall.
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Horses doing what horses do best--eating hay.
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Bally snuggled into the snow eating something. Probably best not to ask what it is.
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The new house living room has become a tavern.
Gardenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03248260957446404211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22350882.post-62543469136072399672024-01-18T16:35:00.002-05:002024-01-18T21:45:46.078-05:00The Joys of Home Ownership.<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>1-18-24 SHORT HILLS: </b>We never did get to NYC for that dinner. We had heavy rain that found a way through the new roof and down the wall in the den to an electrical socket that dramatically shot flames into the room before the fuse blew. Yes, a fuse, we had a secondary electrical box that used fuses. [note the past tense.] The electricians were horrified to see the fuses and insisted that they be replaced with a breaker panel. We agreed. The process destroyed a wall in the kitchen entry room and necessitated replacing three light switches that were local collateral damage. They also replaced all the sockets in the den, six, I think.</span></p>
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<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The cause of the problem—a nail in the roof worked it’s way up through the shingles and let the water in. The roofer repaired the damage. </span></p>
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<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Now that all the systems are working, Judy decided the cosmetic damage needs attending to, and since the painters are going to be here anyway, lets take care some problems elsewhere. Several elsewheres as it turned out. </span></p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">So a loose nail is going to end up costing thousands.</span></p>
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<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Otherwise, the rain washed away the snow, followed by cold and then another two inches of snow. At least half of January has passed. I see the winter as December, January and February, so we’re halfway to March 1.</span></p>
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<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We were supposed to visit baby Emmett this week, but Anna had a cough, so we cancelled. We’ll try again this weekend.</span></p>
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White-throated sparrow and Junco under the feeders. This was taken through the window which explains the blur.
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When the water is frozen, you can eat snow.
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Southern magnolia dusted with snow behind the feeders. As you can see, everybody likes sunflowers seeds, but not thistle seeds.
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Judy and Maizie are on a therapy visit. When ever Judy is out of the house, the dogs all wait at the front door for her to return.
Gardenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03248260957446404211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22350882.post-15937417124608856672024-01-08T15:25:00.003-05:002024-01-08T15:27:46.426-05:002024.<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>1-8-24 SHORT HILLS: </b>Our Xmas Day party for neighbors on the road in Vermont and for Alison, Dan and Lily was another huge success for Judy. Beverages were imbibed, many empty glass bottles went to re-cycling. Food was devoured, but left overs fed us for days. </span></p>
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<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We put the house back in order the next couple of days and then came back to NJ on a dry travel day a little before New Years Eve. Our NYE dinner was the same as usual—king crab, wine, Peach Melba—and we were in bed to watch the Ball Drop. I guess all those people in Times Square were having a good time, but glad we were snuggly tucked away.</span></p>
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<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">So 2024 has begun, more PT for me. I am doing stairs now, and am able to take a few steps on my own without walker or cane. The big snow storm dumped about 2-3 inches on us, just enough to cover the grass</span></p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We had dinner with Lynn and Bill a few nights ago at a Turkish place in Madison. Alison and Dan are meeting us for dinner at Gramercy Tavern this week for my 86<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><sup>th</sup></span>. </span></p>
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Junco hopping across the snow.
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Feeders in the snow.
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Cardinal sheltering in the brush.
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Enough snow to cover the terrace.
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Maizie posing during a visit to Beth Israel MC.Gardenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03248260957446404211noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22350882.post-77792966430520109252023-12-24T11:38:00.003-05:002023-12-24T11:43:04.829-05:00Merry, Merry.<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>12-24-23 VERMONT: </b>Xmas eve—we expect Alison, Dan and Lily sometime today. Our annual Xmas day party happens tomorrow afternoon. Judy has been preparing all week. I have tried to stay out of the way. </span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Neighbors Steve and Diana had their annual Solstice Party two days ago with a bonfire to lure the sun back to our hemisphere. It was pot luck so there was lots of food to try. </span></p>
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<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It doesn’t feel like it, but the days are now getting longer. Maybe by the end of January you will be able to see it. </span></p>
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<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We have little patches of snow here and there. The ponds are frozen and patches of standing water are all frozen. The waterfall is still flowing but will be frozen in a couple of days unless there’s a warm up. The sky is overcast. I filled the bird feeders yesterday and the chickadees and nuthatches were here this morning.</span></p>
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<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We usually go to a church in the Strafford Upper Village for Xmas Eve Carol sing. The minister is very open and welcoming. The service is aimed at and for kids so it's just right for us. </span></p>
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Blue skies from a few days ago. The horses working their hay.
