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Thanks everyone. After helping Mike eat and sending the morning with this, my friend came and sat with him while I went to the VA for a meeting. Then ran to store as I had no food and snowstorm was coming. By then it was 4 PM and I was running on emoty (so tired). Fell asleep by 7. Now I have to get the driveway done again as the 1" of snow expected is much more and still coming.

OH Katie @fyrqueen I am so sorry this has happened Big (((((HUGS))))) I was carer for my DH and I know just how difficult it is, especially with dementia. Gordon ended up being so confused and it was so hard. More (((((HUGS)))) to you. One word of advice....make sure you look after yourself. I know it is easier said then done but it truly is very important to take a little time out for yourself.

@fyrqueen Oh, Katie, my heart aches for you!!! Sending gentle {{hugs}}. I know this isn't easy.

Good evening everyone. The day after I posted, Mike fell and we went by ambulance to the ER at MU. He was admitted and is declining rapidly. I am beyond heartbroken as we have been married for 54 years. I knew this would eventually happen as he has dementia and Parkinson's and nobody lives through it. I have been his caregiver for almost 8 years.

I have been going through that Web site, DIANE has posted about, REAL OR FAKES. I clicked on her name and it came up.. like 30 pages of real & fakes.. From numerous web sites its quite interesting/ Saved it as it is time consuming; but very interesting.. Going to check some things I have..

HELLO GLASSIE FRIENDS, AND HOPEFULLY A HAPPY HAPPIER NEW YEAR COMING..

JULIE YOU ARE PROBABLY RIGHT, I most likely do not have that notice anymore it has been months ago.. last early summer, i believe.. So be it.. I hope the day comes when someone finds it worth while to dispute there claims, or actions..

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DIANE.. I HOPE YOU HAVE A BEAUTIFUL DAY..It looks like you were a NEW YEARS BABY.. I bet you had some interesting celebrations over the years.,.

Happy New Year Everyone. May 2025 be a great year for you all.
Shelly @shellyrae37 you must not have scrolled far enough down when you received your message from FB about your violation. They give you the reason right at the bottom.
And yes FB is run by AI/ robots They are programmed to pick upon certain keywords and photos.e.g you might be innocently selling an ornament of a dog..AI can't differentiate between a real dog and an ornament . So you get a message to say you have violated FB rules (that being selling animals) When you get that message you need to keep scrolling down and the reason will be there as well as the option to disagree with their decision

Oh I am sure I told Julie, I am no longer on Face Book anymore they said I violated some of the rules.. Not sure which as they never tell you.. I think because I tried to sell on my FB page.. Not sure but thats the only thing I might be, being punished for.. Oh Well.. If they would have told me for sure, I could change that, Odd they do not give out reasons.. Son says Humans do not run that show, but robots, so I am not sure.. When ever I wrote to them, they never responded.. Oh Well I am doing fine without them, but I did get a lot of help identifying things when I was on there.. I am thankful for that.. Take care all..

HELLO GLASSIE FRIENDS . I wish you all a Happy New Year.. Lets hope the Chosen one will keep some of his promises and forget some of the other ones..

I suppose if you watched the news you heard all about Our Thanksgiving weekend Blizzard and 5 feet of snow we got here in Erie, Erie County, Pa. We did not go out of the house for about 8 days, as we could not even get out our Front door, with at least 4 feet in front of it.. the back yard door was also impossible to get out.. Finally God saw fit to give us warmer temps and most of it melted, Friends did plow out our driveway but nothing they could do with the bucket to clear our cars or the door way out..
But we survived and had plenty to eat.. So no great hardship..
I pray you all had a great Thanksgiving, and a Merry Christmas as well..

Good to see every one check in.. NancyP. Katey, Carl, Julie, Marson, Fran 2, and anyone else checking in An Extra Special Happy New Year to you..

Merry Christmas!! I hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday. And for tonight, Happy Chanukah!! Not often that we light the first Chanukah candle on Christmas -- and it goes all the way through New Year's day. We're down at our daughter's in Virginia where we will celebrate Chanukah with her as well as going to a friend's house tonight for Christmas (and to celebrate her mom's birthday).

Merry Christmas and Happy Hannukah --- may you be blessed with family & friends and much joy!
Much to be thankful for .... food, clothing and shelter ... have a great holiday season. Marson

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Merry Christmas, all. We have been dealing with a progression of Mike's Parkinson's and the lack of available neurologists to see him soon. After 6 falls, Xrays, MRI, therapy evaluations, we are on the right track with meds. I think.

I wanted to do a dinner Christmas Day but will instead have dessert and coffee, and a toast with anyone's choice of drink at 1 PM Central time to all who for whatever reason are not with us. Please join in! We will also do a zoom with family.

