Spoke with the boys and texted Em. Everyone sounds in good spirits.
Watered the new flowers and swept both sheds. Found a long chain in one of them; cool prop for Halloween?
We buried a slew of mice that were in the “Dogpatch” shed trash cans.
Dead mouse smell in the downstairs bath area.
Did another laundry and now we are caught up.
Had good luck at the Pine Cobble School plant sale.
Brought home coreopsis, lily of the valley, Siberian iris, rhubarb, snow in summer, bell flower, phlox.
Ron fixed the hose connections. I bought new sprayers.
Did a run to Walmart for my meds and groceries, mostly produce.
Today we went to Ratu’s in Wilmington, VT for low-sulfite white wine. It was a bust but I found two of the varieties listed on PureWow at Shaw’s. https://www.purewow.com/wine/sulfite-free-wines
It was only 20 more miles to Brattleboro so we crossed the state on mostly boring roads until Hogback Mountain. Had lunch at Whetstone Beer but won’t be back: too loud for Ron, too expensive for me. It was good, though.
Ryan and his crew finished framing the “office” and cleared the remnants of the coal stove chimney.
I got a sweet thank you note from Bellamy!
Ron shaved his beard and moustache.
James was here to measure and discuss his plan for the project. He’ll be in touch with the architect.
It took three tries but I finally got a prescription squared away.
We did a transfer station run.
Brought both vehicles to the car wash. Vacuumed them at home.
Ron mowed front and back; looks good.
Met Butch’s mom, visited briefly with her and Millie.
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I gave our neighbors a bunch of Lizzie things, including blankets and her bed. We got a report that their dog Millie loves it!
Plus, I received a beautiful thank you note from “Bell and family”.
The boys and their Mom visited briefly today. It was raining and I tried opening the big umbrella but popped it the wrong way. If only I could have taken a picture of Bellamy carrying the upside down umbrella: priceless!
Ryan has made tremendous progress and finished the framing today for the driveway side bedroom.
Met with Bruce and James this morning to go over last questions.
Ron is meeting with our new eye doctor today. Luckily I spotted his hen scratching on the calendar this morning. His Beltone follow-on is on hold for now.
Ordered PRIDE shirts from Target today. They’ve been forced to pull or relocate PRIDE merchandise in their (guess) Southern stores.
Civility is manners, politeness, saying “please” and “thank you.” It greases the wheels of social interactions, or so it is claimed to do.
Diplomacy is tactful and far more difficult and nuanced than mere civility. Diplomacy is empathetic whereas civility is rules-based and mechanical.
Drove to the top parking lot and climbed Stone Hill to the pasture and fine views plus two Jack-in-the-pulpits.
I dropped off compost before it got too late.
Ron made a pasta supper; good, too.
I’ve been trying to clean the glass on the doors, with only limited success.
I’ve had slightly better luck with the upstairs bathroom. It looks much better.
Changed the sheets, and otherwise have been catching up on email. A so-called GoDaddy “messaging guide” punted in broken English when I asked how to download images in Outlook. Works on the server, not on my client; go figure.
Ron’s disgusting gas is filling the whole downstairs. Gag.