Month: November 2018

I’ve been searching for a photo I took in June 2011 of Ron’s mother’s headstone and found it today.

Stood out for two hours from 9 to 11 for John Flores.  He was there for a good hour, and graciously chatted with me the whole time.  Agreed with him on every issue I could think of.  A loss for us.

I was going to go back for “No on 1”, which passed overwhelmingly, so glad I didn’t.  It was raining and I was already cold from the morning.

Ron made supper, asparagus omelet.

We drank gin shots and watched “The Honorable Woman”.

Can’t get my head around how it is mathematically possible for the Democrats to take the House and lose seven seats in the Senate.

I’ve been looking high and low for photos from our visit to the cemeteries in Rindge.  Must have screwed up the file port when I had to change servers for The Cape Blog.  Can’t even find a blog entry.

Has given me a good opportunity to do a bunch of cleanup on Workerbee.

I bought broccoli from the Farm a couple of weeks ago.  Like yesterday’s eggplant, it was begging to be cooked.

Found a good recipe for soup, and it is, as claimed, better than Panera wanna-be’s.

I was able to plant the next-to-last potted mum and mulched the ones from yesterday.

Washed out containers and tools and got things put away long before the rain, which seems to have just started.

I’m so happy to not be working in an office.

Ron had a good day at his fitness session.  He says his back and leg are “fine”.

I made a nice apple crisp in the microwave with moderately shriveled apples from the basement frig.

Did laundry, changed sheets, did the transfer station run.  Nice chat with Peter.

Baked pumpkin bread – very good – and eggplant/quinoa/sunflower seeds/Northern bean/parsley/chive/garlic burgers.  Very good as well.

Opened and drained the shower valves.  Ron had to help me with one; good thing he’s strong!

Made arrangements to visit David and Betsy.

Ordered incense.  Yesterday, I ordered a vegan Thanksgiving dinner from Whole Foods, $5 off.  A splurge but we agreed it was a good deal.

Planted six mums; worked until sunset; two mums to go.  Wanted to get them in today since it might rain tomorrow.  Missed some good soakings, unfortunately, but their soil was pretty wet, so I hope they’ll get established.  Looks like a mild week, temperature-wise (50’s).

Ron’s back is bothering him.

Finished processing the roasted pumpkin and made a simple but quite good pumpkin soup* for lunch.  Served it with French bread and a salad.

Made a pumpkin pie this afternoon.

Ron took care of ALL the dishes and cookware.

 

*Pumpkin puree, cinnamon, nutmeg, sauteed onion and garlic.  Had planned to add half and half but it was quite good without it.

We trimmed old growth off the rhodie.

I dropped off the Dixon property tax payment at Town Hall.

Talked with the chairperson of the Town’s new Affirmative Action committee.  I pretty much churned all day about the recent events at Santuit Pond Estates.

Ron and I cut my hair to a little below my ears but not quite chin length.  It looks homemade, but I like it much better.

Ron went to his men’s fitness class.

I went for a very brief walk at Besse Bog reservation, then drove around John’s Pond Estates.  The rose below is ours, from the bush planted this year.