Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Tuesday Twitterdeedum

I just looked at Facebook to see if there had been any recent postings by Mia Wallace. She's my daughter who also answers to Annie. Some people like to put fake names on Facebook for whatever reason. My daughter-in-law goes by Love Debbie and I've recognized a few other faces that don't go with the name I've always attached to them.

Anyway, Mia hasn't checked in since yesterday, so she could be out of range to use her i-phone or her computer. She called me yesterday just after leaving work in Seattle. While we were talking, Willie called on the landline phone. So, I was thinking it was pretty neat being the conduit to my two kids with a cell phone in the left ear and the landline in the other.

Annie talked loud enough that Willie could hear her, but it didn't work so well the other way. Then, Annie said, "Just a minute; let me try this. Willie hang up. Mom, you stay on the phone."
A few seconds later she was back on, then Willie said "hello," and we were in full-fledged conference call mode.

Annie had never tried a conference call on her iphone. It worked perfectly, and we enjoyed a nice visit. By the time we hung up, Annie had walked to her car, driven home and was getting ready to take off for Mt. St. Helens where she would meet Bill for the big adventure.

A couple of hours later, Bill called. He said he was standing out in the middle of a field to get cell phone coverage and "would you please call Annie and tell her where to find me at the resort." I picked up my cell phone, called Annie and decided no need to be a conduit. "Annie, set up your conference call." She did, and again we enjoyed a three-way visit.

I'm wondering if they'll be in range where we'll get little snippets of their activities from time to time on Facebook. We'll just have to wait and see. In the meantime, this technology stuff can be frustrating but more often than not, a lot of fun.

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As I type inside, my brother Mike is sitting out in his camper trailer checking his email and reading the news. He was pretty happy to hook up and have Internet, thanks to our wireless set-up. Mike will be taking off to the lake for some fishing this morning. He seems to be enjoying the camping life at the Lovestead.

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The hay baler came yesterday afternoon to start on the field. I met a couple of Keith Johnson's boys----nice young men. One came to turn the hay into bigger wind rows, while the other came to bale. Keith was one of my students several years ago, and one of his boys set a record at the hospital nursery when he weighed in at 12 pounds, 2 ounces.

Baling didn't last too long because the hay was getting gummed up in the baler. Harvey showed up with his moisture monitor, poked the prong into a couple of bales and determined that the hay should wait until noon today. So, that should be done by evening. The winter's supply will be in a nice stack for us to move into the shed and cover with a tarp.

Always nice when that's done, especially when weather cooperates.

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I picked some more dewberries yesterday. Am up to almost a gallon now, but will probably pick a couple more times to load up with as many as possible. I'll probably wait until cooler weather to cook up the jelly. The blueberries are coming on and the raspberries from our young bushes---thanks Meserves and Dolsby's. One of these years I can give you both a jar of jelly to symbolize my appreciation for those bushes. For now, it's just pluck and eat.

The yellow beans are almost ready to pick, and some of my corn has tassles and ears. Pretty soon, I'll be well into "picking and grinning" mode, which is my favorite time of the gardening season. Just hope I have enough freezer space to store it all.

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Gotta get moving cuz Willie and Debbie are coming for a visit tomorrow, and I've gotta get stuff done so I can enjoy their visit. That includes a column, an interview and some yard and house work. So, I'll wish all a happy Tuesday and get on my way.

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