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Comments (57)What my favourite is is thirds of sifted top soil, Turface MVP and granite chips, but those aren't always easily available, so the screened-for-large-bark-chunks potting soil, cut with half perlite, is usually something that's pretty easy to acquire. I have a British cactus book from the 1950s that list 27 different recipes for cactus mix, depending on the genus of cactus grown, but that's I think going off the deep end (however, reading it is fascinating!)....See MoreDo you do your own painting, or hire it out?
Comments (39)If there's any way we can afford to, we'd prefer to hire it out. Our cutting-in always looks like s*** because neither of us has steady hands (the one lingering aftereffect of DH's bout with Graves' hyperthyroidism is hand tremor, even though he's been in complete remission 10+ years), and I fizzle out way too quickly with repetitive motions like rolling. We painted (and otherwise half rebuilt) our porch this summer and it was pretty miserable. We have a friend rather like Tuesday's, kind of a jack-of-all-trades, who moved back to this end of the state after a few years away and will likely be helping us with a bunch of stuff as the budget permits, and he's agreed to try to teach DH some honey-do kind of things. He's a major hippie with a taste for the ganja (but never while working) - he's slow but quite picky about his work, and thankfully he only asks $15/hr plus materials from friends. He and I put in a lot of hours together working on the master suite-lette in the other house....See MoreIt’s a good thing I like the color green…
Comments (28)At least we have a decent weekend lined up....Fri, Sat and Sunday, sunny and warmish (high 60's)!! I live surrounded by woods and not very much direct sun. But there are a lot of shrubs blooming now......the last of the pieris, rhododendrons, doublefile viburnum and choisya are all going strong. Ditto the dogwoods. Just a few early perennials - lupines, species iris and geums. And my collection of Japanese maples in their multicolored spring finery! Heat is definitely still on here as it is firmly in the 40's at night and chilly!!...See MoreAnyone own a Kia or Hyundai? How do people come up with these things?
Comments (24)Thanks for the reassurance about the garage door opener signal buttons. A friend told me it was not wise to do this so I stopped. But for years before that, with various cars, I had a separate visor remote left on the visor or I programmed the buttons. In those days I was working and commuting, parking at malls and so on. Now, retired and the pandemic, I don’t use the car much. No one’s ever messed with my cars but for once. Decades ago. I was in college, in the city, around one of those medical areas that are built up and often nested close to rough or semi rough areas. Parking was always hard to find, but years before I had rented a place not far from that busy area, so I knew of a street where I could park, nearly all day ( back then). At around 3:30 pm on a nice sunny day, I’m walking up the hill towards where I had parked my VW bug. I could hear the cheap alarm screeching as I approached. There were about 3 or 4 youngish guys standing around it and the engine compartment door was cocked up. I’m not sure what they were going to do. Maybe steal it but first shush that alarm (easy, just yank). I can’t recall what I might have said to them (I was under 5’3’ and not big). I wish I could recall what the body language and interaction were. Maybe they saw that the owner had arrived and closed the engine door. I had no problem getting in, fastening my seatbelt and driving away. Another day (probably later) around the same area, across from project housing, but just a block or two from the big intersection, I parked my VW and began walking down the hill to the intersection and college. I was in my own world. A young man came up to me and said something I couldn’t make out. (Maybe duh me?). I asked what, and he repeated, ”Mame, could I have your purse?” As he said this, he moved the front of his jacket aside to reveal a good-sized hunting knife tucked into his belt. That was unnerving. I had a chemistry exam that day or the next and knew I needed my Hewlett-Packard calculator in my purse. That just zipped through my head, I wasn’t aware that I was calculating anything. But perhaps the entire gestalt of the scene — noon, sunny, lots of people a block or two away, my not wanting to be hurt or robbed and that he had good manners, had said mame and please (new to armed robbery). And his lanky hand was not holding the 7” knife. It happened so quickly, and in an instant I realized that somehow I’d gotten on the downhill side of him. I took off screaming and running. Noon, sun, city, trolleys, traffic, people here and there and I could have been bleeding and screaming. No one paid any attention. But I was free of him and had my purse, calculator and keys....See Moreeld6161
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