The Daily Rave

[catherine]

We have bluebirds making a nest in a box right next to the porch where I can watch the progress up close and personally!!! The box is very old, housed bluebirds when it was on another fence that was removed, then sat dormant for a couple of years and we finally put it on a trellis post- I ripped out a sparrow nest earlier and now the bluebirds are there!

Wow! that is so great!

[Lainey]

Had a nice interaction with a grocery store employee in Calif. We were unfamiliar with the store layout and saw her in the aisle. Asked her where the olives were, and she pointed to her ear and handed my SO her phone. She gestured for him to speak his request into her phone which he did, and then it translated his voice to text so she could read it. She did and nodded her head and led us to the olives. We thanked her.

The best part was that it was effortless, and I left there very happy knowing that, thanks to technology, she had a job she could accomplish and that we as customers could easily interact with her. A simple thing that would have seemed impossible a few short decades ago.

[Yppej]

I asked a worker in Home Depot where sonething was. I had the used up package as a sample. He did not know but scanned the SKU with his smart phone and was able to tell me the aisle and bin!

[razz]

My very fine but straight hair is really struggling with the high humidity. Mousse mixed with sweat is just gummy. I went into a Shoppers Drug Mart looking for an alternative shampoo and conditioner to avoid the mousse. Found Nexxus for fine hair and it doesn't coat the hair shaft. Hair looked so much better today, all day.

The rave is that the staff was very helpful, the (quite pricey) product worked, it was 20% off for Seniors Day and when I went online to price compare, nothing could match the price I paid. Even Amazon was a couple of $$ more. Yay!

[Zoe Girl]

I had a nice random interaction shopping, I tend to be so self contained that often people barely notice me. It was nice to have this friendliness in the middle of shopping

[Lainey]

Waking up to light rain showers. They're not expected to last, but it's a nice respite from the extreme heat we're getting this week.

[Gardnr]

A blissful 41 outside cooling the cabin down to 64 inside (no AC here). It was 76 when I went to bed at 915 last night. Today only going to 84! Wohoo!!!

[nswef]

A wild turkey hen and 4 little ones sauntering up the lane next to my porch this morning delighted me.

[iris lilies]

A wild turkey hen and 4 little ones sauntering up the lane next to my porch this morning delighted me.

Awww, I can picture that!

[razz]

I have been considering different approaches to cleaning my engineered wood flooring. I use Boni cleaner and a swivel type of mop frequently after vacuuming but some spots need more - around the kitchen and dog eating areas and where he snoozes on his mat on the floor at the foot of my bed. The hand and knees approach was not very appealing. I have read about the stream cleaners but it is one more tool to have around and I am not sure if the tool is hard on the flooring.

A brain wave struck - I have a kneeling garden stool https://www.homedepot.com/p/Bosmere-...-205800383-_-N like this. I put some tape on the parts that would rest on the floor and happily cleaned the areas that needed extra attention, getting up and down with ease.
So I got the job done, didn't spend any money and it was easy to do.