Watered today for the first time this year.

Word is the hummers, and possibly the orioles, are back, so Ron put up the feeders.

I cleaned the tub and the bathroom floor and vacuumed.

Two loads of laundry.

Started pruning the Montauks. Planted the basil. Peter stopped by to pick up a piece of birthday cake for James.

Good to get caught up on some of these things.

We picked Robert up after work and the three of us had supper at Bobby Byrnes.

Afterwards, Robert iced Ron’s birthday spice cake.

Ron remounted the shade in the bedroom after it’d fallen for the umpteenth time.

Watched the latest episode of “Wolf Hall”.

Very full birthday.

Took Ron to Keltic Kitchen for hash and eggs and bought him a Donegal tweed cap for his birthday.

Later, we did a little pruning at Edgewater and brought a load (3 tarps) of leaves and dead grass to the transfer station.

I cleaned up leaves from the front of the house and filled another tarp. So many leaves this Spring, beyond belief after all the raking we did last Fall!

Ron got the pressure washer to work for me and I was able to spray off at least some of the black mold on the small holly.  Last mention I could find here was March 2010.

Ground up leaves in the wooded area next to the corner garden and did some weeding as well.

We washed out and refilled the bird bath.

Ron had a good appointment with Pat in Hingham, but the Apple genius bar told him his Mac was DOA.

Ron was feeling better, so he did more thatching yesterday.  We brought a truckload full to the transfer station.

I finished shredding in the new garden plot and pruned the roses and the autumn clematis.

Made pork chops for lunch and turkey meatloaf with purple sweets for supper.

Birds are enjoying Ron’s Pond!

Here’s Ron, enjoying blueberry pancakes, coffee and the Sunday Times!

Bought a thatching rake at Eastman’s and stumbled onto the 300 Committee’s celebration of their new property across the street.  Rumor has it that it will be the site of the Carousel of Light.

Made an appointment to bring the truck in for repairs.

Weed Man was by to fertilize.

Ron’s feeling better.  He was able to set up his GoFundMe account to pay out donations.

Meanwhile, more struggling for me with the new layout for vehicle detail pages.

Baking a carrot cake to celebrate the end of Laura’s chemo!

Another day of misery for Ron.

I did some web work and more deep raking.  Picked up lunch at Cooke’s.

Power washer arrived yesterday, and we are coming up with many uses for it: grill, Ron’s pond, vehicles, siding, driveways.

Federal tax refund check arrived today.

Just watched/listened to the Joey Alexander Trio on Livestream/JALC.  Eleven years old.  His talent is miraculous.

Turns out, Ron had a dry socket.  The doc repacked it on Monday.  He was still in a lot of discomfort yesterday, spent the afternoon on the couch watching a cheesy James Bond movie.

I can’t stand Sean Connery in those early films: want to slap that smirk off his foppish face.  Grow a beard and put on 30 years, then you’ll be entitled to strut.

I did some more shredding and drove Robert home from work.  He’s got ambition, wants to do his prereqs at 4Cs and go on for a degree in biotech.  He’s enjoying his work at iCape, and his manager thinks very highly of both Robert and Peter.  How good to hear!

Ron has been in a lot of pain from last Thursday’s extraction.  It looks like part of a tooth is still embedded in his jaw.  He’s to see the dentist this morning.

Met Cindy and Cathy for brunch at Crabapple’s yesterday.  It was crowded and the service wasn’t that good.  I stupidly ordered a mimosa, forgetting how sick I get with champagne.  Drinks were $9 EACH.  Ridiculous.

Cindy is getting second opinions from the local orthos before she schedules knee replacement surgery.  Cathy is a fan of the rehab group at Falmouth Hospital.

Ron did the transfer station run so that I could give my legs a break.