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Hi folks,<br>
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I hope you're all in a nice cool place and don't have to get out in the
heat today. According to the reports, it is supposed to be hovering
up around the mid to high 90's or so, and will feel even hotter than
that. (I liked the '90's better as a decade than a temperature. A
lot of my best, most meaningful stuff happened in the '90's. Gary and
I got married in '91, and my daughter, Destiny was born in '93.) <br>
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I was outside doing some yard work yesterday evening since it was a bit
cloudy and not as hot as it had been, and we let our house dogs out for
a while. Two of them must've stayed on the beaten path, but our little
Yorkie, Valentina, got out somewhere and gathered up every tick on the
10 acres! She was absolutely crawling with them. The big brown ones
were easy to spot and not too hard to pick off since they hadn't
latched on yet, but while I was doing that I noticed that what appeared
to be dirt on her was actually scads of seed ticks crawling all over
her, and now crawling all over my legs. I had to put her in the
bathtub for several minutes and get her thoroughly wet, then add tick
and flea shampoo and let that soak in, and run over to a friend's house
to get an emergency dose of the between-the-shoulder-blades medicine
that kills ticks. Thank God for her sharing her medicine with me! Our
little Valentina would've been drained dry! She looks a lot better
this morning, still has some small ticks on her, but that medicine
should do the trick on them. Be sure and watch out for your pets when
you let them out, even if you spray your yard or put down granules. I
think those doggone ticks are getting immune to everything we can throw
at them! And from what I hear, the copperheads are bad this year too,
so you really want to be extra cautious when you're outside and keep
your eyes open for these unwelcome and dangerous guests.<br>
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For those of you who might be interested, don't forget our Storytelling
Group meets at the Gallery this evening at 7:00. Everyone is welcome
to come and tell stories or just listen. (It's a beautiful, cool place
and there are no ticks or snakes allowed!) <br>
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Our menu for today includes:<br>
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<font color="#663300">Chicken fried steak</font><br>
<font color="#996633">Mashed potatoes and gravy</font><br>
<font color="#33cc00">Sweet peas </font>and onions<br>
<font color="#ffcc33">Corn</font><br>
Steamed buttered squash<br>
Baked potato bar<br>
Hot rolls<br>
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Our fast food is Polish Sausage.<br>
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And for dessert have a piece of Cake or some <font color="#ffcc33">Banana
Pudding</font>.</font><br>
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Have a great day,<br>
<br>
Rhoda <span class="moz-smiley-s11"><span> 8-) </span></span>
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