by Anura Guruge
on June 10, 2023
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These, alas, are NOT from our yard. Encountered them during my morning amble. Enjoy.
A Few Flowers From Today — NOT From Our Yard.
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A Few Flowers From Our Yard — Today.
by Anura Guruge
on June 10, 2023
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Yes, these are all from our yard. Some taken after my midnight amble. Others this morning. Enjoy. SMILE.
Just A FEW Flowers From Today — Some From Our Yard.
by Anura Guruge
on June 9, 2023
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Just smell the flowers. Get real close to the screen. Enjoy. SMILE.
Today’s Gallery Of Flowers — But None From Our Yard.
by Anura Guruge
on June 5, 2023
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I cheated. SMILE. Two are from the supermarket, i.e., my local ‘Hannaford‘. Can you figure out which ones. A couple, of course, are very obvious. Well, ENJOY. I can’t help taking pictures of flowers. SMILE.
‘We’ Got Caught In The ‘Market Basket’ Credit Card Processing SNAFU & Ensuing Nightmare.
by Anura Guruge
on May 10, 2023
When I say ‘WE’ (here) I am referring to wife & 17-year old daughter. It was my daughter’s weekly shop. She likes ‘Market Basket‘. I like ‘Market Basket’ too, for most things (especially their ‘killer’ spinach swirls) BUT I refuse to drive an additional 25 minutes to shop there. So, I shop at our local ‘Hannaford‘ in ‘Alton‘.
They go to the NEW Market Basket in Rochester, New Hampshire.
That is where they got caught in the nightmare. They stood in line for 45 minutes! 45 minutes.
NO WAY I would have done that. Just no way. I don’t have that type of patience.
I would have done one of two things:
1/ LEFT leaving the loaded car behind.
2/ Go find an ATM, pull out enough CASH & come back.
This was NOT acceptable. Market Basket should compensate all the affected parties. Not difficult. It was all those that paid by credit card. They have that information. Send them a REFUND. Doubt it will happen.
Just glad I wasn’t involved. Thankful for small mercies like that.
Hannaford’s Chicken ‘With Giblets’ With ALL The Giblets Missing!
by Anura Guruge
on January 30, 2023
Wow. WOw. WOW!
This chicken that I got (for ~$8) & am currently cooking HAD NO giblets whatsoever.
None. Nada. Nothing. I looked. I checked. I washed the insides out. None. Nada. Nothing.
Yes, I like giblets & so do the dogs (which is a slight problem since we have to fight over them). Yes, I am known to buy giblets on their own.
But this is ridiculous. This is absurd. This is DUPLICITY.
They actually go to the TROUBLE of printing these wrappers.
‘With giblets’ but they might be missing.
I am shocked & disappointed.
I like Hannaford. I shop Hannaford. I shop Hannaford every week. I like my local Hannaford’s in Alton. GREAT bunch of folks & I rate many of them as friends (who I make a point of interacting with weekly).
My wife does NOT like Hannaford. She will NOT shop Hannaford. She drives 20 minutes away to shop at ‘Market Basket‘ in Rochester. Yes, I like that store too — & like 99% of Market Basket’s they have Spinach Swirls — my favorite poison. I LOVE those swirls though I know that they are killing me with all of the FAT & carbs they contain. So, in a way I am glad I can’t get swirls at Hannaford.
Well, what am I to do. The wrapper COVERS them. Said some — THOUGH NOT ALL — might be missing.
Well, you have been WARNED.
Be aware of Hannaford labeling.
The 1st Tick Of 2022, Off Our 100lbs Newfie, In Central New Hampshire (i.e., Alton).
by Anura Guruge
on April 3, 2022
Last week (left) & just yesterday, in the lake which still has some ice.
Yes, she was out for 2-hours this morning with me, off leash, way out in the woods on one of our ‘private’, secret trails.
It was cold both today & yesterday mornings, 32F yesterday & 36F today. So, it didn’t even occur to me that ticks would already be active.
So, a heads up. Be on the lookout for ticks.
My 15-year old daughter, whose dog Rowen is (though I do all the walking, feeding & 90% of the treats), spotted the tick, over her right eye, late in the afternoon.
She had also spent some time in her pen that runs the length of the house. The ground there would have been warmer given that 35% of the pen is under a covered deck.
Once I managed to hold her still getting the tick off was easy enough. It was NOT attached. It even looked pretty lifeless.
She does take ‘Simparica TRIO‘. We found it to be much more effective than ‘Frontline‘ etc.