Shelly @shellyrae37 Yes this Chat group has slowed right down, almost to a halt. Just about everyone's on Facebook and keep in touch with each other there, either on our personal pages or in the numerous glass groups set up there.
I am a member of many different Groups of all kinds of interests I have. I joined several Camping Groups, a number of Glass Groups, a few Collector in general Groups, some Music Groups, local Community Groups, Market Place, some Buy sell and swap local Groups, Fitness Group etc,

WOW Every time I log ini no one has been here, I guess this board is going away with all the others.. Maybe its me.. Take care ALL and May Everyone have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year..

CHEERS to EVERYONE, JULIE; NANCY P.; MARSON, FRAN2; KATIE; CARL; AND SUSAN IF SHE EVER RETURNS.. WISHING YOU ALL THE BEST..

Hello Every one, Well we two had a very quiet Thanksgiving, Ate & Watch TV programs.. It was a wet Thursday, but nothing to worry about until we got up Friday Morning.. and we have not been out of the house since.. Need a few things but if anyone watched the National News you probably saw how our town, Erie Pa. had more snow then we had all of last year.. and it still out there.. We did have a friend that came and plowed out our driveway but cars are still buried.. I am guess we got close to 5 feet of snow over a 3 day period.. and More coming tonight and tomorrow.. Suppose to warm up next week to the 40s & 50s, so we will probably have some flooding around town when this all starts melting, as its suppose to rain every day next week.. Good Grief, but nothing as bad as some area have had it in other states.. We have Gravel ground so much on our land will all soak in..

Glad that Everyone else had a nice peaceful THanksgiving.. Sounds like we all had plenty to eat..

CARL glad you checked in, Sounds like you had a quiet pleasant Thanksgiving, and NANCY how nice your family all got together.. KATIE So sorry Mike has a few questionable symptoms, hopefully they are not permanent and he will improve, with your care. Oh read your post again, You say he is improving. That was good to read.. Pray it continues. . I can agree with you on home conditions, if anything happened to Terry or Me, this house is not ready for the market either.. I know I need to start selling some of my collections, but where to start, what goes first. OR I will just let someone come in and do an estate sale..
JULIE I am sure you celebrate Christmas, So hopefully that will up your spirits a little and You surely will enjoy Christmas with your family..

I will be back now and than, but in the mean time, I pray EveryOne, has a HAPPY HOLIDAY Month.. MERRY CHRISTMAS..

Hi Glassies!

Mike appears to be improving. I know I have to figure out where we will live. My house is nowhere ready for market. However I have sold a ton of things and it's fairly cleared out. My plan is to whenever I do sell, we leave behind whatever we aren't going to take for a big sale, held by someone else!

Katie @fyrqueen Sending gentle {{hugs}} to you. I hope Mike will be okay and I hope they find the source of the leak.

@wattleihavenext Julie, and here we've had some of the coldest weather, just in time for it to be December. No snow by us but plenty further north.

Hi everyone.
Hot and humid down here and I feel so drained of energy.

Katie @fyrqueen I am so sorry to hear this about Mike. Big ((((hugs))) to you

Hi everyone! We had a gang here Thursday including a neighbor! Very nice feed. Unfortunately we also sprung a leak in the lower bath and still can't find the source and of course all plumbers were elsewhere, understandably.

Mike has fetched up with some worrying symptoms, very similar to when he was diagnosed with Parkinson's. I am hoping that it will just require a medicine change. Neurologists have been advised but no appointment yet. He has outlived his diagnosis of Lewy Body dementia by a year so I pray this is not the beginning of late stage.

I am not doing "old" very gracefully.

@carma Carl, lovely to hear about Marley and Emma. I've enjoyed getting watch them grow up, even if it's from a distance. You must be so proud of them.

Belated Happy Thanksgiving! So good to see @Carma & @shellyrae37! Quiet weather here in NJ but cooler. We did have rain Wednesday night into Thursday -- stopped just in time for the traditional walk between the T'day meal and the pies. We were at my sister's house (about 20 min. from our house) with her husband & son. Our daughter drove up from Virginia Thursday morning and our son drove us all to my sister's. She did the turkey & stuffing, sweet potatoes, string bean casserole, and pumpkin and sweet potato pies. I made two types of cranberry sauce, roasted veggies, cranberry pecan pie, & apple pie (my dad's recipe) and our son made our aunt's recipe for what we call carrot mold (it's baked in a bundt pan). Now we're just enjoying quiet time.

'Afternoon All & a belated Happy Thanksgiving! We had a very laidback, peaceful one & we thoroughly enjoyed it. Just the two of us. We didn't do a whole Turkey, just a whole Turkey breast. Cooked in just a little over 2 hours & there's still room to cook stuffing up under the inside of it. We had all our traditional fixin's with it: mashed potatoes, stuffing, gravy, squash, creamed onions, home made cranberry sauce & home made rolls. Pumpkin Pie for dessert. Still ample leftovers & round 2 will be for dinner tonight.

We also got our first snowstorm of the season & got about 9 inches, so we wouldn't have gone much of anywhere, anyway. Roads around here were horrendous & they were advising people to stay put.

