Today I got a ride to donate a bunch of food to the food pantry, getting all the food to some of the people. Getting rides has aroused interest in my drivers, one of whom is now a donor, and today's was asking what they accept. Now she knows where to take donations, too. This is all good. People are generous once they know how.
And I picked up two reserved books at the library, which Blogger won't insert in here, keeps putting after the end of the post.
Anyway, one's Live Lagom by Anna brones which I think works very well as a regular book, because it's a nice size and shape, with soft illustrations and a good feeling.
The other's Antonia Fraser's Must you go? an account of her marriage to Harold Pinter, which should be interesting, two big egos.
I remembered to check the status of my primary ballot, our primary is in early June. Ballot tracking was one of the things I helped bring about (played a tiny part). This is important particularly in view of the USPS today.
There we go. It's been received. So far so good. I had to change my password to get in, no doubt a security feature.
And I Got The Seeds In, complete with squirrel-deterring peppermint oil soaked qtips. I have another packet to plant and I think I'll wait to see if any container doesn't do well, to add in seeds. I put out the cotton plants, too, in great hopes.
The back forty is now ready for the season.
In other news, I will get some gorilla glue today and set about the BrokeLoom.
I'm also figuring out if I can finish the cowl backstrap style, though I don't have a big enough rigid heddle in the right dent.
Meaning I have one with the right spacing -- like knitting needle size -- but it's not wide enough for this item, not enough openings. Still considering this. It will be much harder to maintain good width and selvedges without a heddle. That's the part that keeps the threads evenly spaced.
When something goes wrong like this broken part, it really triggers a lot of possible solutions. It's all good. My inner Rube Goldberg is on it.
Happy day everyone! It's not a problem, it's an AFGO.
I'm so lucky to live in a "blue" state. We have early voting for quite a few days before election day and I always get there early so I don't worry about missing out. No lines, no crowds and I get a sticker that says "I voted!!" :)
ReplyDeleteI get a little card thanking me, with a peel off I voted sticker. I put my card on the fridge right away.
DeleteI have super glue on my grocery list. I probably really need gorilla glue though. I have two broken pots shaped like hens that need to be put back together again.
ReplyDeleteGlad you got your fingers in the dirt.
It was good to do a bit, and a bit strenuous too.
DeleteYou’re planting, and we had our first bbq. Summer is here.
ReplyDeleteSeasonal signs. Summer isn't here yet -- no mosquitoes!
DeleteAFGO? just asked google - ahhh. Very glad that we don't have your voting system (and some of the people you get to vote for - or agin). Sure, we are all expected to vote but I don't see that as detrimental.
ReplyDeleteI'm happy with my voting system. I wish we could get more people to vote and I have great candidates, also currently electeds.
DeleteMy state's primary was last month, and I made sure to keep track how my mail-in ballot was moving through the system. It made it in time.
ReplyDeleteIt's good to follow up. This year it's also important in some states to make sure you're still registered, in good time to remedy it if necessary.
DeleteIt helps to have an agile mind when things go awry. Good luck!
ReplyDeleteWe'll see! I like thinking about possible solutions. It beats wringing my hands, anyway.
DeleteI’m curious to know if the peppermint-soaked Q-tips work against the squirrels. The back forty is looking good. I think I’d like a break from AFGOs at least until next week.
ReplyDeleteI've been doing the peppermint oil thing for decades. It works.
DeleteI didn't know what AFGO was so I had to look it up. I am pleased to report that I now have a new acronym to add to my lexicon:)
ReplyDeleteWe have a mama squirrel who now regularly visits our bird feeder and she is also using our bird house as a storage silo.
I donated for years to the food bank but when I retired, I was worried about money, and stopped donating. Turns out I'm fine financially, so time to start to donating again. Thanks for the reminder.
You've certainly experienced enough AFGOs. So now you have the name of them!
DeleteIt's nice of you to rethink your donations to your local food bank. Summer, when school is out is very hard on families who use school breakfast and lunch programs. So this is a good time to resume.
We don't have breakfast or lunch programs here, that I'm aware of anyway, but I get your point. Thank you.
DeleteI still haven't purchased peppermint oil but it's on my radar. As the summer wears on our squirrels seem to get less aggressive in their digging. It seems most strenuous in early spring and then it tapers off.
ReplyDeleteEarly spring is when the seeds need help! Here they start again digging furiously in the fall when all the acorns and beech nuts come down. We get a lot of baby oak trees from that.
DeleteI don’t know who Rube Goldberg is. I come from Gen X and we always say, just mcgiver it. That man could do wonders with some duck tape and a shoe lace
ReplyDeleteRube Goldberg was an engineer as well as a cartoonist! Brilliant man. Then there's the English Heath Robinson, lived at the same time, also invented and drew wacky machines for doing simple tasks. These were real machines. MacGyver is a fictional character, different thing really.
DeleteWell done on getting your seeds in. And both of those books sound very good. I'll have to check them out.
ReplyDeleteThe Pinter book isn't worth much attention. More name dropping than thinking. I was hoping for insight into his writing, but she doesn't seem to have much! She's still going, in her nineties!
DeleteIt's wonderful that you can track your ballot to be sure it arrived - but what do you do if it doesn't? Is there any recourse??
ReplyDeleteYes, there are procedures to make it whole, provisional arrangements. Also if you make a mistake on it, you can correct it in front of the county clerk. It's a good system.
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