Field Notes- Monday, June 19th. Cloudy and Damp outside. 63 degrees

 Many Moons Ago. I tried to do this...embroidery on a leaf.  It is time consuming and delicate.  Once the leaf drys- you really can't touch it-   And you have to choose a very sturdy pliable leaf.  Magnolia?

I have to say...the experience of doing this sort of thing stays with you.....And for that reason alone...it might be worth trying.  And matting and framing under glass....  causing Future Generations to gasp.

Father's Day.   Long call from California son to husband.  Visit from daughter-- she was tasked with cleaning up our iPhones.   Husband and I both had issues.  Mine was iCloud which I ALWAYS say no to--his was something else.  Also my picture file was loaded.  I wasn't using Trash correctly.  When she showed me what to do- I was thinking---oh, I used to do that all the Time and haven't done it in Years.

She didn't want to stay any longer than necessary.  We discussed our mutual visit to DMV. Soon.

I read the Boyfriend Candidate once more before having to return the book to the Library today. I think I read it five times (or more) in the weeks I had the book.  It's like my perfect book.  I am going to miss it.

I get to multi task today and pay the car tax on the two cars......There is a one hundred dollar a month fine  (each car) for not registering the cars and paying the tag tax.  Some "people" try and dodge paying the tax.........neighbors of mine.  Playing a game of chicken.  There is also an annual inspection sticker which carries a heavy fine as well.

I should be able, in the days ahead to catch you up on the cactus index card drawings......  Now that my picture file is very very empty.  

Daughter also set up something to get rid of the JUNK collected by the computer from a "Friend's email" we'll see if it works.  Certainly is a pain in the you know what.

Field Notes- Sunday, June 18th. Rained all of yesterday and very very wet and dark this morning.

 Jane Newland.

Everything here is green like this painting.  But the Peach Trees will be barren this year.  I saw very few little pink flowers......so any Cobblers I make will be made with Grocery store peaches.  The bees arrived too late.  The Plum tree was a riot of flowers but I saw no pollinator bees.... I was hoping for plums.

The house is dark.  And it's very early  7:26 am.   I am not an early riser.  But I could not sleep any longer as there were too many things going thru my mind.....so I just gave up on sleeping.

My desk calendar is a riot of newspaper headlines and black heavy ink.  Some spots of red.  Recording everything that happens here ...like a diary of sorts.

I finished the book I was reading and have one more chance to read the Boyfriend Candidate. I am also going to photocopy the cover in case I ever make it to the book store.  To order my very own copy.

Now that I am awake and my oatmeal has let me know it's ready to eat....I feel sleepy.  7:33 am.  Life as an old woman is certainly odd.

Field Notes- Saturday, June 17th. Dark and wet- raining.

 I love when a website gives me a great picture.   Of a well stocked bed.  Rug is very nice as well.

So.............the AC units were installed in like 5 minutes....I was off doing something else and daughter and the co-worker had one in and the second right after.   I turned them off a few hours later.  It was getting cool- but moist enough for flocks of mosquitos outside.  I think I was hauling the Annual Containers out where they belong...tired of waiting for assistance.  Daughter helped carry the heavier bits.

Now...when it stops raining and the mosquitoes get tired....it's wet outside so they are biting......I can haul out the container soil (a garbage can full (sifted) and fill them and add my very expensive (pretty) plants.

Also the ENTIRE lawn was cut- into twilight hours.....with the walk behind.  I told Daughter's Co-Worker he could stop but he didn't.   The place we take the riding mower to be worked on...had a FIRE (I cannot make this stuff up) in the Service Bay and everything was destroyed. Now...my first thought was....wish our mower had still been there...insurance etc.....but after the co-worker called a buddy over there....seems like it is a Real Business Disaster.

The Co-Worker seems to have a good idea what is wrong with the riding mower.   Might try and fix it. but he and daughter pushed the darn thing to the driveway.  Off the grass.

