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Today an army of landscapers armed with all kinds of tools came to our yard. There’s a lot of plants.  Like, a lot. This is only the ones for one side of the house.

This is the first time we have seen our stairs since mid March.  They’ve been covered with a protective fabric while the contractors have been going in and out.  It’s so close to being finished……

The day lilies are making their return.  The orange is not my favorite;  I like the daylilies that come in other colors too.  But the tiger lilies are stupid easy to care for, reliable and bright and cheerful.

I usually go to the library every 2 weeks or so.  Being sick for the last few weeks, I was unable to go, and I was running out.  A very kind librarian put some books on hold for me, and a very kind neighbor delivered them.  So I had those books, plus the ones I’d had but didn’t return.  Took a while to feed them through the cool little return machine.

I read that putting copper in your bird bath can help prevent algae.  Doug had a small piece of copper pipe, so we dropped it in, and it seemed to work pretty well.  Until a raccoon or a crow or something stole it.  So I went to the bank and asked them to dig up some pre-1982 pennies for me, and came back an hour later to see what they got.   Hopefully, flat coins are a little harder to pick up than a round pipe.

Since I was sick, I missed the last 2 weeks of my pottery class.  I had brought some clay home, and made a few things.  The instructor was kind enough to drop off the stuff still in the studio that needed glazing, and picked up the stuff that I had at home that needed to be fired.  So we set up our own little “paint your own pottery” table on the back patio.

Our bathroom has a working sink! Huzzah!  So we moved all our crap from the downstairs half bath up to this one, and it’s the best thing ever.  We have lower standards now.

 

This wasn’t the picture I intended to post, but by the time I remembered it was too late.  So instead, a photo of a Ferrous, deeply asleep with his paw over his nose.

I’ve been sitting outside as much as I can and enjoying the assorted birds and other critters that come around.  Our bird bath gets a lot of use:  robins and starlings in particular love to splash around in it, and many other birds (and sometimes squirrels and even bees) stop by for a drink.  Mourning doves are regular customers.

They took the IV line out today.   So I’m no longer carrying around the bag that delivers 24 hour meds.  And I could finally take a decent shower, since I didn’t have to worry about keeping my left arm dry.  It’s the little things, y’know?