What made you smile today?

I have just received a gift of a beautiful crocheted bed rug, in various shades of purples & mauves, made especially for me by a very good friend.
Something really nice on this sad weekend.
Perfect for the cold months ahead.

Good!

Yes, it is.

This made me smile.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaewfkIwISk

Planting red, orange and yellow gerbera daisies in my front yard.

Wow - the Byron Bay Hinterlands.

That made me smile, too, Letty.
Nothing like the sight of wallabies to calm one's ruffled feathers right down!
Lovely.
Especially baby wallaby.
Though mum was pretty good, too!

I love Gerbera's, Had them in my wedding bouquet, such a lovely vivid natural flower. I have some in the front garden, might have to get some more.

<keeping a watchful eye out front>

Nice.

I just put in some more hostas around the base of one of the trees in the back yard. I have 5 hydrangeas and 1 lilac bush to put in yet.

I just put the last dried pineapple slice to soak in a small bowl. Took me a long time to use those pineapples. First time, I soaked one a bit and cut it up and put the bits in a fruit bread. I don't remember why, but I hated that. But I couldn't throw the packet away, figured I'd fine some other use. Time went by, they sat in a drawer. Just recently, I've been zeroing in on what's in my cupboards, and tried soaking one of the pineapples for not an hour but a couple of days, with changes of water (using the earlier now flavored water as "juice"). Turned out I liked the pineapple at the end of that. Tastier with better texture than the canned stuff and easier for me to find/use than a real pineapple.

So, I went to put the thick washed plastic bag into the reuse bag.. and looked at the date. Heh, June, 2006.

Dried pineapple, huh? I never tried that, but I just might.

I've done it with dried plums too - but they don't take anywhere near as long. I went crazy and finally made some oatmeal pancakes recently, and put warm honey on them and then the refreshed dried plums on top of the honey. Very good. Re diabetes, I guess it would be smart to skip the honey or only use a dribble. And the (refreshed) dried plums would be enough anyway.

On the dried pineapple, the package says I got them at Sunflower market over by the Corrales Flying Star. If you can't find them in Farmington, we could go there, or else I'll pick up some myself one of these days and save a pack for you, cause I'm going to buy them again now that I know the trick.

Y'all know about the Anthony Weiner issue? The guy with the fortuitous last name had his Twitter account hacked (he says) and an undie-clad crotch-shot posted that may or may not actually be him (he won't say conclusively).

Today he was being interviewed by reporters, and after many double entendres, this exchange happened:



http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/06/anthony-weiner-tells-reporters-hes-not-sure-if-lewd-photo-is-him.php

I feel like such an idiot. My a/c stopped working on Friday night. The temps got into the 90's over the weekend. I suffered. I called the company that has been taking of my plumbing/heating/ac stuff for the past 30 years. The owner of the company came over and put his little gizmo on the unit. No power, he said, check your fuse box. Sure enough, the circuit breaker had gotten thrown. Probably due to a nearby lightning strike.
Why didn't I think of that.

Because you were too hot to think straight, RJB.

The other dancers in class tonight were told to look to me to get a sense of how hammy to get for our next performance.


Look at Beth, she's really got the ham right.





I was so flattered.

Canceling a dentist appointment.

A visitor to the pub who turned out to be the ex-stepson of one of my boozing mates. Actually I tittered a bit. Am I disqualified for tittering?

Riding a tandem bicycle with my son Rhys.