Royal Caribbean Cruisers -- How Are Things Where You Are? (was "Routine" ​ 😁 ​day in lockdown... how was yours?)

[grapau27]

12 minutes ago, Sunshine3601 said:

I received a phone call from a very good friend that her Father passed away (he has been in hospice program).     Funeral will be Saturday morning.    I had no idea but her Father was much older than her Mother - he lived and enjoyed life for 97 years!

Sending our condolences for your friend and all her family and friends for the loss of her dad.

[Ozark_Kid]

4 hours ago, Sunshine3601 said:

The rain you had arrived here early this morning.   Cold, windy 55f here.   Rain supposed to stop soon but temps will be low 60s at most.   Definitely not A beach day😔

Good thing I cleaned all the windows inside and out this weekend. 

I am way behind so sorry if already asked..... How's the can opener 🤔. 

[Sunshine3601]

3 minutes ago, Ozark_Kid said:

I am way behind so sorry if already asked..... How's the can opener 🤔. 

Can Opener is ready to go with first tenants of the season arriving Thursday 😁

[Ozark_Kid]

16 hours ago, singinalot said:

Sent two of our cars off to FL today. Our tenant has agreed to meet the haulers and park the cars in the garage until we get there next week.

 

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I didn't see the video at first.  When reading responses I was wondering why such questions.   Just watched, cool video.   It's exciting to see you and Nate are close to moving.  I hope all goes well.

[Bailey & Sophie]

6 hours ago, Luckynana said:

Update on baby Ginny.  Ginny's operation was cancelled again.  She went into cardiac arrest Sunday night and is on life support.  This poor baby.🙏🙏🙏  I just don't have words.

 

This is heartwrenching news. I have no adequate words.

[Ozark_Kid]

We made it back to our house safely yesterday afternoon.  Some small branches down but no damage.
Checked the garden and was surprised how much it has grown.
The Delicious tomatoes doubled in size but were blown over somewhat. 

 

 

To give an idea how much they grew and blew over notice the stick that was supporting the plant before I left.  The plant was about twice the size of the stick and standing up.

 

The peppers are looking great.

 

The hardneck garlic is doing great.  The first two rows of softneck not as good.

 

Today I spent a few hours hooking tomatoes to the trellises and cleaning up.

Small tomatoes are showing up.

 

 

and harvested several scapes today 

 

Overall the garden is doing great!

Edited May 24, 2022 by Ozark_Kid

[Momof3gurlz]

21 minutes ago, Ozark_Kid said:

We made it back to our house safely yesterday afternoon.  Some small branches down but no damage.
Checked the garden and was surprised how much it has grown.
The Delicious tomatoes doubled in size but were blown over somewhat. 

 

 

To give an idea how much they grew and blew over notice the stick that was supporting the plant before I left.  The plant was about twice the size of the stick and standing up.

 

The peppers are looking great.

 

The hardneck garlic is doing great.  The first two rows of softneck not as good.

 

Today I spent a few hours hooking tomatoes to the trellises and cleaning up.

Small tomatoes are showing up.

 

 

and harvested several scapes today 

 

Overall the garden is doing great!

Great garden! Wish I had the knack for it.  

[lenquixote66]

2 hours ago, Sunshine3601 said:

I received a phone call from a very good friend that her Father passed away (he has been in hospice program).     Funeral will be Saturday morning.    I had no idea but her Father was much older than her Mother - he lived and enjoyed life for 97 years!

Sorry for the loss of a loved one.

[Sunshine3601]

47 minutes ago, Ozark_Kid said:

We made it back to our house safely yesterday afternoon.  Some small branches down but no damage.
Checked the garden and was surprised how much it has grown.
The Delicious tomatoes doubled in size but were blown over somewhat. 

 

 

To give an idea how much they grew and blew over notice the stick that was supporting the plant before I left.  The plant was about twice the size of the stick and standing up.

 

The peppers are looking great.

 

The hardneck garlic is doing great.  The first two rows of softneck not as good.

 

Today I spent a few hours hooking tomatoes to the trellises and cleaning up.

Small tomatoes are showing up.

 

 

and harvested several scapes today 

 

Overall the garden is doing great!

Everything Looks Great!!!    Tomato plants definitely love the heat and humidity.    When is your usual first pick of tomatoes?     Ours is usually around 4th of July.     Did you have timers set up to water while you were away?    We usually put a timer for our garden beds and my neighbor the "cat sitter" waters the flower pots and the herb garden on the other side of our shed.   

[jmh2006]

@Luckynana So heartbreaking 😞.

[grapau27]

A new series of Below deck tomorrow on UK TV.

It is in the Caribbean.

[Ozark_Kid]

3 hours ago, Sunshine3601 said:

I received a phone call from a very good friend that her Father passed away (he has been in hospice program).     Funeral will be Saturday morning.    I had no idea but her Father was much older than her Mother - he lived and enjoyed life for 97 years!

Sorry to hear.  Even when you are blessed to have family for 97 years it's hard when they leave.

[Sea Dog]

I have no words. I am angry I am heartbroken. I'm tired of the same thing. I want change.

