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Good Morning All!
As I emailed Casey yesterday, and hit 'send', quite simultaneously there was a HUGE crash of thunder...
Being the baby I am, I emailed her again, telling her about the BIG BANG!
Once again, AS I HIT 'SEND', there was another reminder of the storm that was upon me...
Only this time, what I heard/saw was "FLASH/CLICK"...
And we have ALL been that close to a storm, so you know what I'm talking about...
The 'flash' seemed to be outside the window, ~AND in the bookcase next to me at the same time.
Weird.
(And much too close for my comfort)!
I shut down the computer, and unplugged the surge protector from the outlet.
As the sky cleared, I got everything up and running again.
Well, almost everything...
Reminiscent of Yahoo's chronic message that stops you cold in our 360~World, came the message, "there is no dial tone"- WHAT?!?!?
Grabbing the phone, checking for a dial tone, I realized my computer was demented.
There was TOO a dial tone.
Tried again...
Same message.
Dammitallanyway...
that 'flash', seemingly from the bookcase,
had been my modem getting zapped... Grrr.....
I called, and left "Master~Computer~Guru", (aka ~Casey's~ Greg), a message telling him what happened; and asking what kind of modem to buy...
Went to town, stopped for groceries, met up with Casey at the store...
~ AND PROMPTLY FORGOT TO BUY A FREAKIN' MODEM.
(Of course I remembered as soon as I was home).
Yet you ask, HOW am I posting if I forgot to go to Best Buy?
I tried something else this morning; using the phone cord and bypassing my surge protector.
It worked.
I might have whined about the price tag of the Belkin surge protector I have,
(and I'd bought a pretty danged expensive one back when)...
But that surge protector did its job beautifully!
Of course NOW I have to go buy another; but hey, it sure saved my modem, and probably a multitude of other components too.
Funny though that the electricity did not get cut to/from it...
On the way home from town the skies opened up once more.
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not sure why the picture turned out so purple;
it really was black!
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But am thinking that ONLY IN SUAMICO do you see the following driving down Highway 41...
Blurry or not, I think you will 'get' the picture...
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It made me laugh!!!
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Still laughing...
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There were inevitably a few cracks in the clouds allowing the sun to peek through.
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And allowing a hungry robin to collect his dinner...
1/3rd of the fields are disked
And Wery's migrants have already planted some tomatoes.
My own plants, and most of the seeds, are in also-
In time to have a fresh drink of water from Mother Nature.
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Miss Punk does NOT treat the field workers as welcomed guests.
I used Mr. Millers tie~out to keep her from hollering too loudly about their presence...
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She can go plenty far on that lead,
(just not TOO far)!
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I'd better stop yakking and get started on my house.
(It has been terribly neglected of late, and the cloudy damp day will keep me inside for the most part).
But first, a few more pics for you...
Taken before the rains...
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Wish you could smell what the butterfly is smelling...
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A few bleeding hearts....
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And yes, from yesterdays blog...- ..
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(I swear to you this was my arm)...
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I only wish my legs would be that color....
"but N-O-O-O!"
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Time to go "find" my house!
Hope you are all having a 'wunnaful' Tuesday!
Love to all.
XOXO
Me
Anna~Anna
"Flintville Annie"
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It sounds like lightening struck your phone line. This is why whenever it even looks like rain I unplug everything connected to my computer. I have DSL so it's sort of like having two or more phone lines at the same time. I've had my home phones go out but still had my DSL connection - go figure, because it all comes in through the same phone line.
ReplyDeleteI've tried to grow Bleeding Hearts before without any luck. The photo of yours makes me want to give it another try. They're so beautiful!
Sure glad your surge protector worked! Lovely pics, too. Good luck with your feet. Love. XOXO,Me.
ReplyDeleteRT;
ReplyDeleteYes, you MUST try again!
Make sure you have them in mostly shade... They are very persnickety that way.
There are some years that they pop up all over the darned place though, take root, (somehow) and get moved to friendlier places...
They don't all make it through winter though...
But YOU would not have to worry about that.
XOXO
Me
Richard,
ReplyDeleteMe too... If it hadn't have worked I would have had to mortgage the farm...
Glad you liked the pics...
XOXO
Me
Good afternoon Bart! Your flowers are just gorgeous.. I dont recall ever seeing a "Bleeding Heart" before and the other oh my I bet they do smell wonderful!
