Month: September 2018

Planted the remaining flowers, including some bare root wood geranium that Ron and a Sandwich gardener worked hard to dig up for us.

 

Ron planted 2 and I planted 15 or so of the new flowers.

Brought a Sonos speaker outside, which helped.

Ron picked up a pizza for supper, which also helped.

Four of the plants were bare-root.

Three gardens:  iris, phlox and mums in the corner; iris and ground cover by the driveway; everything else in the hydrangea garden.

Got more to do tomorrow, and clean up to finish.  Got the ones in the ground that concerned me the most today, though.

Did MTR at noon.  It was fun today; no haters.

Bought 3 plants (spirea, wood geranium, phlox) from a local (one street over!) gardener and about a dozen more from end-of-seasons at Soares: Jacob’s ladder, Delosperma, Cranesbill, oregano for the window boxes, and a peppermint.

Also got ornamental peppers, Celosia and kale for the window boxes from K-Mart.

Em treated me to lunch at iHop!

Picked up 3 mums at $3.97 each at Walmart this morning.

I met with a new Mashpee gardener friend who has offered to share hostas, Rose of Sharon and daylilies with me.  Got a tour of his property, which includes a gorgeous fenced-in patio, and impressive stonework everywhere.

Got a fine note from one of Uncle Bob’s daughters!

Booked an appointment with another local gardener for tomorrow morning.  He’s literally the next street over!

Ron made arrangements for a AAA tow – AllCape, thank goodness – and dropped me off at Battles to wait.  The owner could not have been kinder.

I went with the tow truck to Cormiere’s while Ron did some urgent banking business.  He discovered this morning that he’d made two extra fund transfers, which knocked his balance to shreds.  Fortunately, he was able to correct easily.

Thank goodness for Service Credit Union!

Yesterday was so picture-perfect gorgeous but today, it’s ugly outside again: 91.

Bought a nice little butterfly bush at Stop & Shop for $4.99 and planted it in the small garden with the bee balm and hibiscus.

Ron got approved for the men’s wellness program at the Senior Center.  Hope he enjoys it (fingers crossed)!

Brief rain storm around 6.

Spent a happy day with Cheryl and Pat, lunching in Provincetown and drinks by the ocean.

Ron got to swim in their motel’s pool.

Perfect weather, too.

Sat with Phyllis for almost two hours at the polls.  Always enjoy talking with her.  Saw one of the MTR’s there; she refused to acknowledge me at first (no class).  Saw Paul later.  He gave us a wave (first class).

Picked up supplements on sale for Ron at CVS.

Cheryl called; she and Pat are in town for the week.  May see them tomorrow.

Stephanie spent almost an hour giving plant and flower advice.  Lots of ideas; some not doable now, but others might be.

Got free plants – iris and wood geranium plus a mystery flower – from a gardener in Sandwich who’s redoing her front yard.  We put everything in the washtubs to soak until I can get them in the ground.

Voted on the way back.

Eggs and salad for supper.

Had a longish chat on the phone with Patrice about the treatment yesterday.  First Deposit doesn’t put a hold on government checks.  I made arrangements to have my checks direct deposited there starting in November.

Labor Day

Dug up the sick apple tree.

Deeply watered the birch.  It is suffering.

Watered the roses.

Made a zucchini/corn/tofu casserole.

White wash.

 

Made up a batch of Cathy’s excellent black bean/corn/tomato/avocado salad for supper.

Neighbors across the street had a big get-together.  Haven’t seen that many cars in a long time.

Peter and Bonnie drove James to Bridgewater State, so I got to drive Em to work and back.  Picked up cheap beer at TJ’s.

Bad experience at Rockland Trust.  Wrote to the manager and online.  Time to switch?

We did the usual: laundry, changed sheets, transfer station.

I posted some garden photos today and have been getting invaluable advice from a handful of people on a FB garden page.

The post was so popular that the dean of Cape Cod gardening replied to it in her blog!

Along with the helpful information there was, unfortunately, a fair amount of pettiness and boasting.  One woman took offense when I asked her about her water bill after she posted that she waters twice a day (!), and some practically broke their arms patting themselves on the back.

I think these stupid “blue line” memes reflect the irrational fear by rich white people that they need cops to protect themselves from who knows what.  Or some kind of bromance thing that men have about other men in uniform.  Village People.

It’s gratifying to see that an Oregon jury awarded a motorcyclist a half million dollar settlement due to misbehavior by a yahoo cop captain.

I was pleased, though, to see that the Sandwich standout is losing more participants.  Good.  Falmouth is hanging in there and Dennis had around half a dozen.  It’s a lot harder than people think when they first sign up.

I did a transfer station run and some weeding at the Mashpee Community Garden, plot 15.  Made a pass through the Naukabout driveway but a food truck was parked in front of their lake view.

Received the check from the Commonwealth!  Almost $400.

Ron treated us to iced tea on the deck.  I made cucumber and tomato sandwiches, but without white bread, they weren’t very good.

We did have a nice supper, though: home made previously frozen veg burgers, salad and custard pie.  Watched the hummers for quite a while.  I’m pretty sure they are ruby-throated hummingbirds.

Kitty dropped by twice.