General Discussion & Chat: Best/Worse/What did I learn today?Chat with friends old and new.., 3 by Tallulah_B

Tallulah_B wrote:
Wow - Judy - thanks for the pics - fireworks!
Happy Canada Day to my fellow Canucks!
Today was a relatively quiet one - started to repaint my garden statue owl. He's cement, stands about 1 1/2 ft tall, and we've had him for 18 years, but he was in a garden for years before that. He was peeling a lot and it's Time to repaint.
I'm leaving the eyes as is, but here's the before & after. I have all the detailing to do, but have scraped off the peeling paint. I took these pics so I'd know how to detail. The "mostly grey only" is after I've painted the body. Now I can follow the one with the eyes, so I know how I should detail. I sure hope I can do a good job. The branch he's on is really missing a lot of paint, so I'm mostly going by memory for that.
I went to an egg farm this afternoon to get 3 flats of eggs for ourselves and friends, and they were Out Of Eggs! Told me about their neighbours who also sell eggs "you'll see their egg shed"......... no, didn't find it, so went home without eggs. I'll get Bob to come with me tomorrow, and see if HE can see the "egg shed"....
It was a very hot day today (75F) and humid. Then the rains came - with lightning & thunder. Now it's gone, and the sun's out in full force. We sure needed the rain to relieve the humidity.
I went on Tues the 27th, to go to the knee surgeon's office and they'll get back to his nurse with the info that I can get my 2nd knee done. I had hoped to hear by now when my surgery is, but his nurse had said I would be one of the first for surgery at the beginning of Sept. Let me reiterate - I am Not happy with the other Dr saying I will have to be on blood thinners for the rest of my life - that's garbage & I'll tell my GP that (that's who the Dr said I would consult with about it. I got the feeling that she thought I was being argumentative - SO?). Frankly, I'm feeling so much more healthy & lively than I have for a very long time (2 years) and that was before I had any clot problems. It was about the time of our first move Out of our own home into a rental. Gawd, that 2 years was awful, but to come to this much better state of physical & mental health is a blessing.

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