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Have you noticed the “Do not eat raw flour, dough or batter” warnings on the bags of flour you buy? Apparently this warning has been around for a while, but I had never noticed it until a few days ago when we bought a new bag.
Friday’s all-day snowstorm left fifteen inches of new snow. Saturday’s “flurries” left an additional three inches. Last night’s “chance of snow” left two inches.
I spent more than three months one year in an enforced almost immobile position because of complications from a back injury.
My washer and dryer went out with a bang yesterday. LITERALLY. The washer had just begun a spin cycle when suddenly there was a loud explosive sound inside the machine, followed by a strong smell of burning electronics.
I’m really glad that tomorrow’s temperatures are supposed to be in the low sixties, so the snow (hopefully) will melt. And yes, I know winter and snow are coming… but please…
It was a strange summer. This was the year when New England gardeners learned that no amount of expertise or hard work could overcome the weeks of constant rain and too cool temperatures that began in early June and continued on until the end of August.
Usually I couldn’t find the button color I was looking for or as many buttons as I needed for a particular project. And it was worse if I was in any kind of a hurry.
Did the credit for “the inconvenience caused by this order” (their description) compensate for all the inconvenience this order caused? We don’t think so…
I was clearing leaves and winter debris out of one of the hosta beds when I heard a car stop in the road just slightly past our house. A woman got out of the car and quickly walked to a flower garden I have created at the edge of our lawn.
I think having the flu must have affected my judgment, because for some reason yesterday I decided it would be a good time to do a general housecleaning of the site, make some format changes, upload more photographs, and take care of a lot of minor details I haven’t had time
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