Month: August 2023

Tom from Modern Pest checked a couple of the feeders – still no activity! – and replaced two that had been buried under plastic in the crawl spaces.

Carpet and foam backing arrived.

Carpenters are done with the bedroom floor!

We went to Chenail’s farm stand for peaches and corn.

I slept through it but was told there was a huge thunderstorm at 4 am this morning.

Ron picked up lunches at the senior center. I made a salad. Have been cleaning windows and doors.

We put away two loads of laundry.

Late afternoon, we went to a wine tasting at Provisions. Came home with three glorious cheeses and assembled a board with Effie’s.

We got out of the carpenters’ hair for a few hours with a trip to the marble quarry at Dalton, Vermont.

The quarry is smaller than I expected and the water was dank. We were told that none of the locals swim there this time of year for fear of eye and ear infections!

Manchester is a very pretty town. We had a Burmese lunch at Moonwink.

We stopped at a farm stand for blueberries and two Bee Balm plants for the price of one.

Finally, we had a fine time shopping at Bablogan of Scotland in Arlington, VT. Ron bought himself a MacInnis tie and some treats; I bought him a Celtic knot belt buckle.

Earlier I brought the Corolla to K-M Toyota for its 5,000 mile service.

We attended this “annual community-building event promoting police-community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie”. Free food and an opportunity to touch base with a number of local non-profits. We brought home salads for lunch today along with fresh corn.

Perfect evening weather-wise, too.

We did a Home Depot run for bedroom doors to replace the uglies with six-panels like we had in Mashpee.

I made a nice bruschetta to consume vegetables before yesterday’s CSA pickup. Ron made an apple bread pudding to use up old white bread and apples.

Town Building Inspector signed off on the “office” project.

I discovered that Ron had cut off the end of a soaker hose. He fixed it today.

A PayPal customer service person responded immediately to my request for an explanation of what happened to my Sears refund. It was credited to other transactions.

All I can say for myself is “Duh”.

Electrician and carpenters are here today. Drywall is in place in the living room.

Talked on the phone with a landscaper who also does carpentry about giving us a quote on trimming the forsythia and installing gable vents.

Cancelled Corolla checkup in Bennington, booked it for North Adams.

Transfer station and a couple of errands, otherwise did nothing today.