Author: marcia

The Miss Kims – all four of them – have bloomed, finally. They are quite beautiful and fragrant.

Got nothing done today except for watering first thing this morning. Not sure where the day went. We unloaded the new a/c (66 pounds) and the shelves (100 pounds). I picked up tuna for sushi, my meds and some odds and ends.

Ron restored his backup with a great assist from Cape Mac in Mashpee Commons. He’s back online and able to check his email accounts.

Ron hurt his foot, so we’re on the way to the ER.

We got up early yesterday to bring the truck in for its annual sticker and for inspection of the air conditioning hoses.

While they were working on the truck, we went to the Registry, just down the road in South Yarmouth, for Ron’s license and registration.

We stopped off at Home Depot to check out portable air conditioners and found one that we liked. Since it was the last day of their 10% off sale, and Hyannis was out of stock, we made plans to go to the HD in Wareham.

Meanwhile, we went back to Hyannis Toyota so Ron could get the mandatory inspection for the van; it passed. I redeemed one of the Hy Toy tokens for a free car wash and transfer station run at Edgewater. I’d forgotten about all the debris in the back, so Peter helped me wash it out.

We found out that Ron wasn’t getting calls on his cell, so he got on the phone with AT&T to resolve the problem. One of the missed calls was from the Apple store in Hingham telling him that his MacbookPro was ready to be picked up.

We stopped at the house, grabbed a HD gift card, a generous wedding gift from Elaine, and drove to Wareham for the portable a/c. Also picked up a five-foot shelving unit for the basement. We stopped off at Job Lot for canned meat and fish for Fluffles and a few other things, including shorts for Ron.

We drove to Hingham for the MacbookPro, did a quick shop at Whole Foods, came back home, made pizza for supper, collapsed.

All in all, a productive if expensive day.

We brought Ron’s non-working MacbookPro to the Genius Bar at the Hingham Apple store.

Turns out, his hard disk is fried, so they are replacing it. He has a backup, fortunately.

I 8’d the back garden today, especially the lupines, but not the lavender.

Ron put a new coupling on a hose that had a “frozen” spigot.

Ron got the duplicate title to the van, so we went to Falmouth for a new RMV-1 form. Picked up some grey pillow cases at Walmart and did a couple of other errands while we were there. We’re planning to go to the Registry in Plymouth tomorrow on the way to Hingham to pick up Ron’s Mac.

“The Dunning-Kruger effect describes a cognitive bias in which people perform poorly on a task, but lack the meta-cognitive capacity to properly evaluate their performance.”

“Fremdscham (the noun) describes the almost-horror you feel when you notice that somebody is oblivious to how embarrassing they truly are.”

Ron mowed the back and side yards yesterday. We put down Spectracide and watered. We cleaned out the litter box.

Big shop at Walmart the day before. We picked up flat sheets and I sewed them together for a wide bottom sheet.

Made a big breakfast: bacon, Annabelle Todd’s omelet, lemon poppy muffin tops. Three loads of laundry, didn’t finish everything until close to 8 pm.

Very warm and humid the last two days. We put in the A/C and are looking around for a second unit, maybe a portable that we could set up in the living room.

Iris and beach rose have started. Still waiting for the Miss Kims.

Big morning at Edgewater today, we are having the septic inspected.

Poor Ron has been in airports and on planes for almost the whole day, while I was lucky enough to have a great day on the ground.

Picked up and planted 8 Gerbera (pronounced GER’bera) daisies to give us some color in the back before the summer flowers kick in. Looks like we’ll have irises really soon.

Finally finished the grass plugs in the front lawn, at least as many as I have the stamina to do. In the process, I dug up a dozen or so grubs, so mowed and put down Spectracide. I’ll water tomorrow, but left the back for Ron, who likes outdoor work.

Met this morning with the mortgage specialist at Rockland Trust and put in an application for a fixed-rate, 20-year loan to refinance Edgewater.

I finished digging out the new vegetable garden today and transplanted most of the turf to the small patch of grass to the right of the driveway.

Here’s a before (right) and after (left).

The planters are done. I picked up a tray of snapdragons at Roche Brothers and we shopped at Attaquin Acres for sweet potato and marigolds.

The outdoor shower is in place, too.

Robert’s birdhouse has tenants for the first time. I was just outside in the hammock, enjoying the damp summer-like air and watching the tiny birds barrel in and out.

James’ strawberry plants are enormous, and Emme’s money plants are doing great.

Sprayed Bayer on the roses, the peony and some other plants this morning.

Timing has been difficult because we’ve had so much rain. The Bayer promises to be rain-proof after setting for an hour, though.

I’m going to try to finish planting the boxes today and maybe do a run to the redemption center.

Ed stopped by. It was nice for the three of us to have a chance to catch up.

I was in a fog of tiredness all day yesterday, so Ron very kindly offered to take us out for dinner: my choice.

We had tapas at Trevi, first visit for both of us, and it was just what the doctor ordered: low-key, terrific food (grilled artichokes and asparagus, lamb, scallops, Finocchiona), and at Ron’s invitation, I had not one but two glasses of their delicious sangria.

We’ll be back.

Ron bought a beautiful new bed for Fluffles, and yesterday, we put up a feeder for hummingbirds.