I just checked where we stood last year. This post was from April 25, 2021. Last year was bad. April 25 would have been three weeks hence. So, I guess we still have plenty of time for the ticks to become active.
I Got My 2nd COVID-19 BOOSTER Today, 5-Months After My 1st Booster.
by Anura Guruge
on April 2, 2022
Given my advanced years & uncertain health, I don’t want to take any chances. Plus, I am still convinced that my first shot — supposedly J&J was a FAKE. I think they injected me with some saline.
Well, now, at least, I have had 3 shots — two of them supposedly Pfizer. Note ‘supposedly‘. I hate to say this, BUT I don’t trust any of the folks involved in this. How do we know? How can we tell. Triple, quadruple vaccinated folks still end up getting COVID. Obama got COVID.
Well, at least I have tried.
As far as I am concerned it is a bloody miracle that I haven’t got COVID as yet. But, I am not complacent. I realize that I could get it tomorrow.
With the 1st booster I managed to get it within 21-hours of it getting approved.
With this the 2nd, I wasn’t in as much of a hurry. PLUS, I did not want to get it on April 1 — April Fools’ Day! So, I waited until today.
Lets see what transpires. Fingers crossed.
I Got A ‘Pfizer’ BOOSTER To My Original ‘Johnson & Johnson’, COVID Vaccination At 4:28pm Today — In Wolfeboro, NH.
by Anura Guruge
on October 23, 2021
I am rather chuffed that I managed to get a BOOSTER to my J&J 21-Hours After The CDC approval.
A bit bummed that I wasn’t the 1st to get a J&J booster in Wolfeboro. 2 others had beaten me. BUT, I am sure that those two didn’t amble 5-miles this morning BEFORE working on getting the 2nd shot.
I got my ‘over 65’ flu shot while I was at it. Not that I had much of a choice. Walgreen’s online system was rather insistent on that. I was going to get one — as I have done for the last 7 years or so. But, I prefer to get the flu shot around Thanksgiving. But, I wasn’t going to argue. Kill two birds with one stone — though that might not be the best wording to describe vaccinations.
This afternoon, around 1:50pm, I started by checking with the State. Saw that they had given the green light for J&J boosters. So, that was the first hurdle out of the way. I then called Hannafords — my local pharmacy. I kind of suspected that they would NOT be ready. I was right. They said “maybe by Tuesday“. Well, I was NOT going to wait.
I called ‘Walgreens’ in Wolfeboro, NH. I had taken my 15-year old daughter there, earlier this year, for her two COVID shots. I knew they were more on the ball than Hannaford. I called them. They said ‘YES’, but I had to make the appointment online. That was easy enough. I opted for a 4:20pm appointment, today.
The process was not entirely as smooth as I would have hoped. A Pfizer booster for the J&J was still NEW. Luckily the two pharmacist on duty KNEW their stuff — & helped the clerical staff get the paperwork done. There wasn’t as much paperwork involved — because it was a booster. That I had my COVID vaccination card expedited matters.
I was at the counter at 4:15. I was rolling down my sleeves, after getting BOTH shots, at 4:30pm. So, that wasn’t bad.
So far, so good. Haven’t felt a thing. I will keep you posted.
You CANNOT Get A Booster To The J&J COVID Vaccination — At Least In New Hampshire.
by Anura Guruge
on July 23, 2021
Over the last 48-hours I checked with two pharmacies, viz., Hannaford (in Alton, in person) & Walgreens (in Wolfeboro, by phone). In each instance I was told that there was no plans to administer a booster for those, like I, who got the J&J vaccination (or (in my case) at least told we got it).
The pharmacist at Walgreens went onto add that she had had a number of folks who had come by that day asking for the same thing.
The State of New Hampshire no longer has any COVID vaccination sites. It is all now done my private entities. You can, however, still use the State Website to see who the providers are & what vaccines they administer. I noted that quite a few places were out of the Pfizer vaccine. Interesting.
I am NOT willing to lie in order to get a booster, i.e., claim that I have yet to be vaccinated. They do ask for an ID & I know that they have to register it. I don’t want to stand there while being told that I was trying to ‘scheme’ the system. It even might be a minor offense. Will they — can they — call the police? I don’t intend to find out.
Yes, maybe if I was ‘special’ I could get a booster. But, I am far from special.
Well, I just thought I should share this with you. IT could be different in other States. I will have to find out. I can easily go to Massachusetts or Maine IF I could get a booster over there.