Cooler but Damp here in Maine this morning.....Sunday June 29th

1. You get to see my flat oatmeal bowl today.....I got the flatware- silver mat black with dots on a trip to Sweden or Denmark with my husband...the "once a year take your wife to work trip".  Everything else in the photo is USA.

2. Sunshine today but must have rained a bit overnight...sidewalk was still wet when I went out to uncover the flowers.

3. We stopped filling the front porch bird feeders and I noticed my Son had taken them down.  It was getting to be a real MESS.  I suggested this time period so the birds could find another source of food...three months of warm weather should do the trick..  I have berries going to rot in the fenced garden so I hope some of them are getting eaten.  The wild blackberries are not for the faint of heart as they have horrendously sharp  things on the branches.  I transplanted a few from the woods out back and they have  gone crazy in the past ten years or so.  My plan was to stop deer from visiting the yard and eating my flowers.  A plan that was quite "laughable" in retrospect.,  The grapes are looking quite happy- covering any standing structure left in the garden.  One in the center of the garden and the back fence.

4. Maine - away from the ocean is really a thicket of brambles, sand instead of soil, wild animals and ticks.  Also a few snakes- I have one who slithers around when I turn on the hose to fill the watering bottles.  The deer come at night. Which is why I cover my ornamentals.

5. Pizza today.  I'll have mine with a salad.  I'm taking over the counter allergy tabs so NO WINE.  But I would love a nice Gin and Tonic with lots of lime wedges.

6. I slept well.  Meaning I have no memory of sleep or being awake.

7. Still the same book I am reading - Love at First_ did NO reading yesterday at all- sat quietly with my eyes closed... Some TV noise but not much after the cooking shows on PBS so TV got turned off..

8. My itchy rash continues to be a GREAT ANNOYANCE but seems to be less each day.  I guess that could be one thing that brings me joy- number 5 on this list I have,