Marley & Emma did not come home to Maine for Thanksgiving, which was a first for them. Instead Marley & her soon to be husband Matt went to Chicago & spent Thanksgiving with Emma & her beau Michael. I imagine the two couples are having a great weekend together & Emma cooked her first full Thanksgiving feast. I'm sure we'll see them at Christmas.

Other than that, we're still chuggin' along & doing pretty well for a couple old codgers!

I pray you all had a Great Thanksgiving.. We stayed home and ordered dinners to pick up.. All was very good, especially the Gravy.. Which I am sure is not good for many. We have it so seldom. But it was Soooo Gooood.

HI FRAN2, JULIE, KATIE, NANCYP. MARSON; And I To CARL dId not see him checking in lately either.. I hope you are all warm and cozy, in doors.. WE ordered a new recliner for DH, Suppose to deliver it Monday.. But we are going to cancel it until this all clears out.. His recliner quit working, with the remote, He had to crawl out of it.. LOL

We are in the mist of a Snow Blizzard, and know it headed up North East to Maine.. So any in the path will more or less going to get it.. We have about 6" now, by tomorrow we are likely to have the 10" they are predicting.. This is our first snow fall, Hope it is not forecasting how the rest of the Winter is going to be..

Happy Thanksgiving!! Hope it was a good one for everyone.

Katie @fyrqueen Oh Ok, yes we have those down here too, But as I said I never answer any calls that are from a number not known to me and by ignoring them I rarely get any now,

Julie robocalls are a pre-recorded call that is sent to gobs of numbers, usually with a political message or scam call to get your information ("Your credit card percentage rate has been reduced..." and it asks you questions that are a a blatant grab for financial information. Some communities have put a stop to it.

Good afternoon. It's Saturday here so the weekend begins. My morning started early with a training session down at the beach. Such a gorgeous morning and a perfect start to the day. Fresh air , salt water and stunning views..best medicine ever
Shelly @shellyrae37 I am unsure what robicalls are But I never answer a call from an unknown number.
Katie @fyrqueen I am glad that Mike is still able to socialise .And congratulations on your sales for the charity

Well, I am awake for no reason so should go back to sleep. Mike's Parkinson's doctor is doing telehealth only now so unexpectedly I have to find someone else.

It seems as soon as I fix one thing for him another thing happens. There is so much to organize just to get to appointments. I did get my COVID shot and will get flu for both of us this week.

He is able to socialize still so this week we went to a nice dinner with 20-plus friends and he had a very good time. It's walking distance from our house but t was after dark so we drove.

I am selling vintage costume jewelry for a very nice woman who is donating all proceeds to Cedar Creek Therapeutic Riding Center. I have made over $300 for her but am at the end of that, just some necklaces and brooches left.

Hello Every Glassie, been busy, but not busy enough, nothing seems to get accomplished.. besides the necessities..

Well JULIE winter is fast approaching here, no snow yet, but we know its coming.. We have had unseasonably warm days the past week or so, but the temps are quickly falling as the leaves are as well. its 42* F today..another 10 Degrees and it will surely snow.. How nice you got away.. isna't it nice not to have to answer robicalls, or don't you get those down there? Boy we were all unindated with them during the elections, now they are over we keep getting Medicare calls.. Glad I have call blocking.. I just got a new phone again, and am just learning how to operate it.. So sorry to hear of Kelli's Jerry passing away, they made a good compatible couple.. I am sure she misses him, all the time, but especially when they were out treasure hunting together..

HI KATIE, Good Seeing you here too.. So sorry to hear about Mike declining.. Do you have a Senior Citizen Group to advise you on help available.. or Advice? Is he getting Hospice care yet.. or are you doing it all.. I had finally called them for my son when, I thought it would be helpful.. and They were..
I know I hated doing that too, but thought they may be able to help where I cannot benefit him.. They furnished all his needs.. at no cost. One of the local hospitals offered their Hospice care, and I was greatful.

NANCY, I hope you were not near any of those Fires in NJ, i guess NY was busy, trying to put them out.. and Hard to even imagine the fires in Calif.. All those people without homes now, How sad and Tragic, for so many other, in the paths of Floods, Fires, Tornados, & Hurricanes.. I am again Thanking the Lord and My Family for borning me here in Pa.. where we might get 3 or 4 feet of snow, but it soon melts and goes away.. Nothing like others are experiencing..

Hello to all the others, peeking in, CARL, FRAN2, & MARSON, also anyone else who just found there way here by accident.. or on purpose..

Summer is on its way down here, temps are starting to warm up and Daylight Savings time has started .
I had a few days away in my van just to kick back, relax and read a book.I went to a lovely free park situated among some great vineyards and only 30 minutes drive from home. Very peaceful there ..
Katie @fyrqueen I would just delete those listings and then do them again
.(((((Hugs ))))) to you. It is very hard when you are the carer of someone that needs 24/7 care. I hope you take some time out to take care of YOU. Do you have Respite over there where someone will come and stay with Mike while you do something for yourself. e.g go to the gym, go shopping, hairdressers , meet up for coffee with some friends, just somewhere away from the house for a couple of hours. ?

