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Lost in the Berkshires.
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9:18 am on June 9th, 2014
Lost? What?
9:33 am on June 9th, 2014
Today is a big day! Loulou has a birthday and she is one year old.
9:37 am on June 9th, 2014
Wonder what Spence is doing at Williams College.
Happy Birthday Loulou!
Good morning all.
9:44 am on June 9th, 2014
Good morning!! Momma has been at work since 5am !!! I am getting very tired of her behavior. Oh yes I am.
Spence is in the Berkshires!!! I was there !!! That is where I met our Heart Friend. And Zoe and T&G live there too!!! Is Spence visiting them? Pondering…
9:46 am on June 9th, 2014
Howlers: A bit more information on herbs–Oregano and thyme dry very well. At the end of summer cut off the leaves on stems, tie them together and hang them upside down in a dry place with no direct sunlight. (I have also placed them between sheets of paper towel and put them in the basement to dry.) They will probably dry in two or three weeks. Then remove the leaves from the stems and put the dried herbs in small glass containers.
Basil does not dry because it loses all flavor. (Basil also starts flowering during the growing season. When you see a flower just pick it off.) At the end of summer pick the basil, cut the leaves (throwing away the stems) and put them in small containers with olive oil. Put the containers in the freezer. You can use this in pesto, tomato sauces and pasta dishes.
9:47 am on June 9th, 2014
Loulou? She is one year old, already? My how time flies. Happy Happy Birthday, Loulou. Are you having a party?
9:48 am on June 9th, 2014
Thanks for the great tips, Bee.
9:49 am on June 9th, 2014
Mom just checked in to the blog and Gus’s picture is on the right. It made Mom happy and sad. Last night, she was watching some videos of him talking to Dad and it made Mom miss him even more.
9:53 am on June 9th, 2014
Hi Kat. I don’t know what’s going on here. Mommy is singing to me and giving me special salmon with vegetables. Now she says I have fish breath. This thing called a birthday looks like it could be very promising. The problem with it that I see is now mommy says I have to act more adult.
10:16 am on June 9th, 2014
Loulou, Mama Meash once told me to never let them talk you into that adult thing. That is only for 2-leggeds, and then it does not apply to all.
I have followed that advice to the letter. I am not an adult. Neither are you!
10:25 am on June 9th, 2014
Wait just a minute! Wasn’t LouLou telling us she was 3 years old at that last party? What’s up with that?
Staff, Yes I would like some milkweed seeds. Sounds like it is too late to plant them this year. We can plant some in the vacant property around Josh and Jessica’s home too.
10:26 am on June 9th, 2014
Loulou: Happy birthday, darling girl!
From the tags it looks as though Spence is visiting Williams College in the Berkshires. Hmmmm.
10:37 am on June 9th, 2014
Happy Birthday LouLou and many more!
And how nice to have the photo of Good Dog Dima on my screen.
Have a great day, and week.
10:39 am on June 9th, 2014
LouLou! Happy 1st Birthday!!
10:47 am on June 9th, 2014
T and G and Royal Mum–Just went back and heard about Brother’s post-surgery issues. I hope the thieves blurred oer and helped get the sitch under control. (But prayers from here in addition, anyway…)
HOH–Titanic! Synched! I get it! (Groan).
CHobbit–I hadn’t considered “knight” (and am now wondering about “knife”. My favorite French word spelled the way they thought the English would pronounce it is “redingote” (pretty much fallen out of use, but I did see it in a fashion article in a newspaper withint the past few years). Now an English word imported from French who thought they were phonetically spelling “riding coat”. Sheesh.
10:50 am on June 9th, 2014
Kat, great advice. Maybe mommy was trying to trick me.
MagPie, shhh, I need to be three years old on my ID card. That equals 21 years old and then I can party hearty.
11:25 am on June 9th, 2014
Spence: Enjoy your time in the Bershires.
LouLou: Of course you are 3…your ID says so…and they NEVER lie.
11:26 am on June 9th, 2014
Yesterday T&G asked, “What do chickens make?” (The answer “eggs” made me laugh.)
Chicken is derived from Old English cicen (Middle English chiken). The French is poussin for a young chicken. Of course, we get “cock” from the French coq (rooster) and we have coq au vin (chicken in wine). Now I’m wondering why we use “bird” and “chick” as rather derogatory terms for women.
Sigh.
11:34 am on June 9th, 2014
Also: How did “chicken” come to mean coward or “to be afraid”?
