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MORNING ROLL CALL APRIL - JUNE CLOSED

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April 1, 2021
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Good morning everyone on this THURSDAY morning APRIL 1, 2021.

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catwoman500

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Be on your toes today!

Happy April, Porch Peeps!

I have mixed feelings about April Fools day. As a kid I loved trying to fool my parents, but as a teacher, I dreaded the corny first grade tricks the kids tried to pull. LOL They thought they were so clever, but we teachers inwardly groaned and outwardly had to act like we were so surprised. 😲

As we head into another Easter weekend, things have changed a little since the very strict quarantine days of a year ago, but we still have to be careful.

I hope you all stay safe if you are visiting with loved ones and friends this holiday. 🐇

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ChaviB814890rest

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@catwoman500 luv your post!!! I never did any pranks but been pranked a few times at my job. Have an awesome day 🙂

MsStretch

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Out like a lion, that is what March is doing and April is coming in as same. Cold. Blustery. Had to re-plug in all the furkiddy beds last night. Heard a big clunk on roof during the night. This morning I saw pieces of wood and bark and shreds across the deck. Haven't found the offending tree/branch yet, but running around in a bathrobe in high winds inspecting the grounds is not ideal. Brrrr.

I was going to schedule my 2nd shingles shot and I missed my window. 😟 Thought I had gotten first shot in October, but it was September! What with trying to work around the COVID vaccine, it fell through the cracks. Shame on me. 😧

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ChaviB814890rest

Community Manager

@MsStretch oh no 🙂 How do they handle this? Do you have to start over or can you still get your 2nd one? Lol, got mine last year and tried to schedule too early. Hope you find the offending tree. The sun finally came out today in Virginia. Awful dreary day yesterday. I bet your furbabies are adorable. Try to stay warm. 🙂

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ChaviB814890rest

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Lol @DaveMcK no cafè today for you??? I was banned from it starting Sunday in preparation for my Monday molar extraction 😞 I am going to try to sip a little. Lol, dreaming about my missing daily cup. Nothing like having a morning cup while I look at the mountains outside my window 🙂

catwoman500

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@MsStretch ... same question as @Anonymous …what do they do now that you missed the second shingles shot window? That’s a shame.

Was thinking of your fur babies yesterday when a stray cat strolled through my backyard. Hope they stayed warm.

I don’t think Mother Nature pays attention to the March in like a lion, out like a lamb thing. One huge gust of wind did something here in the night. The roof hadn’t blown off so I went back to sleep. This morning. I saw that one of the basement window well protectors was blown off and is in pieces on the back lawn.

@Anonymous …taking away your coffee is a cruel punishment. Maybe I’ll have an extra cup today for you. 😸

MsStretch

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@Anonymous and @catwoman500 , just scheduled my 2nd one for tomorrow. They recommend you get it ASAP, but now there is an increased chance of still getting shingles. I could have gotten it today, but I want to get a few things done and I already know my arm is gonna be sore. 🙁

@Anonymous , I'm in Virginia, too. Southern fringe of NoVA. Sun is trying to stay out here, but still windy and chilly.

The shed kitties around here are so spoiled with their own kitty encampments and regularly scheduled meals and nightly walkabouts. 😸 Have a new interloper -- BUC (Black Ugly Cat) who's been visiting on occasion. Really need to TNR him too, but I am NOT trying to run a feral colony here.

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ChaviB814890rest

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@MsStretch Yikes!! Never had shingles and had my 1st set of 2 last year. I am located near Roanoke, Virginia. Lol, so over the wind howling at nights. Sun is in and out. But no rain 🙂

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RosemaryF433825

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HAPPY MONTH OF APRIL EVERYONE!!

April means I am that much closer to being able to play in my flowerbeds and start my "new year" planting! It also means I will be opening up my business for the year next month.

Hope all of you have a wonderful month ahead...filled with new possibilities and a sense of wonder!!

--Rosemary

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ChaviB814890rest

Community Manager

Hi @RosemaryF433825 how exciting!! If you can, no pressure, I would luv to hear about your business and gardening plans. Thanks 🙂

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RosemaryF433825

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@Anonymous Hi Angela. Business wise, I am the owner and artist of an Art Studio and Gallery called "Heron's Haunt Art Studio & Gallery." The Gallery features not only my art (Fine Art Photography), but also some original art work of a select group of other artists, too.

Gardening plans? I am in the process of clearing out a bunch of undergrowth and trees with poison ivy vines on them, and replacing them with a large, natural wildflower patch this year. I'm also thinking about doing some asphalt laying in front of the Gallery,

and perhaps putting in some contemporary fencing.