He also overshared with me.  I wonder what it is about me that makes people do that???? He also told me a story about his grandmother that I "knew".....like I had heard someone tell that story to me a while ago...and I have to tell you...it seemed very very strange.......Not deja vu...just why do I already know this story.

My iPhone updated itself and now seems intent on iCloud.  Which I have consistently deleted from all systems.  But the iPhone won't let go.....and also won't let me text.  Expiration Date. Is this how it is getting OLD....everything around your moves forward to it's Expiration Date....including Me.  The Washing Machine.  The Lawn Mower.   The Husband.  What next????

Nice to know you do not find me boring.  I actually find myself fascinating (laughing) but have to curb what I share here....for security purposes.  Laughing...........

Field Notes- Friday, July 16th. Sunshine...

 I noticed so many of my images in the Picture File are of FOOD.  And I really do NOT cook anymore.  We reheat.  Prepared meals from the grocery--or a pizza dough ball thawed out in the fridge and baked into a Pepperoni Pizza.  With onion.  Usually just fruit and yogurt for me.  Or toasted cheese on bread with pickles.  No one is cooking.  Well, I do boil water to cook dry pasta.  That's it. Oh, and bake pizza.

I asked the neighbor's lawn person if he had room for a new customer- he is running in the weeds- and then daughter calls...she has finally read blog posts (we never see her now she is back to landscaping work) and she was calling to see if I had her birth certificate- DMV.   I will have to look at Bank in the BOX and see....She might have to order a new one.  Like I had to do.

Anyway she has a guy who will mow.  And do snow in the Winter.  Candy Factory Friend. He will even be putting new shingles on her roof.....a nice guy.  We'll see.......

So.....I have a list of things to be "getting done".  It feels like a very heavy weight.  Very heavy. It depresses me.  I cry a lot..... I won't get into what else is going on here...... but we are safe and have food and perhaps the lawn mowing guy will also install the two AC units when they come to see the lawn situation.  They being daughter and her co-worker...... he is mowing for the landscaping company she works for.  They work together at Candy Factory in winter.  Just friends.

All my clothes are getting loose.....  I guess I am not eating enough.....but food is rather boring. I am MORE than boring..even to myself.

Field Notes- Thursday, June 15th. A Very Very Upsetting Day Already.

 Carrie Fell.

So here we are at 10 am.  Phone call from husband's credit card company........hacked.  Then conversation with husband....painful.   Then more from the credit card company.  Florida.  It's always Florida.  Is that entire state filled with thieves????????  I gave ZERO information to the guy on the phone.  No numbers. No address. No nothing.  I let him to all the talking......I still have my brain working.

He seemed pretty sure husband's iPhone or iPad had been hacked.  I feel confident that the man was correct.

My oatmeal beeped.  I actually haven't got anything new or interesting to write about.....well, I guess i do but I don't intend to write anything further....as this is my LIFE now...going forward.

I am reading "Better Than Fiction" which I have read before.   Husband is emptying used Keurig coffee pods.  Into the compost. It's overcast and 64 degrees with 88% humidity outside.  I have all windows closed.  I am dressed for "In the house Winter".

When my emails come in I get to delete all the Traveling Shit from Patty's "recipe" that arrived from her computer.  Endlessly.  I had hoped that NEVER opening any of it would stop the flow.....but no....they just keep coming.  And Dear Readers...I do not know how to block them.  I have never had this problem before.  I run a clean ship......Patty runs a garbage tanker.

Field Notes- Wednesday, June 14th. Clouds, Rain, Damp Chill. Quiet.

 Hal Mayfield.  I used to be very bad at Math.  I couldn't figure it out.  Now..I'm good. Enough.

Notice from the POST OFFICE.  Mail checks AT THE POST OFFICE...do not put in the box by the street. Or anywhere outside the actual Post Office.  People are stealing the checks.  More Good News???

