iris lilies
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hmm, ok I will take that under advisement. I doubt that I will ever mask up like a surgeon to wash chicken and avoid microscopic bacteria, but I...

Of course people choose what to post. Sure. I re-read your post as you requested and still get the same message from it. Maybe I am wrong. Are...

I usually wash it in a deep kitchen sink so the only splash back goes into the kitchen sink.

haha! Just ran across a book that made me think of you: ...

The blue waves piece is gorgeous I love it! What is it has a finished piece?

OK I’ll bite. Who exactly, name names, needs to step up to represent whatever it is you think is not being represented? My comment about both...

oh hell yes! Can’t you feel the slimy bacteria all over it when handle it? Now does it really get rid of significant amounts of bacteria?...

probably a lot of people from both “sides” need to get over it.

I miss PDQXYZ, a poster from long ago here. But I will paraphrase his words about G!w Bush which I thought were funny in their simple truth: ...

People they be weenies. I haven’t worn a real winter coat here in years. I have a heavy hooded sweatshirt and wear it over a long t-shirt. My...

Ok you people! Haha. I was wrong, here are the actual, fixed annual costs to have our Hermann house at a basic level: Real estate taxes:$1,245 ...

Also I have no house payment. The average cost of living you quote probably includes mortgage payments. I don’t have one.

see adjustment above. But that doesn't include insurance, forgot that, ‘ tho insurance is cheap but yeah, more added. Oh you people, you want...

Hermann house: Taxes are $1,100 annually utilities that are necessesities are, ok more than $100 monthly. Wish I had the bills here. Probably...

When I think about cheap places to retire, it is never south of the border in the United States. It is always Asia or eastern Europe. And that...

Good for you! The do-Goode’s in my neighborhood tried desperately to find people who needed their shopping done. Two large efforts and more than...

I think comparisons of 9/11 and insurrection on January 6 are not reasonable. Which is not to say that the January 6 incident wasn’t serious, because...

Did you live in Corvallis? I interviewed in Corvallis 32 years ago for a job but I ended up in St. Louis.

That is wonderful seeing that nice old San Francisco Victorian carefully moved along to a new home. That’s a classic SF house.I hope it land safely...

Has the movement to leave garden debris thru winter reached your world? there’s a name for it but I can’t think what the name is. It’s a movement...

I feel like I might like Hand to Mouth as a snark read. There’s a small genre of those kinds of books and we’ve discussed them here over the years,...

Myn brother-in-law was one of the pioneer researchers in No Till . He’s a PhD researcher at an Aggie college and he also does hands-on work in...

My go-to method for hauling most everything is 5 gallon buckets. Even in our community garden where we have wheelbarrows a loaded wheelbarrow is hard...

We use a tarp many times, too. We do not have a garden cart or a wheelbarrow. For my once a year a garden cleanup of my city garden I use empty...

Thats the one I had last fall. I thought everything had shifted to Suprep now. I wish you luck! I also have a Cologuard last summer that showed...

I saw it twice in the theater. That and Atonement are the only two I have watched twice in theater. But here we are talking about films that are...

Grey and pink is a nice combo!

My film discussion buddies said American Beauty has not stood the test of time, So I watched a bit of it after that discussion and they may be right....

I don’t think you hijacked it. Ypur husband’s health certainly affects your retirement plans.

By “immigrants” I suppose Pollen means the western white man, as though the farming communities a thousand years prior didn’t disturb the earth. The...

Yea, I know all this. So?

I love the way the adjective “ toxic” is de rigeur in usage about chemicals used as pesticides “ Harsh” is another one. Whenever we have these...

Far be it for me to be a science denier, but the Alzheimer’s Association shows four stages on their home page: ...

Doesn't that depend on which Stage Chart of dementia you are using? A quick Google search showed a 4 stage chart and a 7 stage chart.

Last summer I drove through tiny Elsah on a gorgeous summer day in my convertible with the top down. I had a memorable experience. A group of little...

Someone in my neighborhood is crossing the Illinois line on Saturday to get a vaccine there. But she does teach in a school system in Illinois, so...

I don’t consider interest in family history sentimental. I respect the valuing of family lore and artifacts as a worthwhile exercise in intellectual...

And then there are the species plants that aren’t native, but that masquerade as “natural.” Pseudacorus iris is one of those—a strong grower...

It is true that I am growing a bit tired of the “overdone” floofy big headed iris plants coming out of the West coast. One of the hybridizers has a...

ah well everyone eventually has their justification for using Roundup be it buckthorn or weeds in the sidewalk cracks.My justifications are early in...

That sounds beautiful! I had a long held memory of Gooseberry tart in England in my teens. Decades later, when DH and I took a narrow boat trip on...

The article is light on science, this s “courthouse news.” It just talks about “nexus” of Roundup and butterflies and is not specific science at...

What is your reason for not using Roundup?

For me, if I had the trailer bug, I could rent one for a trip and probably get over that bug.

Loose .chickens was the nudist lady.

I have done the wine drinking/burning in fireplace ritual! Yes, it honors people and memories in a way that tossing into a landfill does not, it...

About 2-3 weeks ago DH yelled at me for buying too much random stuff.And he is right—the deliveries coming here were out of control. It isn’t the...

There was one of those in my family, a portrait of me. I don’t remember what happened to it but I don’t think anyone was sad to see ago even my...

I remember when we were looking around for a, at the time, weekend place. The teeny Elsah, IL is the cutest place around and I was jonesing for one...

It doesnt matter, we all know what the thread is about.

For anyone who wants Mardi Gras light, come to St. Louis. We have the second biggest Mardi Gras celebration in the country in my next-door...

My home town FB page won’t let me on! I’ve applied twice! I have two photos I want to upload. Their loss. in order to join, you have to tell them...

Our archivist writes regular blog articles with images. Also, All of the images are digitized in a database and are publicly available from our...

I would choose DH and Diana in Wisconsin as my luxury items on a desert island. Those two would keep me fed and housed. likely they would boot me...

In my late 50’s I found my dexterity to be reduced. I would go to grip something, a small thing, and I wouldn’t get it! Some exercises would have...

In my city house we have giant recycling cans in the alley. At my condo we have one giant can designated for recycling. In Hermann, we have the...

My condo fees are $311 per month and that includes extra money for a heated garage. It’s crazy luxurious, that old heated garage. I don’t care about...

Our neighborhood archives would love to have images of this neighborhood from the 1960’s since few people who cared about architecture photographed...