Now it is 91º at 12:45 pm on Wednesday.
Spent much of last two days trimming down the huge cactus at north corner of house. Took some 17 trips with the trike to haul off.
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| Butterfly bush and Bougainvillea's. |
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| Butterfly bush and Bougainvillea's. |
Phyllis taking a break from working on her quilt.
A large bouquet of flowers. I took it by the office and told the girls it was for them--they said nice, but no thank you.
Trimmings from the butterfly bush and the bougainvillea bush
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| This guy lives here full time - just retired. Does a lot with flowers. |
Just took this shot of myself to prove I am still alive.
Lots more people have left the park. When rode the bike around the park about 5 times while ago I only saw one person--siting on his deck, in the whole park. I have been riding the bike, about 8 miles a day; only 5 miles so far today. There was a good wind blowing, which helped with the heat. Finally quit with the heat about noon, will go out after dark.
Here is an interesting (maybe) thing on use of coffee pot filters:
DID YOU KNOW THIS?
Coffee filters .... Who knew! And you can buy
1,000 at the Dollar Tree for almost nothing even the large ones.
1. Cover bowls or dishes when cooking in the
microwave. Coffee filters make excellent covers.
2. Clean windows, mirrors, and chrome...
Coffee filters are lint-free so they'll leave windows sparkling.
3. Protect China by separating your good
dishes with a coffee filter between each dish.
4. Filter broken cork from wine. If you break
the cork when opening a wine bottle, filter the wine through a coffee filter.
5. Protect a cast-iron skillet. Place a coffee
filter in the skillet to absorb moisture and prevent rust.
6. Apply shoe polish. Ball up a lint-free
coffee filter.
7. Recycle frying oil. After frying, strain
oil through a sieve lined with a coffee filter.
8. Weigh chopped foods. Place chopped
ingredients in a coffee filter on a kitchen scale.
9. Hold tacos. Coffee filters make convenient
wrappers for messy foods.
10. Stop the soil from leaking out of a plant
pot. Line a plant pot with a coffee filter to prevent the soil from going
through the drainage holes.
11.. Prevent a Popsicle from dripping. Poke
one or two holes as needed in a coffee filter.
12. Do you think we used expensive strips to
wax eyebrows? Use strips of coffee filters..
13. Put a few in a plate and put your fried
bacon, French fries, chicken fingers, etc on them. It soaks out all the grease.
14. Keep in the bathroom. They make great
"razor nick fixers."
15. As a sewing backing. Use a filter as an
easy-to-tear backing for embroidering or appliqueing soft fabrics.
16. Put baking soda into a coffee filter and
insert into shoes or a closet to absorb or prevent odors.
17. Use them to strain soup stock and to tie
fresh herbs in to put in soups and stews.
18. Use a coffee filter to prevent spilling
when you add fluids to your car.
19. Use them as a spoon rest while cooking and
clean up small counter spills.
20. Can use to hold dry ingredients when
baking or when cutting a piece of fruit or veggies.. Saves on having extra
bowls to wash.
21. Use them to wrap Christmas ornaments for
storage.
22. Use them to remove fingernail polish when
out of cotton balls.
23. Use them to sprout seeds.. Simply dampen
the coffee filter, place seeds inside, fold it and place it into a plastic
baggie until they sprout.
24. Use coffee filters as blotting paper for
pressed flowers. Place the flowers between two coffee filters and put the
coffee filters in phone book..
25. Use as a disposable "snack bowl"
for popcorn, chips, etc.
Later, Lynn
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