Hi Nancy,

 NB>  RH>> to its quirks. It will be available if we want/need another
 NB>  RH>> cooking surface for the picnic.
 NB>  NB>> Makes sense for him to try to get used to it before having to
 NB>  NB>> use it on the road...   And nice to have it available if
 NB>  NB>> needed, too... 

 RH> Quite so; we can grill quite a bit if we want to at the picnic.

 NB> If that's what ends up...  

And if the weather co-operates. We picked up a table top "fire pit" at
W-M the other day, a table for it at Re-Store but it's more for pretty
than for grilling.


 NB>  RH>> thing, not really what we enjoy. I don't "do" fireworks that
 NB>  RH>> well, especially the smoke so stayed inside when neighbors
 NB>  RH>> started shooting them off.
 NB>  NB>> I tend to stay inside the camp to watch the ones at the Pond,
 NB>  NB>> mostly, since the mosquitoes can be rather fierce.... I can
 NB>  NB>> generally see well enough to appreciate the pretty display,
 NB>  NB>> without so much smoke, noise or bites.... 

 RH> Inside is so much nicer! (G)

 NB> Safer, anyway... 

Very much so. Steve found out something interesting about mosquitoes the
other day--they tend to prefer people with type O blood over others. His
is O; he gets eaten alive. Mine is B and they ignore me, for the most
part. Guess O tastes better. (G)

 NB>  RH>> BTW, did Linda ever get her knee surgery done?
 NB>  NB>> Yes... It was over the winter, a year and a half ago...  

 RH> Hopefully she recovered all she wanted to from it.

 NB> I think so... there's issues with the other leg now, forget if it's
 NB> knee or hip....

Not fun. I had my last therapy session today but will continue with home
exercises. He said that in time, this will become my "good" knee. Gave
it a good work out walking around the sewing/quilting expo in Raleigh
yesterday so it was tired today--but not hurting. It did hurt last night
but woke up pain free this morning.

 NB>  RH>> The team had some trouble with the church van while in VT but
 NB>  RH>> were able to use alternate transportation while the van was
 NB>  RH>> fixed. It was repaired in time for them to travel home without
 NB>  RH>> problem.
 NB>  NB>> That was good...  Probably Steve was missed more at that point,
 NB>  NB>> too... 

 RH> Probably so. Probably should be thinking about replacing the van in
 RH> the not too distant future also.

 NB> Especially when it tends to have issues on long trips....

I think the noise is, they will rent for now.

 NB>  NB>>> Another shower coming up soon...?
 NB>  RH>> Have to ask the pastor's wife but I will be working on the quilt
 NB>  RH>> soon. Only 2 blocks to make for the current one but will begin
 NB>  RH>> cutting this week.
 NB>  NB>> Might as well have it ready ahead of time if possible... 

 RH> Shower is set for August 9; I've got pieces cut, just need to assemble
 RH> now.

 NB> Should be done in time.... 

Yes, I worked on it some on Tuesday, will do more probably later today
and finish it next week.


 NB>  RH>>> The cherry pie was good; blueberry will be subbed for peach.
 NB>  RH>>> I'll do that tomorrow as the schedule is less busy than today's
 NB>  RH>>> was.
 NB>  NB>>> Sounds reasonable... 
 NB>  RH>> It worked out quite well. Got some more blueberries at the
 NB>  RH>> farmer's market so will be doing something with them in the next
 NB>  RH>> couple of days.
 NB>  NB>> Jam...?  Cobbler....?

 RH> Blueberry lemon bars, just eating and maybe another batch of muffins.
 RH> If not the latter, just freeze them.

 NB> All sound yummy... 

I made a pound cake with some of the berries (like the strawberry one I
did at the Shipps in 2017)--it's maybe even better than the strawberry
one was. (G)

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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