ReplyDeletePutting Punk on a leash.. thats exactly why the fenced yard at the place in Arkansas. So I dont have to worry about my Nikki taking off after something or someone.. and she would too! I have actually noticed her thinking shes gonna chase cars... I bout busted her butt for that one!
Yep, good surge protectors are very important! They work and if I recall you plug the phone and the computer line into different place than the electric.. that might explain why the electric didnt fail.. just that portion of the surge protector. My problem in Arkansas is a little different.. its not a surge its more like a brown out... they dont protect for that. Or at least I have not found one that does. Darla has lost more appliances than anyone I know because the electricity there is off and on so much. We dont lose so much because we are not there and most of the electric is off or unplugged.
Gettin a farmers tan are ya? Well I have no doubt you will have your summer coat way before long especially if you continue to stay outside as you are.
Hope your having a great day!
Mucho hugs
beepluvsbart.com
The joys of going with cable for my Internet connection. I'm off the phone wall (YAY!)...(now across the room). Makes life mucho easier. Still turn things off and unplug during a storm though. Can't afford to replace the laptop as much as I'd dearly love to.
ReplyDeleteI'm grateful you made it through the storm okay.
Those clouds were no doubt a purplish-black. I see that frequently during bad storms around here.
Love your pictures and laughing at the ''blurry'' one.
Speaking of storms, we're supposed to get one tonight/tomorrow. Rain is always welcome...I don't mind storms as long as there's no damage, however this is the time of year for the wicked stuff, sooo.
I haven't had dinner yet so better sign off for now and rustle up some grub.
OXOXOX
meow
Sweet Connie!
ReplyDeleteI hate to hear of dogs being tied up-
But the fact that the road out there is 55mph (which generally means about 70), I take no chances.
Miss Milly is a wanderer... Has been since I got her- So she gets kenneled but cabled too
Those 50 feet are even trying for me.
hehehe
Punk borrowed Mr. Millers lead because she was just doing what she should to protect me.
I couldn't holler at her too badly, but making the mexicans pee in their pants is not nice either...
hehehe
(They do have such NICE posture when she gets away from me)...
Weird about those brownouts too... Thought those happened in the big cities...
We have surges around here- Probably more than most- But when WPS had changed all their lines and such, the farmers had a terrible time way back when...
WPS (Wisconsin Public Service) then altered something that provided for better electricity for us, and many others...
Years back, we had a dog that wanted to chase cars.
Pa called Bob Hamilton- one of his best friends, and asked him to come drive by when the dog was out there. (This was LONG before this was a county road, with set speed limits)...
He had Bob mix a batch of bleach water- 20 to 1, and dump it on the dog.
That dog never chased another car.
Famrers tan?
Yup, that's me. Now.
And I used to lay out all the time when the 3 oldest were small.
Not happening anymore... suffice it to say I outgrew my suit.
hehehe
WAH!!!!
The Native blood does tan nicely though
Love to you both!
XOXO
Me
bartluvsbeep.com
Growling at you Cat...
ReplyDeleteI can't get cable out here or I would have changed over years ago.
I have DISH, but that's a zillion dollars a month to connect through. So I just use the phone line.
And if anybody ever complains that they can't get through cuz it's busy, then THEY can pay for another line in.
hehehe
Supposed to rain tomorrow too.
Getting kinda soggy 'round these parts.
Rustle up grub?
Nope no food for me. I lost my lunch, thanks to my head much earlier today.
XOXO
Me
Migraine I take it. I'm hoping this storm system doesn't cause me to have one.
ReplyDeletemeow
I'm grateful I have several choices for an internet connection. I used to have a Dish...hated it so returned to cable under a different program this time around. You're right, Internet through Dish does cost a gzillion dollars. I nearly had heart failure when I saw what they carge. Ouch!
Hope you feel better soon.
purrrrrrrrrrr
Most belkins have a reset button...
ReplyDeleteOtherwise, replace it.
I love lilacs.... they smell yummy.
and nice funnel cloud there babe,.
Split pea.
I wasn't sure about that cloud...
ReplyDeleteNo warnings, no watches or anything.
But my ears were popping every now and then on the way back home with the gusts of wind and all...
You are cracking me up with all of your signatures!
hehehe
XOXO
Me
hahahaha.... that is kind of the point.
ReplyDeleteGreen pea.
Would that make me a
ReplyDeleteCrowder Pea?
or if I run braless is it...
ReplyDeleteBlack eye pea
Oh Lord. Roflol at the turn this thread has taken.
ReplyDeleteI noticed the cloud as well and promptly shuddered. I'm allergic to tornadoes.
Hot damn!
