WTF-Beta

knicknack

I’ll just watch it without knitting!

haole

sedition

hunger

I have to choose my knitting carefully for a subtitled show. Usually I flick my attention back and forth if it’s in English, but having to read at someone else’s pace is hard!

Interesting. Kiddo2 thought about majoring in philosophy, but ultimately chose computer science. Graduated in 2015. Has seen a lot change in the industry over the last 11 years.

@DougG I’m not sure you’re old enough to be menopausal. You may be peri-menopausal, at best.

@Bernard That’s a beautiful vine, and those flowers are sweet.

chickadee

@ShiroKuro This sounds fascinating!

bling

Poohs

titivating…

He came at just the right time. Glad to hear words of encouragement for Mr. WTG.

I’m not a runner, but I think I get how you feel about peers/not peers.

The hydrangeas have begun blooming

It’s been very warm here, and I was away for the weekend, so there’s a little bit of crispiness on some of these.

I love these. This plant was a from a 1 gallon bucket 20 years ago. It’s huge now.

Not a bloom, but past bloom! The blueberries are in high season. We planted 3 bushes about 25 years ago; one of those remains. I added one more, but it ripens a little later, so most of these are from the original bush. I’ve picked 3 gallons so far.

The raspberries are from plants the kids gave me about 10 years ago. Raspberry shortcake: short plants, thornless. (edited; I said stemless but that’s for wine glasses!)

Food people: here’s a recipe for avocado blueberry quinoa salad; we had that for dinner last night.

@CHAS Ouch. Sorry about your trip. I hope Bob feels better soon, to the extent that he can.

Mr. AM just launched a Parkinson’s support group yesterday, a joint venture with the local community center and Parkinson’s Resources of Oregon. 24 people showed up. We were pleasantly surprised; we expected maybe 6.

It’s a long road, and we’re on it.

Now I’m headed outside to water, water, water. I don’t trust our 100 year old house’s plumbing enough to leave water faucets on with timers!

My mom-in-law used to make fermented pickles; she learned how from her mother-in-law. Sadly, I never learned. So I make fresh pickles. Haven’t done canned pickles, either.

A favorite beverage of mine at a local restaurant: Dirty Grandma Agnes. Dirty martini but pickle instead of olive.