Good morning friends. Glad to see Shelly here! NancyP that idea of helping athletes with disabilities, what a good one! Shelly I am so sorry you were so ill, that's awful.

I just saw that ALL my FB Marketplace posts have only the "boost listing" (for $$$) edit available so I can no longer renew them. I have contacted FB three times for help. They did this without my permission and the "boost listing" edit button is off.

Mike is progressing in his Parkinson's and dementia and we have an appointment at Neurology next week. I am trying to figure out what is our best option living wise. Wish there was a fabulous senior living option that was within our financial capabilities.

HI NANCY, Thank you for your condolences, Sounds like you raised a nice thoughtful young man.. I admire those that make time for others less fortunate.. I hope the weather was good there, It was beautiful here, but Chilly.. Not even sure what the temp was I did not go out.. For the last week the weather man has said we were going to get rain, and we still have not gotten any.. We sure could use it, as so many others experiencing fires do as well. I hope you enjoy the excitement your son and friend were having.. Did you take a book along to read or did you go shopping.. Not sure how long the race took..

JULIE my son set up a new account for me but whatever I got kicked off before with, I must have done again.. Gosh wish they would tell us.. but actually as much as I liked being able to converse with my family on their and finding out information on Jewelry and Glass / Pottery, I have been getting by without it.. Any how I am not a good liar, so hard to change who I am..What you see is what you get.. :;-)

@shellyrae37 Shelly, it's good to see you here. I'm so sorry to hear about your son & your brother. Glad you finally beat whatever bug you had. Don is fine -- he's still very active in the EAPG group.

Spent much of today in NYC -- my son was running in the NYC Marathon. He belongs to a group called Achilles International -- they provide support to runners who have physical or mental disabilities. So my son often trains with a runner who is legally blind -- they use tethers so they can help guide him. Today he was part of a team running with an autistic young man -- their main job was to keep him focused. One of my son's friends was running with a member of their group who uses a handcycle -- she was having troubles with her bike & he had to help push her up hills. The group hired buses to get them to Staten Island (they had to be there by 5:30am). My job was to drive my son & his friend back to my son's car.

Shelly @shellyrae37 AI is not a group.It stands for Artificial Intelligence or Robots aka Bots.
It is only Kelli now. Her husband Jerry passed away.
My cousin had a lot of issues with FB and couldn't use FB anymore. He just started up a new account with a slight alteration of his name. e.g instead of Allan he used Al and I think he changed his date of birth.

Hi JULIE, I did not know FB was run by the A! group, not sure I understand all that and not sure I want to know about them either.. Sounds unhealthy.. I know my name is still on FB, but they will not allow my password anymore.. so the web site is stagnant.. But Thanks for Writing, I think of the Chat Boards often, but the Pottery Peeps, just sort of do not come around anymore.. Sad.. We truly have lost so many of our old Ebay Friends, I just clicked into my Favorites and came across Kelly's Ebay page, She and Jerry are still finding Treasures and still selling. She gets some good prices too.. I think its great they are a Team..
Thanks for writing..
Good Afternoon to all the others that are still hanging in here..

Shelly @shellyrae37 Glad to see you back. I was going to send out another search party for you.
I've had some issues with FB myself and have been put in Facebook Gaol but I have always been told why. Its 3 strikes and you're out and the length of time varies. Problem is that FB is run by AI, not real people and are programmed to pick up on certain words or phrases. But being computers they don't understand the context. When that happens you should always dispute it and the strike will be taken away. You are still on FB.
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100084659084485

FRAN2 : Thank you for linking that Obit, Than anyone who wonders will know its so.. She was a fine lady..
Wondering now about DON, has he been around, or is he ok? Anyone stay connected..

JULIE forgot to mention, I got kicked off of Facebook, not sure why they never tell you, except for the fact that I did not follow one of their rules.. They are like dictators there.. Do you think they could tell you as a warning, so you could quit doing what ever it is that they think you are doing wrong? Would be nice to have a Heads Up.. every one says they see stuff on there that should never be allowed, but they could not figure out what I was doing wrong? Oh well..

Hello ALL, well I am so glad to see the Glass Board is active and still a few of the Oldies still here.. Yes the last time I posted was just after my son passed away.. the following month my Brother in NC passed away.. Thankfully his son was driving down there from Ohio and I went to be with him, so we drove down together in his vehicle and stayed for the funeral. It was good being there with my SIL and her family.. we only stayed a few days, came home then I got sick.. Cannot remember when I was ever sicker.. Even went to the hospital because for 4 days I kept barfing up every thing I took, including meds.. They checked me over and sad they thought it was just a bladder infection.. I have had those before and was never that sick before.. I was inclined to believe it was my inner ear.. Si suffered through another 2 weeks of being sick, and finally my hearing got better, and I was able to eat, mostly soups.. I was wishing for death myself at that time.. Mom Always said, " This Too Shall Pass." and it did..
So all toll besides being sick and two of my dearest fam. members I am nearly normal..