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Maizie and Blue fighting with a broken branch. Blanca watches from the top of the hill.
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The little church in Strafford.
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The upper pond and stream to the lower pond.
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The waterfall still running from all the rain last week.Gardenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03248260957446404211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22350882.post-1680401773493055642023-12-17T21:04:00.000-05:002023-12-17T21:04:50.739-05:00Back in Vermont.<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>12-17-23 VERMONT: </b>We came up yesterday in the morning. It was an easy trip. There was no snow until Norwich, and then only remnants of plow piles. Here there was shallow snow cover in places, but tonight it’s raining hard, and all the snow will soon be gone. The ponds are mostly frozen over, inlet spots are not yet frozen. </span></p>
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<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The dogs have been roaming all over the place. The horses are in the pasture. Today we got a medium sized tree and set it up—Judy did almost all the work and decorated it. She also brought a load of wood into the house. I have been going upstairs the last two nights and sleeping in my bed after four months. </span></p>
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<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Anna, Gardner and Emmett visited us in Short Hills the beginning of the week. He is approaching his two month birthday. </span></p>
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<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We took pix of each other by the tree with the dogs. Judy deleted all hers, but some of mine were OK.</span> </p>
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Blogger with pooches.Gardenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03248260957446404211noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22350882.post-18071514530306564402023-11-28T11:26:00.001-05:002023-11-28T11:26:54.870-05:00Sleeping Swamp.<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjanEIKzwDUMpojD6ZEM15ZRfGPYHskeIpDMKt41H-NOcvRhcYXarp4g7iiAMKqM604Cdk0TborPyzENn4nPJS2JdB5Dyr1oHZmDTUr5K1ANuFqdm_7348ybqGXnaP3y8z2bYBCLB1yzJmp0S5wsBr_EOhLE4pKI617D46_Durm-JhTueiAXcNR2Q/s1000/Tkgg-2023.jpg" style="clear: left; display: block; float: left; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="865" data-original-width="1000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjanEIKzwDUMpojD6ZEM15ZRfGPYHskeIpDMKt41H-NOcvRhcYXarp4g7iiAMKqM604Cdk0TborPyzENn4nPJS2JdB5Dyr1oHZmDTUr5K1ANuFqdm_7348ybqGXnaP3y8z2bYBCLB1yzJmp0S5wsBr_EOhLE4pKI617D46_Durm-JhTueiAXcNR2Q/s400/Tkgg-2023.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="font-family: Helvetica;">11-28-23 SHORT HILLS: </b><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">Thanksgiving has come and gone. Judy did the holiday for 15 people almost by herself. The guests brought sides, and Lily and Danna were here Wednesday night and Thursday morning to help with the chores. Judy was up at 5 AM to make stuffing and start the turkey.</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"> </span></span></p>
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<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I am now doing PT with 100% weight bearing, the knee is as big as a pineapple, but mostly not painful. I can see walking on the horizon. </span></p>
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<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Emmett continues to be much photographed, which has not had any adverse effect on growth and development.</span></p>
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<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Blue and Judy just left for Blue’s first therapy visit—Good luck, Little Dog.</span></p>
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<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A few days ago we did a drive by at he Great Swamp Nature Preserve. Everything looks dormant for the winter, but the streams are not yet frozen. We did see a few ducks and a bunch of Canada geese. </span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHpKU8wS-UW3fQBu9g7ahvxHWEQEjAOT01q89TPfgm5Re51_MBe2MLNbRbapcvKF2UkVvGMVxC6Se-Wf-B4BZ-Il8jDKlTf5LuP6VqtCE2U1JB6aPzS1q9MeDNmJ267dq_W4taDUEUdlZoRvnK6CHE-JF5y01LK4I33odW8TBs-lvIoC8u3OM9OA/s3354/FullSizeRender.jpeg" style="clear: left; display: block; float: left; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="3354" data-original-width="2301" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHpKU8wS-UW3fQBu9g7ahvxHWEQEjAOT01q89TPfgm5Re51_MBe2MLNbRbapcvKF2UkVvGMVxC6Se-Wf-B4BZ-Il8jDKlTf5LuP6VqtCE2U1JB6aPzS1q9MeDNmJ267dq_W4taDUEUdlZoRvnK6CHE-JF5y01LK4I33odW8TBs-lvIoC8u3OM9OA/s400/FullSizeRender.jpeg" /></a></div>
Emmett in a rare moment between eating and sleeping.
