Hello, Readers.
Picture This:
I got a great new app for my phone
called Picture This!
It's a really cool plant identifier
that my mother insisted that I get to name
the plants on our Firman Road parcels.
At $30 for a year subscription
it's a bit pricey but worth it
if you want to find a quick, easy way
to keep you learning new things.
Here is the review on the app-
click the video below.
I wanted to determine,
once and for all,
where that darn poison ivy was in my yard
that I find my way into
summer
after summer
after summer.
Found it!
Three shiny leaves
with little jags on the edges as the plant matures.
But apparently I stood in it to take the photo
to upload to Picture This!
and I have yet another case.
No fear.
I know the ropes.
This ain't my first rodeo.
Eloise's remedy:
Burning hot water to the skin,
followed by a chaser spray of ice cold water.
Pat dry with a paper towel and throw it away.
Apply pink calamine lotion from Walmart.
Wait two weeks.
It's no surprise I ran into my old friend Ivy again
as I've been spending so much time
in the wide open blue
and the great big green.
If we tape the mouths closed
of about 20% of our people,
we sure do have a beautiful country.
Remember,
it's the extreme ends that make the most noisy nonsense.
The rest of us reside somewhere in the calm and rational middle.
Don't turn off the noise,
because it does give you insight.
However,
do turn down the volume.
It interferes with nature's song.
We've been making our contributions to the greening of America.
Eloise has a green thumb!
And pinky.
And index finger
and very broken and chippy nails.
We painted our little cabin in Forest County GREEN!
Well, almost.
She needs another coat and some of the high spots.
We enlisted some helpers this week.
You can tell which one is the catcher for the baseball team.
He did all the low spots.
The fearless one took the high stuff.
Lucky for Jack there wasn't too much of it.
As for Natalie,
well,
she likes the color.
She voted for green a long time ago.
We only buy her green toothbrushes,
so if you ever come to stay at my house overnight,
don't bring a green toothbrush or she'll use it!
Picture this!:
She supplies us with a steady playlist
while we paint,
and that is very helpful.
Thanks, Natalie!
Someone is worn out from the busy day of painting.
Hazel sits pretty as a picture.
She got in the front seat of the van the other day and
would
not
move!
Picture my view of the ride home from the furniture store.
Eloise has some good things to look forward to
in the music world.
Ticket purchased!
We love football season,
but this year?!?!?!?!
What will come of it?
Edinboro University has gone online for the fall
and cancelled the fall sports season.
I listened to an interesting perspective on viruses
on given by my favorite podcasters
Josh and Chuck
from Stuff You Should Know.
This episode on Polio is really good.
Even though Polio impacted only a small percentage of people,
the devastation that it had on those that it invaded
was awful.
Thinking of COVID-19 in comparison to Polio
rather than comparing it to influenza,
SARS,
or H1N1
made me think differently.
I'd like to assign this as your homework
if you listen to podcasts.
Stuff You Should Know
How We Almost Got Rid of Polio
3 days ago · 51 min
For more than half of the 20th century parents in the industrialized world were freaked out by an unseen waster of youth, the poliovirus. It spread easily and could paralyze children for life or even kill them. Its effects were so horrible that humanity set about ridding if from the Earth.
I've been leading a life as distanced as I can
because for lots of people I love
COVID would be very difficult battle.
This is where the easy connectivity is so nice.
I can still contact all of you with a few taps or clicks.
I can see your photos
and laugh at your jokes.
And you can see all my dog photos.
Picture this:
Maybe,
just maybe,
you were made for a time like this.
You've been designed to care-give,
teach,
nurture,
and encourage others
to be hopeful
and diligent in prayer for better times
for our world.
Eloise
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