So Sorry to hear about Gail, she was a wonderful lady.. Always wish she had moved to where her families were living. I worried about her so during Tornados.. She was a Class Act, as they say.. God Bless Her.

Happy Birthday to all those I have missed over the summer..

I have been doing pretty well lately on Ebay, still selling, Surprise how sales seem to have picked up since school started..

So Hi to ALL, CARL, NANCY P. JULIE, FRAN2, MARSON, & KATIE, I hope I did not leave anyone out, and Yes, AND to all of the Glass Gallery Viewers, whomever peeks in..

Hi everyone. I had not heard from Gail in a while and I am saddened to see why. Julie thanks for letting us know.

Looks like I missed some birthdays!

Julie, Thanks for letting us know about our old friend Gail. I found a well written obituary about her life. Sounds like she was a very giving person and will be missed by many people.

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/gail-curley-obituary?id=54771467

@fran2 and @panishklo Fran & Marson, sorry I missed your birthdays! I hope they were great!!

I did see the sad news about Gail on FB in the EAPG group & then saw that today is her birthday. She was a wonderful lady!!

We haven't had any rain in NJ in over 3 weeks. It's been low humidity & windy, so we've been under fire watch. And it's been chilly overnight with a few freeze warnings but then warm during the day.

Julie, thank you for remembering that baking that colourful birthday cake - looks like the various colours of the fall leaves all around. The Book Board has a page called "In Memoriam" which our webmaster set up. Perhaps he'd make one for us if we asked him and provided the information needed.

Seems like alot has been going on in peoples live but we don't often post but do read the board. We've had warmer than usual weather and this comes along with other changes .... had one day or LOTS of rain which also resulted in a tornado warning in our area which is unusual. Hunker downed in a clothes closet (no cellar but a nasty crawl space) for about 15 minutes till it passed by. Many roads & homes were flooded but not as much as down in the states. We are very fortunate. Had my yard cleaned up & transplanted my snapdragons into a planter. They're supposed to be annuals but this is their third year & noticed that the dianthus also self-seeded along with a few daisies. The daylilies & peonies are perennials so it's just a matter of dividing & transplanting.

Next week it will be time to change our clocks, give out treats at Haloween, & remember it's 2 months till Christmas. In Canada we've already celebrated Thanksgiving Day but yours is still coming up.Wishing everyone a wonderful day.

Julie, Fran, Katie, Carl, Nancy, and all the silent people in the gallery. Have a wonderful day. Marson

It is sad news I have to report. Gail @oklahomasong_Gail passed away in March. I discovered this, this morning, when I went to her FB page to wish her a Happy Birthday, So sad that it went unnoticed by all the Glassies and Glass Groups up until then 🙁
I knew she had health issues. We use to play an online game together and communicate via Messenger and then one day she stopped and never replied to any of my messages.
R.I.P Gail

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARSON!! Wishing you many more!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY FRAN

NancyP it is hard to imagine. Anything you've seen, triple that,

@fyrqueen Katie, glad to hear that your sister is okay. The amount of damage and the number of people affected by Helene is just unbelievable!

That was Helene...

Hello, all. It has been a crazy week. When I knew Helen was headed into GA and NC I warned my sister to get battery lanterns, gas up the car and stock up on food (nonperishable) and water. Helen struck her little mountain town with such fury that we lost touch for two days. She is okay, still no power and just got cell service back. Many of the beautiful places we visited last year are gone now, or destroyed. Worse, not only are hundreds dead but likely the hundreds missing are as well. This storm was worse than Katrina in size and strength. Donate money if you can to any rescue organization. Mules are bringing medicine, water and food to remote areas!

Well, the first full day of Fall sure feels like fall. Our high temperature today is 68 and it's cloudy with a few raindrops.

@Carma Carl, condolences to you and your cousin's family. I'm glad they were able to find him, hopefully bringing some peace and comfort to the family.

Carl, Sorry to hear about your cousin.

What terrible news, though I think you feared this might happen, Carma. One of my sister-caregivers could not find her husband one day and he ended up over a hundred miles from home, where the highway patrol thankfully found him. My own brother-in-law managed to steal $500 from his caregiver, drive into Mexico, go shopping and have lunch, and drive BACK across the border, all without any ID. Another jaunt (by now the car keys were hidden but he found them) took him well into AZ. I am so sorry this happened to your cousin.

Just found out that they found my cousin, Edward Bolstridge this afternoon at around 2PM. The Canadian Border Patrol spotted his car from the air on a dead end logging road at the border deep in the north woods. A Maine Warden Service team was directed to the scene & his body was found near his car. The medical examiner will have to determine the cause of death. What he was doing where they found him, well, we will likely never know. It was on a gravel logging road a good 50-60 miles from the nearest civilization of any kind, northwest of the small town of Allagash. That, by road, is probably a good 150-160 miles from his home in Fort Fairfield. At least now his immediate family & his grandchildren will have some closure.

