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[baziunc]

Happy Day, Beakers! 

... or bakers... as Karen's voice-to-text translates it, since it doesn't know anything about Beakers. Tee hee! I like that!!   

Karen, I love seeing what your voice-to-text decides to type in its translation. It makes for some extra fun reading. LOL! Glad to hear your post-rain yard pond isn't too big. I got 3 inches of rain yesterday!! My area needed every bit of it, too. We had gone to the severe drought rating just this past week.

Lisa, enjoy your return trip! With the warm-up in temps this week, I bet Jeff will have something yummy to throw on the grill for you for your return dinner! 

Clynn, I can't wait to hear if you get to see a lot of eagles whenever you all get a chance on a good day to go to the lake. Your kitties are getting a Spring preview with your doors open. I bet their noses were twitching big time!

TSK, I forgot to mention the other day that I just loved that pic you posted of Lulu. She looks like such a sweet-tempered kitty. I hope Tim's surgery goes well. I didn't know he had to have a series of them. Was that a plan from the beginning, or is this surgery because he didn't get the desired result from a previous one?

Lani, I agree with you about how the college basketball portal is negatively affecting the building of a cohesive group of players into a close team over the course of several years. It has also affected how many coaches coach and work, and I think a lot of them are retiring sooner rather than later because of it. I think many of them so enjoyed the character-building and mentoring they did with their young players and seeing their growth over 3 or 4 years of play. We were already seeing some of that change begin when the biggest stars started going to the pros after 1 or 2 years of college play - you know, the "one and done" thing. But the transfer portal, of course, affects a larger part of the teams now - not just a superstar player here and there. I think the combination of the player transfer portal with the NIL happenings here and there, and some of the legal wrangling and lawsuits resulting in places, will lead to some changes in both of those newer parts of the NCAA basketball business in the coming years. I also miss the smaller ACC conference of a few years ago. It is now way too big, but it's all about money now - that, or money... and also it's really about the money!  And besides, what part of the Atlantic Coast are some of the schools that are now part of the conference, such as Stanford, or California, or Pittsburgh, or Notre Dame, or Louisville, or... oh well, you get my point.  There have been a lot of jokes about what "ACC" stands for now, since the conference includes so many non-Atlantic Coast teams!  Oh well, I will still cheer just as loud and long for my Carolina Tarheels, because, as the UNC Fight Song goes... "I'm a Tar Heel born. I'm a Tar Heel bred. And when I die I'll be a Tar Heel dead. So it's rah rah Carolina-lina. ..." and it goes on. 


Gotta run! 

[baziunc]

TSK, I just now saw your post, as I was still composing mine when you posted yours. LOL, you and I have the same kind of fun reading Karen's voice-to-text posts! Is Tim's surgery over today? I hope it went well and helps!

Karen, LOL, it can be kind of funny to see how a machine translates our voices. I love your posts, and they are even more fun now that you have gone mostly to voice, instead of typing them - a highlight of my time visiting in Forum!    P.S. I hope you won't need to take any anti-malarial drugs! 

[LisaG1967]

Howdy Beakers

I made it to Savannah around 5pm, and I stopped to get something to eat before checking in the hotel. 

I am heading out early tomorrow, as I want to try and beat the evening traffic home.  I don't think I will, but I will try!

Miss you all!!!

[tsk34]

BAZI   I picture 3" of rain in my gauge and that is a lot of rain at one time.  It will help that severe drought reading for sure.
To clarify this is the third trigger finger surgery he's had - 3 different fingers.  Do not know how that happens to him.  It has been over many years.  After that explanation to Lani about "portal?"  ( I know nothing about the behind the scenes of basketball)  I'm ready for Mr Toad's ride  LOLOL     Yes his surgery went very well.   Sitting with right arm elevated and ice bag on his palm.

LISA    Hope you can get over that bridge tomorrow!  Be safe.

[camperstig]

Bounce

Left spa day. Waiting for a pickup at Texas Roadhouse!

