New York Coffee

Brings back memories of when we lived in NYC when Ed did his Master's at Columbia.  Chock full o' Nuts is widely available here.  

Advertised with a jingle, really a song,  "Chock full of nuts is the heavenly coffee, heavenly coffee, heavenly coffee....."

Hummingbirds

Yesterday while in the patio garden, a hummer scared me to death because it flew so close to my face I could clearly hear the loud humming of its wings.    I believe the bird flew so very close to me because I was wearing a mummu with big red flowers and hummingbirds are attracted to reds. 

My friend Debby Funk recommended 
this type feeder.

Ruby Throat Daylily in back of hummer.

Gabriella Riva Hines

Carla called around 1:15 our time to report Gabriella Riva Hines was born at the Puget Sound Birthing Center weighing in at 6 pounds 1 oz and is 19" long.  My dear friend Jeanne Lang informed me President Obama and Gabriella share the same birthdate, August 4th.

Exotic Mushrooms

This is the story of how a couple with two little children
 turned their farm into a mushroom producing business.
 The video is a piece of art! 

How to Make a Clarinet from a Carrot

This is hysterical!  It came from one of my favorite gardening sites, A Way to Garden by Margaret and was filmed in Sydney, Australia as part of a TED talk.

Roslyn Riding on Two Wheels

Laurie and Roslyn on their first bike ride

Geoffrey Eggington - Airport Architecht 1940 - 2014

 

A dear Colgate buddy of Ed's, Geoff Eggington,  passed away July 22, 2014 after bravely battling multiple myaloma.   I did not know Geoff well  having only met him when he sang with Ed's Reunion Singers last summer.

Geoff was the business manager of the Colgate 13 so he did not sing with the group;  however,  he did sing with the Reunion Singers Ed lovingly put together and directed.   Geoffrey told Ed how much he enjoyed singing!  They were roommates their senior year. 

Super Plugged

My cataract surgery was January 13th for the left eye and and January 27th for the right.  

Some people develop "dry eyes" after cataract surgery and this is what happened to me.  In order for the eyes to produce more tears, plugs may be inserted into the tear ducts. The lower and upper lids have one tear duct in the corner of one's eye near the nose for a total of 4 ducts, two upper and two lower.    Dr. Brownstone inserted plugs in the lower lids quite a while ago.  The reasoning?   Instead of the tears going into the tear ducts they will flow into the eye thus eliminating the sensation of dry eyes.  Liquid Tears are available over the counter and I used plenty!

In May temporary plugs were inserted into my upper lids -- didn't do much good.   

Because I am using so many Liquid Tears, the other day Dr. Brownstone inserted permanent plugs into my upper lids.  I felt like a foreign object was in my eyes when I would look to the right or left and so today Dr. Brownstone pushed them in a tad more which means they can not be removed.  But that is okay!

Now then, one of the lower plugs caused this same "foreign object in the eye" sensation to the point where I almost could not drive.    Sure enough, it was coming out just a little and after it was pushed in, all was well.

I find this entire process extremely interesting.    See my post of January 15, 2014.

BOTTOM LINE:  My sight is much better.  Ed does not call me "Magoo" in the morning because I am able to locate my glasses.  

Daylilies

Although the blooms last only a day, their beauty brings joy to many.  There are hundreds of different kinds of daylilies with whimsical names such as Nile Crane (Frasier TV series), Big Bird, Ruby Throat,  Catherine Neal and Joan Senior.

Each morning I go out to the patio garden and pick blooms and pile them on a plate. By the next morning they are shriveled up and ready to go into the compost.

Nelson Mandela's 96th Birthday Today

The Google Doodle of today is all about what he believed. Click on this hyperlink and you will see what he believed in.  He is one of my heroes. He died December 5th 2013.