I potted the dahlias up at the right time--but they are slow to set buds and those buds are slow to break open into flowers. Some are over four feet tall. I am hoping the flowers come soon.
We had MUCH NEEDED rain yesterday. Slow and steady for about 20 out of 24 hours in the day. G is napping today instead of watering the garden and Riley is happy the rain has finally stopped. He'll walk in the rain if he has to, but it's not on his top 10 list.
I picked some blackberries while it was raining (the rain would have spoiled them). Soaked them a bit in case they had worms (berries so that), then let them sit out on paper towels to dry. Now they are in the jam packed freezer. I need to start using what's in the freezer. Get it empty. I was going to eat the berries with yogurt but when I opened my yogurt....it had blue mold growing.
While I was out in the garden (in the rain) picking berries, I also was sprinkling the dirt around the stems of pepper plants and zucchini with fertilizer. The rain would help it slowly soak into the roots.
The Tile Guy is here today trying to repair the black grout. He got to a stopping spot and is now off to the job he is supposed to be doing this morning. But he said he'd be back.
The Paint Guy got everything in the hall bath painted. And then he worked on the baseboards in the hall that got put in (tardily) and then gave the entire wall it's finish coat of paint. This all was done over two days as things need to dry in between. So an hour or two and then away and then back for an hour and then next day the same. We are now painted. Complete. So, I asked if he wanted to do the front door (he had told me the job he was working had abruptly ended). G went into the basement for exterior paint. Painter and I discussed paint. We had three cans. Finally, eliminated one can. Then decided where the remaining two colors would go. I think that's why I needed a nap.
Also I was sad. My dream of a black door ended with the paint choices. My dream of a white house with black doors and shutters is also gone. But......I have black and white inside the house.
My PBS station is completing week four of "Fund Raising". So no programing other than people lecturing and then trying to sell books and tapes with infomercials. The same books and tapes year after year. I stop watching PBS during this nonsense.
We have two different cable providers for PBS here in Maine. Our newspaper lists both. One is "fund raising" and the other is showing regular NEW PBS programing. Programs we are missing out on. Our station will never air them or they air them between 2am and 6am with no notice or all episodes one after the other on one day (The Great Baking Show). Endeavor will be on tonight. The first episode of the new season. How many weeks late???
Well, I am going to set the big canning kettle onto the stove and get it boiling. And get my salted raw veg out of the hall fridge and get to rinsing and draining it. Then make the brine. Wash the jars. Etc.
Try not to get the turmeric brine all over myself.
Try not to watch any more "news". Whenever I think things couldn't get worse........ The silent crowd in Barcelona made me weep.
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