T&G’s example of “quin nen tukkit” now pronounced “Connecticut” proves, I think, my theory that we become lazy in pronunciation. Or perhaps we simply make things easier. When teaching I always used the example of “knight.” It’s easier to say “nit” than it is to pronounce the “k” and “n” followed by long “e” sound, guttural “gh” and final “t.”
I’ll stop now.
11:47 am on June 9th, 2014
B: Don’t stop! This is very interesting.
12:06 pm on June 9th, 2014
I hope Spence is having fun in the great outdoors. Mom says if she lived where Spence does, she would go visit the ocean. That is because mom does not have an ocean.
Happy Birthday LouLou!! Birthday Husky Hugs!
Macy, My mom thinks your mom is a genius…planting tv dinners.
12:15 pm on June 9th, 2014
Lou Lou — Having jsut experienced the one year birthday myself (and as I recall, you were present at least part of the time}, don’t worry about that adult thingie at all. Just continue to be your incredibly cute precious self. That’s what I am doing
12:16 pm on June 9th, 2014
OOH, SiberH, your mom would make you PLAY in the ocean. You would get WET!!!!!
Happy birthday, LouLou! Party until the cows come home (that’s what we say in Texas.)
12:17 pm on June 9th, 2014
B: As to Williams College, I believe that is PA’s alma mater. Probably a reunion (dare I guess his 45th?).
12:21 pm on June 9th, 2014
Okay Masquers. There is also “cocky” or “cock of the walk.”
I think it’s interesting that there is a “chauvinistic” connotation to some words. “Chicken” (coward–not really based on gender except that “chicken” is the female bird, right?), and “chick” equal female and carry negative connotations. “Cock of the walk,” meaning “to strut or swagger” and “cocky” meaning “overly self-confident” are “male” (use the word for the male bird) and the connotations are not really negative because there is something “powerful” about both examples.
12:21 pm on June 9th, 2014
Bear, I love the cake. I have never had one before.
Teddy RR, your good advice is just like Kat’s. I thank you both so much because I thought I was going to have to start being an adult and I didn’t want to. Adults don’t have any fun.
12:23 pm on June 9th, 2014
LouLou, actually we realized why you were saying you were 3, we were just giving you a hard time.
12:24 pm on June 9th, 2014
Wookie and Teddy’s Dad: Thank you. That explains the Williams College question.
12:25 pm on June 9th, 2014
BooBear, Not to worry. I would never let mom get within 100 miles of the ocean. I would grab the steering wheel and turn us north toward Canada.
Williams College must be in a pretty location if it is in the Berkshires.
12:27 pm on June 9th, 2014
MagPie, the Thieves made me that official ID card.
12:35 pm on June 9th, 2014
BooBear and Siber-H are making me laugh.
12:43 pm on June 9th, 2014
Royals: Hope today will be a more Comfortable one for your Uncle.
Pawsative Thoughts & Pawyers going his way.
BooBear: Sending Bear Hugs to you.
LouLou: BTW…that is Carrot Cake that the Thieves blurred your way this morning…Hope it arrived in one piece!
12:49 pm on June 9th, 2014
SiberH. I’ve never stopped at the Williams College campus, but have driven past it on a few occasions. It is a really spectacular setting for a school. And I suspect you would particularly love the winters there.
12:49 pm on June 9th, 2014
this weekend was graduation at Williams. I wonder if any of Peter’s kids graduated this year?
12:53 pm on June 9th, 2014
B: “Since the chicken is not good at fighting they defend themselves by running away. Hence the term “chicken” when applied to a frightened person>” (wiki)
Fern: Is this true?…that chickens are startled easily by the slightest movement?
Staff: We would be interested in knowing the answer to that question too.
1:09 pm on June 9th, 2014
What a day: carrot cake flying around,3 year old Lou Lou (heh, heh, heh), Good news for Wookie’s & Teddy’s Dad. Stover, love the lesson (or was that lessen?)
Feel funny for saying this but mom came home from the oncologist today and has officially kicked cancer to the curb for a year 🙂 Dedicating the next 6 months to her purple friend she never met 🙂 Dr. Arrowsmith (his real name) says 2 more clear KAT scans and she can go to 1 year tests 🙂 🙂 🙂 She wants to thank her best friend over the bridge for the courage to not give up and the drive to continue the fight. Also all the blog family for their strength and support. T&G, her pawrayers are with y’all to get your bro healthy.
1:17 pm on June 9th, 2014
Thank you Masquers.
HOH’s mom: That is wonderful news.
1:27 pm on June 9th, 2014
Sharon, Excellent news!!!
I hope Amalia’s brother is better today.
1:41 pm on June 9th, 2014
Very good news, HOH. We here love good news.
