One of the zucchini volunteers has produced a splendid squash.  Another has four.  These grew from seeds in our compost.

Ron and I each had a yellow cherry tomato today.  Sweet!

Laura made a delicious rhubarb-quinoa pudding, and some of the rhubarb came from our garden.

Pizza, salad and roasted kale for supper.

Between us, we made three separate trips to Stop & Shop today.  This is organization, so I’ve been told.  I was curious about the performer at the new Mashpee Commons stage, so that was the initial motivation, then I remembered that we were out of bagels and I wanted a snack for tomorrow.

Turned on the whole house fan to cool things down.  Temp in the kitchen went from 78 to 71.

I am looking forward to having money again, soon.  Hoping for rain tomorrow.

Ron got to use the outdoor shower for the first time this summer after cutting up 11 or so huge chunks of cherry wood yesterday. I delivered the lot to Emma after driving Robert home from work.

She gave us a dozen big, beautiful eggs and treated me to a ginger beer. Gave me a tour of her gardens, too. Her place looks great! I got to meet her nieces. Gabriel planted fava beans; he’ll be three later this summer!

We had drinks with Laura and Joe after supper. Heard a lot of fireworks and saw some in the direction of John’s Pond.

Ascelpias, yarrow, speedwell and Dwarf Bee Balm (Pink Lace Monarda) are blooming. Harvested a couple tablespoons of tiny strawberries for Ron’s cereal this morning.

Cleaned up sawdust from yesterday, finished spreading the black mulch and watered several areas this morning.

Drove to Cumby’s for gas, took a spin through Seconsett.

Splurged on two big Panera salads for lunch.

Laura and I picked up our CSA shares.

Watched “Do The Right Thing”.

I drove Alpha to work yesterday, then James and I loaded the truck with cherry wood, which I dropped off at Emma’s along with some oak leaves.

Ron did a little maintenance on the A/Cs, mostly cleaning; he installed the newer one in our bedroom yesterday and the other in “his” room this morning. Thank goodness. It’s 84 and humid outside, not so bad in the shade, unendurable in the sun.

Ron found the “missing” soaker in the front fence garden!

Smokey has dropped in twice already.

We started watching “What The Health” on Netflix last night. I was inspired to order three raw food cookbooks this morning, something I’ve been thinking about for over a year.

Made two big salads for lunch, green and Waldorf. Pasta and salad for supper.

Today, we got laundry (lots) and transfer station done. Ron removed the old sticker and affixed the new. We fit the rest of the wood on the truck; Ron will cut it up tomorrow. He mounted the bat house and I watered the garden at Edgewater. It’s 5:15 and we are just wrapping up.

Ron hauled a truckload of branches to the transfer station. The “U” looks so much better, except that one of the big hibiscus plants was smashed. Ron reserved oak leaves for Emma’s sheep. He even made a nice monkfish and seven vegetable* stir-fry!

James put up his new curtains, and they look great! I ordered another set for his third window.

Had a helpful conversation with a Rockland mortgage person yesterday. He identified yet another piece of BS that we’ve been fed from Mike’s “algorithm”, this time, about escrowing, which is not required with a loan:value less than 80%.

I am keen on replacing the vanities and medicine cabinets at Edgewater.

*Celery, carrots, kale, peppers, swiss chard, scapes, corn

Maybe we should consider a well: Ron left the backyard faucet on all night, again.

James and Joe finished the fence and got a “thank you” from the next door neighbors’ parents. I did some cleanup in front.

Burgers and corn for supper last night; produce, mostly raw, tonight.

Good visit with Dr. G today. Cholesterol is down from December.

Ron did a pile of yardwork today, mostly brush cutting, a little mowing and raking leaves (believe it or not, we still had/have tons).

WeedMan was here to put down grub treatment, so we had to water afterwards. Gave the front a good, long watering since we haven’t done that yet this season/year?

Bellflowers are blooming in the corner garden. A quite different variety (Campanula glomerata “superba”) from the ones at Edgewater (Lady Bells? Campanulaceae Adenophora?).

Got both done today.

Ron picked up a pizza for supper; Robert joined us.

I clipped roses. Black spot. Need to prune some more.

Have what looks like a fungal infection myself. Nasty thing.

Picked up more backing rails and pickets today at Eagle. Exchanged the curtain rods for smaller ones and got some bug catchers for the bedroom windows.

Ron had a checkup at Emerald. I stopped at C-Lab for a fasting blood test first thing this morning, then picked up bagels and bread at S&S. Ron did the same at the Senior Center. He went out later for lunch fixings.

This evening, I tagged along when Ron drove Robert home. We stopped on the way back at Roche. I splurged on cut fruit, haddock chowder and a big box of assorted cookies.

Fabulous.

I’ve had off and on intestinal distress since 11 last night. It hit Ron late this afternoon.

We can’t figure out what we might have eaten that would cause this. Maybe produce, although I thought I washed everything pretty well.

Typical Sunday even so: laundry, change sheets, transfer station run.

I transplanted the violas, pansies and many bulbs, and planted the new flowers from Lowe’s. The window boxes look bare.

Ron washed out dozens of plant containers for recycling. I dug a hole for stones.

Brought tools over to Edgewater so James could trim the bushes. He’s trying to raise $600 to buy equipment for his senior project. Very exciting, and it’s great that he’s interested and able to do work outdoors. He has a job interview tomorrow, so not sure what kind of time he’ll have if he starts working, but he’s already accomplished a lot.

Ron changed the filter in the water pitcher. He also installed the portable A/C this week.

Picked up curtain rods for James. He loves our yard!

The boys did a fantastic job, fixing the fence at Edgewater. They are willing to do more work.

The grass garden is quite beautiful now. Weeding, mulching and fence repair made a huge difference.

I brought more old landscape timbers and fencing to Bourne this morning, and dropped off lampshades and a poster at the swap shop.

Picked up another bag of black mulch to finish up the moonlight garden. Got it down before torrential rain caught up with us. Glad we got cages on the tomatoes and a hoop on the campanula at Edgewater. We have so many tomato plants from last year that I’m not sure what to do with them: thin out, leave them, transplant.

Untangled a bunch of weeds from the larkspur.

Yarrow, astilbe, snapdragons, lysimachia.

Ron picked up and helped me install five more tomato cages.

Added a bag of mulch to the moonglow garden.

Winding up first week of new job.