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W.W. That sounds pretty good to me. Is it legal and can you do it alone? As always ....

Anthony, it won’t be pretty if Big Bird and Bert get into it over this. At least Ernie has a job with CNN.As always ....

Mrs J. The small image you see below is the unintentional attempt I alluded to. Mrs L and I had a long and sometimes contentious relationship and being a bit of a sometimes foolish sentimental romantic, I would buy her a fresh rose every so often. Depending on the state of our relationship at the moment the rose would either be lovingly placed in a bud vase or the nearest circular receptacle if I wasn’t within throwing distance. When I lost her I made the side room on our floor a memory room. I placed a live rose by her portrait. It would last a week or more and then I’d replace it. I felt bad disposing of them so began holding on to them. What you see in the photo, is the result. The pandemic stopped me from the purchase so I placed a permanent crystal rose by her portrait. A portrait of her done a few months before her 17th birthday. Mrs L’s last gift to me was the illustrated book “ The Giving Tree”. I purchased it, at her request. She was too ill to leave the house. It was five weeks before her passing. I keep it on my night table. I even wrote a review for Amazon. It was the only way I thought I could thank the author. “ Now as an old man I sit where she rests. I dream and remember”. That was the last sentence of my review. Thank you, Mrs. J for the beauty you bring to the forum, as always .....

Mrs J.your hydrangeas + are a living example of why artificial stimulation is unnecessary. If you have a yard or can find a green space all you need is to open your eyes and enjoy what has always been free. If I ever figure out how to add a photo to a post I’ll share an un-intentioned floral creation of mine with you. As always ....

In other cultures the heavy/main meal is the middle meal with a two hour break for rest and relaxation beginning around 1300. A late meal, if taken, is generally light. If we did that here, work truant officers would have to be sent out to get us all back. As always ....

When all other words fail we are still and only left with hope. As always ......

Standing in my Red Hook/Cobble Hill postage stamp back yard, even on a cool clear night, I look up and see nothing. The city that never sleeps, by necessity, keeps the lights on all night. Nary ever a star to see. As always ...

Agree totally. Now For perfection just add some desert style radiational cooling. My old/odd parts may fall off but It’s worth it. As always ....

Nicely done Ms Mappy. Perry Como sang it best. “Bless the beasts and the children Give them shelter from the storm. Keep them safe. Keep them warm. Light their way when darkness surrounds them Give them love” My lost love and I would go to the local churches to witness the blessing of the animals in the fall. I recall one year, at St. Pats in Bay Ridge Brooklyn the Cleric came around to each person to give an individual blessing. When he reached my wife she smiled and pointed to me. I got spritzed and it was well worth it. As always ...

Well played. As always .....

Mrs J in consideration of my present hierarchy of values that strawberry pie photo constitutes a pin up. I’ll stop right there with the metaphor. RDM I remember seasonal fruit in the last early fifties, when I was a boy. We loved watermelon. My mom bought several late in the season and stored them in a back, under porch, outside pantry. We had an unusual early season hard freeze and the darn things exploded. We also picked wild blueberries in the woods around Lakewood New Jersey. A different time, a different way. As always .....

Please post photos, the smiling emoji will be Mr J. when sampling time arrives . As always.....

It’s as if the atmosphere has become sentient. That would not bode well for our species. As always .....

It’s gorgeous. I would show you what I put together for myself today but it’s a hell of A way to get your first warning point. As always ..

Absolutely agree. Were the cherry tomatoes aside dish? As always. ....

I guess at 0 you can keep moving to stay warm. At 90 it’s inside with artificial cool air or outside immersed in sometimes questionable wet. As always .....

Draw a line through the middle and the direction is obvious and for the last few years seems to be accelerating. To use the words of an often maligned, sometimes controversial Professional Meteorologist and part time Philosopher. “ The Trend Is Your Friend”. As always ....

Please take care of yourself. The old company adage was when an employee buys it on the job the first thing you do is step over him and clock him out. I hope the penalty overtime provisions are being adhered to. Be well and safe. As always ...

Please try to get rest when you can. The fear in my Cobble Hill neighborhood was that The Cadman Plaza area protest would move west along Court and/or Smith. I just listen for the choppers. If I hear them getting closer then I figure trouble may be arriving. I’m happy the mayor grew some grey matter and realized a curfew tgat starts hours after dark was less than useless. We are a long way from Fred’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood. Right now it just seems like a long night in the hood. Be safe, As always ....

Just witnessed a corner store on Smith Street boarding up. Be careful, stay safe Anthony. As always .....

I was in college that. year and houses In Brooklyn with accessible backyards were actually drilling wells. At that time the concern for the quality of that water was not a factor. The well water was used, primarily, for pools and gardening. As always .....

Dry wit is the best medicine. Be well. As always ......

Not so H2O. It’s the overlay of the capital A that gives that illusion in the photo. Your legs, however, would definitely make some of the girls jealous. As always ....

Careful Forky, Mr. Scratch may be listening and you’ll never find a Daniel Webster in today’s reality. As always .....

With the weight of the ‘MOD’ balanced precariously on your shoulders, you can’t always be good. As always ......