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Great Swamp looking gray and lifeless, but just waiting for a warm Spring day to begin stirring.
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Another gray swamp, the white in the center is a flock of Canada geese.<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5JxbpfN3Dym0PktB5wOgZAqyWDjiR7vdAHvlmNFNRr3l5MBRke98X0MO-c3iwH5KrVUmuS6SmMXOZ3jC4PSxKLDkz6LjlewCStgnDptHV2wbNVyZ6yTqzWnkJpNuFFrTVI4KfVN5RCV3mgBaCWNsW_QohVmUyVY1dDNdTI32meWeSRU27dGuTpA/s1662/DSCN9303.JPG" style="clear: left; display: block; float: left; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="1137" data-original-width="1662" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5JxbpfN3Dym0PktB5wOgZAqyWDjiR7vdAHvlmNFNRr3l5MBRke98X0MO-c3iwH5KrVUmuS6SmMXOZ3jC4PSxKLDkz6LjlewCStgnDptHV2wbNVyZ6yTqzWnkJpNuFFrTVI4KfVN5RCV3mgBaCWNsW_QohVmUyVY1dDNdTI32meWeSRU27dGuTpA/s400/DSCN9303.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
A few ducks not yet ready for the commute.
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Gardenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03248260957446404211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22350882.post-56364943140882521062023-11-20T10:28:00.005-05:002023-11-20T10:28:43.459-05:00Note to 'Anonymous'.<p> <span style="font-size: medium;">Blue's pronouns are 'she, her'.</span></p>Gardenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03248260957446404211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22350882.post-19538847814077600292023-11-19T12:59:00.000-05:002023-11-19T12:59:54.780-05:00Blue Stars.<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>11-19-23 SHORT HILLS: </b>Tomorrow I start 75% weight bearing on the healing leg and the next week full weight bearing. The knee is still the size of a cantaloupe. </span></p>
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<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The new golden, Blue, has passed her Therapy Dog exam with Creature Comfort. It’s the culmination of months of hard work by Judy training her for the certification. There’s another exam for B & B in a few weeks. Judy has changed a fearful, anxious dog into a star performer.</span></p>
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<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Emmett, now three plus weeks old, models a new outfit almost daily, and may be the most photographed celebrity since Diana. </span></p>
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<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Carol sent a snapshot of Judy and me from a trip to Maine with her and Ken from 30 year ago.</span></p>
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Blue last summer in VT.
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J and H, mid-nineties trip to Maine with Ken and Carol.
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Emmett.
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Emmett again.Gardenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03248260957446404211noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22350882.post-6888498971456201872023-11-10T11:29:00.003-05:002023-11-10T16:53:14.960-05:00Two Weeks for Emmett, The Leg Slowly Heals.<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>11-10-23 SHORT HILLS: </b>Two weeks of age now for Emmett Benton Davis, who we visited earlier this week at his home in Greenwich Village along with proud parents, Anna and Gardner, and proud Grammy, Alison. It was an easy in-and-out for us in the middle of the day. Judy and I each held and fed him. We are thrilled.</span></p>
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<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I have started PT at JagPT in Chatham, and started weight bearing on the broken leg. I am allowed 25% weight bearing on the healing leg, and next week 50%. [I have no idea how to estimate 25 or 50% while using the walker.] But progress is progress. In two weeks, it’ll be 75%, and the next week full weight bearing, also known as walking. I have home PT to do as well.</span></p>
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<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Judy is busy prepping for Turkey Day here. She is amazing—getting all the work done by herself with the least bit of help from me or Margaret. </span></p>
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Feeding the baby.
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The new arrival with Mom and Dad.
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Anna's first Birthday. Front row-Edith and Oscar, my parents. Middle row-Valerie, Alison, Anna. Back row-Glenn, Dan, me, Judy. Gardenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03248260957446404211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22350882.post-65389960411298084972023-10-26T12:27:00.000-04:002023-10-26T12:27:10.668-04:00Great Grandparents!<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 5px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>10-26-23 SHORT HILLS: </b>Happy Birthday to a new Earthling—<b>Emmett Fagin-Davis </b>who arrived early this AM. This makes Judy and I Great Grandparents. Huge congrats to Anna and Gardner. Congrats also to Alison, Dan and Lily. Congrats also to Gardner Senior and to Gardner's sisters. Now everybody, including Emmett, can get some sleep. </span></p>
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Family Unit.