My new tooth filling is a bit sensitive to cold and hot.  It's a big filling.  We are getting used to each other. and I am taking ibuprofen as needed.

It's dark in the house at 10:34 in the morning and I need to turn on the House Lamps.   I am wearing winter pants, thermal long sleeved shirt and wool socks. In June.  In Maine.  It's very wet outside.

I haven't chosen a book to read as yet...for today.  I did like the Frankenstein Book very much. I started reading an older book- Inappropriate Men.  But...I actually read it years ago and not sure I want to continue reading it.  I have other books on the pile.

My Desk Calendar Art is mostly thick heavy black inked words.  One word to sum up what I did during the day.  Several words if I did more than sit on the couch reading. sigh.  Can you assume I am BORED to DEATH here???????  Husband was never much of a talker but he is even less so these days. He refused to go get his haircut yesterday...... every day it's something different.

Field notes- Tuesday, June 13th. And the Heavens Wept. It's raining.

 A bouquet from my garden......already seen here before.  I have no interest in new pictures. This image is now in the discard file.

So.  It's raining on the freshly opened My Garden peonies.  They are TOAST.   As if.......Life didn't suck enough.

Dentist.  I noticed he had lovely ankles.  No socks.  There were many steps and procedures and multiples of tools used to repair my broken tooth.  And at the end...much smoothing to make sure my tongue didn't find rough spots.   It took a few hours--like 4 or 5- until I could actually, successfully drink my coffee.

At home.

We stopped at the Library but I skipped the grocery store.  No brown baking paper. No blueberries.

I had my leftover (from my Buddy Luncheon) manicotti reheated for supper.  It was lovely. Soft and easily eaten.

I successfully DID NOT watch Trump Trial News.  Or Miami Judge news.  Or anything.

I finished off Arm Candy which was very 70's-90's and started in on Angelika Frankenstein Makes Her Match by Sally Thorne who wrote my most favorite book on Earth- The Hating Game.  Angelika stitches her man together from parts of two bodies she and her brother buy at the morgue.  This is Fan Fiction.  I have never involved myself in this Fictional Category of Books.  I am often confused by the characters.  Who is whom?  But I keep reading.  I am less than halfway in.  Angelika's man has shown an interest in Gardening and Reading.  Her brother's creature has run into the woods screaming. Each creature has a body that does not belong to it's head.....

It's raining, cooler than yesterday (which was in the high 70's) and I have the lamps on.  Dark in here. It's drizzling now but must have rained overnight.   I might need socks.  I did get an email from our son.....

Field Notes- Monday June 12th. Overcast...... Muggy........ Dismal. .....ICK.

 Blueberry Muffins from the picture file........which is very very empty right now. I need to draw more cactus on index cards.....

I would like to have fancy cupcake liners- like these. Brown baking paper.  I like fancy things. But grocery store doesn't have them.  Whole Foods would def have them.  Too far away on I95. I COULD cut Brown Parchment Paper into Squares...........probably what I will do- 

after buying brown parchment paper. (which my local does carry)   after.buying Blueberries.   after the Dentist.  And yes, Connie ......Rhubarb Crisp.  Vanilla Ice Cream.

I had a shower.  Washed my hair.  Brushed my teeth.  Had Breakfast.  Brushed my teeth.  90 minutes till my dental appointment.  Husband asked if I knew how to get there.  I said yes.

So.......nothing NEW has happened.  Our children have not emailed so I am guessing neither reads the blog.  And I have not texted them........ Nothing else has caught fire...knock on wood.

Grocery store yesterday was fine.  I missed a few things but nothing of critical importance. Shelves all stocked.  I might switch to Sunday Groceries.  Monday is sometimes hit or miss with items on the shelves. 

After my tooth is repaired.......we are going to the Library.  I have three books waiting including Demon Copperhead.  Which won a Pulitzer.  Right now I am reading an old book- older- Arm Candy by Kargman. It takes place starting in the 70's and moves forward....... reminding me of those days.....shutter.