((( Tim )))

Safe trip Lisa

[karengramke]

Good evening beakers!  Baz’ Picture of the black and white cow remind me of a childhood episode.  my father‘s cousin had a dairy farm just north of Janesville Wisconsin, and we visited one year when I was still fairly young as something to do while visiting my grandmother when we got to the farm they were very excited to see us and announced that they had a new CAL fand  wanted me particularly to see . went to the barn and there was the sweetest little black and white calf  only one day old. They looked at me and said we’ve named her Karen.
My animal loving joy, so no bounds the excitement lasted until we went back to my grandmothers and back to our house in Chicago and I talked about it forever and sweet litt calf. The next year, we went back to see them again and of course I went running out to the barn and asked where was the little baby cat Karen . She is seems to me it was bundled up and wrapping paper in the freezer. I was absolutely devastated and we never went back again. I think we may have seen them at some event. But we definitely did not go back to see any of the cows and a little baby farmers have no appreciation for the temperament of a city girl I would’ve made a pet out of everything they had roaming the area, including the chickens lol. 😝 lol
Tsk, wishing Tim a speedy recovery.  No fun, waving your hand around in the air for a long
Disc I have heard the fresh air song for years well most of my life, and I guess it was an excuse for not having a dryer that we hung clothes out on a line to freshen them up. My first apartment was on the lake in Chicago actually was on the Chicago Evanston line and the building backed up to a patio that was directly on Lake Michigan. I hung a pair of white fiberglass type draperies. On the windows in the front during the summer evenings, I open the windows about a foot to get some of that fresh like air blowing in to cool things down when I left the apartment I was trying to see what I was going to save and what I had to throw away and took the draperies down. I was amazed to look at the back and find a foot of black greasy dirt that I could not wash off those curtains.   This oily black staff was evidently the result of people heating the buildings with a lot of coal, and evidently it was still in the area in the summertime, and what he did was not pretty that was the last time I ever thought of fresh air and decided we needed to do something to clean up the environment. I will not be hanging anything out for any length of time, but I do sit outside and Enjoy the environment, hopefully your sister-in-law does not leave things on the line too Long!💻
Broke a tooth, horrizontally!  Have an Appointment with the dentist Thursday afternoon.
Have a good night beakers And Lisa be careful and 95 stop in the Carolinas for biscuits and sausage gravy, or a biscuit and sausage a nice brunch
SEDS

[Phyl]

My mother also hung clothes on a clothesline while we lived on the Mojave Desert. Oddly enough it was those damp chilly winters there that
prompted a clothes dryer  next to the clothes washer in the house. The food freezer occupied the spot in the attached  garage.


Lisa- glad to hear f rom  you and that  you'll be on your way home.   Take care coming home and beating...be safe
that traffic. Know you will---be on garde over your bridge to get home.  Bandit and Misty will be thrilled to have  you back.  As
Jeff , no doubt will too.    "See you' back here when you get settled home.

Tsk- so glad (((Tim's surgery))) went well. Glad he has a good 'nurse' (you).  I'm sure
it's all bandaged up . Is Lulu curious about his hand?  sniffing it? 

Tig- so sorry--- RIP officer Reilly.    Hope you had a relaxing spa day. Texas Roadhouse--- afters dinner ?

CLynn- pretty zinnas (?) and marigolds this AM. We use Kerrygold Irish butter. I read ages ago that it was better for the brain.

Karen-voice to text---how cool and what fun. Esp[  to read and translate. LOL

Lani- the sloths look good and so does  their napping day nurse Puma   

Karen- what a sad memory ot that tiny calf on your grand parents farm. Fact of life I know-- still sad IMHO 
Cloths left to dry in the desert sun on a clothesline are stiff like cardboard LOL and even funnier to take down.


That lipsticked cow---what a hoot!

[karengramke]

Phyl, The dairy farm belonged to my father’s cousin and his wife and daughter. We visited there when we visited my grandmother who lived south of there and did not have a farm. She did have a smallish vegetable garden, and also grew raspberries and had a deep freeze in the basement, but she just had vegetables and fruits in there if there was part of the calf, I never knew it.

