The oil company owner and his son installed the new oil tank. It was more difficult and took longer than they’d figured, about par for the course for this old house. Ron griped that it was a disaster; I chewed him out for being so spoiled that he didn’t appreciate that a real disaster is when you don’t have people to help you. I reminded him that he had no idea what work his parents and grandparents did to keep their Rindge house intact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I saw a squirrel take off with one of our tulip bulbs, so installed a piece of chicken wire that was behind one of the sheds and anchored it with rocks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Got a not great photo of a deer in the corner garden eating tree leaves. There were three in all; two stayed behind the fence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Modern Pest was here for a quarterly inspection and feeder refills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ron was not feeling well all day and finally remembered that he’d skipped his meds twice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I’d forgotten to pick up the produce on Tuesday; fortunately, the box was still there yesterday morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Have been reading the CARES project report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Roasted a pile of vegetables today, made enough to freeze half: squash, turnips, beets, Brussels\u00a0sprouts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The oil company owner and his son installed the new oil tank. It was more difficult and took longer than they’d figured, about par for the course for this old house. Ron griped that it was a disaster; I chewed … Continue reading