Daily Notes- August First

The pile of two inch squares for my online class.   And some others who are clowning around thinking they are 2 inches.  Very funny, you guys!  I am liking gray.  Yes.  Liking gray.

My book is due so I will be reading most of the day.  It looks like it might want to rain today.  G has watered the garden for me (tuning the sprinkler on/off) and I checked the water in the Grow boxes when I left for my haircut at 9:45.  Every box was full.  I'll go out around two and top them off. So I just need to turn on the sprinklers for the peach trees and water the deck plants.

I BOUGHT tomatoes for Caprese Salad.  (Tomatoes, Fresh Mozzarella, basil leaves, olive oil and Balsamic Vinegar)  Served with crusty French bread.  MY tomatoes have a LONG WAY to GO before any of them are ripe this August. I did pick 4 little Sungold cherries.  Last year at this time I was giving away bags full of them and we were eating tomato salad every other day.  And I was eating tomato sandwiches. Not this year.  And for the record books--- hottest July in Maine in forever. Not hot by standards in other states--but here in Maine--hottest July ever.

I was looking at the weather map in the paper.  I don't remember ever seeing so much red.  All over the country.  Red.  Meaning HOT.  Oddly enough Chicago was not red.  And I lived there for 3 summers and there were always 100 plus days.  Heat and humidity.  You went outside and your clothes soaked up moisture and you were wet. And not in a good way.  AC ran constantly and barely made a dent. Global Warming--Fake News.

Riley is doing better now that I have the pill dispenser thing.  And because I am doing better at the timing, Riley can start reminding me.  He was born with a timer inside him.  Knowing to the minute when meals were supposed to be served.  He refused to eat yesterday.  And then around 7 pm he ate breakfast and lunch.  I had added an extra half cup to lunch.  So for the day only short half a cup. I consider that a WIN.  Cooler today so they went for the walk.  Did not yesterday.  With the TWO big blue liver meds each night--Riley seems more like himself.  We were under dosing.  Now we have it right and I hope it's not too late to make a difference.  I don't see the tranquilizer doing much  but don't want to stop them until we have some kind of replacement.

Well, I am going to check the tomatoes.  See if they need water.  Check the back deck and give water to the Fig tree and the Citrus.  Also the 36 inch wide, covered in flowers, geranium. The one I thought was dead.  And then read.