Author: thecapeblog

I donated blood yesterday; can give again on August 8; and went to the Wholesale Nursery with Laura for bargain (25% off) perennials and shade plants.

Got everything into the ground and/or pots: nepeta, monarda (bee balm), salvia.

Made rhubarb sauce (very good) and mourned the old asparagus plants which I seem to have butchered.  BLTs with lettuce from the garden.  Pizza for supper; Ron was down all day and I thought that would cheer him up (it did).

Went to Seven Stars academy for a free one-hour women’s self-defense lesson last evening.  I’ve been wanted to attend a workshop like this for a long time.  I was paired with the owner’s daughter for practice, which was like having a private instructor – she’s a second degree Black Belt!

Rain has started, and from the radar, looks like it won’t amount to much.  We were hoping for a t-storm.  Glad I watered the fenced gardens(4) this morning.

Combined the dahlias and put them in the big pot.  Transplanted basil and the rosemary.  Watched Laura and Eric take down their fence.

Cleaned the frig.

Considered attending the New Bedford Jazz Festival this afternoon, but the thought of being huddled in a tent with a crowd was a turn off, although I am sorry to miss it.

Nice supper last night: tenderloin steaks, baguette, salad.

What Maiden, What Mother, What Crone Means for this Election

Suggestions to candidate for Barnstable County Commissioner:

1) Market Cape Cod to MIT Media Lab and other “think tanks” as a desirable location for tech startups, including light manufacturing;

2)Aggressively pursue foreign investment through the EB-5 program;

3) Present our skilled workforce as a single entity for the purpose of bidding on RFPs issued by local DOD contractors like Lockheed Martin in Marion.

Bernie Sanders rose in the polls because he’s a creation of the media – same as Donald Trump.

Ralph Nader claims Bernie won in the open primary states.  That is a lot of hooey: Mississippi, Illinois, Virginia, Georgia, South Carolina, Texas, Alabama, Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee, Ohio, North Carolina, and South Carolina, which have open primaries, went with Clinton (13) and seven went with Sanders.

Bernie did the best in caucus states, which is about as non-democratic as you can get.

Besides, Clinton thumped him in the popular vote by almost 3.8 million.

States with an open presidential primary

• Alabama (Clinton)
• Arkansas (Clinton)
• Georgia (Clinton)
• Illinois (Clinton)
• Indiana (Sanders)
• Massachusetts (All races’ primaries open for “unenrolled”/unaffiliated voters only) (Clinton)
• Michigan (Sanders)
• Mississippi (Clinton)
• Missouri (Clinton)
• New Hampshire (Sanders)
• North Carolina (All races’ primaries open for unaffiliated voters only)^{[11] (Clinton)}
• North Dakota (Sanders)
• Ohio (Clinton)
• Oklahoma (Only Democratic primary is open to Independent voters as of November 2015) ^{[12] (Sanders)}
• South Carolina (Clinton)
• Tennessee (Clinton)
• Texas (Clinton)
• Vermont (Sanders)
• Virginia (Clinton)
• Wisconsin^{[13] (Sanders)}

Saved by drying two loads of clothes outside.

Fed up with Long Term Care carrier BS.  Have a call in to UMB/Alumni Association.

Eye checkup today; new doc in Mashpee!

Transplanted a poor azalea.  I have horrible luck with azaleas, except for “Pretty” in the front.

Iris and foxglove have been spectacular this year.

Sounds like the “real” daughter!  Hard to read.

Watered the fence gardens and the rhodies.  Spinosad on the rhodies.  Watered small trees and the grass transplant.  Booked a couple of doctor appointments.

Mighty t-storm in NY, heading Northeast.  Might arrive by 5 or 6.