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Emmett Fagin-Davis.
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Emmett and Aunt Lily.
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Father and Son.
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Anna and Emmett. Emmett is getting his first look at Earth.
Gardenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03248260957446404211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22350882.post-28815823394703574812023-10-18T11:47:00.003-04:002023-10-18T11:47:59.874-04:00And now the flu....<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>10-18-23 SHORT HILLS: </b>The new incision has healed, sutures are out, but still two weeks to weight bearing. Fingers crossed that the incision stays healed. The last week has been occupied with the flu, partly over now, but still coughing. I did get the flu shot, and maybe it modified the course of illness. </p>
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<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 5px;">That’s it. Still doing PT for the legs and upper body. Judy’s car is now set up the way she likes it. </p>
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Burning bushes define red.
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Visitors to the neighborhood helping with grass care.
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One of the pretty girls.Gardenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03248260957446404211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22350882.post-33488259526146283022023-10-06T15:11:00.002-04:002023-10-06T15:13:21.322-04:00Another Operation.<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>10-6-23 SHORT HILLS: </b>Leg news first. Shortly after the last post, my care was transferred to the Dr. Liporace and Dr. Diamond at SBMC. After tests and cultures, the decision to re-operate and resect the infected area was made and executed. The metal plates and screws all looked good and were not replaced, a primary closure was done. Drainage devices were inserted, but collected almost nothing over the next few days.</span></p>
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<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Since discharge, the VNA has been changing dressings and watching the wound, which has stayed dry and clean. This is the ninth post-op day. I see the surgeon next week. The cultures ID’d a type of Staph so I am on a different antibiotic, Linezolid, for 10 days. Hopefully, the infection was only superficial and is now under control. It’s been 6+ weeks since the original repair, I’m guessing 8-10 weeks for weight-bearing. </span></p>
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<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Outside the leaves are beginning to turn, the burning bushes are aflame. Birds are eating the berries on all the shrubs are they ripen. I did manage to put Judy’s front license plate on the new car in the wheelchair, and clean out the pool cover pump sitting on the patio. </span></p>
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Judy's new car outlined by fiery burning bushes approaching peak. Check out the job on the front license plate installation.Gardenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03248260957446404211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22350882.post-84188976908857688222023-09-25T11:25:00.005-04:002023-09-25T11:32:49.549-04:00Leg Continues to Heal.<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>9-25-23 SHORT HILLS: </b>Convalescence continues with one glitch—a wound infection. It seem to be superficial, and we clean it twice a day and take an antibiotic, and it’s slowly closing. We see Dr. Schob tomorrow. We both had flu shots and Covid boosters, which had us both mostly in bed for the weekend.</span></p>
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<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Judy has been doing everything around the house as well as my care, dog care and her dog visits. She’s a Wonder Woman.</span></p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Ophelia was a nothing burger here, three days of light rain and light wind. That’s how I like my hurricanes. It’s definitely cooler with overnight temps in the 50’s. The Autumnal Equinox has come and gone, and our days are already shorter.</span></p>
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When the flowers finish, cones form.</span></span></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8vu0PpvFah0ipCquw4hFHC-Lee5bdOjzzpd3CAu8tjgoyL4AdlA6cmbz-eJoArZ8Fa0MO5e4IfRlaVpGjkjKYeK_PHcmD7hBLSvLnk4hcwjdCLZvjzu7ALE3iHrfyOwEB7yAN49rgg4Gdzbh1GTQWPIKXPUKo8l5kk-03uED0B5uxTHNBh85jnQ/s3024/IMG_0569.jpeg" style="clear: left; display: block; float: left; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="2541" data-original-width="3024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8vu0PpvFah0ipCquw4hFHC-Lee5bdOjzzpd3CAu8tjgoyL4AdlA6cmbz-eJoArZ8Fa0MO5e4IfRlaVpGjkjKYeK_PHcmD7hBLSvLnk4hcwjdCLZvjzu7ALE3iHrfyOwEB7yAN49rgg4Gdzbh1GTQWPIKXPUKo8l5kk-03uED0B5uxTHNBh85jnQ/s400/IMG_0569.jpeg" width="400" /><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: white;">Here's a closer look at the cones.