Thursday, June 8, 2017

01/June/2017 - Now Grump Has Spots Too!

Uh oh ...... guess who woke up this morning with spots on his legs?


Before we answer that question and find out who is also suffering from a slight case of the "poultry pox", let's see just what Sweetie and Lola pulled out of the garden today.

Potatoes

That's right ..... they got a nice harvest of potatoes from the potato plant they had put in the corner of the garden.  The plant itself gave up the ghost once it started to get hot here, but it still gave us a nice bunch of potatoes.

Here are those same potatoes, washed up and made to look pretty:

Potatoes after a bath

Sweetie also harvested a nice crop of cherry tomatoes, which she chopped up for a salad:

Chopped Cherry Tomatoes

Now ..... back to the question we asked at the beginning of this post, namely, who woke up with spots on his legs?  Why none other than the Old Grump, of course!

Grump's spotted calves



Poor Grump!  In addition to the spots, and an associated low-grade fever, he has diarrhea.  (Which started for him just last night.)  Dodong has had diarrhea as well, so we assume that it is a symptom of whatever cruddy virus has infected the two fellows.

Grump has had bad run-ins with the Herpes family of viruses before, so he sure hopes this infection isn't too long lasting and serious.


Peace!

31/May/2017 - Philippines Pics

The title to this post, "Philippines Pics", is misleading, as there are no pics here.

It should really be "Links to Philippines Pics".

I posted many of the pics Sweetie took whilst in the Philippines over at another blog.  Here are some links to them if you're curious.

http://planetarypics.blogspot.com/2017/05/philippines-may2017-people-part-1.html

http://planetarypics.blogspot.com/2017/05/philippines-may2017-people-part-2.html

http://planetarypics.blogspot.com/2017/05/philippines-may2017-people-part-3.html


And here, to prove I'm a liar, (there really are pics here!), is a sample pic:

Kids "helping" make bud-bud in the Philippines


Peace!


30/May/2017 - Virtual Monday

Today was a "virtual Monday", since Old Grump had to go back to work.  Phooey!

Since Sweetie is now back home, he got to eat a "proper" oatmeal and chia seed breakfast again:

Grump's Breakfast

She also brought him back, (from the Philippines, in case you don't remember), some interesting herbal tea:


I believe that "Ampalaya" is sour sop.


After work, Grump went walking and sent Sweetie these pics of a nice lantana plant growing in Venerable Watson's apartment complex.  Sweetie says the folks back home just can't believe that people here in the USA grow these things as ornamentals, because they are noxious weeds in Mindanao, Philippines.

"Noxious Weed"?




Peace!

29/May/2017 - Memorial Day

Today was Memorial Day, and you could do worse than read an article I wrote about Memorial Day a few years ago.  (You could probably do better too, but that's up to you.)

Dodong is ill!  Here you can see just how tired the little guy, by how he positions himself on the mattress:

Dodong sleeping whilst falling off the bed

He has all these small dots all over his body.  It appears the poor guy has a case of the Chicken Pox!

Dodong's spots


Sweetie has been letting her hair grow, and now it is very long indeed.  Grumps thinks it is very sexy, but it is a nuisance for her, so she will be cutting it soon.  Pity!


Sweetie's long, wavy hair





Peace!


Tuesday, June 6, 2017

28/May/2017 - Still Recovering

Today we did ..... well, mostly nothing again.  We did do a little shopping at Sam's Club, but mostly we just hung around the house.

Grump is so happy to have everyone back that he doesn't know what to do with himself!

Dodong and Kuya are glad to be home again, but they do miss all the kids they got to play with whilst in the Philippines.

Hi Dodong

Hi Kuya

Grump began putting all the pictures and videos taken during the trip out on the mighty internet.

Pictures can be found at http://planetarypics.blogspot.com, starting with http://planetarypics.blogspot.com/2017/05/philippines-may2017-people-part-1.html.

Videos are over on YouTube on a channel called kjohnz001.  For example, here is one of Dodong attempting to play basketball:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIwKp0xmXAQ

Peace!



27/May/2017 - As If They Never Left

After all the nervousness and excitement of the last few days, it was nice to have a lazy Saturday where we did basically nothing.

Kuya got ahold of his iPad and ...... well, it was like he never just spent three weeks in the jungle.  It was back to games and YouTube.

Look what I've got!

The iPad addict, at it again

So, on the outside at least, life returned back to normal for us. 


Peace!


26/May/2017 - Home, Sweet Home

Tired though we all may be, it was FANTASTIC to be home again.

The first order of the day was to try on the new clothes from the Philippines.

Grump and Sweetie in their matching shirts

Kuya, Sweetie, Dodong and Grump

More posing

Then life more-or-less returned to normal.  The boys buried Grump under a pile of pillows:



..... and Dodong became "Count Bedsheet"!


Then, of course, we all took a long nap!


Peace!