[Dianne Danielson]

in reply to: Quacker Talk-September 2020 #118899

Hi,
hey it worked!! as you can see the difference between when the smoke cloud came rolling in & when it got here & then the smog!! I couldn’t get them in order but you can see the difference.
dd

[Dianne Danielson]

in reply to: Quacker Talk-September 2020 #118891

HI again,
I’m gonna try & see if I can get those pics to show up here.
dd

[Dianne Danielson]

in reply to: Quacker Talk-September 2020 #118883

Hi Ladies,
I’m okay, I’m fine. Except for the god awful SMOG that’s hanging around!!! I took pics of it & I couldn’t see the bldgs across the street it was so dense. It lifted a little bit but not a whole lot. Last week we were having almost hurricane force winds, now we can’t buy a breeze to move this smog out. We’re supposed to get some sprinkles in the next day or so, but I’m not holding my breath (pun intended)!!!
We have the worst air quality in the world!! Portland, Seattle, San Francisco in order. That’s pretty unusual for us. The smog is so bad that the helicopters & fire fighting planes can’t fly.
I live in the only area that wasn’t under an evacuation notice. I’m in the North end of Portland. this time last week we were without power. That’s what caused the fires were the power lines sparking dry grass or fuel from trees. I got lucky that time!!!
Diane took me to the store Friday & it was a good thing cuz it wasn’t near as bad as it was yesterday & today.
It’s been down right chilly this weekend. I almost had to turn on the heat but didn’t want to bring in the smog thru the heater. I have everything shut up but I have a fan on to circulate the air in here.
I have my fall decor spread out all over the place & snickers is having a ball going around sniffing everything.
I took pics of the view from my apt, but I don’t know if they’ll come thru. If not I’ll try & crop em so they do.
Well, that’s all my news from here.
I’m safe, & fine.
I think there’s a QF show tomorrow. If I remember it’s on at 1PM ET. Their stuff is so expensive anymore.
If anyone has any extra rain on hand we sure could use it!!! I see there’s several storms heading your way. Could you redirect em so they’d come over here? I’m being sarcastic of course. My mind is cracking up. Between the virus, & the fires I’m losing it!!!
I better get off here.
take care & stay safe everyone.
dd

[Dianne Danielson]

in reply to: Quacker Talk-September 2020 #118758

HI Ladies,
Well where do I begin. I apologize for not being in touch the past few days. Oregon is on fire in case you haven’t heard, altho I’m pretty sure you have. the whole West coast is on fire. They can be seen from outer space in fact. I wasn’t sure if we’d be told to get out even though there’s no fires close by me. We lost power Monday evening & didn’t come back on till 7 am Tues. morn. then we lost it again 2 hrs later & it was on & off till they got it going after noon. It’s been on ever since.
The cause of all the fires isn’t carelessness, arson or anything man caused. IT was caused by a cold air mass that came down from Canada through Montana which caused havoc with the winds coming out of the East. We had winds 50-60 mph with wind gusts of 70 mph+, causing power lines to go down, sparking the fires. then the embers got blown around causing more fires.
Alot of people have lost their homes, businesses, it’s terrible!! Even the Oregon coast is on fire & under evacuation orders. the wind actually blew down a huge safeway sign on the coast. It was like something you’d see after a tornado. The coast is known for getting hammered by the storms coming off the Pacific, but this was a whole lot worse.
Oh be sure to watch Down Home with David tonight. He’s having a Halloween Spook tacular afterwards. all things Halloween for an hour!!! Adele, did you catch that?
Take care.
dd

[Dianne Danielson]

in reply to: Quacker Talk-September 2020 #118349

Hi Ladies,
I hope someone sees this, before 5:00ET. VPH will be on for 2 hrs of fall decor. I meant to email earlier but forgot. sorry.
dd

[Dianne Danielson]

in reply to: Quacker Talk-August 2020 #117940

Hi Ladies,
Gail, no worries, I was wondering myself why no holiday was in the local 7day forecast. I checked my calendar & found it was late this year.
Adele, I’m sorry there wasn’t anything about Halloween, but there is more to the fall than Halloween. I saw a few things I’d love to have but can’t get. Didn’t you see the hand towels by Tara with the witch legs hanging on the bottom. She also showed some Boofetti items..can’t recall what it was.