1:43 pm on June 9th, 2014
HRH B (and Charlie): if you jumped off a bridge in Paris, you’d be in Seine 🙂
Velcro, what a rip off!
1:46 pm on June 9th, 2014
BooBear, we say that around here too. And here is what it looks like when the cows come home.
1:49 pm on June 9th, 2014
HOH: Yippee for your mom!!!
Good news is always celebrated on this here blog ^..^
2:05 pm on June 9th, 2014
Bee, Chicken is the type of bird. Hens are female, roosters are male. Chicks are babies. A young rooster is called a cockerel till one year of age. A young female chicken is a pullet till one year then she becomes a hen.
2:15 pm on June 9th, 2014
Thank you Barb. That is really interesting. (I immediately think of the term “hen pecked” of course. And I really will stop now.)
HOH. Charlie is laughing…. I am groaning.
Do they really bring cows home on a two-lane highway?
2:26 pm on June 9th, 2014
HOH, love your good news and on Loulou’s birthday, no less.
I got an SDD from Tyb and he’s studying for his entrance exam at Yale. Boola boola.
2:29 pm on June 9th, 2014
Happy day Lou Lou. You probably get to stay up later now that you are older. Maybe you get to be off the leash when outside and also have more kibble in your tummy.
HOH: such good news to hear!
Off to do errands
2:34 pm on June 9th, 2014
I had students who studied the way Tyb does….
2:37 pm on June 9th, 2014
Stover, LOL
2:39 pm on June 9th, 2014
HOH: SOOOOO happy to hear the good news!
LouLou: Happy, happy birthday to you. Don’t worry about acting like an adult…I am 55 and haven’t started acting like a kid yet.
3:00 pm on June 9th, 2014
HOH, don’t ever feel funny about sharing good news!! I know Mom gets so encouraged when she hears good news about kicking cancer to the curb.
3:05 pm on June 9th, 2014
Sleep Learning…the Best way to Study.
3:16 pm on June 9th, 2014
Heads up, looks like mom will be posting more groaners for y’all 🙂
3:42 pm on June 9th, 2014
Diane: (I forgot)–“Knife” is derived from the Old English cnif. I assume that the “c” was pronounced as “k.” Many of our words that begin with “kn” were derived from OE words beginning “cn.” (Knave, knife, knit….)
3:44 pm on June 9th, 2014
HOH, We are happy, happy about your good test results.
Wose, Are you sure you don’t mean that you haven’t STOPPED acting like a kid yet?
4:06 pm on June 9th, 2014
Kids are nice but there is no market for goats 🙂
4:08 pm on June 9th, 2014
Bear and Thieves, delicious cake. I couldn’t eat it all so I hid the rest of it in my dog bed. Mommy will never know.
4:08 pm on June 9th, 2014
Sharon WOO HOO!!!!!!!!!!
LouLou, puppy forever!
Our Annie is up top!
I woke up this a.m. to a potty accident. groan. Threw paper towels over it, fed the girls, went back to bed. Woke up at 2:30. YIKES. I am helping in the craft room at Vacation Bible School at 6:00. Should probably get my day started. I did clean up the mess in the kitchen. I mopped the kitchen just last week. That’s what I get for trying to be tidy.
4:08 pm on June 9th, 2014
Stand back, we are feeling our oats today 🙂
4:14 pm on June 9th, 2014
Happy Birthday to LouLou!
Happy smile for HOH’s mom!
Happy Monday to everyone else!
4:56 pm on June 9th, 2014
Hippo birdie two ewes to Lou Lou (before Billy’s buddy says it that way).
5:11 pm on June 9th, 2014
Macy’s Mom, Do you mean you slept till 2:30 P.M.? What time did you go to bed last night?
5:20 pm on June 9th, 2014
Midnight to bed. I just couldn’t face the day, so I slept through it. Got to pull myself together now. meh
5:36 pm on June 9th, 2014
Macy’s Mom: You do whatever you need to do. Sometimes Sleep is the Best Medicine.
5:49 pm on June 9th, 2014
LouLou: Happy birthday! You don’t look a day under three.
Cancer: Don’t come back, you bastard.
6:10 pm on June 9th, 2014
I love to sleep. I have to get up every 12 hours and take my anti-rejection pills. So I get up and then go back to bed and take a nap. snicker
I am trying to get organized to travel to Minneapolis tomorrow and give Turtleman some time off to travel to AZ for his wife’s family party. I am failing. sigh. I really do not want to leave the garden. It is nice now but it is about time for the weeds to pop up. Oh well, Mr.Staff will be here with the kitties and he should be able to handle them. He was just out in the garden planting MORE Zinnias. We are having a Melanie garden today.
