The Hermit Club
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I am just glad that it isn't going to linger. It has outworn its welcome in my area
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Jazzg, that salad looks original. I lack the cooking gene and without a recipe would not think to mix foods. If I'm cooking real food then company is coming and I do great with complex recipes. Mostly, I'm like Frances in Under the Tuscan Sun in that I most often buy a single serving and eat it over the kitchen sink. However, I'm expecting a puppy to arrive on Saturday and I dehydrated lots of liver yesterday and today cooked a whole chicken so I have plenty of training treats. As I write this I'm seeing a problem, but so it goes.
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New patio set I ordered in June arrived. Think a party will be happening sometime in August to christen it!
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Teka- we had a big t-storm last night and new patio set got blessed by rain,wind and hail!
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Teka- the cushions got kind of wet. But bigger story than that, it snowed in our mountains here last night. Never seen that happened in the 20 years of living in NM. Just wow!
https://www.facebook.com/SandiaCrestHouse/videos/1...
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I somehow kicked this forum off my favorite topics and was wondering, where did all my hermit friends go, until I realized.........
Thanks for all the compliments on my picture.
I love looking at all your photos. I'll try to add some too as I get out more. So many beautiful summer veggies. On day 5 of round three of my AC and feeling like crap. Day 5 seems to be the day I think, I just can't do this. Then day 6 I rally.
Finally been heating up here. Not too terrible, somehow after having such terrible heat the last few years we are the state escaping this heat wave! Minimal fires so far!
Magiclights congrats on the new puppy, I know mine are getting me through this in a big way.
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Ah, made it outside today! Despite my SES feels so good to feel the sun and breeze. And watch my happy pups on the dry grass!
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Lindzanne, yes the SES can knock you off your feet. Glad to hear you spent sometime with your doggies outside. Just be careful in the sun , you will burn easier when you are in treatment.
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Lindzanne, what cute pups. Are they terriers? My pup did arrive from Texas and will post pics soon of Punkin. He is a bit under the weather with the big D for which he is being treated and I have the boiled chicken, homemade broth and white rice on his menu.
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Magiclight too bad about your puppy, hopefully he will get better soon. I am having a hard time getting my 15 year old dog to eat anything. He comes to me because he's hungry, but turns his nose up at everything. Tonight he ate some ice cream and then a bowl of cereal, he does like his cereal . The vet suggested baby food, I'll have to get my husband to pick some up. I am having reconstruction surgery tomorrow and won't be out and about for awhile.
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magiclight the one on the left is a Mexican Hairless mix (you can't see him very well but he has large dari spots that are Hairless and white fur spots) and the one on the right is a Rat Terrier.
I hope your little guy feels better soon!
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I went to aqua zumba this morning! Now I need MORE coffee!
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Quite the parade of balloons this morning around the front and back yards!
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Linds, thanks my little guy is feeling better and I got some better sleep in my bed. I'm really being the hermit because he can't go visit friends for 2 more weeks until all core vaccines on board. Today I baked bread, not the best idea with the stove on and 100 degrees outside. On a cooler note, I bought him a little plastic pool and surprisingly with just a couple of inches of water even my soaking feet cooled my body off. No wonder he jumped in again and again!
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Teka: Weeds a Haiku I found online
By Charlene - Aurora
Undesirable,
uncultivated, and yet
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magic light the pool sounds like a good idea, what we do for our dogs. Is your dog a swimmer?
I also enjoy baking bread ,but I have been too lazy to make any this summer . I bought a new bread cookbook Flour Water Salt and Yeast and plan on using it in a couple of weeks
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Just popping in to say hello I am still around but keeping away from BC stuff at moment as too devastated at being told recon will be 2020 the EARLIEST, I do read psots from time to time to keep up and see you are all doing well.......sorry, need to be away more than here right now....
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Hey Hermies! Sorry I have been so absent, seems I don't have a lot of energy these days, when I do feel up to posting I'm mostly on Insomniacs thread. I posted a long one and some pics this morning so you should check that out. Otherwise I would have to type it out all over again. And by type it out all over again I mean cut and paste. New pic of kitten there too. She doesn't hold still enough for pics except when she's asleep.
Lookieloo, have you ever seen the Tassajara Bread Book? That was my bible in my back to nature hippy bread making days. I used to make 5 loaves at a time, I still have the 16 quart stainless steel bowl I mixed/raised the dough in. All by hand. Couldn't do it now.
In case y'all haven't seen, I've been restaged, with mets to lung now. Getting faslodex, hope it nips it or at least arrests progression. 1st scan since April shows more spots in left lung, don't know how many. Had second tx yesterday, will see MO in 2 weeks. There's a bright side - I get to spend time with my awesome chemo nurses again. Dark side is the annoying whistle from my lungs. Meh.