Remembering Moose AKA Jim Davidson on his birthday. So sad that so many of the original glassies have left us. :~(

Enjoying the last days of summer -- cool at night & in the mornings, sunny and warmer during the day.

It's been a while since I have checked in here and wow 😯 it has been very quiet, indeed.
Our days are starting to warm up and we have had some gorgeous Spring days. We have also had some dreadful strong windy days too and rainy days. I was standing on my back steps yesterday looking out over my yard and realised that the gorgeous Grevillea my daughter bought me years ago has totally died. 🙁 I think the big black cockatoos may have been the culprit to why it died. Last year they loved it and spent plenty of time feasting on it. Or maybe the lack of bees because of the varroa mite here, has something to do with it.
Carl @carma I did see you post the alert about your cousin on FB . Very sad.

Carl, how terrible for your cousin's family--your family. Mike suffers from Parkinson's and dementia and it's challenging. Thank God he can not drive.

I have sold so much I have whole shelves in closets completely bare. However the spammers and scammers are out there. Usually they insist on mobile apps for payment, and when I ask for cash they vanish like the wind.

@Carma Carl, good to see you! Glad your garden was good this season. Mine was a mixed bag -- my herbs were good but my few pepper plants were very limited in production. First it was too cool, then too hot, then too wet. And then there were the deer. In past years it's mostly been the mamas & their babies hanging around. This year it was papa & the younger boys. Here's papa: https://photos.app.goo.gl/wom7aFUJJ5C4zfgH8 (tried to do this in Image Wizard but it didn't work -- hopefully the link works). Very sorry to hear about your cousin.

This has to be a record. It's been 39 days since the last posting here! I'm just as guilty as everyone else.

Our garden is finally done for the season. We got a pretty good yield of Cucumbers. We were eating them in some form just about every day for most of June & July. Our Roma Pole Beans produced a banner crop, the most we've ever had. We canned 24 sixteen ounce jars of them, blanched & froze 9 more quart bags of them & we're still eating the last of the fresh ones the past 3 days. Another day or two of those to go. We got a lot of Tomatoes, but with issues. I've been growing Early Girl variety for 40 years. We buy our plants from a local greenhouse that raises them all from seed. I think someone messed up this year, because no way were these Early Girls! The plants grew huge very quickly, the tomatoes were numerous, but very small. Most were golf ball size or small lemon size at best. They also had a problem with bottom rot, something I've never had with Early Girls. We had to pick most of them green & let them ripen indoors or they got bottom rot as soon as they started to turn color on the vine. I've never seen Early Girls do that. It's a common problem with a variety called "Celebrity" and I'm convinced that's what these really were. Still, they tasted very good & we've still got some that are ripening. Marsha's herbs did very well & we've got lots of Basil and Parsley.

Don't know if any of you have seen the Silver Alert on Facebook for a missing man from Aroostook County, Maine named Edward Bolstridge. He's one of my cousins. He's 68 years old, has MS plus memory & cognitive issues. He was last seen driving his car near Presque Isle, Maine on August 22nd. No one has seen him since. There's an awful lot of very wild country up there in the county, that can swallow you up very quickly. They have been searching by foot, vehicles, ATV's, drones, planes, helicopters for 18 days & there's been absolutely no trace of him. He had no cell phone or credit cards with him. It's like he vanished off the face of the Earth! He is not a close cousin. In fact, I haven't seen him in nearly 40 years, but still, he's family. After this amount of time, I fear this will not end well.

Other than all that, we're fine here. Leaves are starting to turn (late this year) and the days & nights getting cooler. Won't be that long & we'll be shoveling the white stuff! Hope everyone here (if anyone still is here) are fine.

@fyrqueen Katie -- I believe birthday celebrations can be spread out for as long as we want! And today is my daughter Kate's birthday -- so another reason to celebrate. :~)

Nancy, Happy Birthday REALLY late!!!

Actually, my birthday is today, July 27 -- but it's always good to celebrate whether it's early or late. Thank you for the birthday wishes!!!

Happy Birthday Nancy!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NANCY - have a great day . Marson

Happy Birthday Nancy!

Katie @fyrqueen Thanks for the update on Shelly. So very very sad 🙁

As per the Pottery gang: Shelly's son lost his battle with COPD and cancer July 8. This is so sad, and I'm speaking as a mother of sons and one daughter. Losing a child is about the worst thing that can happen to a person.

It's good that some of us are still here to offer comfort. Such a sad time.

Hey everyone! Kids are back after a wonderful trip along the French Riviera. Wonderful food.

This week I have sold so much. A few things made me sad. Not many though.

I have Shelly's email, will touch base with her.

After some brutal heat and 9" of rain, we now have reasonable weather at last (low 80s).

Hi Julie, Hope you are feeling better and whatever you had is long gone. I always liked a good search and tried and tried to find anything on Shelly but came up empty handed. Going to miss seeing her long posts saying hi to everyone.