I don’t understand Angel going to Turkey to get a dog, when there are thousands of animals up for adoption here in the US. Many won’t even get to a furever home. Seems strange.
I hope everyone is safe from the hurricane. They say this one is stronger than Katrina & I thought it was bad.
Snowball got groomed today. she looks like a different kitty. She was in the doghouse last week. She was a very naughty kitty & she knew I was mad!! She stayed out of my sight 7 out of my way for 2 days. she’d peek around the corner to see if it was okay to come out. At one point I found her in the bathroom sink. She looked up at me, ever so gently meowed, turning her head around, as if to say,
‘Aren’t I cute?”.
Oh when the groomer pulled in & parked they found a woman passed out on the sidewalk in front of the bldg. He called 911. When the paramedics got here, they tried to get her on the gurney but she jumped up & ran off. I don’t know who it was, it wasn’t a resident as far as I know. No doubt drugs.
Take care, & stay safe.
dd

[Dianne Danielson]

in reply to: Quacker Talk-August 2020 #117919

Hi Ladies,
Labor Day is late this year. It’s not until the 7th of September.
And VPH will be back on the 3rd for a day of fall decor.
dd

[Dianne Danielson]

in reply to: Quacker Talk-August 2020 #117856

Hi Ladies,
Just a quick note to let ya know there’s a fall show tomorrow(Thurs) at 1:00ET for 2 hrs. It’s called
Hello Fall. It doesn’t say if it;s decor or fall fashion.
Adele those trees are adorable. I’ve never seen anything like that. where did you get them?
I see Harry is having a TSV of his fall candles. I guess that’s a clue fall is actually here. LOL
I saw cookies with pumpkin spice filling in the middle. Not Oreos but Pepridge Farms cookies. Oreos can’t be far behind.
Snowball gets groomed tomorrow. It took months to get her an appt. they were shutdown for quite awhile, so when they opened up they were flooded with appts. The groomer is a mobile groomer so he has quite a big area to take care of.
Well, that’s all for tonight.
dd

[Dianne Danielson]

in reply to: Quacker Talk-August 2020 #117800

Hi Ladies,
I wrote out a post the other night & it vanished & I had to sign back in. I was so mad I shut down till now. Actually, I didn’t get back till now. Now I can’t remember what I wrote about.
I was able to find Barbara’s obit, finally. I wasn’t able to find it last week. I wrote a little note but it may be too late. It seems surreal that she’s gone. No more stories about Skyping with little Colin. You could just see her face light up when she wrote about him & her family. It’s gonna seem empty without her posts. I wonder if there’s any way we could save some of her posts. Do they delete the posts after we go into another month?
Where has August gone? Next week is the last week of August. This year is just flyyyyyyyyyyying by!!
I enjoyed the Christmas decor Sunday. It’s uplifting to me. I did catch Valerie PH say she’ll be back Sept. 3rd for fall decor day. So they will be having more fall shows.
Adele, have you seen all the Boofetti that’s on the Q website? there’s a whole lot of things now. I nearly died laughing at the hand towels she has available. they have witch’s legs hanging on the bottoms. they’re soooooo cute!!
the fires you’re hearing about are in Ca., but we do have some burning in Eastern Oregon. So far we don’t have any of the smoke coming from over there. the air quality is good right now.
We did have some rain over the weekend but is long gone now. It was great to have the cooler weather for a few days. I hope the 90 degree temps are done with. It cools off so quick now, after the sun goes down. The mornings I find dew on the outside of the windows, already.
Has anyone got out their fall decor yet? I’m about ready to, but that means summer’s coming to an end. (boohoo).
Well, I guess that’s it for now.
take care & stay safe.
dd

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