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@tiredwife day is going well but too quickly, I got a dozen pinks set out, still need to plant pansies and snapdragons and water the whole bed. Dogs got a bit of a frolic, I got a bit over 7/10s of a mile walk plus an enjoyable ride. None of this is getting the house any cleaner and guests arrive in a little over 2 weeks, yikes. Dinner will be simple, thank God. Dutch baby with blueberries and sausage that Mr jeano made a huge batch of on Saturday.

Right now I am icing. The Knee isn't real angry but it isn't too pleased, either..
 
@jeano We had to get some fire bushes that were getting roots in our sewer line. We were able to save one and I transplanted it to a different location. I transplanted some deadnettle out of the same flower bed so we could weed kill all the rest, the weeds had overtaken it. After we replace the basement window I will put in new soil and plants. It is so hard to work inside the house when the weather is so nice. Maybe you will get some rain so you can stay in and clean! Okay, what is a dutch baby? Have a great afternoon!
 
Oh, a Dutch baby or German pancake is a close cousin to Yorkshire pudding, if that helps. Or a gigantic popover. Eggs, flour, milk, a little sugar, makes a thin batter. You put about half a stick of butter in a cast iron skillet in the oven. When its good and hot you pour the batter in and bake for about half an hour. It puffs up almost like a souffle and turns golden brown. Serve with berries or other fruit and a dollop of whipped cream or sour cream and dust some powdered sugar over the whole thing.
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@jeano Ahhhhh, sounds yummy! Darn, now I want blueberry pancakes! We are having spaghetti and meatballs for dinner, at least that is what hubby said! I will have to make some garlic bread to go with it. I think it is just about nap time! All the fresh air this morning is doing me in.
 
@jeano so nice to hear someone can plant pretty flowers now. I have to wait till spring now before I can even attempt that one. It sounds great with your friends coming for a visit. And the house will get done in due time. Enjoy your (you) time. Especially with the dogs and horses.
Saw my boy tonight. All he wanted he wanted was food. He's a bit stuck up. He's an appy. I look forward to those small rides. But for now I enjoy them thru you.


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@appaloosa girl I dropped my right stirrup leather a hole longer than the left before riding yesterday and that seemed to take care of a problem I was having with the bust ankle. Knees aren't bothered a bit by either flower planting or riding, but standing around or in general being on my feet does cause discomfort and retreat to the ice.

Everyone who isn't horse obsessed, this might bore you to tears, but here's my typical daily 'pony ride' (meaning a short, not challenging mosey).

I have a nice nearby dirt road, roughly a mile long, that makes a loop with our paved road. I leave the barn, cross the neighbor's field, go out his drive, turn left and pass the close end of the loop, ride on the side of the paved road about a quarter mile, cross the paved road, get on the dirt road at the far end of the loop. Now I don't need to worry about traffic, there are only 2 houses on the road, and one is basically a hunting lodge. I have permission to ride on the hunt property, but its deer season from now til New Years, so if there's anyone at the property I ride on by so as not to mess up their hunting. They are great guys, and I pretty much have their place to myself most of the year. Their 350 acres has about 5 miles or more of trails, plus gives me access to two much longer dirt roads. Yesterday one of the guys was there so the gelding and had a leisurely ride back to the hard road, turned left again, went past the neighbor's drive, rode the quarter mile or so to my own driveway.

Mr Jeano likes to close the gate when he goes to work, so we get to scramble up a bank and weave between the trees to get to the drive, then ride around our 10 acre field to get back to the barn. Its at most a little over 2 miles but on any day of the year its a lovely ride. If I ride on my own place and the places on either side as well, my immediate home range covers another 180+acres and several more miles of trails, with 3 ponds, lots of trees, quite a bit of varied topography, and plenty of wildlife, everything from deer and turkeys to coyotes and bobcats.
 
My parents retired to the beach in North Carolina from Soprano Land, New Jersey. I'd fly down from the frozen tundras of Boston to see them. It was a long trip with changing planes, renting a car, and driving 45 minutes to their house from the second airport.

I'd get there tired, and in the dark, and I'd open the car door in January and see pansies. Wha? Pansies in January?
 
And even petunias, they are hardier than you think. Gladiolus and even dahlias don't need to be lifted in the fall here. Right now my Bermuda rose is blooming. The sasanqua camellias have started and will bloom til Christmas, at which point the Bermuda rose pretty much hangs it up and the true camellias take over until the spring when the lady banks rose starts the rose season off again. Most Januarys we have tea olives (not an olive or tea, I have no idea why they are called that) and Daphnes blooming. The flowers aren't much to look at but they are wonderfully fragrant (think almond extract). In the heat of the summer the crape myrtles and gardenias bloom until the sasanquas start. Its an exhausting place to live. Truly the only things I miss that won't grow here are lilacs and most peonies. And sadly, most garden catalogs gloss over just how much heat and humidity their plants can tolerate.

My relatives from southern Indiana visited in June and were mesmerized by the gigantic lantana that are trying to take over my front yard. I had to explain they are impossible to eradicate once established. So are Four O' Clocks and rosemary... you need rosemary, I'm your girl, i got a 6x6 rosemary bush. It blooms intermittently all year round, too.

Today I'm refraining from a real walk and a horse ride because I am trying to get the flowers mulched in. With typical Jeano hard headedness and DYI frugality this means using pine straw, and no, gentle readers, Jeano does not drive to Lowe's and buy her pine straw. Nosiree, she hikes the length of the pond dam to the hill where the pines are thick and tall, and she rakes those needles up and packs them in a muck bucket and totes it back down the dam to the flower bed. And she has about four much buckets worth to go. And yes, she is taking icing and elevation breaks.
 
@jeano it sounds wonderful there. To be able to just go on a relaxing ride right now would be nice. Won't be long and we won't be riding a whole lot. If we get the snow we can. But if the water just freezes then it's not safe around there. But we always have plenty of snow. And to plant flowers would be exciting too. Everything here is changing with the fall colors. We do get some pretty variations. The summer flowers are gone now and in its place are mums and Halloween decorations or other fall deco. It is pretty. Just sad to see our summer with the warmth gone. But it is a good time to recover from my tkr. I don't want to be out there much. That will change as I heal.


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@jeano Hi! How have you been? Sounds like getting your pine straw is enough exercise for anyone!
 
All is well. Fetching the pine straw is nothing compared to last weekend's whirlwind trip to Charleston SC and the beach. Swam in the ocean all three days and did way more touristy things than was probably advisable for a less than 9 week old knee but my girlfriends and I had a great time. Took my first opiate (half a lortab) since August in response to too many touristy things. (walking for miles on city streets in pre op shoes. Ouch.) I haven't used ice on the knee since leaving the beach. Trimmed a horse yesterday and will get the other one today with some help from Mr Jeano. He stands at the front end of the horse and dispenses treats and threats as indicated. New knee not real happy about first serious cold snap of the season but its dealing.
 
@jeano Happy Thanksgiving tomorrow!

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