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Isn't it wonderful when the rain stops ?? Looking forward to the follow ups ! :~))

Looks like a lot of manly DIY going on here HW. I only wish I lived close enough to role my sleeves up!

Ian lotsa manly work in progress...the next stage after the skirting is to sand and paint the roof....wish you did live closer...:)

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I enjoy a good DIY every now and again!

Hasn't Carol found enough for you to do, Digger??
Great blog, HW!!

I'm always up for a bit of DIY. It's a man thing! Lol ;~)))

Then why am I so into it? I love DIY!!
Not all that good at it since I hurt my back, but I still do as much as I can myself!!

Hey MP we all do what we can, as we can...no matter the health issues, it is good for the soul!

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Exactly!! I get great satisfaction from making (or decorating) things & being able to say "I did it myself"!

Well I am working on a blog about all the plants we bought on the fall closeout sales and how they are getting planted....it really is so nice a feeling to be turning this place into something other than bare land.....we are getting in gardens finally, but leaving a piece natural...it has it's own beauty.

And it is being done with these two little hands! lol

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Great stuff! I still have loads to do to my garden , but most of it will need to wait for spring, now that the ice has hit! But I was really pleased with what I DID get done!!
It feels great, doesn't it?? :~))))

Oh definitely!

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I'm loving the 'cat'!! I noticed a lot of people have started doing it too! :~))

I love the fact that you're leaving a piece natural HW. Have you seen the latest blog by Bonkersbon ? Think you'll love it :~)))

Oh, yes! its great! I always love their blogs!
(Bonkersbon are a couple, Jane & Ray, in case you didnt know , HW)

Not you !!! LMAO

Oh... sorry... time lapse strikes again !! lol

I was agreeing with you, numpty!! LOL!

Quick, Sue! Upstairs!!

Just been !!!!! LMAO

Hee hee! Painkillers are kicking in, so I'm off to bed while I've got a chance of sleeping!
See you tomorrow!
Night!

Night night bab x

:~)) Sweet Dreams!

Sweet dreams MP

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just actually caught up...didn't know about the bonkerbon being a couple...learn something new every day

other people are using my kitty? really? I didn't notice! lol

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Catfinch does and a couple of others that I've noticed as well. I think it's really pretty !! :~))

So cool...I finally am responsible for starting a trend! lol

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Go girl !!! lol :~))

heehee! Night Sue, am drifting off soon.....

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Aaawwww ... that is SO pretty !! Thankyou and goodnight my friend :~)) x

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I LOVE your kitty, HW, and I'm one of the ones who's pinched it...yep, you've started a trend, girl!
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I forgot that you were one of the 'catnappers' B !! lol
HW.... I think you've changed into Planet Earth .... or is it the Moon ?? :~))

LOL...shared this with hubby and he got a good belly laugh outa his 'old' lady starting trends....this is fun and funny...

So now I need to use the rose more, it is a garden site after all....lol

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You're not 'old' HW !! lol

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That didn't come out right !!! LMAO

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ROFLMAO !!!

Did it !!!!!!

LOL Sue

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When I first did it the second 'eye' was under my picture !! Honest !! lol

Nutters!! :~)D~~~~~~~~~~~~

HW. I THINK that means a load of dribbling ...... but who am I !!!!! ;~)))

I'm blowing a raspberry!! Huh!

Nah ... go with my one !!! lol I'm SO soz Marie, but yesterday's strange sleeps have caught up with me. I shall have to take myself, still giggling (and I AM !) up the wooden hill ! Goodnight our kid xx

Have you read my pm?

Goodnight, sweet dreams!!

Is "Waya" southern for "Wayne" or what?! Made good progress there.

Waya is Cherokee for Wolf ...but we didn't get to work on the doors, cause we are getting rain now from that hurricane (Ida I think) coming up from the gulf!

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Always drawn to wolf tribe (men, most often). Tho personally I resonate more with red tailed hawks & otters... Just live in the desert a season and you will bless every drop of rain. The Hopis call the corn husk and rain clouds both "kachina" for the blessing of their ancestors coming to nourish the people, and when you see those tall high clouds moving in they do look like powerful intercessors.

Orgatis...we lived in the high alpine desert of the San Luis Valley of Colorado for 18 mo. We had no electricity, no running water...very rural, very rustic. It is beautiful and stark all at the same time! I know what you mean about the power in the clouds, and i know the disappointment of watching them sail past!

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But close to the hot springs! Know that area fairly well. Those dark fingers of clouds like a tatter shawl reaching to touch the earth, which is so hot that it pushes the rain away: vergas? Is that the word? Maryland must be a big change.

Maryland is where I grew up...so not so much a change as Colorado was. But I am in Delaware now...which is all flat and at sea level with a lot more humidity. Even the aluminum siding on the trailer grows a green slimy mold from it! ick!!

As for the hot springs...I didn't know they were close, thought they were north and some west over Wolf Creek Pass...??? We were only there 18 months, so didn't see as much as we would have liked. Plus we had to haul all our water and heated with wood, so had to gather about 9 cords of wood...that is hard in a desert (had to go into the mountains for it sometimes) so we didn't have alot of time to sight see

Colorado koan: Chop water, haul wood. There's a semi-private hot springs in Villa Grove, Valley View H.S. The ground temp of that whole valley is warm due to the underground thermals. I had friends in Crestone.

Crestone was in the valley, but way north of us, never got there....hubby seems to think the closest hot springs were in Pagoda Springs, over Wolf Creek Pass, but I dunno....lol

It's wonderful to hear you both talking about the USA. Coming from the UK, I don't think we really appreciate just HOW big America is and the varying temperatures and climates that you can get. :~))

The US is VAST, Sue, and the nature of the people varies widely from the East coast, southern still confederate, midwest heartland, the Rockies, the deserts and mountains of the SW, and the West. California is a planet all by itself! My sense is that those who pioneered west eventually integrated more with the Native American (Indian, sic) cultures and have more daring-do than Easterner "city folk", which is more densely populated even in rural areas with more sense of history and "old families" like the UK. What do you think, HW?

I do tend to agree, with a few exceptions...even though I am an easterner...I would love to have stayed where it is far less populated, but family duty calls, and we answer. And there are many like me....You tend to wander also OG!

One of the of traits that still shows itself in personalities here is the 'itchy' foot...and America is vast enough to sooth it for most! California...I will get there yet...never seen the pacific!

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Seems like you could live a lifetime and never see it all :~)

Too true, and then there's the call of the pipes, to Scotland, Wales, Ireland, even the Midlands and Yorkshire LoL! I am fortunate to have wandered and lived in some magical places, leaving gardens behind that I never get to enjoy in their ripening fullness. The search for fertile tilth & favorable climes, as well as kind and conscious people....Perhaps I will find a home with an already established garden here. My parents are both ailing, but so darn independent they don't want my help! I tried to get my mom to move to Florida for 10 years, but she won't budge out of Chicago (& I can't live there with only a balcony to plant!).

If your Mom and Dad are elderly, and have lived in Chicago for a long time, I can understand them not wanting to 'upsticks'. Too much upheaval. Do you think you will settle where you are, or are the feet still itchy ?:~)