Tomorrow Night on the Vineyard
Oak Bluffs Library, 6 PM: Spencer Quinn. (With books available thanks to Bunch of Grapes in Vineyard Haven.)
Welcome ready for his close-up dude, Maddy & Wilson.
Tags: appearances, Martha's Vineyard
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8:49 am on June 5th, 2013
Good morning all.
9:25 am on June 5th, 2013
Hi, B!
Greetings All! Lovely day here in Tarrytown, NY. Hope yours is too!
9:25 am on June 5th, 2013
Howlers: Any word on baby Jaxon?
9:32 am on June 5th, 2013
We hope Jaxon had a good night.
Good morning all.
Bee, Stephen King was interviewed on Today show Monday, and he used read as a NOUN! What is this world coming to!
Also Bee, I think those white fuzzy things you see flying thru the air are cottonwood seeds not milkweed. Milkweed pods open up in late July and August. At least around here, and I think you would have similar growing conditions.
9:41 am on June 5th, 2013
Good morning!
Last update on Jaxon was 3 hours ago: he made it thru the afternoon and night on his own. Looking stronger than last time. All paws crossed.
Mom is twirling. Do you see what she sees?
9:47 am on June 5th, 2013
Howlers, Good news on Jaxon!
We too have a small tomato. Ours is a Lemon Pear, a small heirloom variety.
10:07 am on June 5th, 2013
Waaaaaa! Martha’s Vineyard is even further away.
We want a book signing that we can get to!
Good news about Jaxon. Keep it up, little one.
Grocery shopping today – the big one where you are out if staples and every ingredient needed for recipes. Hate this trip; it puts our finances in a mess.
10:12 am on June 5th, 2013
Barb: Thank you. I’ll have to look up cotton wood. There seem to be hundreds floating around.
It doesn’t surprise me that Stephen King used read “incorrectly.”
10:15 am on June 5th, 2013
Barb, Mom says that little bitty tomato is a Brandywine.
10:19 am on June 5th, 2013
O’Howlers, good to hear the little guy made it trhough the night. Keep fighting, Jaxon. Prayers still coming from Westchester.
10:24 am on June 5th, 2013
Hey! Mom said I could use Buddy’s email address and that my own avatar would come up!
Whats up with that?
10:25 am on June 5th, 2013
O.K. seems to be working now, and even self-corrected the earlier one.
10:25 am on June 5th, 2013
Howlers, You may be able to pick a ripe tomato by July 1st. That is really early around here.
Barb says she has to stop putting it off and get outside. BBL
10:30 am on June 5th, 2013
Check out the REAL Meashka. She and I were in a BIG FIGHT with a raccoon last week. As usual, she took the brunt of it.
10:54 am on June 5th, 2013
Meashka: You go, girl!
11:29 am on June 5th, 2013
At 8 this morning the rain was going sideways but now it is just a mist. The temp is supposedly 52 but the feels like index is about 32. We are not going into the garden today except to fill bird feeders.
I called up the bookstore (above) and I will finally get a signed copy of Robbie Forester, The Outlaws of Sherwood Street, Giving to the Poor. Yay! At least I will if Karen at the bookstore is any good. The phone number is 508.693.2291 if anyone else is interested.
And Peter, Just a suggestion. I could NOT remember the title. Short titles are better for those of us who are memory impaired.
11:30 am on June 5th, 2013
Siber girls look just as lovely with battlescars.
In fact, they should have a few to be a true Siber girl.
I am laughing at Stover’s swipe at Stephen King. Stover has me so well trained now I don’t use read as a noun even when I am away from the blog.
Good Morning All
11:30 am on June 5th, 2013
Jaxon, Stay Tough. You are a good strong fighter. Prayers still being prayed for you.
Off to look at garden plants again. Still searching for the elusive black Krim.
11:38 am on June 5th, 2013
Gooood morning, everyone! Gooood news about Jaxon, pawsitive energy continues.
T&G’s mom: Understand your pain (shopping). Went out early this a.m. to do that…pantry, freezers and fridges now full. Energy on empty š Pocketbook is destitute.
Poor Meashka’s nose. Muggy and o’cast here. Thunderstorms maybe this p.m.
11:40 am on June 5th, 2013
Staff: Went to my “go to” seed catalog. Black Krims are all gone from them this season.
12:41 pm on June 5th, 2013
I checked cotton-wood and that’s what these fuzzy flying seeds are. Now I have to find the trees. Thanks Barb.