[dani negreanu]

10 minutes ago, Sea Dog said:

I have no words. I am angry I am heartbroken. I'm tired of the same thing. I want change.

 

Greg, if you mean what happened in the Texas school, I'm with you, and as angry and heartbroken as you. 😢

[DaniDanielle]

It is so sad.Why are these young boys going to these extremes?

[NHProud]

12 minutes ago, dani negreanu said:

 

Greg, if you mean what happened in the Texas school, I'm with you, and as angry and heartbroken as you. 😢

I agree wholeheartedly with both of you .  
 

Dani , I read on the book of faces that a cruiser’s  itinerary was diverted from Jerusalem .  That is a disappointing situation,. Now , they have two port days in Haifa. I had mentioned to you our stay in Haifa while dealing with the Technion University. While , it’s a great visit they must be upset about missing out on Jerusalem . 
 

You must be so excited. Are you really meeting up with the captain on Beyond ? You are par excellence an extraordinary planner and organizer . 


 

 

 

[Ozark_Kid]

1 hour ago, Sunshine3601 said:

Everything Looks Great!!!    Tomato plants definitely love the heat and humidity.    When is your usual first pick of tomatoes?     Ours is usually around 4th of July.     Did you have timers set up to water while you were away?    We usually put a timer for our garden beds and my neighbor the "cat sitter" waters the flower pots and the herb garden on the other side of our shed.   

When I have cherry tomatoes going they are ready to pick about the 3rd week of June.  For some reason I have not had luck yet getting cherry tomatoes going.   Not giving up.  Larger tomatoes  start the last of June, first of July.

No timers.  I rely totally on the core gardening and it hasn't failed yet.  It would of helped if I hard someone pruning and hooking the plants to the trellises. 

[Sunshine3601]

10 minutes ago, DaniDanielle said:

It is so sad.Why are these young boys going to these extremes?

Such a horrible, disgusting, senseless tragedy.     Not sure we will have understand. 

 

Very sad and so scary for the children to witness such violence.    Those poor babies will be traumatized.

 

I hope the anniversary of George Floyd's death tomorrow does not bring violence anywhere.

[h20skibum]

46 minutes ago, Sea Dog said:

I have no words. I am angry I am heartbroken. I'm tired of the same thing. I want change.

 

34 minutes ago, dani negreanu said:

 

Greg, if you mean what happened in the Texas school, I'm with you, and as angry and heartbroken as you. 😢

 

18 minutes ago, DaniDanielle said:

It is so sad.Why are these young boys going to these extremes?

If everyone’s family was like the extended family we have here, the world would be a much better place!

 

Had a great grandparents day at the grandkid’s school today.  Breakfast with granddaughter and lunch with grandson.  Now we are packing again, this time for California. Looking forward to seeing our other grandson tomorrow night.  Son has a two week business trip to France, Germany, and Amsterdam, so we will take care of getting grandson to and from school for his last couple of weeks.  I am sure Susan and I will get some walking in. 

Edited May 24, 2022 by h20skibum

[Sunshine3601]

6 minutes ago, Ozark_Kid said:

When I have cherry tomatoes going they are ready to pick about the 3rd week of June.  For some reason I have not had luck yet getting cherry tomatoes going.   Not giving up.  Larger tomatoes  start the last of June, first of July.

No timers.  I rely totally on the core gardening and it hasn't failed yet.  It would of helped if I hard someone pruning and hooking the plants to the trellises. 

I am doing core gardening for the first time but set up my timer to water for 15 minutes per day while we are down the shore.    When I get home I will see how the core gardening does with water retention and decide whether to set the timer for when we come back down to the shore house for 2 weeks in June.    

[Coralc]

3 hours ago, Ozark_Kid said:

 

and harvested several scapes today 

 

Overall the garden is doing great!

 

It does look nice.  What's a scape, please? They look kind of like green onions? 

[Ozark_Kid]

8 minutes ago, Coralc said:

It does look nice.  What's a scape, please? They look kind of like green onions? 

There are 2 general types of garlic, hardneck and softneck. You can tell the difference when opening a bulb.  The hardneck has a hard straw like stick in the middle of the cloves.  When hardneck is in its last stage of maturity,  a scape grows out of the middle of it.  If left the tip developes a flower.  If you pull the scapes  early, before flowering, the energy will concentrate on enlarging the bulb instead of the flower.

The scape can be used similar to green onions.  Instead of a mild onion taste you have a mild garlic taste. This year I am going to try making some pesto with them using the scapes in place of basil.

Look towards the middle of the pic and you can see the curly scape.

[DWhit]

This thread needs a new title.  Is anyone on these boards in lockdown?  

[DaKahuna]

1 minute ago, DWhit said:

This thread needs a new title.  Is anyone on these boards in lockdown?  

I have been thinking the same thing.  
 

The only lockdown these days are those folks testing positive while on a cruise.

[Ocean Boy]

1 minute ago, DWhit said:

This thread needs a new title.  Is anyone on these boards in lockdown?  

The title is just fine. It speaks to the time that gave rise to the thread. Never forget your roots.