I listened to the Morning Joe news.  Those children in the Jungle for 40 days............gosh..how did I not know until this morning???.  Trump saying he did NOTHING WRONG.........even more gosh...... I am so tired right now.....of That Gas Bag and the Pence Whining Gas Bag etc.  Do you think they both have Elon Musk Brain implants?  For Artificial Thoughts????? 

Field Notes- Sunday, June 11th. Sunshine.

 Time to start thinking about the Back Garden.  If.... not When.

I have been keeping all the doors and windows closed here.  Because I am not sure the usual two-some will show up to install the AC units this year.  Nothing is "for sure" this year.

I have a recipe here on the desk for a Rhubarb Crisp.  Easy enough and I have everything. Except interest in making it.  Though I am sort of wanting a dessert item to eat........... and the Crisp would double as the add on to my yogurt and Bran Bud meal...instead of fresh fruit.

I am going to the dentist tomorrow to have my broken tooth repaired. So we are going to do grocery shopping today.  We are OUT of a number of essential items.  The fridge is looking quite empty.

This is usually- in Times Past- when I would pull out all the shelving and wash and dry everything.  But the shelving in THIS fridge.....difficult to get out and even worse to put back in. So I just wipe and dry in place.  And it is never really sparkling clean.

But then hardly anything in this house, right now, is sparkling clean.  Even me.

I just talked him out of sitting outside on the back deck in the SUN.  In his winter clothing.  He dresses for Winter.  It is chilly in the house but.......and he is out of Tangerines.  So we should just go to the grocery store now.

I read the book written before the Boyfriend Candidate.  About the older sister.  Fool Me.  Boyfriend is better.   Now I am reading Love Wager which is the book after..... Mr. Wrong Number.  And you know how much I love that book.  Wrong Number is better. So far.

Field Notes- Saturday, June 10th. Overcast- Yesterday we had sun and Clouds so probably more of the same.

 This was always a favorite of mine for Lunch in Europe.  Chicken and a lovely salad of mixed greens. Squeezing the lemon over the chicken.

Well, husband has said he was sorry for yelling at me yesterday- about 50 times now.

We think the belt that moves the mower was burned up and melted.  The mower won't really MOVE. And it probably won't do much of anything. Ever Again.  But it could surprise us?????

I read the Boyfriend Candidate again and started reading the book before it.  I will stick with it. But I really want to read the boyfriend one again. It reminds me of my former favorite book-  The Hating Game. which I read- is a movie....somewhere.

The entire MSNBC crew was on yesterday reading the indictment.  It was intense. And the photos of the boxes and boxes and boxes- some in a bathroom- in the shower stall- some on a stage right out in the open and it was just....Trump had to have been packing/hiding intel the entire four years.

Just let that sink in.  Hiding and bragging about intel for the entire four years.  They suggest prison but I am thinking a Firing Squad.  No blindfold.  Or hang him.  That's what those Rioters wanted. Hang him.

I hold the Archives responsible.  My Library is better at getting things returned......than the US Government.

Field Notes- Friday, June 9th. House lights on- chilly.

 Picture file full of Food Pics.  Strawberry Shortcake.

Husband is now going to cut grass.....sigh.  I can hear the riding mower starting up.

He's in the "I gotta do things" mode

So, I am just back inside...I happened to look out the back window and my husband was sitting on the riding mower and it was on FIRE.....I dumped the recycling and filled the pail with water and ran out...finally got the garden hose going and put the fire out....he'd backed the mower over the full gas can.

So...and he yelled at me.....and I am crying.  And he didn't get burned...and he apologized.

and I am..I am.......I don't know what. I am.  I guess grateful he wasn't on fire because the hose was tangled and I would not have been able to save him........

Field Notes- Friday. June 9th. Overcast, Clouds. No Canadian SMOKE...yet. The wind could change direction.