ReplyDeleteThat explains my foot then...
I'm allergic to weather.
Funny thing...
ReplyDeleteI'm NOT allergic to Chick Peas...
Oh Anne,
ReplyDeleteI eat a lot of those and will forever call them GARBANZO BEANS....with this recent association to Miss DeeAnne :)
Love the Pics....as usual!!!
dang it!!! I was saving Chick pea.
ReplyDeleteI am so mad now I am
Pink Pea.
Joking... Actually after rolling around in the parking lot out back after getting my hair caught in the wheel of a creeper, I am
ReplyDeleteClay Pea.
Casey said, if that's what it does when you hit send, do NOT ever hit "ESC"
ReplyDeletehehehe
XOXO
me
hehehe
ReplyDeleteIt's Clay Akins
And Garbanzo PEAs for all of us from now on!!!
XOXO
Me
ReplyDeleteOK, you got me... I shall have to go look it up
Pink Pea???
Is that the same as conjuctivitis of the legumes???
hehehehe.... Pink pea is a not quite black eyed pea.
ReplyDeleteI am the Iron Pea!!! You can't out Pea me...
Think they will a tv show?
ReplyDeleteDo they have shots for black eye ones now???
Doubtful....
ReplyDeleteBut after your eye has been black for a few days, it turns a lovely shade of
"Purple Hulled Pea"
hehehee been waitng to work that joke in.
*groans and roars with laughter*
ReplyDeleteA storm is right at this moment viciously attacking the corner of the planet. I better get off-line or there's going to be a BIG BANG happening here.
Bye
ReplyDeleteBut the purple hulled peas do not make a nice bowl of pea green soup...
You had better because you need to be around long enough to be as old as me..
ReplyDelete~~ Silver Pea.
no, but I make a nice addition to soups.
ReplyDelete~Snow Pea.
Uh~Oh
ReplyDeleteWould that be an edible pod PEA Baby?
Oh and Pea, you have 'snap'ped if you think that you are as birthday'd out as Cat
ReplyDeleteAlthough you have gone through plenty of those same lives...
Probably... But I can't have those.
ReplyDeleteI am a barren
~~Garden Pea.
I was joking. I know she is older than me by a tiny bit...but needed a link to Silver
ReplyDeletebecause I did not want to mention that I was.....
Marrowfat Pea.
Sorry I was calling you "Baby"...
ReplyDeleteDidn't mean to trigger anything else
stumped by Pea...
ReplyDeleteMarrowfat Pea...England...dried, rehydrated, mashed...all kinds of uses
ReplyDeleteI cheated...did a quick Google.
BTW...I'm a barren Garden Pea variety myself. *smiles broadly*
Older by a tiny bit? Hugs DeeAnne.
Thanks... My google doesn't work...
ReplyDeleteMust be a frozen pea...
And I can't think of anything else.
ReplyDeleteGuess that makes me pea~brained...
Peas and brains...interesting soup...
ReplyDeleteDon't forget the chives...
ReplyDeletehehehe
peapeapea
Now I gotta 'scuse myself Ladies
The small pea will be home shortly and I mus be armed and ready for her...
Will have to get my pea shooter out.
XOXO
Me
oops missed the "T"...
ReplyDeleteSee told ya I was peabrained
If I am frozen, I must be in
ReplyDeleteAlaska Pea
Food for thought here
ReplyDeleteIs it a vegetable or a fruit...
http://www.experiencefestival.com/a/Nix_v_Hedden_-_The_case/id/1804729
I am the baby...
ReplyDeletein fact I was a
~surprise pea.
hehheeh That makes me a
ReplyDelete~pride Pea.
hehehe
ReplyDeleteWell, I am now feeling a bit like an
ReplyDeleteEarly Perfection pea
ReplyDeletePease porridge hot...
pease porridge cold...
Pease porridge mixed with pot
9 days old
and that makes me think I am an
ReplyDeleteAce Pea.
hehehe you are making this too easy... and I am GOING IN ORDER EVEN!!!
\
EYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWw
ReplyDeleteClear a path to the Loo because I am going to be a
~~Wasatch pea
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.bad I know..... it sounded like barf.
That Pea is the Perfection pea.
ReplyDeleteI am the
~~Dark-green Perfection pea
I put together some weird combinations for my soups. roflmreo
ReplyDelete
ReplyDeleteAnd she will be pea green with envy when she hears that
I would be a Trestle if I did that.
ReplyDelete!!~~~~~~Bridget pea
But you MUST use peas...