Siber-H: I’m proud of you.
I hope that Meashka is okay.
I thought that the Robbie titles always included her name and “The Outlaws of Sherwood Street.” I guess I consider “Giving to the Poor” as the new title. I’m still reading it…slowly.
12:46 pm on June 5th, 2013
Aren’t cootonwoods a type of poplar?
12:47 pm on June 5th, 2013
cottonwoods …can’t spell
12:58 pm on June 5th, 2013
According to Wikipedia (and they use a hyphen between cotton and wood), the Latin name is Hibiscus tiliaceus.
12:59 pm on June 5th, 2013
Forgot: The cotton-wood roots like to be near water so apparently the seeds are trying to “find” water to germinate.
1:21 pm on June 5th, 2013
Hence cotton-wood trees by creek banks! Quick growers but not long livers.
1:25 pm on June 5th, 2013
I read that they live one hundred years.
1:27 pm on June 5th, 2013
These fluffy white seeds are making my nose itchy and they are making me cough…purely psychological of course….
1:31 pm on June 5th, 2013
Random House and American Heritage dictionaries have “cottonwood” as one word. The OED has it as one word and also hyphenated.
1:40 pm on June 5th, 2013
Staff, I saw dozens of Black Krims yesterday. I am sorry to admit this, because of Macy’s mom, but they were at the big orange box, H.D. As a last resort you might try them. It is a popular (and delicious) variety, and I actually bought mine from a local guy who is certified organic.
2:45 pm on June 5th, 2013
Stover, An allergic reaction to the cottonwood fluff is a very real allergy. Cottonwoods here grow wild along the Rio Grande. They get very big and very old and make the river pretty. But people have also planted cottonwood trees all over the city in their yards. About 20 years ago the city outlawed planting them because so many people are allergic to them. The law said nothing about the cottonwood trees that were already planted so the allergies continue.
2:49 pm on June 5th, 2013
We got a new kind of food today! It is really really Salmon-y. “ZEN” baby!
2:55 pm on June 5th, 2013
Great Dima! I love my salmon kibble. Mom mumbles something about it smelling fishy when she dishes it up for me, but, oh well.
3:06 pm on June 5th, 2013
Siber, she made me eat it without my Tase of the Wild can stuff on top, and it wasn’t half-bad. I’m not telling her that though.
Where are Bear and Masquers? Were they supposed to be gone this long? I’m getting worried.
3:36 pm on June 5th, 2013
Perhaps I am allergic to cottonwood seeds then. I’m allergic to maple tree leaves in the fall…and I’m surrounded by them.
3:43 pm on June 5th, 2013
I intercepted some code from my pal Masquers to Bear at home-base. Sounds like everyone returned today and are resting up.
3:45 pm on June 5th, 2013
Home at last from grocery hunting. One simply must have the right equipment including comfortable shoes, the grocery sale flyer, coupons and a Starbucks coffee in the cart’s cup holder.
After beating and slashing a path through the wilds of the produce department, sneaking along crouched low and downwind along the meat counter, and tramping through endless corridors of Venus flytrap packaged goods (they look so pretty, and are so terribly dangerous), we got to the register. The cashier was very pleasant – she could see just from the way the cart was piled that her job security was just fine. The bagger was just a little OCD – he had to pack each one of our cloth recyclable bag JUST SO, so it was square – no matter if that meant putting the frozen boxed stuff in with the corn flakes and bottles of mustard.
The total finally came up – GASP! Just as Mama slid her debit card through the slider, an infant somewhere in the store let out a shriek. Everyone jumped – except Mama – she told the cashier that it was just the sound of her bank account, saying “You spent HOW much on groceries?!?!”
See Princess Sam – you are not the only one who is so sorely abused. After all that, we betcha we’re still gonna get plain old, nasty, dried kibble for dinner. sigh….
3:46 pm on June 5th, 2013
Home at last from grocery hunting. One simply must have the right equipment including comfortable foot wear, the grocery sale flyer, coupons and a Starbucks coffee in the cart’s cup holder.
After beating and slashing a path through the wilds of the produce department, sneaking along crouched low and downwind along the meat counter, and tramping through endless corridors of Venus flytrap packaged goods (they look so pretty, and are so terribly dangerous), we got to the register. The cashier was very pleasant – she could see just from the way the cart was piled that her job security was just fine. The bagger was just a little OCD – he had to pack each one of our cloth recyclable bag JUST SO, so it was square – no matter if that meant putting the frozen boxed stuff in with the corn flakes and bottles of mustard.