 So....Here we are on the 9th of June.  The President has been indicted.  Seven counts, I think. Canada is on fire and the smoke is shutting down New York City and it's airports.  My keyboard and pad here need fresh batteries so this post will be short.   

I need breakfast and the newspaper.

I woke up trying to problem solve the cars: inspection stickers, oil changes.  I'm thinking of calling AAA and letting them figure it all out.  

Keyboard and pad here need fresh batteries.......

I watched some French Open and was bored.......                     

Computer is typing it's own words and spelling them incorrectly....and I have to go back to correct.....sigh.  Not interested in correcting every other word......done for today.  

Lunch yesterday was lovely.....then the library for two new books.  I brought home Manicotti for todays' lunch. A Salad would be nice.....but no lettuce leaves......

Field Notes- Thursday, June 8th. Another dark wet Day.

 Not my garden. I could go out and shoot pictures of the Iris- regular and Siberian blooming right now in the yard- the Siberian out in the weeds- where I tossed them after digging them out of the ornamental beds.  Like Putin...they are always invading territory that isn't theirs.

Tons of flowers on the blackberry bushes.  Finally some berries???? No infant Peaches or Plums.

Ferns are enjoying this wet cloudy cool weather.  Especially the Leggy Ones- with the black stems and lovely ferny tops.  I spent extra buying them......

Visit from the Twins Dad and the big white fluffy DOG.  To check in with us.  I mentioned if he was having people over for hamburgers on the grill for the 4th. we would ACCEPT an invitation this year..... it amazed me how HAPPY that made him.

He mentioned his stove BROKE and he has been cooking on a borrowed set of burners from the Library Collection of Interesting Things.   For three weeks.  I once borrowed the Sock Mending Kit and mended my socks.  I think he is waiting for delivery of the new stove.  He wanted propane. So the wait.

Our sky is clear here.... none of the smoke New York City has (knock wood).......I was thinking the Heavy European Planes might have to land up north in Maine....like they did during 911 because of no visibility in the New York airports.  That happened after 5pm and I was no longer watching TV news.

That Boyfriend Candidate book was at the bottom of a pile. I was REALLY happy to see it.  Am reading it.......just as delightful the third time around.  Lunch with my neighborhood best friend at 11:30.

Field Notes- Wednesday, June 7th--- Clouds in my coffee. A Chill in the air.

 Bee Balm. I think I tried growing this but it doesn't "stick".........

We are having a cloudy, chilly wet day here in Maine.  I need to turn on lights. I also need to do a load of wash as I am out of clean underpants. Out the window it looks like a good day for a funeral.  Dark. Wet.

I read a really great book- twice and am now sorry I returned it to the library. The Candidate Boyfriend. I just finished another book--The Nanny which was actually X-rated but still very entertaining. The two main characters certainly enjoyed each other...... quite often.

I am not sure what I will choose from the book pile for today.  One to make me laugh or another that will for sure make me cry....as it has done the many many times I have read it.

I moved the Annuals again.  Now they are up against the house wall and on a slatted wood strip so the pot bottoms don't sit it the "wet" and rot.  It's still too cold at night for them to be transplanted into their Summer Containers.  I am still wearing wool socks in the house and a thermal shirt under my work shirt. 

I bought a bag of Blood Meal to add to the containers to scare off Deer who like to think my Annual Containers are part of a Salad Bar for Deer.  Deer hate the smell of blood.

I am wearing my Winter Corduroy Pants and Wool Socks.  It reminds me of the summer we ran the Wood Stove it was so cold in the house.  In the 1990's.

Well, I have to go do that load of wash.  Make another cup of coffee.  Write in the Washing Machine Pages.

Field Notes- Almost 10pm on Sunday. Rained all day today and still in the 40's.

