Month: September 2018

We had more rain this morning, about an inch and a half in total.  Ron thinks it was closer to two inches.

Did a little more cleanup in the front.

Nice afternoon with my honey: we brought yard detritus and recyclables to the transfer station, then did a shop at Marshalls, Roche and the Organic Market.  Filled the truck at Cumby.

Roche was for coffee and cookies.  Organic Market was for vegetables.  Marshalls was for socks for me and sweats and a hoodie for Ron’s exercise class tomorrow.  I inhaled the raw kale and bad carbs for supper.

Set up the Dell in the new room.  Paid Ed, Arbella and MPIUA.

Ron is on a mission to find a metric bolt and cheesecake and to pay the MWD bill for Edgewater.

I was continuing with cleanup in front of the fence when the sky got quite dark.  Waited to go in until I heard the rain falling in the back yard and it caught me.  A fine deluge; those with water barrels must be exultant.  Thunder, too; we may if we’re lucky get a couple of hours of rain.

I’d watered part of the back this morning, paid bills and got squared away with not needing to drive Em tomorrow.  Offered to drive tonight, but Peter already took care of it; they only worked an hour.

Ron told me this yesterday and I thought it was great.

Sajo der dego, a toussin bus sin arow!
Nojo demis trux, summit cousin, summet dux!

Say Joe there they go, a thousand buses in a row.
No Joe, them is trucks, some with cows and some with ducks.

Seville, der dago
Tausen busis inaro
Noville dem iss trux
Votsinnims? Cousen dux.

See, Ville, der day go,
Tausen buses in a row
No, Ville, dem is trucks,
Vots in ’ems? Cows ‘n ducks.

O, si vile, si ergo,
Fortibus es inero!
O nobile, demis trux.
Vadis indem? Causem dux.

Isabili, heres ago
fortibus in ero
noces mari Thebi trux
vatis enim pax a dux?

O sibile, si ergo.
Fortibus es in ero.
O nobili, deis trux!
Vates enim? causa an dux!

See Willy der deh go,
40 buses in a row
them no buses
them is trucks
sittin’ in ’em (orig. version was “demis fula” = them is full of”)
cows ‘n ducks

Weeded 99.9% of the tomato garden.

Kitty was by this morning and the rabbit this afternoon.

Watered new plants and companions in several places.

Ron did reasonably well with CBD oil today and got squared away with Humana.

Paid Chase and HFCU.

Got checks from NEPS.

I put a gash in my left middle finger and as a result, got to spend some quality time on the deck with Ron this afternoon.

Nice.

 

Ron realized, much to his chagrin, that his project to fix the trash can shed is more involved than he figured.

I was thinking about going to a stand-out but stayed put to replant the hydrangea and water the new plantings.  That took most of the day, until 3:30 or so.

Also mowed the lawn and made instant pudding.  For some reason, I thought the latter would be a mighty effort, so the box had been sitting around for days.

Also made oatmeal, but it turned out to be 3 years past “best by” date and rancid.

I put in the nepeta from yesterday and transplanted the goldenrod and geraniums; no more cheap pots.

Checked all the new plantings for root bind.  The hydrangea is the only one that worried me enough to dig up for replanting.  It’s soaking in a pail of water now and I may leave it there for today; the root ball is like a brick.

That took up the morning.

Paid the mortgage on Edgewater.  Our account with the new mortgage payment company won’t be live for another couple of days.

Did a quick transfer station run.  Brought home and planted a wild daisy.

Ron picked up a sheet of plywood from Botello and a pamphlet from one of his doctors.

Put in the two Physocarpus opulifolius Raspberry Lemonade™  in the so-called “Moonglow Garden”.  Optimistic that they will do well there.

Woke up late (8) to rain.   Made digging messy but very easy.

Ron slept in, too (9).

Kitty just arrived (noon-ish).  Nice surprise!

I moved the spirea to the corner of the driveway garden and planted the “Seaside Serenade” Monrovia in the hydrangea garden.

Sifted out grass and debris from dug-up front yard soil.  All in all, planting and clean-up took most of the morning.

Made scrambled eggs with cottage cheese for lunch.

I sat in on Ron’s appointment with his doc to discuss pain management.  It was helpful.

We stopped in to iCape to say hi to Robert, who gave Ron advice on phone mounts (Schosche, iOttie), and Peter, who was busy with a customer.

We did a nice shop at Roche and saved $20.

Ron made ravioli for supper.  I made a pot of brown rice for burgers tomorrow.

We were gifted today by none other than the dean of Cape Cod gardening, C.L. Fornari, who’d invited me to come to her home for plants.

We walked away with Geranium macrorrhizum, Ajuga and Prunella.  Ron and I planted them in the hydrangea garden; it took all afternoon.

She also gave us two Physocarpus opulifolius Raspberry Lemonade™ and a Monrovia “Seaside Serenade”!

Yesterday, I stopped at Home Depot after dropping Em off at work.  They were having a sale: 2 free plants with any purchase plus 2 for 1’s on everything but mums.

I brought home four Celosia and two ascelpias.

I transplanted two Sedums along with the Celosia in the corner garden.  Planted the ascelpias along the porch with the roses.

No matter the circumstances, the fact remains that consent by the mother is a requirement for relinquishment.

In fact, this very point is made by first mother “Madeline” in “The Aftermath” chapter of “The Girls Who Went Away”. She says that a self-described victim “has to see where you are partially responsible….there is a complicity there that you have to look at….The rock-bottom reality is you were thinking of your own survival more than your child’s.”

I think that’s a remarkable, honest and courageous insight, and it rings true.