The total finally came up – GASP! Just as Mama slid her debit card through the slider, an infant somewhere in the store let out a shriek. Everyone jumped – except Mama – she told the cashier that it was just the sound of her bank account, saying “You spent HOW much on groceries?!?!”
See Princess Sam – you are not the only one who is so sorely abused. After all that, we betcha we’re still gonna get plain old, nasty, dried kibble for dinner. sigh….
4:05 pm on June 5th, 2013
TC, Thanks for the info about Bear and Masquers. I was also getting worried about them.
4:24 pm on June 5th, 2013
B: Was going to say both Sunset Western Garden book and Southern Living Garden Book say “cottonwood”, but BEWARE, roots are invasive!!!! 3 genus: Aspen, poplar and cottonwood, depending on area of country.
T&G: Sounds just like mom’s marketation today, except she used electric cart since she still poops out quickly.
Whoo hoo, champion thunder boomers going on now.
5:26 pm on June 5th, 2013
Thank you Sharon. (I’m out of allergy pills…sneeze….)
5:46 pm on June 5th, 2013
Missing Bear and Masquers as well. Hey, look to the right youse guys. Ad for the new book. Wooooohoooo
Worrit about Rebecca too.
7:07 pm on June 5th, 2013
I believe Bella is working her patootie off for awhile.
I’m just checking in to say hi. ZoĆ« is having a hard time of it. I have stayed busy all day (as my back can tell you) and will soon be on the heating pad. A book, glass of tonic, and heating pad. What more can I say?
I went to the nursery today. Lots of plants and not as many seeds as I thought. We will be having quite a beautiful area.
TTFN
7:12 pm on June 5th, 2013
Melanie, “a book, glass of tonic, and heating pad”….beats a jug of wine, a loaf of bread and thou. You won’t be fat, drunk and in trouble!
7:20 pm on June 5th, 2013
T&G, oh no! Not the old kibble for you too. Can we go on strike?
7:26 pm on June 5th, 2013
Cotton!…Pickin’ trees!….snort!…Someone is allergic to lots of them and cottonwoods are on the list….sniff!
SiberH!…Are you watching the game….snort!…She came home and turned it on then finally fed me and piggy-wiggly Beau…grunt!…She feeds us outside on the patio and he slops his food all over the damned place…wheeze!…I just inhale mine.
7:28 pm on June 5th, 2013
Snacks!…I am missing my daily snacks very much….whuffle!…She says someone will be home this Saturday morning. We are not telling Beau though, he will have a great big surprised look on his face when he sees Mother…heh!heh!
7:30 pm on June 5th, 2013
Rio, Siber-H reporting in and watching the game.
I am not complaining, but it is strange to have these early games.
7:31 pm on June 5th, 2013
Video!…Someone mentioned video-taping Beau’s delightful greeting noise when this big surprise meet-n-greet happens. I don’t know what she is talking about because we do not have a video kamera….sniff!
7:33 pm on June 5th, 2013
SiberH!…I know what you mean!…snort!…We are getting to bed on time but then she makes us get up earlier for our morning walk…grump!…This will stop once you-know-who gets home though. Thank dawg!…wheeze!
7:57 pm on June 5th, 2013
Radio!…The guy filling in for Drew is the guy who we listen to on the radio…snort!…It is weird seeing him and his voice together…heh!
8:23 pm on June 5th, 2013
Rio, videos! I know. I know. Pick me! Pick me!
8:26 pm on June 5th, 2013
The Rubaiyat.
I’m having ice cream.
8:38 pm on June 5th, 2013
Sammie?…sniff!…What are you talking about, I did not ask a question. I stated a fact known only by me…wheeze!
8:39 pm on June 5th, 2013
Ice cream!…gasp!…Do you know how long it has been since I have had ice cream after supper?….gurgle!
8:41 pm on June 5th, 2013
Yeep! I spoke with Wookie’s mom this evening to talk about plans for tomorrow. I can tell Wookie did a great job raising her. She was well mannered, funny and didn’t use read as a noun.
We here are all praying for Jaxon. He is a tough, little pup. Reports from the Quilt are that some discussion has occurred about the correct way to swaddle. No one seems to know, so I believe the Smoochers are taking turns tucking tail to nose and curling around the little guy.
