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Had a great time last night at Craigville Beach listening to the Moonlighters and watching a magnificent sunset and the gigantic bonfire.

Ron danced! In public!

Saw the hummingbird feeding this morning.

Thought about going to Providence or to the Cape Verdean festival at Onset but ended up doing very little here today. Ron is correct, I’ve been spending time recently on budget and paying bills, quite stressful. It’s also been very humid, which takes the starch out of me even faster than heat.

Truth is, I’d rather sit on the deck and look at the birds and the garden than almost anything else. The hibiscus are in full bloom; right now, there are over a dozen bright red flowers the size of dessert plates.

We attended an excellent lecture on aging and cell regeneration at Lillie last night.

Ron was Emme’s taxi yesterday. I had a good meeting with the local Bankers Life reps. It rained pretty much all day.

Ron put up the three hummer feeders and ant “bells”. This morning, we saw the hummer several times at the feeder in the sun.

I paid a slew of bills, including the final payment to Capizzi for the work at Edgewater.

The poor transplanted roses don’t look so great.

We went to a delightful talk “Cape Odd” by local author Jim Coogan at the New Seabury country club this past week. Ron picked up four copies of his books, including two children’s books for the grandnieces and grandnephews. Gorgeous afternoon; we thoroughly enjoyed the views as well as the talk.

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Attended a so-so Makers meeting last night. Ron wasn’t feeling well so I left early. He was fast asleep by the time I got home and was fine this morning.

I transplanted the roses from the oval to the left side of the garden. One wasn’t very healthy but the other looks like it might be okay. Fingers crossed.

Did weeding and deadheading today, especially in the front. Cleaned out the hummingbird feeder and a few other things I can’t remember.

Ron and I enjoyed watching an osprey sitting in one of our trees.

I did some research yesterday and confirmed that we are not in a flood zone.

Got an unexpected one-time-only payment from Social Security. Sort of miraculous, especially with a big electric bill due next week.

A recruiter lost his s*t with me on the phone today and Ron laid him out in lavender. It’s so nice to have a man around the house.

Great weather today, not too hot and not at all humid.

Ron picked Emme up from work so I could attend a Master Gardener garden talk. We did the trash run earlier in the afternoon and the yard debris run in the morning. Both of us attended O-F Steering meeting. Green and fruit salads and House Special fried rice for supper.

I worked on the SPEA website this weekend. Found some substantial content on the town website, of all places: bylaws, some very cool maps, 2013 home sales.

We mowed crabgrass here today: I did the front and the left side and Ron did the back and the right. All Cape was closed so I’ll be hauling a truckload of yard debris tomorrow morning. Ron’s been watering like mad. Very little rain this past week. Nice day today, though.

Our kind and muscular neighbors shoved the hutch in the living room to a more logical spot.

Thank goodness!

Ron and I shared Emme transport duty yesterday. I was feeling dissociated and more than a bit disconcerted in the afternoon, not sure why but felt better after taking a couple aspirin and some high quality protein.

We’ve been enjoying “Orange Is the New Black” on Netflix.