I shouldn't complain about the heat since this is the weather in my AZ town:

Oh, Julia. Those temps! And those utility guys working right through it. Must be really tough and conditioned guys...

I love all the old books! (Well, as a historian, I would, wouldn’t I?) Lia, hysteria certainly was a big thing around 1900. In fact, people were very interested in afflictions of the mind, neurasthenie was another word that came up a lot in that time. But, rather infuriating for women of our times, the word hysteria was derived from the greek word for uterus, thereby stating a direct link between the female nature and the symptoms.

mamabear, great news! Your way of delivering it make me laugh! Fiss, sending you positive thoughts.

About the names of plants, the pictures are very helpful, I don’t know any of them. “Black eyed Susan” always remind me of a song by The Jayhawks!

Yes, this year’s gardening has been good to me.

Babo, that is why I call my OB/GYN sister “Hyster” and the other one is “Cyster” bc well she had a cyst once .... LOL

Wow Sam!!! That is a happy clematis!!

Still in car but almost to the lake. Hooray!

Cyster is also sometime called “the ornamental sister”... I stole that from Duckie. Some sisters are def more ornamental than others. LOL

Rred, hyster and cyster? That’s hilarious!

Hyster will be here tomorrow night w her kids (aka NandN or NtheElder and NtheYounger) and my BIL who is also a physician. I am so excited!!!
They live in Oregon and I don’t get to see em as much as I would like.

Then Cyster her hubs and my NwhoSings will join us for a few days.

Julia, my guy would have been having caniptions if the power company had to drive over the lawn! it's nice they were careful.

Around the time hysteria was a diagnosis, a "cure" was offered. you can now buy the device at the naughty store, but then it was performed by doctors.

While some of my gardens are suffering, this border behind the pool fence is out of control.

Babo, my DH knew some of the Jayhawks. They have a new album coming out tomorrow!

ladma, yes, there’s a very funny film about that cure! It’s called Hysteria and it features Maggie Gyllenhaal.

Julia, thanks, I’ll check it out. I don’t know much of their work, but I love their album ”Mockingbird Time”.

Fiss--a full plate is an understatement. My OH tends to get "busy" with projects when calamity approaches. Wishing you love and blessings, my friend.

Happy days ahead for you Mama--congratulations!

Indo, hope you're healing up ok too... we're always hoping you'll pop in here!

Lia, that driveway looks like it just needs a couple kids with shovels and sledgehammers to take out the old pieces of asphalt past the roadway apron, and then a couple truckloads of new crushed road gravel... a new base will form for the next guy to get with the property years from now...

Here is my favorite ugly plant with its clouds of lovely blue flowers. Chicory! It grows along gravelly roadsides and has a deep taproot that people used to dig up to make chicory coffee... a coffee substitute. I love seeing this stuff! Sadly the county will come by and mow it down as they consider it a weed... :(

LOL sorry those things are hard to snap going 65mph and they’re in the very foreground.

And later when we got here, I drove by a Fissy-worthy landscaping project near the beach parking lot. They even have a bobcat there! This will be purty in another week or so?

IDK, Rred....you do a very good job taking pics on the run. LOL

Oh my Fiss...

Love the book pages, Lia. Reminds me of a simpler time in life. Love those old books. I nearly bought a rare/out-of-print book business off a friend several years ago, mainly because I love old books and history. But as life has it, I didn’t have the time to devote to it. Sigh.

The fog is sneaking in with the tide....I think chicory was introduced from Europe....extracting long stored info from 7th grade botany class. Yup, Wikipedia confirmed it.

Duckie Ohio State at Oregon, scheduled for 9-12, has been cancelled for this season due to the BigTen’s decision to play in-conference games only.
You just dodged a bullet*, my friend.

*Apologies to Fissy’s Beloved for calling his team “a bullet.” I am sure he doesn’t mind that tho. LOL

Our in-state rivalry against Iowa State is also cancelled. Wow and sad...

So if misguided notions about women’s health entertain you, there is an estate in Western Maine called Orgonon.
That Wikipedia article is pretty tame, but further research will take you down an interesting rabbit hole.

