Dragon

hehehe sheftali, I don't think I'll ever get a tax refund that's too big. Truthfully I'm just happy not to have to pay. I spent years in frustration, having to pay when I really didn't make very much money. I was always going to the accountant at work (the bosses wife- she wasn't really an accountant, he was just too cheap to hire someone to do the paycheques) and telling her there must be something wrong with the numbers she was using. She insisted she was using exactly the numbers that the tax book told her to. I found out after our clinic was bought by a new owner and we got a proper bookkeeper that she had been using the same tax book for about 10 years. Appearantly she had no idea that you have to get a new book every year (sometimes more than once a year). Since getting that sorted out and also since quitting my second job I've had a nice little tax refund every year.

sheftali52

Hey Dragon, it's good to hear your tax situation has swung around to where you're getting money back.

Baldur

It's time for a musical interlude on Radio Baldur, so allow me to present on song written by Leon Russell and made popular by George Benson.

'This Masquerade'

Are we really happy here
With this lonely game we play
Looking for words to say
Searching but not finding
Understanding anywhere
We're lost in a masquerade

Both afraid to say we're just too far away
From being close together from the start
We tried to talk it over but the words got in the way
We're lost inside this lonely game we play

Thoughts of weeping disappear
Every time I see your eyes
No matter how hard I try

To understand the reasons
That we carry on this way
We're lost in a masquerade

AuntieB

no no NO..
That is not how to start a Friday Baldur.
For Pete's sake, Auntie B is now taking over the turntable.

Here is a classic from Peaches and Herb:
'Shake Your Groove Thing'


Shake it, shake it

Shake your groove thing, shake your groove thing, yeah, yeah
Show 'em how we do it now
Shake your groove thing, shake your groove thing, yeah, yeah
Show 'em how we do it now, show 'em how we do it now

Let show the world we can dance
Bad enough to strut our stuff
The music gives us a chance
We do more out on the floor

Groovin' loose or heart to heart
We put in motion every single part
Funky sounds wall to wall
We're bumpin' booties, havin' us a ball, y'all

Shake your groove thing, shake your groove thing, yeah, yeah
Show 'em how we do it now
Shake your groove thing, shake your groove thing, yeah, yeah
Show 'em how we do it now

We got the rhythm tonight
All the rest know we're the best
Our shadows crash in the light
Twistin', turnin', we keep burnin'

Shake it high or shake it low
We take our bodies where they wanna go
Feel that beat, never stop
Oh, hold me tight, spin me like a top

Shake your groove thing, shake your groove thing, yeah, yeah
Show 'em how we do it now
Shake your groove thing, shake your groove thing, yeah, yeah
Show 'em how we do it now

There's nothing more that I'd like to do
Than take the floor and dance with you
Keep dancin', let's keep dancin'

Shake it, shake it
Shake it, shake it

Groovin' loose or heart to heart
We put in motion every single part
Funky sounds wall to wall
We're bumpin' booties, havin' us a ball, y'all

Shake your groove thing, shake your groove thing, yeah, yeah
Show 'em how we do it now
Shake your groove thing, shake your groove thing, yeah, yeah

Show 'em how we do it now, yeah
Shake it
Show 'em how we do it now, yeah
Shake it, shake it

Shake it
Doo, doo, doo, whoa
Shake it
Doo, doo, doo, whoa

Shake your groove thing
Shake your groove thing

Show 'em how we do it now, let's get on down
Show 'em how we do it now, show 'em how we do it now, ooh
Ooh
Show 'em how we do it now, shake your groove thing

Shake it, shake it
Shake it, shake it, a bumpin' booty, now
Shake it, shake it
Shake it, shake it, a little freaky now
Shake it, shake it
A shake it, shake it, a do it to it y'all

sheftali52

Auntie B, your musical selection is a bit, er, lively--but Baldur's is much more sensuous and flowing.

Dragon

Either way, my groove thing is now shaking!