HOH YaHOOOOOOO
Lou-lou you are the best! Stay young forever.
Off to do more packing. BBL
6:14 pm on June 9th, 2014
B&M: Yark! I have scrambled eggs where my brain should be (sorry, Fern).
I have NEVER acted like an adult!
7:23 pm on June 9th, 2014
You are right, HOH!
Hippo birdies, two ewes!
7:34 pm on June 9th, 2014
Luna would normally give us the ‘look’ for using such step language, but says where cancer is concerned our language is about right.
Billy’s Buddy: The pug has snorted! In other words, a package arrived today for the auction. Yeep!
7:43 pm on June 9th, 2014
Step? Strong language, not step language. Corking otters strike again. Gah!
7:59 pm on June 9th, 2014
This has been quite a day. I didn’t even know what a birthday really meant. Mommy took me on a nice long walk this afternoon. And of course there was the carrot cake and the salmon with vegetables and just so much stuff.
I hope another one of these birthday days happens real soon.
8:07 pm on June 9th, 2014
Gardens for Melanie!
My purple irises are blooming along with the lilacs. Also, a pasque flower that is a purple/burgandy in color. The few daffodils and tulips are faded. The dandelions are magnificent in seed and flower!
HOH: Congratulations! We need to celebrate our successes.
Thieves: Sneak a picture onto the blog of the contents of that package!
8:09 pm on June 9th, 2014
The hockey game is on! Now let’s see what those LA Kings do when they’re out of Lala land and come into the real world. (Oops, maybe I shouldn’t make them angry.)
8:30 pm on June 9th, 2014
MPM, watch how you disparage those kings! Mom kind of likes them 🙂
8:34 pm on June 9th, 2014
B. Stover–(Catching up late, someone may have already caught this one) What about “pullet” in Enlish from “pulet” in French? And now I’m wondering about “capon”, too…
I’ve also heard slang terms like “quail” applied to women (and we also quail in fear–hmmm). There are also “turkey” and “goose” as general terms of disparagement…(Too many words, too much fun)
8:36 pm on June 9th, 2014
HOH, I have had a problem with those guys since 1970. That’s 44 years!
8:38 pm on June 9th, 2014
Macy’s Mom, Yes sleep is good for you and very healing, but don’t let yourself start doing it for 14 1/2 hours every day. That is not a good pattern to start. Not trying to be mean here, but we love you, and want you to get to a good place.
8:45 pm on June 9th, 2014
HOH–WOO-HOO!!! Wonderful. You showed those “F***ing undisciplined cells”! (W. Burroughs) I am so happy for you. (Maybe not so much the velcro joke.)
Loulou–I hope you’ve had a marvelous day. Just be careful not to crush the rest of your cake when you lie down.
B. Stover–Thanks for the additional info. I added a few random thoughts just above. (Whispering) I still have students who study using Tyb’s method.
Macy’s Mom–If it helps any (and it probably doesn’t, Edgar and Conan seem to be having some sort of urinary competition near the front door and (I think this is just Edgar) in the kitchen. I’m finding that mopping isn’t aerobic, but DOES build upper-body strength. Maybe just take it slowly and easily–you’ve been doing a lot lately and it may be taking more out of you than you realize. Courage.
8:49 pm on June 9th, 2014
B. Stover–That was supposed to be “poulet” up there…
MPM–Many of us hang out in La-la land because we like it here…
HOH–I forgot! I had to go onto the CSUF campus and saw one of your Mom’s squirrel pals had returned! I hadn’t seen one there for years (not that I spend a lot of time there). I was surprised and pleased. Probably an omen announcing the kick-to-the-curb news…
9:00 pm on June 9th, 2014
DianeC…mom has been accused of being squirrelly before, could be true.
And speaking of foul fowl, has anyone here had asperations of winning a pullet suprise? And tanks for the Beechy ground squirrel news. Mom misses those silly little rodents.
9:12 pm on June 9th, 2014
Diane, I have spent a lot of time in la-la land. Both work-wise and visiting my many relatives out there. I love it just like you do but I can’t wait to get back to the Northeast.
The LA Kings are another story however.
9:28 pm on June 9th, 2014
HOH, A pullet surprise? heh Better than some!
9:50 pm on June 9th, 2014
Hockey!….Hey, we just looked for the game and could not find it…grunt!…So we will watch the Rockies and the Braves…snort!!…Those Upton Brothers are amazing. One of them just got hit in the kidney with a baseball….wheeze!…I felt sort of sorry for him, but soon after he scored a run…grump!
10:14 pm on June 9th, 2014
Pullet surprise. HOH, That has to be one of our all time favorites.
