Did laundry.
Planted the Rudbeckia. Minor shower, thunder in the distance. Flooding down Cape.
Shucked corn(!) for lunch.
Finally remembered to clean the floor paint off the closet door handles in the new room.
Gave Robert a ride home.
Leftover stir fry for supper.
Made beet/coconut milk soup.
Ron’s van is fixed.
We dropped off the branches from yesterday’s pruning at the transfer station. I cleaned out the truck bed.
Peter and James are off in the truck to pick up a washing machine.
Salad and leftovers for lunch.
Happened to be at Mahoney’s at just the right time, when one of the ladies was marking down a group of Rudbeckia. Got four for the retail price of one plus $1.
More Warranty debugging.
Ron dropped the van off at Cormier’s this morning. They ordered and received “the” part; we’re hoping they’ll be done tomorrow before we need to pick up the boys.
We went to the farm together, which was nice, to pick up this week’s CSA share, then grocery shopping at Shaw’s.
I dropped in briefly to the MRTC meeting to give Phyllis a donation and pick up a yard sign and bumper sticker for Jay.
Made an excellent veg meatloaf: carrots, onion, Hakuri turnips (celery substitute), eggplant, parm cheese, bread crumbs, egg, lemon zest, oregano, fresh parsley and fresh basil. Fresh green beans, too, and baked a couple of potatoes for tomorrow.
We are in a heat and humidity spell. Terrible here, worse off Cape.
I’d forgotten to mail our septic loan payment, so we drove to Barnstable Village to drop it off. Stopped at Edgewater on the way to cut off some dead limbs and leave the hedge clipper for Peter.
Got lunch at the BV Market, found a shady spot in Yarmouth across from the Gorey House, drove to the Rockland branch so Ron could get his change counted, but they don’t have a machine.
Got to the Mashpee Rockland in time to get that taken care of.
No engine warning light in over 3 hours of driving.
Veg burgers and baked potatoes for supper.
Broke down and recycled two more huge cardboard boxes from the attic.
Did a little weeding at Edgewater. Peter and I cleaned up daylily stems.
Trash run, laundry, changed sheets.
Dropped off vegetables with James.
Betsy, whose husband and son were/are in law enforcement (security guards) likes my “Before You Call the Police” post.
We completed a task I’ve been thinking about for a while, and it was easier than I thought it would be: breaking down and recycling the empty cardboard boxes and packing paper that was in the attic. We fit it all in the truck.
Ron treated us to pizza for lunch.
Rain this afternoon, sometimes heavy.
NoMoRobo has been working great for us.
I made sauteed vegetables – potatoes, kale, beet greens, onion, tomatoes – cheddar and eggs for supper.
We, mostly Ron, put up the shelf in the closet yesterday.
Have seen more of the hummingbird/s recently. One perched on the clothesline the other day.
This must be home; Ron’s buffalo herd is on the roam.
Check engine light came on again yesterday. Made appointments at Midas and Falmouth Toyota.
Still hot and muggy: hit 92 yesterday.
Found the ingredients and put together a spray that’s supposed to repel gnats and midges: original Listerine, witch hazel and tea tree oil.
Slept through the night.
Oh my gosh, good: tomatoes, cuke, feta cheese, shredded zuke, green olives, lemon balsamic vinegar. Could eat it by the tub.
Ron has a checkup today with his doc; it went great, but you’d never know it from his long face.
NWS says it doesn’t get any more humid than this.
The little vacuum cleaner that’s been sitting in the basement for years works! The filter, though, was so clogged that it took three tools to clean it. Actually, four. It’ll be a big help once everything is put back together.
Ron prepped a nice pine board for the closet shelf. I painted it.
Finished the second coat of paint and the mop board.
Did laundry. Paid bills. Made mashed potatoes from the ones I washed last night.
Ron shopped and fell asleep early.
I made brown rice and stir fry with Pariah Dog vegetables: zucchini, onion, garlic, green pepper, carrots, turnip and cabbage.
I finished cleaning the big corner turntable in the kitchen. Ron is almost done mowing the lawn.
Ron has kindly offered to put up a shelf in the den closet. While he was out buying brackets, I decided spur of the moment to paint the closet. Found a can of paint with primer – even a good color, yellow or close enough.
That’s the last project I’ve come up with for us/him.
We took care of two big ones yesterday: fencing around the new garden and disposition of the collection of wood that’s been leaning up against the shed.
I sorted through the wood and put good pieces in the shed lofts and bad ones in the truck. Ron cut a couple so we could close the tailgate, and we brought the load, including the two hard plastic tables that we never use, to Bourne.
After trying to fasten the cloth wire to stakes, which didn’t turn out very well, Ron stapled it to the raised bed. It was hard work and he gets full credit for it. I can sleep better knowing that my vegetables are less vulnerable now, although I was sorry to see the struggles of a bee who couldn’t figure out at first how to get through the fence. It succeeded eventually by flying over it.
Freed from household projects, I watered this morning for several hours.
I also wrote a letter to Falmouth Police Chief Edward Dunne. The amount of posterior-kissing of the FPD on social media has become so bad that Falmouth’s finest won’t be able to sit for a month!
Did the CSA pickup. Saw Shamus, my favorite, and only two other customers, who were almost finished.
Kitty has been by twice, yesterday and today!
Peter had the two non-working cars towed!
Dropped off a bag of vegetables for the boys at iCape.