Baldur

It's another grey drizzly morning in Primrose, though the forecast is that the sun will eventually break through.
Yesterday, during a brief break in the rain, Baldur went out and added 2 more bleeding heart plants to the bed on the South slope.
This Spring I have already tackled the brambles up there more vigorously than I've ever done; also transplanted many clumps of daffodils to the area.
It should rather spectacular next year.

marius

My goodness, the Baron of Boughbreak has been busy! Did now know daffodils could be transplanted in the spring. marius has about thirty day lilies that should be transplanted but it looks like they will have to wait till fall and am suspecting NOW is the best time? Spouse would help with this project, but his wife can't decide where to move the lilies so, for now, they stay put. (Maybe marius is putting off yard work? It's possible.)

Going today to help daughter-in-law buy and plant her flowers today. Think that's the problem - would rather do other people's yards! tee hee. Happy gardening to all!

marius

- today

Baldur

Now is actually the very worst time to transplant daffodils.
Why does Baldur do it anyway?
Because right now they are in bloom and i can see what color they are.
This way I arrange the clumps on the hillside in a more attractive manner.
Fall is the proper time to move them, but by then even the foliage is gone.

marius

Baldur's idea of moving daffodils while he can see what colors they are may be why I'm putting off moving the day lilies: there are many different kinds and colors and I'd kind of like to arrange them. Hmmm, maybe there is some kind of marking system I can use.

We got the lilies from a lady who enters her day lilies in contests. They all came wrapped in brown paper with wild names written on them. We had just moved to this plalce, so found a piece of the yard, plowed it and stuck them in the ground with wild abandon. Every year since, they bloom beautifully but the lack of arrangement drives me up a wall. Yep, that is the problem. Once again, the Baron comes through! Thank you Baldur.

Perhaps the day lily pandemonium will be solved this year. Ahhhh ... just thinking about it provides some calm.

marius

And now for a short Missouri moment: last week the gray treefrogs began calling. They are not making nearly the racket as the others, but they have such a unique and cheery little sound. Enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2k5CTLNw04w&feature=related

Robindcr8l

Marius, I am looking for someone who would rather do someone else's yard work than their own. Would you consider travelling to accomplish it?

sheftali52

Enjoyed the treefrog sounds. Sheftali spent the day outside planting tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, Kentucky Blue pole bean seeds, and marigolds. And Robin, Sheftali would gladly consider doing someone else's yardwork in addition to her own (and for no pay other than the enjoyment of being outside!) Baldur's idea of moving daffodils while he can see their foliage is worthy. I should break up the clumps of daffodils in Sheftali's yard whilst I can still determine their location. Unfortunately, Sheftali's least favorite daffodils are also the most prolific--oh well. A black-capped chickadee scolded Sheftali numerous times today, for getting too close to the baby chickadees. Ain't Spring wonderful???

Baldur

Part of the daffodil problem is that years ago my boss gave me 5 dozen assorted bulbs as a gift. There were perhaps 5 different varieties in the assortment with no markings as to which was which.
I planted them with trepidation, knowing I would not be fond of the jumble of mixed blossoms being all together.
For years Baldur was aggravated each Spring by the display. Now there are literally hundreds of bulbs in that assorted bed, but I finally decided to deal with the mess.
4 dozen or so bulbs were ever so carefully lifted from the mass whilst in full bloom, separated by color and planted elsewhere in small clumps.
Next Spring I can hopefully do this again.
It will get easier eventually.
Since the bulbs have naturally divided not all bloomed this year. Any that were not clearly identifiable stayed right where they were.

sheftali52

Sheftali admires Baldur's resolve to sort out his daffodils. I also planted some asparagus today, with hopes of harvesting some next year. Has Baldur grown artichokes, by chance?

