Hi guys sorry for being MIA for a little while I’ve been in a crochet and knitting frenzy for gifts as there’s no going out for a fancy dinner for birthdays anymore! Mike I am so sorry for that news it’s terrible my dear friend has also come down with a fever and flu and she was at a dental conference over a month ago that was reportedly the start of the outbreak in Vancouver. However every single hospital has turned her down for the covid tests saying they’ve run out which means the numbers that are being reported cant be true! its terrible and something never saw coming I will pray for you and your family mike it’s not easy but keep your head up. hugs!!! I too worry about Brian I truly hope he’s ok. bob I’ll ask pino for them And see if they’d be great in my area! Bob just when I thought my shopping spree was capped our local nursery just emailed us saying they have a bunch of dwarf apple trees!!! Oh boy am I in trouble they have everything from Fuji to Honeycrisp to pink lady! They’re saying the root stock can be containerized and very hardy to freezes! I am thrilled! Looks like I’ll have my own jungle by the end of summer bob :) bob how are things in your neck of the woods? Rain for us for the next two weeks! I’ll take a look at the Fruit grower forum article and try to search for it bob it’ll be raining so not much I can do out there anyways Time for indoor hobbies for a while.

opaone: Looks like my sensor collection is missing a component, even though my house is deliberately "leaky." Is this the IQAir [AirVisual Pro] Smart Indoor & Outdoor Air Quality Monitor [PM2.5, CO2, AQI, Temperature, Humidity]? How do you like it, and why did you select this brand? I have several. Of the consumer variety this and Foobot are generally the more accurate according to testing by Lawrence Livermore and others. I went through five IQAir's (testing against a borrowed lab meter) before settling on this one. All were fairly accurate but this one was the closest. Foobot was similar though I only went through three. I keep an IQAir and Foobot next to each other in our bedroom all the time and then have another IQAir that I move around wherever needed. I write about healthcare and population health and IAQ is an increasingly critical component.

The lucite frame is an interesting option. Not usually my style, but then again, neither is the painting. Right now I'm leaning towards a very simple wood "gallery" frame in a light to mid wood tone, not black as originally thinking. Not exactly like this, but just an idea ... This is probably more the color I have in mind ...

The thought that girls cannot attend school because they have their periods was unbelievable to me until several years ago when I saw an Academy Award winning documentary about it. I now donate monthly to The Pad Project, a non-profit that helps build simple machines that produce sanitary pads and are run by women in developing countries. We are so lucky to live when and where we do. Really worthwhile project, Sue.