Ok I'm wore out
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Llookingforward, I just checked out the book Flour Water Salt and Yeast and it looks great. Maybe like you when the weather gets cooler I might bake more and buy that book. I do have a great recipe for artisan bread that does take 3 days to make - lots of long rises in the fridge, but the taste is well worth the wait.
Magdalene; Tassajara bread book also looks great to add to my collection which I admit is very small. I tend to bake the same few tried and true (for me) bread recipes. Sorry to hear about your new mets and that whistle! Gentle hugs to you. Until you feel a bit better maybe you can find a great bread maker in your area and buy a good loaf, unfortunately there are none in my small town
One bread that is always a hit is called Bomba - full of air and great with good olive oil and balsamic for appetizer. I make it when guests arrive and it is a favorite as they get to see the transformation from dough to bread rather quickly. I would post that recipe but I don't know how to attach a docx file.
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hi Lilly , hope you are doing okay.
Mags I hope the faslodex kicks in for you soon and your engery level goes up. I found the mental stress plays a big role in how we are feeling, you have so much going on and it is hard to wrap your mind around mets. Hugs. I am going to look into the tassajara bread book.
Magiclight I have read that the best breads have less yeast and are allowed to rise over a longer time, sounds like you have this down pat. We do tend tend to make the same thing over and over, I plan on getting out of my rut.
My poor dog is gassing me out of the house. I told my husband yesterday I needed to go to a decompression centre
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Good morning friends- good to hear from some of our sisters who have not been on this thread for awhile.
Lily- waiting another four years for recon would be devestating. I am so sorry to hear this news. You do what helps you at this time and if not being here does that, we do understand. Sometimes we just need a break from the whole crappy thing.
Mags- I have been following you on Insomniacs and remember being here with you on this thread when you went through treatment. I read on the other thread about your lung mets and just so sorry. I hope the treatment you are doing helps to keep things at bay. Hugs sister.
I went to a great concert this week with Michael McDonald and Boz Scaggs. I have been a huge fan of both, seen MM a good 10 times through the year but my first time with Boz. It was SOOOO good. He is a seriously good guitar player on top of vocals. Such a treat! Brought me back to the 70s to early 80s. I used to work in a restaurant while in college and late at night as the bar was closing, someone was always playing Harbor Lights on the jukebox on the dance floor. Took me right back to that place and time, and the feeling of my youth, if only for that song. I love that about music.
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Teka- I wish you come with me too! Especially tonight as I have plans to do the last summer jazz here with a group called Women's Voices, Exquisite Power. The friend that was going with me has come down with a bug and has had to opt out, but I may go on my own as it will be awesome! I did already do a concert this week as you heard, so I may also choose to just relax.
I want everything on that plate too!
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Teka: I'll have what that cat is having. I took my scallions out of a low planter because onions are toxic to dogs and my pup puts every low hanging plant in his mouth. The heat ended my tomatoes about a month ago, so I'm envious of your veggie bounty My knowledge of birds is limited to identifying them by size and color i.e. large and black, small and red it my limit so I had to look up sun conure. Oh my so beautiful. They remind me of similar birds at the San Diego wild life park that people would feed a special sugary mix and they would sit on your hand or arm or head etc.
Jazzy; Delightful that you have so many cultural items in your area. Maybe staying home and relaxing is what your body and spirit needs...On the other hand....!
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Teka that platter looks inviting, I made a stir fry last night with shrimp.
Magiclight does your dog weed, that would probably come in handy. I have a critter that is eating my garden veggies, I think it must be a rabbit. My husband needs to go around the yard and board any holes. I notice the rabbit doesn't eat the celery, just my favourites.
Jazzy enjoy your concert.
Since my surgery last week I am still cooking, but my daughter is coming to make supper tonight. She is bringing beans and potatoes and I'm making the main course and dessert, how does that happen lol
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Looking forward: my pup does not weed but prefers to trim and remove sprinkler head of which I have dozens in front, back and side yard. Must call someone to replace the ones that he detached from at the main pipe. I'm getting a better appreciation for the term 'In an instant'.
I don't know about you, but that part about making dinner happens to me because I offer by saying, no problem I can just get that together!!0 -
Went to the farmers market today. Going to eat well this week!
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Jazz, looks appetizing and I bet tastes better than the store bought peaches I bought yesterday. This morning I bit into one and it was cardboard - YECH!!
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hi stormy. Are you out there ?
I feel exactly like you do ..
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