Dragon

Dragon was surprised to learn that artichokes are part of the thistle family. I guess I shouldn't have been surprised as they really are very prickly but it just seemed funny that something so yummy was related to something I avoid whenever possible.

matthew

Matthew's Tiger Tattoo for your viewing pleasure...

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000275795918&ref=profile#!/photo.php?pid=228 349&id=100000275795918

Baldur

matthew, I think one needs to be a member of Facebook to view the image.
Baldur did try.
Where did you position this masterpiece?

Now back to Primrose......
I was driving along route 104, on my way back to Boughbreak this afternoon, minding my own business when I espied a 'Mission' style oak armchair on the sidewalk. After making a very dramatic U-turn and stopping at the house to view the piece close up it appeared rather similar to the couch and matching chair Robert and I had purchased at the Salivation Army several years ago.
There was a young couple there loading boxes into a truck.
Grandma had passed away and they were cleaning out the house. I asked if indeed the chair was being discarded. Yes it was. The young woman then asked if I wanted the matching ottoman.
Heavens.
The pieces were indeed made by the same company that made mine, in a circa 1990s repro Mission style.
The chair is not a rigid armchair but rather a Morris chair. The 'ottoman', which indeed I did take is not what I would call an ottoman at all but rather a footstool with an upholstered top.
Then as if life weren't good enough she asked if I wanted the Couch.
There was no couch there, she said they had already moved it to their place but needed to get rid of it.
Thinking Robert was already going to be furious over the Morris chair and footstool I told them that we didn't have room for a second couch.
Thanking them profusely I drove off into the sunset.
As soon as I got home, Robert said:
'Why didn't you take the couch too?..... we can use these in the family room in place of the recliner and the daybed'
GRRRRRR LOL he is so unpredictable.
I raced back but they had already left Grandma's house.
So leaving a large note on dead-granny's door I returned home to rustle up a quick dinner.
The young woman called and said they could deliver the couch, they really wanted it gone.
It was here within 15 minutes.
So not only free... but free with free delivery too.

It was a fun day

marius

A fun day, Baldur? That and then some!!!

What delightful timing Baldur has. And, marius suspects Baldur was "supposed" to turn down the couch at first. Had he not, delivery to the doorstep might not have been an option. Would indeed call this a most fortuitous day at Boughbreak! (And, much LOL about unpredictable Robert. Can just see that conversation!)

There was nothing so curious about life in Missouri today. We put out the hummingbird feeders because the Ohio Buckeyes have started blooming and that is Mother Nature's announcement that the hummers will soon be here, if they aren't already.

btw, much enjoyment reading about Baldur's and sheftali's gardening. Since sheftali has volunteered to do Robin's yard, marius will keep looking at her own patch of growing things and think about what she might do. Yesterday when she helped the grand daughter plant her mother's container garden, a little neighbor boy stopped by and asked the grand daughter, "Would your grandma like to see the monster I found?"

Then seven year old Sam told me, "I found it in the pond and got a stick to carry it home. The Conservation man said it's a possum but I think he's wrong. I think it's an animal no one has ever seen before!!! Oh, and you'll have to hold your nose because it smells REALLY bad!"

Well who could refuse an invitation like that?!! After we finished the planting, Sam took me to see the monster. It had obviously died and dried on land. All that was left was skin, teeth and bones. The body was also elongated, stretched out in an odd, sort of petrified pose. And, dull marius almost blew it because she told Sam, "It has possum teeth and possum feet so I'm thinking it IS indeed a possum."

Poor Sam! He so badly wanted it to be a monster, and you know, if all you've ever seen is a LIVE possum, well of course, it didn't look a think like that. Finally I said, "Well, it's very smart of you to think it *isn't* a possum. It doesn't look at all like one, does it?" That got me a big smile.

Then, having regained my senses, I agreed it *could* possibly BE a monster. This seemed to bring great relief to Sam. Guess he needed one adult to entertain his wild ideas of an animal never seen before. We parted the best of friends and marius has been giggling about this off and on the past twenty-four hours.