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I got only a young mom and her two kids for trick-or-treaters the other night. Others in the area have said there is a dearth of kids ringing doorbells, so I'm guessing not so many young children around anymore. Many towns are consolidating their schools and busing kids to schools further from...

That is so cool that you can find petrified wood just out in the landscape. That was one of the things I found most fascinating about the desert southwest. We have nothing like that here. Too funny about the girls' dad asking if you took them to a bar! Since you let them stay up late and eat...

The ways chosen are often not the better ways. ;-)

Yes I do remember you relating how you kicked the doggie ball and it won! I'm glad that your injury also is healing. Someone else (Steve maybe) had kicked a garage door, but I think that was in the past. "All my windows" is just one single window. For all intents and purposes it is installed...

A shoulder wound would be tough to keep clean. No way to bandage it. Poor guy! I bet he was glad when he was finally released from the isolation ward.

Finally got my front porch into Halloween mode for the little ghosties and goblins (providing I get any - it's pretty much hit-or-miss how many trick-or-treaters come here on any given year). I also celebrate Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos) beginning tomorrow and continuing all week...

My phlox and roses have quit for the year and I have no flowers whatsoever. But your little dog is so cute that I just had to post to say that!

Glad to know you seem to have won the war with the ground squirrels. Pizza sounds wonderful. That great new wood fired pizza place near me is unfortunately located in the town 30 minutes to my south, and in winter I usually shop at a town 30 min to my north. I may have to make a special trip...

Made a necessary trip to town yesterday for groceries and had to buy grocery store tomatoes and grocery store eggs - blasphemy! Summer is over. :-( I am approaching a point where cooking down all those bags of tomatoes in my freezers into spaghetti sauce doesn't sound so onerous anymore...

I always found gas powered string trimmers to have too much power to easily control, but I love my battery powered string trimmers, and rely on them heavily. Yesterday I brought in all the windchimes and other hanging gee-gaws from the front porch, and hung them in my enclosed back porch for...

Isn't pneumonia just a term for fluid in the lungs, but can be caused by multiple pathogens as you said? I think the vaccine must target a specific and common version, probably viral.

Serious reactions are very rare, but the occasional person or animal has an immune system that can react badly to one or another vaccine. (On the other hand, if a bad reaction to a pneumonia vaccine, how would you react to the disease?)

Somewhat, but with malt so it has a very distinctive taste. There were a number of hot cereals I used to make for our breakfasts long ago. Ones I can remember were Maltex, Ralston (back when it was Ralston Purina Company and they also manufactured large animal feeds), Cream of Wheat, Cream of...

Yesterday I discovered one last tomato in the pocket of my vest. It must have been there, forgotten, for a week after I plucked it from the vine. A final homegrown gift from the garden in my salad, along with garlic pickled green beans from the last farmers market. Now it will be grocery...

I remember Maltex hot cereal. The malt flavor was my favorite, probably because of the malt flavor.

Vaccination is protection.

So good to see a post from you, Phaedra. I've missed your photos of delectable goodies, flowers, and critters, but very glad that your cafe is keeping you busy, and not a bit surprised by its success. That strawberry cheesecake looks yummy and beautiful at the same time. You are an artist...

Oh no! Well you're in good company here! We should have conventions or reunions or something.

Door kickers unite!

Dented or bulging cans are a sure sign, but this news story centered on cans/jars that appeared normal and tasted nearly normal. It was enough to scare off chicken-hearted me. On edit, I wonder if following the money trail from that news story would have led to Del Monte et al. It was right...