In and Out , Out and About....

Hi friends, catching up after a somewhat dire weekend. First of all, Blogger was losing comments, and/or nor sending them on to me. I'm trying to fix that and do replies for the Friday post, but if I miss anyone, my apologies.

The more dire aspect, on Sunday morning I went to put Mo's halter on him and suddenly was in incredible excruciating, ''almost pass out'' pain! A flare up of my hip inflammation. My dog walker was again awol, as was my doctor, but friends did what they could to rally around and walk poor Baby Mo. I am doing somewhat better now. So no worries.

the ''my way'' batch of burgers

The good news is my BBQ with friends did work out on Saturday and my burgers were delicious. My friend made slaw using Trader Joe's slaw dressing, simple and so good; and there were homemade pickles!

So now, back to my previously planned post:

I was somewhat misleading when I said people here are not wearing masks. In the limited stores I visit, indoors, yes people wear masks. BUT no one wears them outdoors at all, which makes beach walking and dogwalking uncomfortable for me. Mo loves the renewed attention and offers of friendly pats, and there I am cringing away from unmasked neighbors. The virus is still out there, thousands die every single day---be considerate, be safe.

My shopping has only been to grocery, pharmacy, hardware stores, but last week L and I decided we really MUST try to shop for new underwear in person. I keep trying to order bras and panties online, waste of money! Same with shoes and I really do need new ugly dog walking  shoes for Mo-walks.

Off we went to Kohl's, L giggling that if we failed we'd have to ''go commando", a new-to-her phrase. [very familiar to us readers of Stephanie Plum mysteries, lol]. Means no underwear and no, I have no idea why commandos do not wear their boxer briefs. You'd think they'd like the extra layer...?

Kohl's was uncrowded. A nice guy, not a teenager, a real adult, directed us to the hand sanitizer then cleaned a cart for each of us as we watched.

Lines seemed long; there were spacing markers---but went much faster than the usual lines that keep me from being a regular shopper at Kohl's.

I also bought some tee shirts, desperate for some new tees that aren't just faded rags. They didn't fit so good though, not like Old Navy's and were much more expensive. Too bad.

I was especially sad that this stripe and the pineapple sprig one didn't fit right.

And the undergarments we each got were not of use either.
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Back home on the deck---after TS Isaias I thought my garden pots were hopeless. The wind tore out almost everything.

But it was very hot so I just left the pots, no clean up.

 And now a month or so later, things are looking up.

 This one is just weeds; I plan to discard the entire pot contents except the red lily bulbs.

 I don't think I'll ever get a pumpkin.

Seed update: the heirloom seeds from etsy didn't grow. The wildflower seeds from Botanicals did grow, most ruined by the storm. Gallardia, sunflowers, and goldenrod survived and still blooming. I'd love to save some of the gallardia seeds. I have not seen a single pollinator, bees or butterflies, all summer, tho the dragonflies migrated through  on August 20 and 30th.

The Burpee marigolds and Lilliput zinnias are trying hard, though now I cannot water them because of being in pain.

The pumpkin seeds from my friend sprouted and even flowered but are tiny and anemic.

Hopefully next year won't be so stingy and hopeless.

What's next? A trip to Home Goods for a spatula, a fried eggs pan, and a glass pumpkin for my collection? Is the fun worth the risk?

have a good week!

love

lizzy

gone to the beach.....

 Local version of a beach crowd, Labor Day weekend.