</span></span></a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_KV0FEB28npJdGzwuAQL4kmCBriQjRI_9BULmi-mmSrzp2GGeEb-fCLmvzIp0ACmBBSqE7MdL0vBz9Pkx6PjMwsY8RMGGNYMSJBd3RCmoBNP_zPzLP0alUb-F2OHBwUc7Mk2DhvXT_NTsF1JETYYcLYbO2sKHGFDR2zMdwP_2d7SVxHhkkEIBmg/s3375/IMG_0564.jpeg" style="clear: left; display: block; float: left; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="3375" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_KV0FEB28npJdGzwuAQL4kmCBriQjRI_9BULmi-mmSrzp2GGeEb-fCLmvzIp0ACmBBSqE7MdL0vBz9Pkx6PjMwsY8RMGGNYMSJBd3RCmoBNP_zPzLP0alUb-F2OHBwUc7Mk2DhvXT_NTsF1JETYYcLYbO2sKHGFDR2zMdwP_2d7SVxHhkkEIBmg/s400/IMG_0564.jpeg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_KV0FEB28npJdGzwuAQL4kmCBriQjRI_9BULmi-mmSrzp2GGeEb-fCLmvzIp0ACmBBSqE7MdL0vBz9Pkx6PjMwsY8RMGGNYMSJBd3RCmoBNP_zPzLP0alUb-F2OHBwUc7Mk2DhvXT_NTsF1JETYYcLYbO2sKHGFDR2zMdwP_2d7SVxHhkkEIBmg/s3375/IMG_0564.jpeg" style="clear: left; display: block; float: left; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: white;">As the cones ripen, they open and show these red seeds to attract the birds.</span></span></a></div><div><br /></div>Gardenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03248260957446404211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22350882.post-87122847225028012112023-09-14T10:24:00.000-04:002023-09-14T10:24:11.231-04:00Proceeding with Healing<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>9-14-23 SHORT HILLS: </b>We’re into a routine here, which looks like it will go on for another 4-5-6 weeks depending on what Dr. Schob allows me to do. It’s three weeks since the surgery, the incisions are healed, a lot of the swelling has gone down, the knee is beginning to look like a knee again. But, I’m not allowed to put weight on the leg so I’m using the walker or the wheelchair. Standing or walking on the leg could distort the reconstruction so no weight bearing allowed until the bones are healed and knit together again.</span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I’m taking vitamin D and calcium supplements to aid the healing. Perhaps they do help. I’m on Eliquis to prevent blood clots in the legs. I do a ton of leg lifts every day, both legs, to maintain and build muscle for that day when I can resume walking. My best guess as to earliest possible date—Oct. 16. </span></p><div><br /></div>
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Blanca under the apple tree with ripening fruit. Another one of Judy's pictures.
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Here's a sunset from my window at APD.
Gardenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03248260957446404211noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22350882.post-42643616697572404812023-09-07T13:34:00.000-04:002023-09-07T13:34:23.330-04:00NJ Update.<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 5px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>9-7-23 SHORT HILLS: </b>We’re back in NJ. The trip down was thankfully uneventful. Dan and Alison arrived shortly after we did with rations from the Millburn Deli, and then Anna and Gardner appeared. Anna looks quite preggers. The two of them are so into it all. They spent an hour setting up a baby seat in their car in our driveway. After part of a ‘Sloppy Joe’, speciality of the Millburn Deli with lots of coleslaw, I was ready for a nap. </span></p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 5px; min-height: 17px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 5px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We saw our local orthopedist yesterday, Dr. Cliff Schob, who reviewed all the work done at Dartmouth-Hitchcock from the initial x-rays through the final films after the definitive repair. He thought the repair was ‘outstanding’ and the best possible reconstruction. That was welcome news.</span></p>
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<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 5px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Judy sent out emails to many of those who have been following the saga— </span></p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 5px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> “I would like to thank everyone for their concern and well wishes for Howie’s recovery.</span></p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Today he saw our neighbor and orthopedic surgeon, here in New Jersey, for whom we have great affection and respect.</span></p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Howie sustained a double fracture of his tibia, which was splintered into innumerable jigsaw pieces and also dislocated his fibula and his patella which was pushed up over his femur.</span></p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Cliff said it was one of the worst injuries of this sort that he had ever seen; that neither he nor anyone local here could have performed the reconstructive surgery and that the orthopedic team at Dartmouth was fantastic and brilliant.</span></p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">He repeated this, with a lot of “wows” thrown in several times.</span></p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Howie will be sending a note of appreciation to the Dartmouth team in short order.</span></p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Cliff was impressed with Howie’s range of mobility and motion in his knee and ankle: right now physical therapy is baby steps for old bones: leg lifts, knee bends and walker exercises.</span></p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This will be a long, tough slog for Howie, but he will walk, which was a question somewhere in the back of my mind.</span></p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Jews say “next year in Jerusalem.”</span></p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This somewhat lapsed Jew says,” this Christmas in Thetford.”</span></p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Thanks again.</span></p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Judy”<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span></p>
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For X-ray fans, the post-repair picture. The white things are screws and plates. Everything is in exactly the right place.