[BrokenLug]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQPD17v6eLU

[Lani]

Tsk, I'm going to have to try pb on cracker with piece of cheese! Love the banana and jelly idea too... so good!  .. glad to hear {{{Tim's surgery}}} went well. I imagine Lulu is keeping a close eye on him... I hope he doesn't have to wave his hand up in the air too long ( like Karen said)

Baz, agree with all you wrote about college basketball.. sigh... I couldn't watch any of today's games. We don't stream ESPN+  .. thank goodness games will be on ESPN2 tomorrow.
Love the toad 

{{{Lisa}}} YAY! Get a good night's sleep.. enjoy the sausage, biscuits and gravy (karen's suggestion  .. mine too. YUM!! ) prayers for your trip home tomorrow! 

{{{Karen}}} I would have become a vegetarian if someone named a calf after me and it ended up in the freezer.  :'( ..... sorry about the tooth OUCH! ... love Snoopy and Woodstock.

{{{Phyl}}} great good night pic... sending a prayer for healing and comfort.

BL, thanks for the music. 

Good night!

https://lightingacandle.org/chapel/vigil-beak-room/

Sweet Eagle Dreams, Bggolden, Nora, Jilltosa, Lilbro, Eagles, Pink, Eaglesrock, Baz, Lori, Karen, Puff, Tsk, Oldguy, Lisa, Clynn, Kb, Tig, Blschue, Phyl, BL and Pip, Godiva, Peep, Jaspurr, Ezee, Eburg, Lindy, RubyRed246, ssrl, Firetruck, Weasel, Maxie, Masswatch, Paulie, DeborahG, MpMom and Pete, laniebelle, OnEagleWings, NWarg, Garmohoff, Nrstooge, WendyC3, Tigeag, T40, Ginger, Cwellsla, Nanimal, Rewrap4u, Teamcarnes, Seabeeinch, Walton, Sparky, Tulsaducati, Omasawyer, izzysamlikeseagles, bustopbird, Neva, Yank.

Thinking of and missing, Eagles, Peep, Jaspurr, Jilltosa, Wilson, Godiva, MpMom and Pete, Marrymo, Keystone, TxTeacher, Smb, Naimoj, Thyla/Anne, D7Birder, Indy, Neva, Smb, Alice, and those who have not been with us for a while.

Prayers For Kb's Chris, Tim and Tsk, Phyl, Jim and Maggie, Tig, Clynn and family, Lisa, Jeff and Family, Tsk/Tim's cousin Joe, Lori, grandmothers and family, Baz, Eaglesrock, Eagles and Mom, Tsk's bro and wife Margaret, Karen and Piper, Lisa's FIL, Puff, Kb's friends Vi and Dennis, Paulie, Tsk's DIL Amy, SIL and grandson, Jicaji, Maxie and Larry, Camper's daughter, Ed's sis Gina, Tsk's Barb & Tom, Baz great niece and family, Peep, Jaspurr, Clynn's DIL's mom, Ed's friend Greg, Puff's brother, Masswatch hubby Jamey, Pip's Dad, Ezee, EagleFanDave, Tim's Uncle, Paulie's granddaughter Madison, Emy and family, WW JW, Keystone, Jilltosa, Eaglesrock cousin Michael, Thyla/Anne, Neva's family, Weasel and family, and All here in need of healing and comforting.

Special prayers for All God's creature great and small, For SWFL eaglets E24 & E25, For those who lost pets, and the survivors from California fires, and their rescuers, Hellgate Ospreys, Trempealeau Eagles’ Nest, Big Bear Eagles nest, Tiny Tammy and Paws of War, Harley and his little siblings, Miss Maggie, TRR Sloths, Brooks Fall Brown Bear Otis, Honey and Gunnar, SWFL Harriet, Star, Little One and all the Feral cats, TRR rescue babies, The Fairy Penguins, Berry Mom,  NEFL Juliet, Romeo and Samson, Lucy and Larry, Salt River wild horses, Alaska Bears and Wolves that they be saved, Decorah, E2/D1, Dr Rogers and Black bears Shadow and family and Wildlife Research Institute, and All God's creatures great and small.