8:45 pm on June 5th, 2013
Rebecca!…Good to hear from you at last!…sneeze!… Does this mean you will have some free time to have fun!fun!fun! now?…chuffle!…I hope you remembered your kamera so you can share a few fun times with
usMe!…snort!8:58 pm on June 5th, 2013
Rebecca!…Did Wookie’s Maw mention me?…snort!…I bet she did, didn’t she?….chuffle!
9:10 pm on June 5th, 2013
{sigh} I wish I could go to the Vineyard.
9:18 pm on June 5th, 2013
(sigh) Us too, Kat
9:29 pm on June 5th, 2013
Glad to hear from Rebecca. Have fun tomorrow with Wookie’s folks.
Barb has had a long day doing manual labor. Just a few more plants to finish up tomorrow.
Nighty noodles.
9:31 pm on June 5th, 2013
Night! ….Barb. Did you ever hear from Kelly about Beau?…hmmmmmm???
9:35 pm on June 5th, 2013
Wow!…Wow! My team has 4 home runs tonight already!…snort!snort!….Those dumb Reds fans throw the opposing teams balls back onto the field…heh!…Tod Helton is going to be in the Hall of Fame and someone throws his ball back?…gimmee a break!…grunt!….Idiots, pure and simple!
9:46 pm on June 5th, 2013
Rio: Our conversation was mostly ‘Rio this’ and ‘Rio that.’
10:05 pm on June 5th, 2013
Around here Cottonwoods are considered a nuisance tree. They plant themselves where ever they want, and in the spring it is like a blizzard of “cotton”. At our old house (before my time) we had a huge cottonwood and the cat Kasie, loved to climb it, but not so keen on getting down. Strangely enough, she always made it back by dark. I hear that she was a good kitty, mom’s very first pet, in her 20’s. (Mom’s 20’s, not Kasie’s)
10:10 pm on June 5th, 2013
umm This is a fun baseball game….no chew strips needed.
I’m laughing at Rebecca’s remark.
10:15 pm on June 5th, 2013
They’re Back!
Never again is anyone allowed to leave home without their iPaw. We missed you all too much.
I can report nothing much has gotten done around here other than the mandatory Grocery Run to fill up the Empty Fridge.
This was followed by an afternoon of naps because of something called Jet Lag…whatever that is. Naps I understand, but why do you need a reason to take one?
Some not so great news…Someone left the plants outside…what with no rain and warmer than usual temperatures this past week they are looking very sad indeed. An attempt is being made to nurse them back to life. Personally I think it’s a lost cause.
As usual Masquers has been off doing his own thing. Last night he reported being on location with a film crew in Ballard. Apparently they were Making a Movie with Keira Knightly. Big neighborhood crowds turned out to watch the action.
Just wanted y’all to know an attempt was made to post a picture, but this takes a brain and ours is in freeze mode.
Maybe tomorrow – Bear
10:15 pm on June 5th, 2013
Rio, you sound like these lawyer guys on tv. Hah! Argue what you want, I know about video.
10:18 pm on June 5th, 2013
Rose knows about this too.
10:22 pm on June 5th, 2013
BSD: Welcome back!
10:26 pm on June 5th, 2013
Video!…Not having any of it!….grunt!
Rebecca!…I knew it!… I just knew it!…Wookie’s Maw loves me, she really does…heh!heh!
10:28 pm on June 5th, 2013
Oops!…I did not close off that last tag properly…sniff!…OH WELL! The Rockies are up 12 ta 4 top of the 9th!…heh!heh!heh!
10:30 pm on June 5th, 2013
SiberH: Was it the ‘Rio this’ or the ‘Rio that’ that made you laugh? You may have been told that I’m not funny. I’m trying to take notes of which punch lines work. Some day I hope to be as funny as Macy is dainty.
10:30 pm on June 5th, 2013
Thank you, SnowBella.
Very glad to be back.
Big Bear Hugs to All.
Time to hit the Sack.
10:32 pm on June 5th, 2013
Missed!…I sort of missed Bear and Maskers…sniff!…Not a lot, but maybe a little…grunt!
10:34 pm on June 5th, 2013
SIX! ….Home Runs tonight over the Reds…heh!heh!…Hurray!…Now they are coming home and my friend says she will get to go see them AGAIN this coming Sunday….snort!…I can’t believe it! I really can’t…wheeze!
10:40 pm on June 5th, 2013
Rio: Is your friend going to sneak you into the game?
