Daily Notes for Friday May 2nd. So far...... it's dark and chilly here in Maine. Where are my socks????

 This tiny chipmunk was in my feed this morning....I think he or she is adorable.  I do NOT find the real LIVE ones adorable.  And we have plenty around the yard.

Yesterday's outing was good.  We started out at the Freeport Thrift Store......my purchase was three Trade Paperback Books....$3 each and they gave no evidence of ever having been read. I had considered a very nice white linen short sleeved blouse covered in shiny gold dots.  Boden.  I recalled that label from decades ago......very very nice fabric and well made. European.  If it had had a collar I might have purchased it...

Unmarriageable by Soniah Kamal- Pride and Prejudice in Pakistan,  Had to buy it.  Second book the Coincidence of Coconut Cake....cover has a picture of the cake sitting on a pile of newspapers.  Amy Reichert.  Three is a copy of the Rosie Project by Graeme Samson.  Bright yellow cover with red print. Have read the book before but now I own a copy......

Today is Grocery Shopping Day....And Library Day when I pick up all those Katherine Center Books. I plan to read the Lost Husband first but--I do often change my mind.   My Library bag is full. to return.

It's cold in the house.

I purchased plants (annuals) for my two containers.. I got a tall plant I had a few years ago that has deep blue flowers...it will center in the large planter by my steps.. I'm going to check out the herbs at the grocery store today.  I want to have a container on the back deck full of herbs this summer.  And some edible flowers.

I might even sit out on the back deck- every day.  One can dream.

We had lunch at the Dinner Type restaurant on Maine Street.  I had a cup of vegetable beef soup and then a BLT.  Potato chips on the side.  It was the best meal I've eaten in quite a while. Since Christmas.

I also learned all about the tall guy wearing what looks like an adult Boy Scout Uniform who washes all the store front windows on Maine Street.  I had thought he was homeless and doing the windows to pick up some cash... My Friend says he is a Town Employee.....................washing the windows...he has one of those buckets on wheels.   I used to roll one of those around the store attached to the greenhouse and mop the floors before we closed.  Clean start to the morning.  I'd actually enjoy washing windows...but I wouldn't wear the green Boy Scout shorts.  Or the Hat....or the Shirt or the Bandana.  I'd also put the water bucket in a wagon with good tires.... proper equipment.  While I watched..... the bucket on wheels got stuck and almost dumped the contents in the guy's boots.  I do not think he is an employee. Of the Town. But...Patty always is Right.