It’s so beautiful! Yes the Canadian side is prettier.
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It’s so beautiful! Yes the Canadian side is prettier.
I will step outside of my current bubble of unhappiness with technology to rave about software on the web. Pinterest has amazing image identification ability.
I want to know more about a sideboard I own. I wanted to narrow down a decade when it was created. I took a photograph of it. I uploaded that photograph to Pinterest. Pinterest pulled from its vast array of images in its database an exact match. Exact!
Now unfortunately this was held at the website 1st Dibs and the piece was already sold, so there was no narrative left on that site about it. But I remain hopeful that there will be another find that is an exact match. Clearly this piece was machine made if there are ones exactly like it. And I figured it was machine made. I’m just trying to figure out is it 1910, 1920, or 1930 furniture.
Iris, that is so cool! I’ve never used Pinterest before.
Pinterest holds all of my inspiration photos. Also, I upload a few of my own Images for storage in tidy folders.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tradd
one downside of greedy Pinterest is that you now have to have a commercial account to see how many people, and who, “pinned” your photos. It was once fun to see that my bulldog had 23 “pins.”
While I can appreciate the benefit that you enjoyed, I find Pinterest very aggravating. I like some cooking sites but a screen comes up that I have to sign up with Pinterest to access and then get blitzed with every conceivable garbage that I might be interested in. If I see Pinterest is involved, I avoid the site as a result.
FB at least lets you restrict further access in the privacy area but unless things have been changed, with Pinterest you are stuck.
Just to offer another viewpoint, DH and I prefer the US side of the Falls in the immediate falls area. The naturalistic, Olmsted-designed gardens, with the wooded state park area with trails through Goat Island and Luna Island made for wonderful and uncrowded morning walks the week we were out there. You can also get very up close and personal with the Falls on the US side. Once you move away from the immediate falls area though, NY is rather a blighted area and Canada is more picturesque with the Botanical Gardens and Niagara on the Lake.
Went for a walk on the bike trail today and saw a happy, young man with no legs below the knees, no arms above the elbow RUNNING with his black lab!! He sure did not feel sorry for himself and did what he needed to do. It was very inspirational!!!!
Wow. Puts things in perspective, doesn't it? Good for him. Strong character, there.
Today's DH's birthday and the fam is coming up to GI: two couples, two young kids and DS. I just learned that I can actually seat 10 for dinner in my tiny space!! (the picture has only one side of the IKEA gateleg table extended: the gateleg is added on to our 6-seater farmhouse table. It's the same width, so the tablecloth makes it look pretty seamless.) I'm psyched! Maybe I'll offer to do Thanksgiving this year!!
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That’s great Catherine.
Happy Birthday to your dh!!! Looks like it will be quite the celebration - have fun!
Lovely that it comes together so well. Have fun!
The recommendations here are that everyone should stay home with immediate family only for Thanksgiving. The numbers are skyrocketing thanks to trump and his many rallies.
Daylight saving time, giving me an extra hour of sleep, and allowing me to drive to work in the light. This is also the time of year I wean myself off caffeine. (Last year I did good until I got the flu. Something usually leads me to relapse.)
Dark when you get up...dark early at night. I HATE IT! I find myself sleeping more. Depressing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yppej
Yppej, today I am raving for caffeine. Love my coffee!
Today is a clear cool fall day. Crisp. This fall season makes me so happy to be retired and have the stretch of day ahead mostly with little obligation.
The weeds are no longer nagging me because they have pretty much stopped growing. Garden tasks are minimal. Oh sure I have a box full of bulbs that need to go into the ground, and I havel iris charts that could be completed now. Or later. But not a whole lot has to be done outdoors, and garden cleanup can be completed over the next few months.
Our hOuse will now remain clean since dog shedding Season is over, and dirt tracking is minimal. I don’t mind the spider webs of fall, I like spiders. I don’t even mind servicing the armfuls of late season garden produce that come into this house.
This time of year always lets me feel free! Free free free!
Yes, this is the great thing about 4 seasons... if you're a farmer or a gardener, you catch a break to do something different for a while.Quote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies
And if you're not a gardener, you can breathe a sigh of relief that you don't have to put up with mowers, blowers, and desultory attempts at yard maintenance for a few months, at least.
Not the case here. Leaf blowers going nonstop ... the leave are falling in droves. Many are using their mowers to mulch the leaves. YLMVQuote:
Originally Posted by JaneV2.0
That's what I do, blow the leaves away from the house and out of the flower beds, then mulch them with the mower. I think one more time later this week and I'll be done.Quote:
Originally Posted by frugal-one
I guess the gods are just against me in spending money. You will recall that, horrified at the high-end estimate for a new kitchen in our tiny condo, I drafted DH to do the work.
But furniture, I can afford that, right? So, I spent weeks shopping around for a French day bed. I found new ones that ranged from serviceable to very cute, from $800 to $2300. They were new but had some old styling of .frenchie influence. Ok, fine, money no object!
Then I took a look at .craigslist. Found a Directoire style bed, used, for $125. Looked nice in the photo, looked nice in real life, bought it. The owner told how she ID’d it’s lineage—likely it is pre-1900 (has horsehair stuffing) and the antique dealer she spoke with thinks it was made in France. Score!!!
If I wasn’t so picky I would even keep the upholstery because it’s a nice neutral cream color, but I’m going to upholster it with blue velvet which should cost around $100-$200.
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Very cool, IL!! Nothing better than deals like that!!! Haha, you can't spend money even when you want to!
IL, very nice!
44 years ago today my wife said 'I Do', and by any quality of life scale, it appears she still does. How lucky can one man be?
Congratulations! Happy Anniversary, Alan!Quote:
Originally Posted by Alan
Congrats!! In a few days is our anniversary too... 47 years and we still like each other! Life is good.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alan
Oh that is so nice! Congrats to you and the mrs.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alan
Congratulations to both with many more years together to come.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alan
Congrats!
Happy Anniversary, Alan!
Wishing the two of you many more anniversaries.
Congrats to both of you with anniversaries!!
Happy anniversaries, Alan and frugal-one! DW and I will never get to 44 or 47 (well, it's quite unlikely given how old we'll be then) but it's a relationship goal, as they say.
Happy, long-lived relationships are one of life's sweetest rewards. Congratulations, all!
Raving about my salad spinner - LOL! I needed to clean my reusable masks today, but I don't like throwing them in with regular laundry as the elastic ear pieces stretch or actually break getting twisted up with other items. So, I used my salad spinner to wash, rinse and spin "dry" enough to hang up. Worked like a charm and took about 10-15 minutes with minimal water use. :)
I put my reusable masks in a mesh lingerie bag. All my clothes are washed on cold, gentle. Air dry for the masks. Works very well.
I wash mine in hot water and put in the dryer on high. I want the germs gone.
Tradd - Yes, a mesh bag would work, but since I don't have one, I went off the "use what I have". Maybe a dollar store purchase down the road.
TT - yes, definitely hot water! As well as a pre-soak in alcohol and using anti-bacterial soap. Plus, I won't wear these for at least a week from now anyway. I have plenty to rotate between.
And to think some people try to live without a salad spinner!Quote:
Originally Posted by happystuff