Jane Mulberry

LOL, Nancy!

Oh, that is so sad and so true it makes me want to cry!

All of that, Pearl!

Timothy Norton wrote:I'm on a bit of a paprika kick. Smoked paprika is amazing!

Ooh, yes, for sure! I love it, too.

Savory spices - cumin or turmeric. Many savory dishes just feel incomplete without cumin. For sweet spice, cinnamon, the real Ceylon stuff.

In our household, garlic is a vegetable, not a spice or a flavouring! We'll easily eat a whole big one in a single meal, especially roasted in the skin so that soft squishy garlic deliciousness can be squeezed out.

Hugs on the lurgies, and the missing parts. Hubby and I both had viruses in early September and we're still not fully recovered.

I'm not American, but I always though cooties were their equivalent of nits!

Wow! What a place! Those huge rocks are amazing! But it must have been scary watching that creek fill up. So glad all stayed safe.

If there really are concrete support pillars going down to the granite bedrock and if the house base is reinforced properly, it seems less likely the house will slide into the creek. Phew! Some sort of low-growing but tightly matting plant with a strong root network at the edge of the deck to stop the soil sliding down the hill would be reassuring and prevent the house ending up on concrete stilts with no soil under it.

It's right to enjoy the excitement of taking such a huge step, Emmett. So glad you found the right property. As you say, that's the most important thing.

Thanks for the update, Ezra! It's coming along nicely.

Tereza, yay for a simple fix, and "only passing out once"!

Beth, I hope you find the property you and your friends are looking for. Community, whether family, neighbours, friends, or actually living in community becomes even more important as we age.