Thank you, sweetie!   Please  PM me on FB sometime and let me know how you have been doing- it's too hard to read through all of this. I didn't mean to sound like a whiner, it's just been difficult. xo

Hi Susan,

Ray turned six yesterday. He too is already into video games. He starts school Tuesday but his mom is working from home and video games seems what he does.  Hope things are going well for you  

Carolyn

Good morning Kitty.  We had mostly sunny day.  I had to come in from working outdoors

frequently.  Digging a another small drainage ditch, also had to relocate a large plant.  Need

to water it again when it gets light out.  Also got the rear wheel off my bike to get the tire

replaced.  Large bike, lot involved in removing the rear wheel. 

Supposed to be a meteor shower tonight, I should go outside before daylight and see if any

are visible. 

I will go down to the farm Saturday after the weather cools some.  Need to pack up a power supply

to help my brothers ham radio, he's having trouble with his. 

Have a good day.

Ernie

we are enjoying another sunny day...but is to be up in the low 90's here...too much for Ct...hope your day works for you....

Good morning Kitty.  We got just a little rain.  I was able to use the backhoe to finish

the 25 foot drain ditch, got the landscape cover, drain pipe, and gravel.  Finished it

a little after dark.  The storms missed us two days in a row.  I got lucky being able to

finish.  Think it's been 9 days without rain and all my excavating projects are done.

My tire for my bike should be in, will call this morning and go get it mounted if it's

there.  It's about 45 minutes south.

Also got my 401k straightened out yesterday, we all got transferred to a new financial

company. 

Think a band pin came out of my watch while I was working and it slipped away.  Wasn't

wearing them anymore but put a battery in one of my dad's old ones and wore it a few

months.  He had more down at the farm.

Have a great day Kitty.

Ernie

good morning all....we are having another hot partly sunny day...when they say that it always seems to be mostly cloudy....sun was out a few minutes ago...yesterday it got up to 93 here...and supposed to be high again too....and wear your masks....

Hi Dear Carolyn,

Nice to hear from you.  I can hardly believe that your grandson is six years already!   Yes, video games and boys.  My grandson just turned 15 and he is coming out of it....so you have many years of Fortnight to come!   

I hope you are well.  Finn had his second cruciate ligament tear (first one in April).  Awaiting blood results...he's anemic.  Hopefully, another surgery.  Just can't imagine our life without him......

Vacation to the FingerLakes (two days) and possibly a trip to North Carolina (depending on Finn).  Denver in October.  Not sure how COVID is going to play in all of this.  I have reservations about going back to the hospital with Spiritual Care.....

Nice to hear from you.  Miss all of the regulars......  Susan

Hi Ernie,

Spent two nights at the Inn at Taughannook Falls in New York.  Beautiful country, beautiful Inn.  We actually walked the 1.8 miles in heat index of 99 degrees to see the Falls.  Could never have made it as a smoker.  Barely, as a non-smoker.  Thank heavens, a gal generously gave us a bottle of water at the Inn .......  Beautiful country.  Also went to Ithica, Cornell and Watkins Glenn.  Not a fan of Pennsylvania wine (sorry)

Finn had blood work for the anemia.  If the labs come back favorably, he will be headed again for surgery.

Know you miss Brandy.  So sorry and sad for your family.  Susan

So much rain last night when we came home.  Inches.  Power out for a day when we were gone.  Daughter broke in screen as garage door wouldn't open.... Oh my!

Home now and ready to go to the grocery store.  Much cooler and less humid.  I'll huff and puff and blow it your way.  Susan

Good morning Kitty.  Cool morning here at 51, been a while.  We had a lot of clouds until noon.

Went down to the farm yesterday.  Got brother's radio working, put up a bird feeder, moved his

air compressor from old home up to the farm house, and installed a piece of siding on the porch

that had blown away many years ago and allowed the wooden slat to rot away.  I put in a new

wooden slat on a different visit.  Someone had disconnected the air compressor from the air line

and unbolted it from it's base.  They tipped it over and tried to pull it outside but it's very heavy.

With them trying to steal it, we didn't need the tools I took down.  Lucky we finally got around to

moving it yesterday, might not have been around today.  My brother and sister had been down

there trying to catch a cat and weren't sure the cat wasn't hiding in the shed so they didn't lock

it up.  Think it had been unlocked for a long time but they considered locking it.  I locked it yesterday

because still a few things there.

Managed to get down and back without getting a speeding ticket in my SS. 

Have a good day.

Ernie