Month: July 2015

PowWow was mobbed this year, both with participants and attendees.  It was cool and overcast today, perfect weather.

We stayed long enough to hear Emma Jo Flute (!) perform.  She looked and sounded great.

Brought some vegetable and herb seedlings to Laura.  They are making great progress on their beautiful wrought iron fence.  What a fabulous yard!

The bulldog from 3 Holly Farm wandered over to the Winslows’ yard again.  Eric was able to walk her to the corner with a few treats.

Grilled a fabulous steak and made a green salad and ambrosia for supper.  Key Lime pie and chocolate for dessert.

Heritage had free admission today.  We found out as we were leaving that our membership at Tower Hill entitles us to unlimited free admission at Heritage as well!

We saw the Wyatt exhibit.  Particularly meaningful on this patriotic weekend.  Ron rode the merry-go-round.  I was able to WALK all the way back to the parking lot.

David Vieira and his staffer Kathy were kind enough to take time to talk with me today.  I tried sending a message to one of our selectmen about a project.

I picked up some fencing this morning, but it was the wrong size.  Got a correct one at Aubuchon in Sandwich on the way back from Heritage.  That finished my to-do’s for this week.

Listening to distant fireworks now.  Some locals Willowbend are shooting them off tonight, Falmouth tomorrow, New Seabury on Sunday.

This past Tuesday, the day of the blowout, we were in Hyannis so I could get treatment for my trigger finger and so Ron could run some errands.

We stopped in to Rep. Keating’s office to thank him for his opposition to TPP and his support of Net Neutrality.

His staff was surprised and pleased to see constituents who are actually interested in government as opposed to looking for something for themselves.  He was much more diplomatic than that, of course.

We, mostly Ron, got the rest of the fencing installed yesterday.  Almost finished: we are short less than 2 feet.

Ron was up early to give a blood sample for his physical next week.

Laura brought us a box of chocolates from Hamburg.  The landscapers put her raised beds together, so I might be sharing some vegetable seedlings.

By 5, I’d had it with construction and yard equipment noise from no less than three neighboring properties.  Decided to return library books but traffic was snarled because of the Mashpee fireworks, so took back roads to East Falmouth.  Mercifully, the library there has extended its Thursday hours, so I was able to drop off the books.  It was bliss to be in my air-conditioned truck for a few minutes; we’ve held off on the A/Cs.

Got the web service call to work.  Did laundry.

Purple hydrangea is starting to bloom!  Many more blossoms than I expected.  Bee balm has started as well.  A few sprouts have appeared from the Crocosmia bulbs.  I’m sure I planted a bunch upside down!

Ron picked up our tools from What A Grind and dropped off a couple more.

Grilled chicken and vegetables for supper.  Fell asleep rather than fight the crowds.

Storm with tornado warning this morning.  I drove through it to meet with Bert in Hyannis and do three errands.  Not so very horrible except for the road flooding.  I’m relieved that Laura’s flowers got an extra dowsing.

While buying tires for his van at Cape & Islands Tire, Ron met a neighbor of Matt West, the trooper who helped us yesterday on the Mid-Cape!

Another coincidence: while Bert and I were finishing up, a mutual acquaintance walked in.  Long story short, he’s offered my services as a grantwriter to his nonprofit organization.

I stopped at Cape Cod Tire for a check of my tires.  Everything looked good to them.

Made two calzones from bread dough picked up at the Senior Center.  Cut up a watermelon yesterday.

Ron mowed and mulched the grass in the front and back yards.

Laura, Joe and Ben arrived late afternoon, said they had a great time in Germany.