I do believe the tree nuts beat the duckies within living memory for the national Championship.

I'm just as happy it is cancelled, and most likely rescheduled. We have a new quarterback and most of the offensive line this year. Our past two recruiting classes have been among the top in the nation, so we shall see how our coach (lately from Alabama) does bringing "SEC" style football to the Pac-12. Besides that, it is highly unlikely we are going to use our season tickets this year. Our son would pitch a fit.

Man, I am trying to catch up, but my iPad in at 5%! Lol! Mama, congratulations! Fiss, omg. And everyone’s flowers are beautiful! Bbl.

We got some rain! And it’s still cloudy tho the precipitation has stopped. Our front yard is so brown YS felt badly for it the other day and decided to hose some parts. Such a good kid...I didn’t have the heart to tell him it was a losing battle.

Speaking of a coin shortage....yes. There is one. If you can’t get into a bank to deposit your change, take a trip to your local convenience store and see if they are in need. You may not even need to sort or wrap.

The heat and humidity has suddenly arrived. From freezing with an extra blanket last night, to heat wave. But Julia...that isn’t just hot...that’s “bake cookies on the hood of your car” weather. Ugh.

Looking at hiring some muscle for sod removal on driveway. Jungle days are close at hand (August) when my garden enthusiast personality goes dormant and the lie in the shade and drink lemonade (or white wine) emerges. I bought six bottles of white today...lol. That should last awhile. Gerwitz and Sauvignon blanc.

I love Canadian wine. I’m missing Canadian wine.

Thanks, Rred re:healing. After running that fever for 5 days, I got nervous and had a Covid test. Negative! Doing much better now.

Awe indo! Thank goodness!

Beautiful lilies Rred! Love the signs, too.

Right on!

I’m so happy your Hyster family is coming to you. I can’t imagine the stress two docs plus kids have been under. I assume they are flying to you, which says something about their confidence in doing so. We are going to the yard of our darlings tomorrow, so I went shopping for a selection of actitties today.

I am looking most forward to the Thirsty Bird!

Ha! Duckie! We think alike! I have a target cart full of baby items. Hubby just shakes his head. He knows I am gonna spoil the blank outta this one too!!

Do Duckling and L’il bear have whoopee cushions! I think they need them!

I know Duckling does. My DS bought it for her. That's how he rolls. Super classy girl dad, LOL.

Lil bear had a f@rt book. Lol It makes several different sounds.

Yeah, they will be masked and disinfecting during the entire direct flight to MLPS, where they pick up a car and drive themselves here. As little contact as possible I guess, and it's worth it to them to have some sort of escape for a week. We have the Garottage, so they have their own sleeping/bathroom spaces, and we can be outdoors as much as possible here, so I think it's gonna be ok.

My NandN are still in the whoopee cushion phase of life too-- I don't think they'll ever outgrow that! I mean, I haven't... And I got them Thirsty Birds last time they were here! They both made it back to OR in their suitcases without breaking.

Love the signs, rred! LOL I can't read them on my phone. I had to move to the computer.

I sent C's little care pkg off today. It dawned on me that 15 bucks to fill/send a medium box with whatever fits--rocks, even--real, concrete things is a good deal more meaningful to her than a facetime/phone conversation. I mean, getting care pkgs is the bomb when you're two, or 6 and even 16! I am gonna pick up some more of those boxes to keep around, and fill with things, so that I do think to do that more often. I dunno why I haven't been doing that in the first place?

Have a great time with your family rred! They are going to love the changes you've made to the place.

You too, duckie. I want a thirsty bird for me!

It will be nice to have them. I miss them so much...

Packages AND FaceTime. When we were in lockdown I sent envelopes with stickers, cards, MAIL.

Real mail. The 3F has a little mail box with a flag (dollar store find) and loves to send and get mail...along with the penguin (penguins mail has fish on it and other appropriate content).

And...does she have a felt storyboard? I made storyboards years ago for sale and recently gave one to 3F. Felt characters can be made using fabric glue, and are inexpensive to mail.

I have a scheme to create a duplicate set of characters, if we go into restricted access again...mail him characters and have the same ones here to use in FaceTime. Then we can make up stories together.