I did something I almost never do. Went to the beach and hung out reading a book. Normally, I don’t do this to prevent getting overheated and sunburned, but Kat and I scoped out a spot under the pier where we could listen to the ocean and people-watch.
This was something new this year. They’ve put out chess boards on the tables along the harbor. We saw lots of people making use of them.
We’ve all seen movies with the creepy hatch in the floor. Any idiot knows it’s a bad idea to open it. So we didn’t open this one in the bathroom of our rental house.
I confess to not being a huge fan of spiders inside my house. (I mean, I know they’re there, but it’s OK as long as I don’t have to see them.) That said, I do admit that they are fascinating creatures. This one on our front porch was very busy.
Doug and I ice-dyed some socks today. They’re very long on me, but I like them.
Went for a nice long walk today and admired the flowers in many of my neighbors’ yards. I guess this bee was also a fan of this one.
I had a good time at the farmers’ market today.
This is (I think) a Bluebeard. We planted it shortly after we moved, then had to move it when we put the porch on, then had to move it again when the porch was done. In spite of all that being dug up and replanted multiple times, this plant has thrived. Hence…lazarus bush.
OK, I know there’s been Halloween stuff out for a few weeks (which is totally ridiculous). But do they really need to have this many Halloween greeting cards??? Who buys those (beside grandparents)?
I was helping a blind woman out with some things around her apartment, and one of the things she needed was for me to see if I could figure out why she was having trouble with some email and websites.
This is her tablet. The white dots in the front “read” the content of the message, webpage or whatever, and translate it into Braille, which she can then read. The top buttons are what she uses to type in Braille, and then that is translated into written English. The top part flips up to a screen that a sighted person can use.
I thought this was super cool. She found me amusing.