Just heard that Bryan Cranston won a Tony Award on Sunday for his portrayal of Lyndon B. Johnson in “All the Way.”
Is there anything this guy Can’t do?
10:16 pm on June 9th, 2014
Checking in.
Sharon – wahoo for you. Best news we have heard in a long time.
Happy birthday little LuLu. Many more to come.
Another kind of tough day. Brother is still being difficult and obstinant. But the pneumonia is under control. He will be released tomorrow and coming to the house. yippee.
On another dramatic point – Callie is going to the v e t tomorrow to have another tumor removed. They think it will be pretty easy and she will be fine. But being nurse to a recalcitrant brother, a sweet but incapacitated 125 lb puppy, plus a recovering Gramp – well, its going to be interesting.
The nurse promised to put the fear of dawg into brother so he will behave. Let’s hope she has better luck than we do.
OK – no more whining. Somebody say something funny.
10:17 pm on June 9th, 2014
Maskers!…What? We missed the Tony Awards? How the hell did that happen…grump!… Cranston is having some great times, isn’t he?……snorkel!…I think he is an actor who has paid his dues and is now reaping total success…heh!
10:18 pm on June 9th, 2014
Rangers!…We found the hockey game. It’s not looking good for the New York Rangers…grunt!
10:19 pm on June 9th, 2014
Speaking of Bryan Cranston (sort of)
There is a pet grooming shop in Albuquerque called Barking Bad Groomers.
I told mom, don’t even think about it.
10:25 pm on June 9th, 2014
Night all. Work day tomorrow, so we are calling it a night.
10:30 pm on June 9th, 2014
Barking!…Bad!…snort!snort!heh!….I like it. Speaking of Brian Cranston, he is at the hockey game tonight…snort!
Quick!…That Jonathon Quick is just like Gumbey…heh!…There is no getting a puck by that guy. He can bend his legs backwards, I swear.
10:31 pm on June 9th, 2014
My eyelids are heavy though it seems too late for a nap, too early for bed.
Tupper’s Mama: Sheesh! I’m worrit about that brother of yours being too ornery when he comes to your house. Keep the Pink Bulldozer handy!
10:36 pm on June 9th, 2014
Say something funny?—we got nothin’. Like a corgi we’re coming up short. We can’t believe it what with our long legs.
10:55 pm on June 9th, 2014
Something funny
11:00 pm on June 9th, 2014
Funny!…OnDemand! Nope. Can’t do it…heh!
Stanley!….sniff!…Poor MollysMaw. Her team is having a hard time against the Western League and that Jonathon Quick….snort!
11:01 pm on June 9th, 2014
Dawson – when we were kids, our fairy godmother brought us gifts. Brother got good looks, charisma and charm. He has lost all his gifts through careless living.
We got smarts and tenacity. And when we grew up, we got the keys to the Bulldozer.
All in all,we got the better end of the deal.
11:04 pm on June 9th, 2014
We are still thinking about the something funny. Hmmm… A kat, a pug and a short virgin walk into a bar, and…carpola! We always forget the punch line.
11:17 pm on June 9th, 2014
Thieves – the punch line is “they got corked by an otter”.
11:20 pm on June 9th, 2014
Bar!…Joke – I should know this one….snort!
Game!…drat! I was sure hoping the newest, latest, greatest pitcher to join our team would be the saving grace tonight…sniff!…But alas, my team is STILL losing…grump!
11:33 pm on June 9th, 2014
Quits!…Calling it quits…sniff!…This has been a ruff day no matter how I look at it..grunt!….Goodnight all! Sleep tight and Bed-Bug free…heh!heh!
11:41 pm on June 9th, 2014
Golinka: Corking otters are lurking behind every corner. Now what say we fire up that pink bull dozer and take it for a spin around the block? You can teach us everything you know about defensive driving.
11:46 pm on June 9th, 2014
forget that. OFFENSIVE driving is what you want to learn
11:47 pm on June 9th, 2014
Thieves – you know/what Coach would say: the best defense is a good offense. So, whaddiya say we go out there and be REALLY offensive?
11:49 pm on June 9th, 2014
Macy – great minds and all that….
11:51 pm on June 9th, 2014
Macy’s mom: We are certain Golinka can teach both kind of -fensive driving techniques. We are also certain she could even make a box truck corner like it’s in rails. We love that about her.
11:52 pm on June 9th, 2014
Golinka: Let’s suit up. We call shotgun!
12:11 am on June 10th, 2014
Nighty butter butters.
12:12 am on June 10th, 2014
And nutter nutters and nutter butters!
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