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One of Judy's last pix before we left. Gardenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03248260957446404211noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22350882.post-32095159648401532662023-08-29T13:09:00.000-04:002023-08-29T13:09:12.045-04:00APD<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="font-family: Helvetica;">8-29-23 ALICE PECK DAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, LEBANON, NH: </b><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">I transferred from the hospital to this rehab facility last Friday and have been busy with PT and OT. The fever never recurred and all the cultures and imaging were negative. The leg swelling and tenderness are slowly resolving.</span></span></p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 5px; min-height: 17px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 5px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">APD is clean and modern, the staff are to a person are helpful, responsive, pleasant, smiley and a great to work with. The food is on order and not bad. I’m getting stronger and more versatile with the all the implements. My private room is large with a big window looking west. </span></p>
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<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 5px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Our plan is to check out Saturday morning and drive back to NJ with all the dogs and be met there by Alison and Dan and Anna and Gardner. Lily and Danna will come to VT for the weekend and bring the red Subaru to NJ with all the stuff donated for Covenant House and Beth Israel. </span></p><div><br /></div>
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My roomn at APD.Gardenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03248260957446404211noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22350882.post-42048273732729320642023-08-22T21:00:00.000-04:002023-08-22T21:00:36.385-04:00Fever.<p><span style="font-size: medium;"> <b style="font-family: Helvetica;">8-22-23 DARTMOUTH-HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER: </b><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">I had the procedure Monday morning. The rest of the day was post- op until the </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">nerve blocks wore off Monday night and the pain kicked in. Dilaudid and Tylenol helped, and at this point there is very little pain. PT had me up in the bed sitting for a while in the afternoon. July visited twice, once with Maizie.</span></span></p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 5px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">In the afternoon I had a temp of 100°, which set off blood cultures, urine culture, chest X-ray to hunt for a possible infectious culprit. Four hours later the temp was 98°. So we’ll see. I’m using the breathing gadget all the time.</span></p><div><br /></div>
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Here's what I look at all day. Nice drawing of the procedure with plates on both sides of the tibia and lots of screwsGardenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03248260957446404211noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22350882.post-73752290219922917042023-08-20T22:17:00.002-04:002023-08-20T22:17:45.240-04:00Inpatienience<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 5px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>8-20-23 DARTMOUTH-HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER: </b>I’m still an inpatient. I had the operative procedures last Sunday and Monday to establish external fixation of my fractured tibial plateau, half of the knee joint. This procedure is a temporary solution.</span></p>
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<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 5px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Internal fixation is the permanent fix. I am on a NPO after Midnight order, which is medicalese for nothing by mouth after 12 PM so that the stomach will be empty before anesthesia the next day and the repair. Will it happen? Maybe, but I’ve been NPO a few times already, and been left at the altar—jilted. </span></p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 5px; min-height: 17px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 5px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Alison and Dan were here for most of the day today and yesterday. It was nice to have the company. Judy has been here everyday, usually twice a day, at least once with a dog, her specialty. The four of us had a chance to talk with an orthopedic on call today, Dr. Fort, and got to explain our [my] particular needs. Alison has sent me pix from the gardens.</span></p>
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<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 5px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Jon and Siobhan, Anna, Lily, Maggie, Lucy, Bob, Bill, Lynn, Carol, Roger, Ann, Laura-Beth have all called in the last few days or been here. Val and Steve have been in ME looking after Steve’s Mom, Mary.</span></p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 5px; min-height: 17px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 5px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Fingers crossed.</span></p><p> </p>Gardenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03248260957446404211noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22350882.post-10957215555820208752023-08-13T22:19:00.001-04:002023-08-13T22:19:55.426-04:00Magnolia, Wood, Solar, Wiring, Soffit, Gate, Knee.<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 5px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>8-13-23 VERMONT: </b>There’s lots of news, some good, some not. Matt and Hillary moved the new magnolia over the bridge with a tree hand-cart. We laid planks across the swamps on either side of the bridge to get it across. We planted it on the slope where the original red maple had been, now dead and gone. They dug, and I sawed off the many roots that appeared. We back filled with potting soil. The site was damp but not wet. We have had 2.9 inches of rain since the last post.</span></p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 5px; min-height: 17px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 5px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We bought a half-cord of wood from neighbor Dwight, who delivered it on Monday. I stacked it in the wood shed over the next few days. </span></p>
