Peter came over this morning in the new car.\u00a0 Gave him some produce.<\/p>
He denigrated the car’s appearance, but I think it’s a superstitious thing: if he praises it too much, something bad will happen. “The Chinese have curiously enough the same superstition … that is to be found among the poorer classes of France and England; … if you praise your child’s good health, or rejoice by words upon any happy event, ill luck is sure to follow.”\u00a0Folk-Lore Journal<\/a><\/p> I picked up a few things at Aubuchon, including trim paint for the new room, and half-off vegetable plants at Soares: tomatoes, peppers, musk melons, watermelon, basil.<\/p> Ron and I worked in 90 degree heat to dig out a trench for the raised bed garden.\u00a0 I think he also did some watering.<\/p> Ron couldn’t find his iPhone – it was on a chair in the kitchen in one of his boat shoes – so we checked to see if he had Find My iPhone set up.\u00a0 He did.<\/p> I’d forgotten that it’s part of iCloud, so you can find the phone in a browser, not a separate app.\u00a0 I find the way Apple thinks to be very confusing.<\/p> Made strawberry pancakes for supper for Ron.<\/p> Painted the top, bottoms and sides of the walls in the new room.<\/p> Signed up yesterday to be a Sister on the Ground for SOS.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Peter came over this morning in the new car.\u00a0 Gave him some produce.He denigrated the car’s appearance, but I think it’s a superstitious thing: if he praises it too much, something bad will happen. “The Chinese have curiously enough the … Continue reading