Author: thecapeblog

Finished cleaning up the corner garden this morning and worked on gardens in the back and on the side yesterday.

Dug up a pile of spider plants that look horrible and spread like weeds.

Finished weeding the “rhubarb” garden and got about halfway through the birch tree garden yesterday. Happy to see that a few strawberry plants survived last year’s culling.

That leaves the “bean” garden and the “onion” garden. I haven’t touched the new one yet, either, but it just needs a fence.

Ron dragged out his compressor and worked on vehicle, wheelbarrow and hose cart tires yesterday. Then he straightened out the hose and rewound it. Surprise, surprise, his back is killing him today.

We watched two Holocaust-related films this week, “Remember” and “Denial”.

Got a coding test on Monday, finished it today.

It was nice to scrape the rust off some techniques I haven’t used for a while.

Have an interview next Wednesday at a commutable location.

Had PT yesterday.

Joe’s cleaning out leaves from the front and back fences was the biggest event so far this week. His formidable “beast” did a fantastic job, saving me hours of labor.

I made sweet/sour chicken stir fry and rice last night before picking up Robert.

Ron’s back is better today.

I worked for a couple of days on pulling grass out of one of the vegetable gardens.

Joe was vacuuming leaves in his yard today, and he was nice enough to clean up around our fences. Wasn’t planned and he saved me a tremendous amount of work, not to mention pain.

Ron was on the disabled list today. His back was bothering him a lot. He fell backwards the other day while removing bailing wire from the garden fence.

Rhubarb is coming up. Onions and garlic have been leafing for a while.

While Alpha was interviewing for a job in Hyannis, I did a little moderate exercise at the gym.

Opting for scenic Route 6A back to Mashpee, we saw a sign at Sturgis Library for a jewelry sale. The librarians were nice enough to let us shop until closing, and we bought earrings for me and a bracelet and pendant for Alpha for $1, $2 or $3 each.

Today, Ron and I took down the 1/4 inch fencing around one of the older gardens, in preparation for some heavy weeding (grass). We had stupidly anchored the outer fencing with baling wire. I started pulling up grass and hope to finish tomorrow.

Good: I found a photo of Ron that I’d misplaced.

Ron is right about this.

If I am ever stupid enough to join another Falmouth-based social or political group, I’ve given my family permission to shoot me and call it a mercy-killing.

The Falmouth Weltanschauung is the result of two deplorables: wealth and the influence of the military and the federal government on local institutions (WHOI, MBL, Fisheries, etc.).  As a consequence, the brand of progressivism here is, oddly, bureaucratic, intolerant and conformist.

Alpha and I attended a meeting of 500 Women in Science last night; we attended, that is, until I was asked to leave for being “disruptive”.

Alpha was fantastic: supportive and consoling.  So as not to waste the trip, we went to the Dollar Store on the way home.

Still looks nasty, but the wound is closed, and wearing the compression stockings really helps to keep the swelling down.

Ron and I, mostly I, vacuumed the back of the frig today.  Huge clumps of dust.

Alpha and I visited Highfield for a first meeting of the Gardeners.  We won the door prize!

Alpha stayed for lunch.  Drove her home in rain and sleet.  Nasty Nor’easter.