I’ve been working on Jim’s page.

Was Alpha’s chauffeur for her last day of secondary school – ever. We had frozen yogurt to celebrate.

Ron has been busy with hoses and shop vac-ing. He vacuumed both vehicles!

I planted Alyssum that Alpha selected in one of the flower containers.

Met Peter, Bonnie and Robert at iCape to drop off a suit for Alpha to wear at graduation; crumpets for Robert; sprinkler for James; and ground chicken and hamburger for everyone else.

Made a salad and grilled Manager’s Special chicken breasts, zuccini, used pepper and used cauliflower for supper.

Transplanted the Brussel sprouts, which had been attacked by “Welsh”.

Finished applying 5-10-5.

The Pope has it right: “Many powerful people don’t want peace because they live off war.”

More watering today. We picked up two more soaker hoses and filter washers at Eastman’s. Also an oscillating sprinkler for Edgewater.

I made potato salad.

Ron is the guy in charge of hoses, power tools, “cowboy carpentry”.

Caught up with Joe while he was sanding their deck. Gave him a chunk of Key Lime pie. Laura seems to be psyching herself for the start of their landscape architecture project.

It’s Sunday of a long holiday weekend, but we worked the whole day.

We did the usual: transfer station, laundry, changed sheets.

I planted the rest of the crocosmia bulbs as well as the bulbs from last year that looked like they might have some life in them and a wood geranium.

The rest of the day was mostly watering. I painted more stones as guides to the business ends of the new soaker hoses.

Harvested five asparagus for supper. “Welsh” has been around the yard, eating and contemplating.

Sunburn, allergy, yardwork, whatever it was, I slept for a couple of hours this afternoon.

Got most of the bulbs in, dug up some bulbs from last year. Planted a Cushion Spurge and a plant with tall stems and red flowers that hummingbirds are alleged to like. Watered.

Luis came by to put down pre-emergent crabgrass treatment.

I shredded leaves in two spots and piled Ron’s yard trimmings on the truck; great to have a working tailgate again. Traffic was bad this morning when Ron did the transfer station run.

Ron finished power washing the chairs. I went to Andy’s for chips.

Rained last night.

Steve from Davey suggested regular watering of the rhodies – I set up two soakers yesterday – and a treatment for a pest which attacks both the leaves and the roots. We’re getting a credit for the referral to the Winslows, so I asked him to please send us a proposal.

Bought three perennials from Alan Berriault, one to replace a hideous grass in the “U” and two for the corner garden.

Ron and I went to the Falmouth Farmer’s Market, where he got to schmooze with a former stagehand(!) We picked up asparagus, radishes, rhubarb and some fabulous cheeses. Then Ron drove Alpha home after her tutorial.

The yard looks great after yesterday’s rain, but I have a sinking feeling in my stomach, not so much from last night’s chocolate cake over-indulgence that woke me up repeatedly from around midnight to around 2 am, but from the Memorial Day sale circulars.

It’s a holiday that reminds me of Marjorie and worse, the onslaught of tourists and visiting family members traveling to the Cape to see good old Mom and maybe even good old Dad.

I suggested to Ron that he write a book about his past, as a cautionary tale to young men who are overly influenced by their friends and societal expectations. He indulged me as usual by agreeing.

I’m dogged by the feeling of “not good enough”.

A wet, cold, glorious day: heavy rain for a little over an hour this morning, and it’s sprinkling now. I took advantage by seeding the lawn at the bottom of the driveway. Figured it shouldn’t be too hard to water a tiny area.

We made two good stops, at the Senior Center and Stop & Shop. Many bargains.

Ron dropped his rain jacket off to be repaired at the tailor shop in North Falmouth, brought baked goods to Edgewater and picked up some hardware at Botello.

I’m working on NEPS.

We dropped the truck off this morning. It’s expected to be done on Thursday.

On the way home, we picked up two 8 foot rails at Eagle Fence.

I cleaned out more leaves in the upper left corner of the U, a day too late to bring them to the transfer station, unfortunately.

I uploaded a few more photos to the CapeBlog’s 2011 entries. Working on the database side of Jim’s new preowned page.

Made orange cookies from a cake mix.

Ron is finishing up the chair cleanup. He’s having a fine time and the chairs look great!

My legs hurt a lot today.

Planted dill and several coleus. Watered. Did the transfer station run. Laundry.

Horrific infestation of gypsy moth caterpillars at Edgewater. We tried to spray and sweep as many as we could.

Back home, Ron hauled out the pressure washer and is working on the chairs. I did a little siding cleaning.

Started at 7 this morning at the Roche Bros annual one-day sale.

Bought two geranium hangers for $10 each; a cuke and two rosemary for $2 each; and a marigold for $4.

Everything is planted. I Rose-Toned and surface-watered the roses to soak in the fertilizer. Roses are looking very good, and we’re seeing a few dead caterpillars.

Cleaned out the cold frame. Ron cut wood for the neighbors’ fire pit. We’ve been watering and I’ve been pruning.

I pressure washed the front door and the holly, then sprayed horticultural oil. Of course, it rained right afterwards.