Pruned the little maple and weeded the hibiscus/lilac garden while Insight was here for our initial treatment.  Ron signed up with them yesterday.

Slept through the night, but intestinal distress this morning.

Got refund earlier this week from returning the water meter.

Ron and I made a transfer station run to empty the truck.  We washed out the bed and removed the tonneau cover for mulch.  Picked up a yard at Govoni.  Very good quality dark pine.

I made three dishes today, something I haven’t done for a while.  Ron returned the plumbing supplies to Eastman’s and brought home some fabulous bread and cheese from the North Falmouth cheese shop.  I made a salad to go with.

I also made guacamole using tiny garlic buds that have been growing for years next to the deck, lemon juice, a couple of “used” avocados and a tomato.  Good.

I did a veg stir fry tonight with garlic, summer squash noodles, a little broccoli, kale and bok choy.

It’s almost 5:00.  I was intending to shower at 8:45 this morning.

Drove the boys to work.  Got cuke plants and window box flowers at Mahoney’s.

Watched episode 9 of “The Handmaid’s Tale”.  Someone found a summary of the next episode, which looks like a doozy.

Finished pulling grass from around Ron’s Pond.  Restored the soil we filtered from weeds to the gardens, cleaned the tools and the wheel barrow.

Sprayed DeadBug on the crabapple and birch trees, the roses and the veggies.  Something is devouring the cuke leaves so I put the new plants in a different garden.

Put up tomato cages and a cuke prop.

Transplanted the pansies from the window boxes and put in new plants.

More interesting dialogs on my Mashpee vs. Falmouth threads.

Ron gave blood earlier this week.  Alas, I was judged anemic and could not donate.

What a glorious day: picture-perfect weather, small crowds, the rhodies and the fringe tree were in bloom, and Ron treated us to a nice lunch, quiche and salad.

This evening, picked up our produce at first CSA of the year.

Ron drove the boys home; I drove them to work and did a Honey Dew run for them.

Kitty came by very briefly.

What a day.  We accomplished our long-promised plan to lunch at Tora in Chinatown, so Alpha could sate her craving for Takoyaki.

Alpha generously treated us to lunch AND later, to dessert at Ho Yuen!

After doing laundry and  gardening – got all the veg and herb plants in before the rain expected tomorrow – we tore over to the Cape Cod Mall to pick up Alpha a little after noon.  Stopped at Edgewater so she could retrieve some things for the trip.

By a miracle, Ron got us to Middleboro/Lakeville in time for the 1:53.  I got to use the tickets that would have expired at midnight tonight, as well as the mobile app for parking payments.

We walked a bit of the Greenway and chilled out at South Station.  I was able to pick up OTC meds at the CVS; saved 30%, too.

On the way home, we stopped at the big Walmart in Wareham so Alpha could look for trading cards.  I did a quick shop in their grocery department.

Once we got back to Dixon, we put away the laundry and changed sheets.

Three hours of misery: couldn’t hear any of the speakers, many loud animal noises – it sounded like the Mashpee Wildlife Refuge had taken over the gym.  The Wampanoag Red Hawk singers were the best part.

No more high school graduations for us!

We finished (!) the weeding around the birdbath. Ron watered the new vegetables and herbs; I watered the geraniums, which were parched, and groomed and watered the pansy hanging plant. Doesn’t sound like much, but I’m pretty sure it was two solid hours of work.

Not predicted, but there it was, and I’m grateful for it.  Between pollen and weeding, plant leaves needed a wash.

Did more weeding and planted the five tomatoes and the big, gorgeous rosemary: the queen of the garden.

Peter was here to do laundry.  Ron drove Robert to work and picked up hardware at Eastman’s.

After driving Robert home, we went to Jane’s opening in Orleans.  Love her work, love her unique, individual point of view.

Back in Mashpee and fueled by gin and tonics, Ron and I were in hysterics picking out a card for James’ graduation bucks ($100).

Uploaded RovingGM files and database to Jim’s server so he/they can see the pages and the layouts.  More to be done, but this is a solid start.

Had teeth cleaned this morning and good review by Dr. D.

Ron cut down the holly bush by the driveway.

I weeded around the bird bath, the tomato garden and the corn garden.  More to do but for now, the truck is pretty well packed.  Sifted out almost a wheelbarrow full of soil from the weeds.

Hope to finish weeding and plant tomorrow.  We may get rain on Saturday.  Watered today.

Pollen everywhere.

We did laundry.  Hung a few things outside to dry for the first time this year.

Ron is the designated driver today for the boys, but I gave James a lift to work from school.

I’m done with the shed!  An adorable couple from West Roxbury bought the leaf shredder.  Suggested Cooke’s for lunch; hope they liked it.

After an hour, I got through the top of the little table, to find that it’s just paper and veneer.  Ron brought it to the transfer station.  I did another run earlier with plastic and cardboard.

Ron put up another partial loft.

I’ve been trying to multitask between prepping the spare room for painting, cleaning out the shed and RovingGM.  Not to mention garden prep and planting.

Haven’t done much with the spare room since last week’s cleaning, although today I did find an emergency hand-crank light and radio that Cindy gave us, and put them in the TV cabinet.

Trying to get through RovingGM, but it’s tedious and that makes it hard to concentrate.

The shed is coming along, and some people are looking at the leaf shredder tomorrow.  Today we finished cleaning and putting away the recyclables and the useful buckets.

Ron did a lot of outdoor work today, including spraying Spinosad on the trees, the roses and the lupine.  We both did some watering as well: the corner garden, the driveway garden and the new vegetables and herbs.

Watering is about all I’ve done in the way of garden prep since cleaning out the clover.  Lots of weeding to do.

I drove Em to a job interview in Hyannis and did a shop while waiting at TJ’s.

Peter was here doing laundry.

Lousy news from Cathy.  She’s optimistic.  We are getting together on Sunday.

Irony: I’d kidded her a while back about inventing an illness that would let her retire early, and that’s exactly what she has to do.

I don’t want to lose her.

A Mallard pair visited this morning.

Ron did the transfer station run so I could rest. Good lad.

No work for the boys.

I added to RovingGM and worked on the shed contents, washing containers to keep, recycling and trash.

A couple from Boston emailed about the leaf shredder.

Ordered mushroom/spinach/eggplant/broccoli pizza from Dino’s.