Hi Carl, I like your new road! Always like reading your posts about Maine as I have a granddaughter living there. That's a neat mug you added to your collection, glad it found its way back to Maine.

Just want to say Hi to Katie, NancyP, and Marson. Always enjoy your posts!

Carl @carma Lovely piece and so nice to see some glass being posted. I hope you had a lovely Birthday.

Has anyone seen Shelly @shellyrae37 She has not posted in a long time on FB. I have sent her a message and also posted on her Timeline asking if she was OK. No reply

I have been sick with some virus (coughing and headaches) for almost 2 weeks. I think I am over the worst now and hopefully on the road to recovery. I actually had some energy to do a little bit of work around the house this morning.That was after sleeping till almost 10 a.m I rarely get sick and if I do it is usually only a day or 2 . I have not had a cold/flu for years, since before the beginning of the covid pandemic so I am not taking this very well.

I'm actually going to post something about glass. And on the Glass board! WOW! Who da thunk it!

Found this rare little cutie listed on Ebay by a dealer in Southern New Hampshire. It's an old original Carnival era Cambridge Nearcut Souvenir Mug, lettered "Souvenir of Wilton Maine". It's signed with the "NEAR CUT" trademark. Wilton is only about 35 miles from here by road (about 20 miles as the crow flies). I go thru there all the time. Very few Carnival Glass souvenir pieces with Maine places on them turn up. I've only had one other & that was 30 years ago. So I was really thrilled to win this little beauty & it came the other day. It's back home now & here it's going to stay.

Hi folks! Our son and GF flew off to Nice and are now wandering around. Last stop was a Portuguese restaurant. I think they are gouing to visit Monaco tomorrow and Menton soon thereafter as they fly home Thursday.

I have sold so much stuff we have an echo here. I am actually selling my old Fire-King.

Nice new road, Carl!!

Hi Nancy;
No, we've got nothing really special planned. Going to have a typical 4th grill out later. Just hot dogs or burgers, homemade baked beans & I made a big bowl of potato salad last night. No big fireworks shows anywhere near us anymore. Nearest worthwhile one is 50 miles away & we're really not that keen on going down into the crowds that will be there, most of whom are out of state tourists. just planning on staying put & relaxing.

The new road is a joy to drive. No more obstacle course or holes, cracks & washouts. There was a lot of road damage during the winter storms all over this area. They're still re-doing some other local roads & will be at it pretty much all summer.

@carma Carl, looks really good! Happy 4th of July! Doing anything special today?

Our nice, new road!

Julie--what a photo!

Carl, good going on your new road. I think the state of Missouri owes me a front end alignment. And the garden sounds wonderful. I have a window herb garden and it seemed to have crop failure till I oved the whole thing outside. Then it went wild.

Good Morning. brrrrrr it's a little chilly here on our 4th day of winter. Of course I am sure some of you would think it hot compared to your winters. No snow here, just a little early morning frost that melts very quickly once the sun comes out. Our sunrises have been spectacular.
I decided to postpone my road trip, north to the coast. Heavy rain was predicted for there, plus by the time my van lock was fixed , the time frame of going there and getting back in time for an event closer to home, I had organised to do, just didn't suit. A 6-7 hour drive only to stay 1-2 nights and then a 6-7 hour drive back. Just not worth it. Not enough time for me to do the exploring I want to do of the area. I will go later and I will break to trip up and do it in 2 days, stopping at some favourite overnight camps up and back.
I can't take credit for this photo but this is our morning skies.

Evenin' All: just stopping in to say "Hi".

We got our garden all planted this past week. We've scaled way back this year & likely will from here on out. We've got a dozen Early Girl Tomato plants, 4 bushes of Pickling Cucumbers and 9 poles of Roma Italian Pole Beans. Marsha also planted some Basil, Parsley and a couple other herbs. That's ample for our needs and those are things we like the most. Anything else can come from the numerous farm stands nearby.

They are re-doing our road.........FINALLY!! They've got the shoulders all re-graded, all the old pavement has been torn up & ground into new road bed. A large, 100 yard long, low lying section of the road just a 1/4 mile below us, which always flooded during spring melt or heavy rains, has been elevated a good two feet & a culvert installed which should solve that issue. They're going to start laying down the new pavement tomorrow. It's only 4 miles long, so shouldn't take them too long. I'm thinking they'll have it done by late Wednesday.

Hi everyone. We have weathered storms, cicadas (what a racket!) and I am still selling things at a steady pace.

Thanks for the birthday wishes. We had the whole gang here yesterday and had a sudden, unforecast wild storm with high winds. The charcoal on the grill went out so we cooked inside.

Mike has had a tooth extracted so today he gets scrambled eggs, ice cream, pudding. I am eating yesterday's leftovers.