[tsk34]

KAREN  What a sad story about your "pet baby calf Karen".  Too much for a little girl to comprehend.  Sorry about that tooth.  Is it one that is seen?   Woodstock and his root beers  LOL

PHYL   Had to look twice at that good night pic 

BL   Doctor My Eyes 

LANI   So funny  :  " I would have become a vegetarian"....    Adorable 3 little kitties .  I bet I know what color daddy was.  LOL

[clynndunn]

Good Morning Beakers!

   

Lani, love the Mama kitty with her babies, all of them have some of her pretty coloring! Puma looks worn out after watching the baby sloths all morning! Thanks for the updates!

BL, good tune!

karen, I do hope someone was teasing you about the calf... I do know that farmers have a somewhat different view of animals. I suppose they have to if they are raising food... Can't think about it...

Phyl, my Mom also hung clothes on the line! Most houses had a clothesline, but you rarely see one these days.  I can remember my Grandma washing clothes, I am sure the washer was in the shed or the barn, it was one of those ringer washers and Cathy and I thought it was fascinating! The first house Ed and I bought had a clothesline, and I liked to hang the bed sheets out!

karen, are you using Dragon Naturally Speaking for your voice to text? That is what I used to use when listing things on eBay. It is probably much improved since then, but I remember having to tell it the punctuation and if I wanted to start a new paragraph or skip a line. It is a wonderful thing! Ed had to install it for one of the Senior executives at WF when surgery had him in a cast with his writing hand. He didn't know such a thing existed until Ed told him!

Lisa, you are on your way home today, St. Christopher be with you!

baz, we are getting a chuckle out some of the word translations from karen's posts! It's a good thing that she is able to post more, lots of interesting memories...

tsk, oh my, do you think all of Tim's digits will eventually be affected? What do they call it Wow, 3" is a good rain, especially for a drought area. I agree with you  about karen's posts, sometimes it just cracks me up! And we all know what she is saying!

Raptor Resource Project - March 5th - We saw a once-in-a-nest event at Xcel Energy's Fort St. Vrain last night! Ma FSV has been a three-egg layer for most of her laying career, and we had no reason to think this year would be any different until she laid egg #4 at 6:32 MT last night. Congratulations, Ma and Pa – we’re so egg-cited for you! Watch live here: https://www.raptorresource.org/birdcams/xcel-energy-cams/.

[Phyl]

Never Mind, March

by Annette Wynne

Never mind, March, we know
When you blow
You're not really mad
Or angry or bad;
You're only blowing the winter away
To get the world ready for April and May.

[Phyl]

Hello Beakers  or " Bakers"  and ...            

 Good Morning!                            
   

Today 78F     and   Tonight  56F
                     


Well, gang... remember the nasty spill I had a month ago and the misery?   Well...I have PT this afternoon  'bout 4pm. Mostly some instruction on exercises for a couple of days then I'm sent home with a print out.Then do forever.

{{{Karen}}}  :'(   so sorry about the tooth  ... love Snoopy and Woodstock. Got it 'bout the farm

Lisa- on the home stretch this AM. Remember you have a 'co-pilot'  ---St. Christopher.

Tsk- hoping Tim will have full use of his hand---

BL -thanks for the 'melodies' 

Lani- Peanut butter & cheese   on Triscut Hint of Salt  is better LOL  ; love the kitties last night

CLynn- in the pink today I see.  Tks for update on' the once-in-a-nest event 'at Xcel Energy's Fort St. Vrain



   Prayers for:  Victims of natural  and Man-made disasters plus those who rescue them. The Fallen / Our Allies in Defense of our country.   Police and First Responders.   'Little Gray' and 'Little One' and  all abandoned, abused , lost cats , stray, unloved, homeless  and feral cats.
The Bluebirds of Cane Ridge, Tennessee,  Sauces bald eagle cam nest, Hummingbirds, Bumble Bees  and Honey bees everywhere . As always, Beakers, Cheers and RRP / families.

         

[Phyl]

Nature 365:

https://www.nature365.tv/video/2025-03-12-hakucho

https://www.nature365.tv