Author: thecapeblog

One of the best speeches of the DNC:  Rep. Emanuel Cleaver brought the house down.

Paul came over for supper on Monday; Jeanie came to visit on Tuesday, after which Ron and I took a run to the farm to pick up our CSA; Robert’s birthday was Wednesday and I brought home groceries from the pantry; Alpha thought she had to work but didn’t, so we did errands in Hyannis on Thursday.  Ron worked every day.  He scrubbed walls yesterday.

Alpha likes her new job!

Ron put the floor A/C in last night after Eric hauled it upstairs.

I’ve been trying to keep everything from dying in this miserable drought.  Watering flowers, vegetables, even shrubs and trees.  Ron takes care of “Ron’s Pond”.

We had grilled cornish hen and squash (from the CSA) for dinner last night and for dessert, canned pears with a cake mix, melted butter and nutmeg topping.

Dusted the crabapple tree with spinosad powder, watered Laura’s potted plants, then we got a thunderstorm last night.

If that’s what makes it rain, then I should do the same today.

How about acknowledging the validity of some of the Trumpster’s claims and proposing solutions?

For example: the death of the young woman Sarah Root was the result of a judicial system that is broken due in part to lousy information technology systems.

The judge who released Eswin Mejia didn’t know about his prior failures to appear or that he is undocumented.

And by the way, how does a supposedly broke illegal immigrant family come up with (and subsequently lose) $5,000 bail money without even blinking an eye?

Come on, Hillary supporters, let’s give the opposition their due and talk about why and where we disagree with the Obama administration.

I relate to the Trump campaign in at least one respect: I’m tired of being told by the Democrats that they are morally superior to people who feel aggrieved, choosing “love” over what they consider to be “hate”.

That is to say, “they” are superior to White lower middle class voters who have lost their jobs or whose kids go to second-rate government schools or who are close to being homeless.

I am no saint or martyr.

I live better than I thought I would have in retirement but not as well as I’d hoped.

I think a lot of Democratic or progressive or left wing beliefs are simply wrong, and that leads, unfortunately, to dismissal of their beliefs which are pretty much right, like the fact that humans are responsible for climate change.

Even the “correct” beliefs can be challenged, like the main global warming culprit isn’t cars, trucks and factories, but consumption of resources by big agribusiness.

Had to flip the circuit breaker – fifth on the right – to release a lock on the dishwasher this morning.  The “heat dry” light was on.

And for my next trick, I removed the bi-fold door in our bedroom.  We shoved the bed several inches to the right so that both of us can get in and out easily.

Ron and I set up the solar lights.

I mailed my complaint to MCAD.

Points to Ron for cleaning up the portion of Old Barnstable between 28 and Great Neck Road!

I harvested a bunch of garlic yesterday, hoping to find two “market-worthy” ones to submit to the Fair.

Meanwhile, I’ve been surveying the veg gardens for other likely entries, and discovered our first cucumbers.

I submitted a “Garden Basket” of at least 6 home-grown fruits and vegetables: cuke, garlic, rhubarb, tiny cabbage, tiny strawberries, peas, and lettuce.  Added some herbs and celery flowers for prettiness.

Ron cleaned the grill today – big job – and the bird bath.  I took care of changing sheets and the transfer station run, including all the trimmed branches from yesterday.  Was pretty painless; then again, I like the transfer station, especially the “wild” compost area.

On the way home, stopped off at Attaquin Acres (sale) and got a couple of six packs to refresh the window boxes.

Ron did a big shop yesterday which made me mad until I saw that he saved 25%!  We like Shaws.

Made a nice brunch of chicken sausage and garlic/tomato/cheese eggs and turkey chili and corn for supper.  Couldn’t find chili powder, used Berbere spices instead, a quite acceptable substitute.

Got an early start, watered front and back yards and pruned the roses this morning.  Pruned the shrubs next to the front steps last evening.  This afternoon, deep pruned the one on the right and did a modest prune of the holly.

First outdoor shower of the year, and it was great.

Pruned overhanging branches from the “U” and the corner garden.  Truck is pretty full.

Yesterday, drove James to work for a 7 am shift and Emme to Hyannis for a second interview at 10.  Picked up a bag of bagels at the Senior Center.

Mowed our yard a couple of days ago and the front lawn at Edgewater yesterday.  Have set the mowers as high as they’ll go, so the grass looks a little strange.  I’m hoping after a couple of weeks it’ll even out.

Got my replacement lenses and the optician tightened up the frames, so the glasses are comfortable now.  Picked up more lens cloths and cleaning fluid.

Had some correspondence with the eBay seller about the Canon.  I’d almost thrown out the battery and charger.  The camera came without a memory card or USB cable, though.  I ordered accessories, on the cheap from eBay.

Sat in on an orientation for the WHFF earlier this week.  It was helpful.  Ron reminded me of my infamous temper and low threshold for BS, so I changed my assignments to reduce customer contact to zero.

It’s summer on Cape Cod, and if it weren’t for the gardens, I wouldn’t want to live in this world of horrible people.