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ChaviB814890rest

Community Manager

Friday - April 2, 2021

I am being lazy today and still in bed. Ahhh, the perks of being retired and I can have cafè AGAIN 🙂 🙂 Molar extraction area healing 🙂 Any plans for today?

Frozenoem

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19* in mountains of Maine, had an inch of snow last night and it melted or blew away👍.

Figure real Spring will arrive mid-MONTH😎 or whenever the winds die down.

Maybe by then the snow piles will have melted so, I can rake/mulch the yard.

Froze

And yes, after long days/nights, I'd still like to swing these hunks of glass , plastic and silicon against the nearest wall Come on retirement!

LaDolceVita

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Beautiful day, winter temps but everything is green, except for the oak trees. Too many chores await but I had to post so I could keep up with all the happenings on the Front Porch!

catwoman500

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Hi, Everyone,

This cold is ridiculous! I know, @Frozenoem ...you have it way colder than here, but it was 27 at 8:30 this morning, feeling like 19! At this rate the Easter Bunny will freeze his cottontail right off!

It is supposed to be warmer on Easter day thank goodness.

Got a chuckle from the news clip out of Detroit....baseball game in the snow. Looked crazy! 😸

Speaking of baseball, the Phillies won their home opener over Atlanta yesterday. Wahoo!

I need to go check my hardboiled eggs that are sitting in egg dye at the moment. Don't think I'll ever get tired of dyeing eggs at Easter. The kid in me!

Have a great Friday!

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ChaviB814890rest

Community Manager

@catwoman500 I would luv to see a picture of your Easter Eggs when they are finished. Bet you do an awesome job 🙂 No pressure at all to do this. Stay warm!

DaveMcKAuthor

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Welcome to the Front Porch on this Spring evening on Easter Eve night. Mary's Easter decorations are on display. May it be a blessed Easter day tomorrow for everyone.

Posted by Dave the Lighthouse Keeper

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RosemaryF433825

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@DaveMcK Thank you, Dave! And to you and your family as well.

-- Rosemary

OscarE1968

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Hello and Happy Sunday to all On the Front Porch. Hope everyone is doing well as life slowly but surely begins to return to some form of normalcy. Happy to say I've had both my shots of the Moderma vaccine. Hope everyone has had the opportunity to get vaccinated. Wish you all a Beautiful start to Spring.

catwoman500

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Good Morning…ooops, Good Afternoon, Porch Peeps!

Doc appt. this morning…felt like I was rushed. I see a difference with the new younger doc. She didn’t even bring up the recent blood work that she had requested until I mentioned it, and at that point I was standing and on my way out of the exam room! Got to the desk to pay and check out and I got a printout of the office visit summary, a prescription for the next blood work in 6 months, and a prescription for a bone scan which the doc barely mentioned as I (again) was standing and on way out of the exam room. Then when I got home, the office visit summary came again via email, and 2 min later, another email telling me there was an office visit summary posted to my online health page....overkill?

Liked it much better when the docs took their time and then afterwards, there was always a time to chit chat about ordinary things. I always used to feel like I was a human being rather than another appointment to push through.

The nurses at the vaccine place were like the old guard…I felt like they really cared. Oh, well…the times they are a-changin’. So annoyed I stopped at Starbucks for a “fix.”

Anyhoo, @RosemaryF433825 ...so glad you can get your second vaccine! So frustrating when you see an open spot and by the time you fill out the forms, it’s gone. That happened to me several times in my quest to get an appointment.

@Frozenoem …so glad you didn’t go down the drain. As for J&J…everyone was expecting great things from them????…after all, they did SO well with the baby powder thing. LOL 🙄

OMG...what is that noise on my phone ?....oh, an Amber alert. Sheesh!

You all stay well!

Back to my Starbucks...

Hello, world!

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RosemaryF433825

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@catwoman500 Technology (ie computers, cellphones, etc.). has certainly changed our lives in all sorts of ways...and some not so nice, also. I remember taking my Mom for an eye appointment, and the doctor was so busy asking her questions and typing on his computer, his bedside manner was practically nonexistent. Luckily, I have a physician who totally looks me in the eye, holds my hand, and talks TO me. THEN, right before I leave is when she types the info into her computer. Sorry to hear you don't have a doc like mine. (I like your little guy in the pic!)

MsStretch

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My neighbors/landlord (I live in a little house on the property) get their first dose today. Both under 65. Virginia has moved to getting all adults vaccinated.

@OscarE1968 and @RosemaryF433825 , I have avoided turning into a zombie yet, although the furkids and I are still running from them (via the Zombies, Run! app). 👾

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