10:41 pm on June 5th, 2013
Bear and Masquers! Yippeee! Glad to have you back. You were missed more than a missing catnip mousie!
Bella – we are sure that you did talk about Rio. Does you mouth need washing out with soap now? giggle
10:41 pm on June 5th, 2013
Rebecca!….No!
10:50 pm on June 5th, 2013
Welcome back Bear Spirit. We missed you.
10:52 pm on June 5th, 2013
Rebecca, yes, it was the Rio this and Rio that. lol
WELCOME BACK BEAR AND MASQUERS!!!
We missed you.
Rockies really won that game!! WOO WOO
night all
11:00 pm on June 5th, 2013
Forgiveness!…Uh-Oh…chorkel!…Beau is begging and begging forgiveness from my friend because she found out that he climbed up on the fireplace ledge and sprayed her lovely fake flowers with pug-piss…heh!…Boy is he in trouble tonight….Barb, any word at all from Kelly??…snort!
11:03 pm on June 5th, 2013
Keyboard!…Do you guys have trouble with your keyboard jumping around?…sniff!…I mean when you are tip-tap-tip-tapping does the cursor jump to another place??..grump!…I have a terrible time with this especially on this blog…growl!
11:05 pm on June 5th, 2013
Jumping!…So when it jumps I put extra characters in my name or in the email address which messes up my Avatar ….grump!…Makes me so mad!…derrrr!
11:06 pm on June 5th, 2013
SiberH: duly noted. I will put both of those I the ‘Good for future use’ column.
Herbs: I see no evil. I do no evil but I have been known to speak evil pug. I have looked at the map to see how long it will take me to walk to you for a visit. On the map it looks like I’m just an inch or two away so I should be there in no time.
11:07 pm on June 5th, 2013
Well Rio, you have to keep your back feet off the little finger board or whatever that thing is called. sniff. Pay attention you little pug you.
11:13 pm on June 5th, 2013
Beau: The first rule of misbehaving is always, always blame it on the other guy. Always.
11:15 pm on June 5th, 2013
Alice!…Grump!sniff!…Maybe my fat paws do touch the finger board when I really get rollin’ on my typing …heh!…I will type much slower and plant my back paws away from the finger board to test your theory…grunt!
11:20 pm on June 5th, 2013
Lefty!…She knows I cannot get up on that ledge anymore…sniff!…Hell, Beau jumped up onto a 22 inch raised flower bed (barb! staff!) the other night on our walk – she tried to lift him out of it and he growled…No!No!No!…Boy did he get a talkin’ too…heh!…So she knows he is the mountain-goat-pug around this place…sniff!…The blame cannot be placed elsewhere…burp!
11:23 pm on June 5th, 2013
Bed!…My warm soft bed with all my baseball toys old and new in just the right places are calling me….wheeze!…So off to snuggle and gruffle in with them…fluffle!…Goodnight!
11:25 pm on June 5th, 2013
grammar!…”is calling me”??…heh!sneeze!goodnight!
11:25 pm on June 5th, 2013
Given Rio’s insight, we suggest the second rule of misbehaving: When all else fails, blame Belle Starr whether she is around or not.
11:36 pm on June 5th, 2013
Pancho and Lefty – you are some lucky puppies that your 2 legged is most likely fast asleep after her big day in the nation’s capitol tonight. You are giving away all your sneaky…um, make that ingenious, tricks.
11:42 pm on June 5th, 2013
Herbs: I’ve been onto the Theives for quite some time. On that note, I am going to bed. I have a big day tomorrow that includes riding in the Wookiemobile. Yeep and howl!
11:45 pm on June 5th, 2013
Bella – get some sleep. And give our very best to those very best people!
G’night all
12:05 am on June 6th, 2013
Say Hi for us also Bella!
2:11 am on June 6th, 2013
Pug…”is calling” is correct. The bed….is calling, not the toys. Hey, I’m doing B’s job. I’ll take the late night grammar shift.
Dainty!!! Rebecca, could I get that in writing to take to a certain v e t who thinks otherwise? I am NOT a chunky monkey.
Welcome back all ye missing mateys. Eh, I think it may be bed time.
Tightly toodles
6:09 am on June 6th, 2013
Greetings!
Bear and Masquers: Glad youse guys are back. Hope you had a fun trip!
Rebecca: Please give Wookie’s mom and dad my best regards! I look at the beautiful Rose quilt every day. Hope you have a great time!
11:59 am on June 15th, 2013
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