Judy, cribbage is a card game but a wooden board and little pegs are used to keep track of the players’ scores. Mom and Dad used to play it a lot and taught it to my kids. David and I played a game when he was here recently. Afterwards we both said it didn’t seem like as much fun as we remembered it being.

It has been another one of those busy weeks. Exercise class three days, a doctor appointment (ENT follow-up), a haircut, and a day of working with a friend on a quilt of valor for her brother-in-law. I also bought some annuals and got them potted. I think I will enjoy sitting on my patio in the evenings this summer even more than usual with 6 pots of flowers … IF I can keep them alive!

I went to my favorite farmers market this morning a got two quarts of strawberries. Usually berries will keep for a couple of days and I love them so much that I can eat two quarts before they go bad. But these must be a different variety. They are already getting pretty soft. I’m going to share some shortcake that is in the oven and some berries with the kind young man next door who sprayed Roundup in my driveway the other day. We have a good deal going on- he does work for me that I can’t do and I feed him.

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Hi all

A dreary day here, rainy at times and cool, same yesterday, Autumn is here LOL
Some of the trees are changing rapidly, some not even changing colour very much before dropping, I love seeing the few deciduous we do have locally go orange and red.

I had a busy week, doctors, hair colour and cut, training and having the boys over while the cleaners were at their house (only every 2nd week) , always get a message from John asking if it's OK if he comes over, then I pick up Dean early on Thursdays anyway, so I get them lunch LOL those two can eat me out of house and home !!

It's been quiet here, and I have been pottering about with the Alice quilt, I want plenty of small things to sew when we go away in June, Only a week so not much packing!

MARYLOU I have heard if you rinse strawberry in a vinegar/water solution they stay fresh longer, I would freeze them and use in cooking LOL

SANDRA I know about the keeping score with cribbage but I haven't played it, might look it up, might be fun for some of us at quilt camp, I am sorry about your neighbour, some people are just miserable, and don't want to be anything else unfortunately. where you live you can choose to be sociable when you want, and that is so good, shame he didn't want to.

INDY I only have a few places where I can get pizza, most are not the way I like them, I loved them in Italy, just my style, thin and crisp on the base, and a few only yum toppings, the simplest one I ever had - and the most delicious was just cheese and a few basil leaves ( tomato too of course) can almost taste it now. 
Devilled egg salad with V8 sounds yum, I haven't had V8 for a long time, might add it to my list, I usually try to find tomato juice at buffets in hotels (and cruise ships) some always have it, some you have to ask. It's my choice instead of the other juices.

DEVONNE that is an early start, don't miss those days going to see the boys play soccer, it was foggy sometimes and cold ground, so your feet got cold - they play in autumn and winter here, and some games were 8am LOL 

HOLLY that is a lovely way to remember your friend, it will be appreciated, so sorry for her loss, I like reasonable spicy sausage, we have some yum italian ones here, but the Mr doesn't care for them LOL So I don't cook them often.

CHERYL I miss my girl too and still have a weep, you had the same kind of friendship as I did, they remain in our hearts forever. Every year Dianne and I would 'do' the craft shows, I have been a few times since then just not the same, I rarely go any more. 

I have made my sourdough and been playing with fabric choices, but my brain is now fried, I can't seem to pick what I want, made a few choices and changed my mind so often I'm giving up.

I have also spent quite a few hours trying to get into our servers mail - I got an email I think might be spam, but it really looks real, and wanted us to update our privacy policy before tomorrow, so I went searching and found how to access our mail account, but of course I need to update passwords, and all that took a while,  but I can't find anything on the site that want policy updates acknowledged, so I have deleted the email, weird because it REALLY looks legitimate, can't trust anything now, it wanted me to click the links of course, I NEVER do that, I always go to the website - such a waste of time.

I have the A/C on heating, it's quite cool today, and will be the next few days.
Still have no idea what to do for dinner - I have salmon in the freezer, so maybe I'll thaw it out.

Does anyone use Ancestry, I signed up for the free account, not paying them money, but I do get "hints" and someone has been checking on my mothers death notice, curiosity got the better of me, and I started googling, I found someone  with the name who lives in the south of us, AND near to where mum has distant relations, so I messaged him, turns out he wasn't looking for mum, just the connection to our dad, we have the same grandparents back in 1870s on my dads side, I know it's legitimate because I have seen the names of them in my info from an aunt, talk about small world, they all had 10 or more kids back then, and his branch of the family ended up near another branch of mine hundreds of years later, they came from Germany originally. 
I am not keeping in touch with him, they really have no connection to us otherwise. But he has said he can forward any info to me if I need help.