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Rose pride on Saturday the 15th, including the beach rose.

Finished the edging along the raised bed, used the plugs to fill in. Bare areas were like cement. Grass is flowering in spots.

Put down Coast of Maine lobster compost for the blueberries.

Fluffles escaped, found him wander-prowling near the wisteria.
People came to look at Candy’s house.

Used the soaker hoses for the first time. May get extensions for the round ones, which are working great; the flat one has a bad leak.

Picked up two nice little astilbes and some pretty ground cover at a plant sale in Aptuxcet. Planted a foxglove and possibly a daisy from the Master Gardeners sale at the Fairgrounds. That pretty much finishes the front and the shade gardens.

Dug up weeds and crabgrass from the left side of the house, put down mulch.

Fed (Miracle Gro) on Saturday. Bayer’d the roses except for the one near James’ strawberry this morning (it’s been 2 weeks).
The strawberry is doing very well, will have ripe fruit soon, need to fence it in.

Top-dressed the tomatoes and some other vegetables in the cold frame with lobster compost this morning.

April dropped off about a yard of mulch this morning, thus saving me a trip to Blacksmith.
I may put down some compost around the blueberry bushes, though.
Gave Fluffles his first dose of Frontline. He did not complain.
Working on edging and patching the lawn, going well. Talbot sprayed the trees at Edgewater this past Tuesday; very happy that is done.
Many plant sales this Saturday.

Watered the grass today and installed more grass plugs.
Planted the impatiens a couple of days ago. Like the new little garden.

Got the fence in today.
Miracle Gro’d yesterday; it rained before and after. Planted the new Miss Kim, a Sweet Woodruff and a Bleeding Heart in the shade garden.
Did the lawn today. Freeze predicted for tonight.

Last DIY class last night, featured coping, which is misnamed.
Put triple Phosphate around the peony today. Miss Kims are not blooming at all – normal? Bayer’d them, spots like aphids.
Mr. Fluffles was stuck in the cellar for 14 hours yesterday, from 8 am to 10 pm. Poor kitty!

Picked up the new section and post yesterday and started painting. Put everything in last night, it’s supposed to rain today.
Last DIY class tonight, hope we are doing moldings.
Fed Miracle Gro to the houseplants this morning.

Well, I’ve figured it out: why cell phone towers and other tall structures freak me out (abused as a young child and the towers represent adults); why hearing about new hires freaks me out.
The latter is not just about Sandy’s replacing me when I was a toddler. It also has to do with employers being especially vicious in kicking me out because they know it’s wrong and (because of the influence of the Church That Excuses Rape of Little Kids) feel guilty as a result.
It’s a freaking miracle that I’m not a serial killer or mass murderer. I hate people, I really do, and no wonder.

Fluffles threw up again today. Thinking the wet food might not be good for him, he seems to do much better with dry.
Did some more painting in the guest room. Accomplished more than I thought I would this weekend. Made a good start on cleaning out the corner bookcase. A lot more to do.
Emme and I went to River Day in Marstons Mills, first time for both of us. We picked up some conservation materials.
I patched a couple of spots in the lawn and ordered Frontline for Fluff.
Picked up a nice lavender at Coonamesset Farm; they have quite a variety there.

Peter did hard duty today, brought the new armoire up a flight of stairs and then into the house. It looks great.

I finished painting the second coat this morning.

Also sprayed the roses and some other plants in the front yard, Plant Tone’d the “dead” Miss Kim, replaced a lavender and a small grass, and put in an Astilbe Montgomery, not knowing what color it is going to be (red).

Mowed the lawn this afternoon, finished at 5:45.

The blueberry bushes have flowers.

Planted a replacement lavender and two ground covers (I substituted a Forget-Me-Not for Candy’s thank you gift), fed Miracle Grow to the plants in the front and Holly-Tone’d the holly.
It rained and some claim it snowed and/or hailed today.
I dug two new fence post holes and installed the post and section that got painted earlier this week. That will leave touch-up and the new cedar components to do – easy compared to the rest.
Going to try to paint the guest room – at least the street-side wall – before Saturday afternoon.
Met with Rodrigo, he had some great ideas for really pushing the project along so that we’ll have a deliverable by May 12. I ordered parts for him this afternoon.