Mcgrath sisters talk

  Hello, hello...👪 Yes, the weather is top of mind these days with so many warnings being announced and yet another right now for southern Ontario r/t tornado warning, but I do not think directly in our area. Only severe thunderstorm activity.... bad enough !  The skies are still burdened with the smoke from the wild fires in Northern Ontario and Quebec so we see only hazy days recently.  So on the eve of Canada Day I send my best wishes and thoughts to you both. We bought two new big Canada flags at Dollarama this morning to replace the two I have been using for years and showing those years of wear badly. They will be put ceremoniously into the garbage. The new ones are now flying from the fence facing onto the road so that passerbys can see them. The wind is blowing briskly right now so the flags are also blowing in the breeze nicely. There is a Market down at the Lake Park right now as well and I hear the fire trucks honking and blowing their horns so I imagine the k...

  And the poor tech. He was supposed to be here between 8 and 12. He got her after 6!  I feel so bad for him. He says he drove over 1000 km today, and he was here for almost two hours. He had to replace the receiver on the roof and the cables into the house and some kind of receiver in the house. He is going back to a hotel room in Brandon since he lives in Winnipeg!!  So I have been sitting outside reading since I got back from the doctors. (He sent in the forms and now I wait for a date. The surgeon wants it soon). I hope that by doing nothing today (except for a walk around the yard with Lucky) that I may hurt less tomorrow. We will see. Love you guys♥️♥️♥️

  Out in the sun again, yesterday, but only to move back and forth from the house to the garage.  Set up to do some dyeing.  This meant multiple trips from house to garage, assembling all of my equipment and supplies.  David helped me (or rather I helped David) set up the big circular table to work on.  By the time that was done, I was pooped out.  Excitement gave me strength to start work, and I think I finished at least eight large pieces of fabric to use as backgrounds. Then I had to clean up.  I did this slowly and carefully, with lots of rests and sit-downs.  That took double the time as setting up did, and David's help, yet again made a lot of difference. Then I crawled into bed and slept like a log for almost 2 hours. By the time I got up, it was time to deal with the hash.  Your recipe was dead on, Cathy, and I thank you for it, but with no mushroom soup or mushrooms, we had to get creative.  I used mushroom gravy mix, and it loo...

  The sun is a hazy orange orb in the sky obscured in a cloth of smokey skies. The air is pungent and the throat is achy and the eyes are sore  and watering. That was our early morning walk to the South River park with the dogs - a shortened walk for sure, as we are cloaked in this smokey and spooky haze. Never been this bad. I have lots to do inside so all shall be good for now. There is the annual Book sale planned for August and towards that end, the organizers of the event ( local United Church and local Library)  have called for used books. Good...a chance to purge some books and feel that they will go to a good cause.I have already taken one a box to the drop off spot and plan to gather and box up more. Of course that takes a while because I have to go through them all and remember reading them and decide if i could live without them. I have my individual favourites and my series of favourites which I shall hold onto for now. Tomorrow I have a Physio appt and expect...

  Here I sit at the legion using their free wifi. By hamburger hash do you mean the one with hamburger, chopped onions, mushroom soup, mushrooms and peas?  Brown the hamburger and the onions and add the rest and let it simmer. It’s the only one I remember. I’ve done more work in the last few days than I have in ages. The dog is clean, the carpet is clean, the garden is weeded and tilled, the dog has been walked and I have supper planned for tonight and tomorrow. Hamburgers tonight, but beer can chicken tomorrow with potato salad and Caesar salad. I wonder what is wrong with me?  Of course my body is paying for it and I am devouring Tylenol and going to bed early.  Something got hungry in my yard so we went and bought 18 new petunias. That’s more than we lost but I can fill in more empty spots now. Summer is short so you want some colour. Now I have to get some dirt and plant them. I can do that sitting down. Take care and enjoy summer♥️♥️

  I can't quite remember how to make hamburger hash.  My freezer is getting bare and I have a fair bit of regular hamburger that needs using.  I thought what better to make on a Saturday night than hash.  Unfortunately I haven't made it in over 20 years-since the kids left home and we moved here.  Add the complication of David not wanting any mushrooms, and those were the only thing I  did remember using. Help, Please! 

  Good morning to all,  And maybe my wish will come true and there is rain in the forecast. In meantime there is the hose and the person holding said hose watering the garden every day just to keep the plants happy. But everything is growing wonderfully well surprisingly. It is fun to do a walk about early and see how the plants and flowers have popped up and spread nicely. I can hardly wait to see the nasturtiums grow bigger and flower. The one flower not coming along well are the peonies which have buds but are really slow to open up. I see other peonies in peoples gardens and they are in full bloom. Patience I guess.  We continue to laugh a bit with our Village as there are so many little food places opening up. Hamburgers, fries, pizzas, whatever you want...can be had. Not only here but in the next Village of South River. You can even have a wood fire pizza cooked before your very eyes if you want. And sit and sip on a brew while you wait. The Distillery in Sundridge ...