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<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 5px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Solarflect, solar energy people, were here again on Tuesday and the latest possible plan from the head electrician is to run the wiring to the big barn and replace the inadequate wiring in the conduit that runs from the barn to the house. New plans are in the works. </span></p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 5px; min-height: 17px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 5px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Tyler the electrician was here and put a new line in the kitchen so that the microwave will not flip the circuit breaker.</span></p>
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<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 5px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Scott and Cedar were here Friday to repair the soffit on the back of the old house that always forms huge icicles. They took out some of the insulation in the eaves, unnecessary, found no mold, great, and closed it up after repainting. </span></p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 5px; min-height: 17px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 5px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Seeing Scott reminded me that I had promised a new gate in the deck railing. I built it on Saturday linking the two rails with cross pieces and a diagonal, cutting one side free and mounting hinges, then cutting the other side free an mounting a closure. During that last step, my rickety step ladder wobbled, and I fell off the ladder, about two steps above the ground. </span></p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 5px; min-height: 17px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 5px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">My Apple Watch knew that I fell, asked if I was OK, I wasn’t, and called for help. Turns out, after an ambulance ride to Dartmouth- Hitchcock, that I broke my right tibia in a few places within the knee joint, similar to the accident I had on the left knee while skiing a few years ago. Sunday, today, orthopedic surgery did an external stabilization that will be followed by definitive repair in the neat future. I am totally non-ambulatory now.</span></p>
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<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 5px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">New blooms: gooseneck loosestrife, monkshood, white-star clematis, more echinacea, late anemone, blue lobelia, black-eyed susan.</span> </p>
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All the dogs--Maizie, Blanca, Blue, Bally.
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The pond bank beds are getting full.
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Me stacking wood with help from Maizie and Blue.
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All ready for the fireplace.
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Knee repair Erector Set. The ankle is out of the frame on the left.
Gardenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03248260957446404211noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22350882.post-28672633401261648772023-08-07T16:23:00.002-04:002023-08-07T16:34:37.287-04:00More Rain, More Plantings.<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 5px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>8-7-23 VERMONT:</b> Frequent rains continue here with another 1.55 inches and more today. It’s been cool, and today, cold with afternoon temps in the fifties.</span></p>
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<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 5px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Alison and Dan are visiting. We went to Saap in Randolph a few nights ago and last night saw ‘Oppenheimer’ at the Nugget. Tonight we’re eating here and might grill if the rain stops. </span></p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 5px; min-height: 17px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 5px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I planted another yarrow, <i>Achillea millefolium</i> “Red’, two more lilies, <i>L. orientale</i> ‘Baferrari’ and ‘Casa Blanca’ on the pond bank with the others previously planted. I brought home the magnolia, <i>M. soulangiana</i>, ‘Betty’ for the area across the bridge near the new maples. Getting it to the site will be an issue with all the soggy areas. The root ball probably weighs 300 pounds. </span></p>
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<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 5px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A kingfisher has been here every day getting fish from the pond. Butterflies, bees, wasps, and hummingbirds have been using the milkweed, bee balm and echinacea.</span></p>
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<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 5px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">New blooms: white turtlehead, first aster.</span></p>
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Kingfisher, immature, will loose most or all of the rusty feathers when grown up.
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Eastern Tiger Swallowtail. You can see all six legs, two antennae, tongue, four wings oin this pose.
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Red Admiral working echinacea.
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Hybrid lily 'Muscadet', smells gorgeous too.
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First aster growing with phlox. The aster appeared almost to the day that the last daylily bloomed.
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White turtlehead is growing in the sun and appears months before the pink turtlehead that is growing in the shade.Gardenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03248260957446404211noreply@blogger.com0