Green Nuts Anyone?

Good Morning!

Now just what kind of bug is THIS??? Termite? Carpenter Ant? I am asking on behalf of Roberta and CaseyFace... Their apartment seems to be the very worst, (and yes I did too tell them not to be living there a LONG time ago). hehehe .... "Kids", eh?

It is a basement apartment, and the landlord is a shyster. When Casey moved out last week, all of her furniture was covered in black mold, her brand new mattress needing to be tossed etc etc etc... We have tons of pictures... Roberta will also be departing there shortly. I shall buy her buckets and buckets of bleach too... She has been running a dehumidifier 24/7/365... and as you know, with this water all over, even that electric bill doesn't fix it, nor does any amount of cleaning or scrubbing... Yes, the landlord siad he would fix everything... a LONG time ago...

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Oh wait! Here's another great shot...

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Taken when Derek had pulled up the carpeting to see what was/IS underneath. (You do not even want to know)...

And yes, I have spoken to the County Health Department already...

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And another narfy picture for you here...

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Just one, (of probably about 10,000), that didn't like me messing with my water hose. ... And that damnable thief stole my wrist... (and my knuckles)...

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As you can probably guess, I am out of my Epi-pens...

And yes, I have put ice on it too. (And all that did was make my hand cold). hehehe

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I am NOT out of apples though!

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The trees are dropping their baby apples to the tune of about 5 gallons/day... Not enough moisture for them, and would you believe we still need many inches of rain? The news said we have only gotten less than .09" in the past three weeks. And everything is so dry. The humidity has parted, for today only, and will be working its way back up to raunchy and muggy in the next few days. UGH?

I was going to cut lawn yesterday, but those were only my good intentions before "I fought the wasp, and the wasp won." (Sorry. I couldn't resist getting that song in your head)...

My hand has been getting bigger and bigger. I had hoped it would settle down overnight, but it hasn't. Worse, it freakin' hurts; and actually itches all the way to my stupid elbow. I got stung on the left shoulder too. Danged things.

Punkie had her own run~in with a "thing" yesterday; and she 'followed' it all the way across the lawn...

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A wee little toad... (Made her snort too)!

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A trip back to the woods tells me that there will be a bumper crop of black walnuts this year... And I even stole a few to come back home with.

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Black Walnuts... Just starting to turn.

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I can remember as a kid, crawling up in the old shed. Pa would get the walnuts and there would be oodles of them up there in bushel baskets. I would go up the ladder with a hammer to get them open... By the light through the edges of that tiny window I could ruin my supper in no time flat!

Time for me to get my backside in the shower!

Might you all have a wunnaful weekend!

XOXO
Anne

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