I know that Julie, @wattleihavenext, is having a grand time in Sri Lanka. I hope everyone else is doing okay.

Our snow has been melting in fits & starts (it melts during the day & refreezes at night), but we're supposed to have several warmer days and even some rain, so maybe we'll finally get rid of some of it.

And a very Merry Christmas to all of you!!!!

@wattleihavenext Julie, and why shouldn't we just be on your time? :~) Wishing you only happy memories for Gordon's birthday!! {{hugs}}

@wattleihavenext Julie, we're finally starting to see some healing. I think another few weeks and he'll be ready for some PT to get his leg muscles back. I will be so happy to not have to provide him 3 meals-a-day (breakfast & lunch and sometimes dinner in bed) and change his dressings.

It's been a strange summer. Very long story, very short -- DH (who is diabetic) had a blocked artery in his right leg and had bypass surgery on the leg on July 23. The surgery was successful but the healing process has been very slow requiring weekly visits to the Wound Center at our hospital. DH has to spend most of his time in bed with the right leg elevated. Poor thing hasn't been out in his kayak since the end of May (which is when we realized the severity of the non-healing wound on the side of his foot which led to all of this).

@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.

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

@carma/Carl, I went from Windows 7 to Windows 10 on my laptop a while a go. The real shock was going from Windows 7 to Windows 11 on my PC -- I really hate Windows 11, everything is an app not software. I'm holding out as long as I can to keep my laptop. So sad that you'll miss seeing the girls again.

Yikes, @fyrqueen/Katie, I hope your son will be okay. My poor brother & SIL (who both have medical issues) just got Covid -- their first time. They've been very careful and are current on all of their boosters. Glad you were "rescued" quickly when your poor Subaru broke down.

@wattleihavenext/Julie, it's pretty amazing the friendships we've all made through our glass. I'll be going to the EAPG annual convention in May and will get to see Roger and Karen, two long-time glassies.

More rain overnight -- it is so humid!! Finally supposed to clear out and be nice for the next few days.

Another August day in NJ. Yesterday afternoon it was so humid (had just rained a little) that it felt hard to walk because the air was so thick. At least my garden seems to be enjoying this weather.

@wattleihavenext Julie, we're having more "winter" weather in March than we had in January and February. Of course there's been just enough warm weather in between the cold spells that daffodils are several inches up and other things are starting to bud.

Rembering George/gable @george -- he helped us know when it was a new day on the board. He was a very knowledgeable glassie and a very nice person. I was lucky enough to meet up with him twice on trips to Seattle.

Back to February today -- sunny but cold. At least the wind is dying down.

Remembering & missing Fran!! :~(

Good morning everyone! Remembering today, Memorial Day, those who gave their lives to protect all of us.

Oh, Julie, @wattleihavenext I remember that!! I guess we should be happy that computers aren't as smart as we are (yet)!

@songbreeze Gail, Happy Birthday!!!

@wattleihavenext Julie, {{hugs}} to you!!!

@fyrqueen Katie, feeling much better today, so I guess the booster shot does boost the antibodies but they may have already been up there, so it wasn't nearly as bad as the second shot.

@fyrqueen Katie -- sounds like a fun place to get your shots. Our first dose (as well as second which will a week from this coming Monday) were at a local community center.

@wattleihavenext Julie -- I was never very keen on bowling. We went when I was a youngster (it was a school program) and I had trouble picking up a bowling ball, so I never really got into it.

@george George, glad you got through another shot!

We're still in the tropics apparently -- Tropical Depression Fay has been dropping a lot of rain on us along with some wind. I guess this makes up for last week when there wasn't any rain. This is our second big rainstorm of the week.

@dorbitz JimL, first, on a regular basis, our brains are so full of information, some of it sometimes gets lost (I was trying to remember the names of our neighbors children and grandchildren yesterday, slowly started coming back -- just remembered the last grandchildren as I was typing this -- still only can remember 1 out of the 3 SILs). Second, we all have pandemic brain right now so everything is muddled (I do the weekly eLetter for our synagogue which includes the schedule for the weekend service -- on Zoom of course -- and totally blew the dates in Thursday's email. Said Friday was May 7 and then didn't change Saturday & Sunday from the week before.)

It is chilly & windy here in NJ too. At the moment (10AM) it's 39, feels like 30. At least it's nice & sunny. Very glad I tucked the delicate plants into my car last night. Will go visit them soon.