ReplyDeleteBridge???
ReplyDeleteBad... Too, or should I say "OO" funny!
Vegetable. Family Liliacea...
ReplyDeleteyou can't beat me I am
~~Superior pea
Oh PooPea
ReplyDeleteDon't laugh you are creating a monster...and a
ReplyDeleteNew Era pea
ReplyDeleteOO
Thats aon occult pea then?
Very dark, and spattered in o+ ?
Oh wait, that's new age
ReplyDeleteDANG IT!~ That was LAST on my list...
ReplyDeletePoopies.
I am going to go sit in the corner and
ePugetí pea
ReplyDeleteI fell off my pea for a minute
ReplyDeleteYou may NOT sPEAk like that on my page
Still
ReplyDeleteePugetí pea
ReplyDeleteHey PeaCat where have you gone???
hehehe I am naturally darker....
ReplyDeleteand it is inherited.
~~Shoshone pea
(played right into my hands you did!)
Wow that would hard to make Pea soup without peas....
ReplyDeleteLittle Marvel pea
Well
ReplyDeleteIsn't there a Chippewa Pea somewhere?
I got nothing.... must have been that the bridge was out. I couldn't get to:
ReplyDeleteLaxton Progress pea
DANGITALLANYWAY!!!!
ReplyDelete*stomps foot*
That was on my list too!
I was trying to be the
~~~World's Record pea
I do use peas for my soups...that's the ONLY way I like peas by the way...in soup.
ReplyDeleteGood quality peas should be uniformly bright green, fully turgid
ReplyDeleteand free from defects and mechanical damage. Stems and calyxes should be green. Green peas lose sugars
and flavor rapidly after harvest unless they are promptly cooled to 0 °C (32 °F).
from somehwere here...
Too Phunny...
So are you the defective one, or is FacePea the reject?
I don't want to be splattered in O+..... that is my blood, I like to keep it INSIDE....unlike yesterday.
ReplyDeleteI was so wost and vewy dazed that I was wanderwing.
~~~Wando pea
WE are such....
ReplyDeletePea's in a pod
Brat!
ReplyDeleteme too.
ReplyDelete
ReplyDeleteJust wait til my peanut gets home...
sowwy
ReplyDeleteand out of Peas now.
~~~Pea.
ReplyDeleteThat little Goober Pea will teach us a thing or two
She went looking for Noah. She needed a brain off his ark.
ReplyDeletenot that I know of but probably.
ReplyDeletehehehe
ReplyDeleteYou read the link to our Noah here?
I haven't gotten there yet
Noah, the original, only took one brain on deck...
ReplyDeleteer... I dunno... I guess I am not actually a Pea
ReplyDeleteI am a
~~Matar
hehehehe (Marati for pea)
hahahaha
ReplyDeletebart.
~~pea
Morati?
ReplyDeletePronounced More ratty?
You got it!
ReplyDeletedang it, didn't think of that one... was going for variants of sweet peas.
ReplyDeleteno.... just knew that there were bad storms out her way from her blog.
ReplyDeletepretty close... actually with a southern accent...yes.
ReplyDeleteHow can she make soup if she can't have power?
ReplyDeleteThat would be chilled peasoup?
hehehehe
ReplyDeletePea.
OK Goober is home- At least Milly is barking...
ReplyDeleteGotta fly!
PEAPEAPEA!!!
C ya Sweet Pea
And see you too Miss Cat--- If the good Lord hasn't struck anything critical that is.
vichyss-peas soup???????????????....
ReplyDeletebyebye mommy pea....
ReplyDeleteDon't forget to watch for that package.
ReplyDeletePEAce
IE went down on me just as I was getting ready to click on Submit. Durn you two were busy the short period of time I was off-line.
ReplyDeleteRain and wind have died down, however there's still lightening flashing everyone and thing.
pea...ce
Shouldn't that be
ReplyDelete"Pea-CM"????
Glad to hear things have settled down
You will know why this is funnier than heck when you open the box and see what Casey's present is wrapped in....
ReplyDeleteat the time, it was all I had.
I'm sure there will be pictures and a witty blog sharing with the rest of us what the present was wrapped in.
ReplyDeletenope.... I actually did NOT take a picture of it... was busy rushing it into the mail.
ReplyDeleteI meant Anne would take pictures and write a witty blog.
ReplyDeleteoh ahahahahha... probably.
ReplyDeletemore than likely will be priceless...can hardly wait and rubs hands in anticipation. :o)
ReplyDelete