Good afternoon. I've been on a little road trip , seeing some of the country side and I have just called into home for a few things that need to be done and once that's all done I'll be gone again for at least another week. The most important thing needing done, is getting the lock on my caravan door fixed. I can lock it from the outside but can't from the inside and it's very important to me, travelling on my own, to have security.
HAPPY VERY BELATED BIRTHDAY KATIE @fyrqueen

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KATIE .... have a great week. Marson

***** Happy Birthday Katie *****

'Afternoon All: Just checking in to say Hi and catch up.

Yard is going to get it's first mowing of the season today. Early flowers are blossoming & our Hummingbirds are back. Things have greened up rapidly over the past week. They are supposed to start re-doing our road soon. It's been 25 years since the last re-surfacing & and there was tremendous storm damage to it this past winter. Lots of washouts, brutal pot holes & missing areas of pavement everywhere. People's cars are getting ruined on it & everyone is very upset with the town for letting it go so long. You have to crawl at about 20 mph on it or you'll start damaging wheels, rims, tires & all kinds of other stuff.

Just got my Jeep back after a week at Dan's shop getting a huge amount of work done. It has a new oil pan & seals. New muffler, tail pipe and intermediate pipe (whole new exhaust system). New brakes, pads & rotors all the way around. New tires. New air filter & oil filter. Virtually everything else checked, tested, adjusted as needed. It cost $2,500., but she runs like brand new now. It should be my "forever" Jeep. Sure can't afford a new one. They start now at $42,000.!! Even at decent used one will run you around $20,000. At my age...........Nope! This ones got to last, so the $2,500. I spent is an investment & well worth it.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KATIE!

Thanks, NancyP! I am going to be 77 tomorrow. Not sure if anything is planned. Frankly a day of rest is always appealing.

I thought I was going to be 76, what a bummer.

@fyrqueen Happy Birthday, Katie!!! I hope you have a great day!

Hi everyone! Sorry I've been MIA but we have had neuro, VA, oral surgeon appointments galore.

Good news is I've sold close to $700 worth of things I found behind furniture, in the backs of drawers, etc. Astounding! I even sold the ruby bud vase. Working on a stack of newspapers from the end of WWII, the Challenger tragedy, Nixon leaving office, etc.

@wattleihavenext Julie, great going on the sales! The weather here in NJ has been very odd -- lots of rain, a few dry days in the middle where we were under fire watch because of a dry wind, hot days, cold days. As it's May, I refused to have the heat on in the house. My poor husband was complaining as it was only 59F in our bedroom one night, just a few days after it was almost 90 outside.

I'm just back from the EAPG Society annual meeting where I connected with two members of our old Glassaholics group -- Roger Haworth and Karen MacIntyre, now Karen Welch. Hopefully this photo link works. https://photos.app.goo.gl/MUb6GVQvfDSks4CT9

Cold and very wet here. We have copped some very heavy downfalls which has caused flash flooding and road cuts in some areas. Apart from a very wet soggy yard, I have not been affected.
I got a little spurt on and listed a couple of items to sell on FB. All have sold and all have been picked up. Even an item I listed a long time ago, it never sold after having it relisted several times. I never deleted it and to be honest I had totally forgotten about it. To my surprise the person buying one of the newly listed items said they would take the scales as well. I had to stop and think for awhile..what scales? LOL

Happy belated birthday in Heaven Toby @abzoid

Happy Birthday to Toby (@abzoid)!! I still miss him -- his friendship, his immense glass knowledge, his wicked sense of humor.

In the conitnuing of the weird weather, we had a day of summer yesterday in NJ. It was in the 80s. The thunderstorms (and hail) did not make it to our corner of NJ. Today it was back in the 60s and it's supposed to rain tonight. I have turned the heat off in the house -- tomorrow is May, enough!

The weather continues to be weird. A few days of sun and warm. Then a few days of clouds, rain, and cool. I tried turning the heat off in the house, but it got really chilly again. Our third floor (our bedroom & bath) has its own electric heat while the rest of the house is hot water heat. So I've got the thermostat set low on the third floor so it's somewhat comfortable. Next week I see the forecast is for the high 30s two nights in a row.

Julie thank you! I will keep sleuthing!

Katie @fyrqueen My first thought was anchor Hocking's Ruby Red but then realised the base is a bit different. So I was then thinking made in Japan and imported by Lefton. I did a bit of a look around on Google and see the same being advertised as Empoli but as you know not everything on Google is correct. Anyway its a couple of ideas for you to look into

Here is another view.

I have sold about $350 worth of glass, china, old comics, postcards and what have you this past two weeks!

If anybody recognizes that bud vase let me know. Thanks heaps!

Good afternoon! We have had high winds for DAYS here!

Good news: son's cardiac issues resolving after a nasty bout of COVID. Bad news: Both cars broke down.

I did not know about Jim L. If that is true this makes me very sad.

I volunteered at the Habitat for Humanity sale pricing items. I would have done more but Mike had a big VA appointment. He is slowly progressing in both Parkinson's and dementia but we have held both beasts at bay for over seven years! Our couples counselor and my caregiver group counseling is all very helpful.

Any idea who made this? Almost 8" tall, very thin ruffle that rings when tapped.