Ron is feeling much better, so much so that he fixed the front window today – fabulous!
Listening to Jazz at Lincoln Center, Anat Cohen’s Roots of Rio perform choro music.
The lawn got done today: aeration and overseeding. I have a project, raking up the gravel, putting down loam and seeding the end of the driveway. I have hope for grass.
We checked out the window at Edgewater. Not great.
Made fish chowder for supper: leeks, celery, potatoes, partly rotten tomato, cod or maybe pollock, broth.
Ron felt well enough to do his WH stagehanding last night, but the cold or whatever it is caught up with him with a vengeance today.
The dinner guests we were looking forward to seeing tomorrow also had to cancel.
I did the transfer station run; Robert helped with the recyclables.
Made fruit roll-up with some of the autumn berries. I did a horrible job but it still tastes pretty good, and I learned from the try.
I got a flu shot last weekend and whether it’s that or something else, I’ve been dragging ever since.
Ron got a shot, too, but he still mowed the lawn and did a bunch of clearing a couple of days ago.
Today he/we cleaned up the Autumn Berry tree (Elaeagnus umbellata. OLEASTER FAMILY (Elaeagnaceae)) on the right side of the driveway. We filled up the truck with treats for Emma’s sheep and wood for the transfer station.
We also harvested about 9 cups of berries, which are edible and considered the forager’s best-kept secret because many people don’t realize that they are good to eat. Including me until today.
Bob Lalime installed the new, high efficiency furnace today. I figured out the least expensive way to pay for it; now we wait for our rebate.
Aldrich came by to redo the Winslows’ driveways. They were nice enough to patch a couple of cracks in ours, which is fantastic. Some of the same crew that did our driveway. Wouldn’t accept money.
I deposited checks from PowerSports. Very happy they will clear before the long weekend (Columbus Day is a bank holiday).
We’ve been enjoying several shows on HuluPlus: Manhattan, Blue Bloods, Blacklist, Sleepy Hollow.
Had lunch with Cindy and Cathy. Cathy insisted that the restaurant comp our lunches since they messed up the order.
Did laundry, changed the sheets. Paid the mortgage on Edgewater. Had a flu shot at CVS. Drafted a sympathy letter to Pat Flynn’s son. Did a little trimming in the front and had a long chat with Laura and Joe.
Didn’t go to New Bedford for the art studios open houses, mow the lawn (Ron wants to do it tomorrow) or do the transfer station run.
Happy October 1. Second day of RAIN. By happy coincidence, Luis from WeedMan put down fall fertilizer on Monday.
Downloaded apps last night to record and play video.
AAP published a paper in 2013 which states (extraordinary) on page 7:
Assume that all children who have been adopted or fostered have experienced trauma.