 

Made pizza for husband today...  I had a bagel with yellow cheese and sweet pickles....pickles I made using yellow and green squash, onion and red bell peppers a few years ago when I made pickles...had the strength to make pickles.....in the canning jars and the boiling water bath in the big heavy kettle.

I can't any more.

It's been a difficult day.. the list of things I can't do anymore gets longer each day. I am 76. Feels like 96.

The list of things I can't take care of anymore gets additions every single day.

So not in the best frame of mind.  I don't think I will post tomorrow or even for a few days.  I will instead write in my notebooks. Privately.

I'm letting you know so you won't all- the five of you who read my words...think something has happened.  Nothing has happened except......I just don't want to write.. here. Just now... and be judged. Life is hard enough and I am having enough trouble dealing with it.  Or not dealing with it.  Depression is when you don't deal with things....I am trying to stay out of that... been there done that...

It's so easy for people to tell me what to do. To "get help".  Do you really think I am not trying to get help? Do you think when I ask for help- they say yes?  No.  They say why not ask............someone else. Or they just say no, I am too busy. Or can't you wait?

It's been a long time since I was away from the house-by myself..  Was outside the house. Didn't have all these tasks that I can't handle because, I am admitting, I am fragile right now and not feeling competent.. and it will only take one more thing breaking down...... one more problem... one more car needing an inspection sticker or a new battery or what ever.... one more fly in the house flying around. 

One more thing I just cannot do. I haven't driven my own car since last Summer. My car needs to be inspected and it needs a new battery and it needs............. gas?.  Nothing happens.  And I still need to get my license updated.... how do I get there? I actually do not know where the DMV is located. I've been there but never driven there. Myself. And husband's car needs to be inspected...the dealership is on a four lane busy road....husband can't manage stopping and then turning across two lanes of moving traffic.

And even with an appointment he would be there a few hours....who volunteers for that???? Tell me?

One good thing...I wiggled the connection for the cable and now I have a perfect image on the tv screen...and wouldn't you know it..nothing to watch.......

Well, I need to find a dry handkerchief..the one I have here is very wet. And I am tired and am going to bed. Like Scarlett O-Hara said- tomorrow is another day. Too bad it will be exactly like this one..minus the pizza.

Field Notes- Sunday, June 4th. 43 degrees. Dark, Rain. 8:24 am

 Something colorful on this dark cold wet Sunday in Maine.  I have on a sweater, cord pants (pulled back out of the closet) wool socks and a thermal undershirt.  In June.  

I went out to the garage to find another layer to cover the bedding plants on the front porch. Annuals are not prepared for 43 degrees.  In June.  But it is Maine.  It could still SNOW.

Daughter came with Fig Preserves and books.  Then drove her Father's car to the gas station to fill the Lawn Mower Gas containers.  He dad went with her.  She mentioned almost getting hit driving to our house (three times)........sigh.  Another reason I dod not driving in Maine.

My bowl of oatmeal in the microwave beeped......breakfast is served.....

No drawing today.  But the fabric or wallpaper up top should brighten your day.

Field Notes- Saturday, June 3rd. Rained since last evening. Wet, Dark, Still.......no wind.

 I got whatever was wrong with the image intake...sorted.  Here on the computer and then....

I wiggled the TV antenna intake and I got to watch MSNBC with a perfect image.  It might be a one-off as they say...but it felt GOOD.  It felt normal. For One Day.  Then I watched PBS news.  Then I set out a new puzzle for husband on the puzzle table.

I boiled a new box of pasta for husband's gigantic CARB BOWL of PASTA with Some Chicken.  He wanted to turn off the ceiling fan and I happened to see him looking at all the walls for a switch....what must it be like to wander confused in a house you have lived in for well over 30 years?

I knew what he was looking for and called him over and showed him the switch he had installed years ago and added a post it note if he ever returns to that spot.. I didn't say anything.  What is the point of causing moments of distress...that he won't remember but might remember the feelings.....

Anyway, you have yesterday's drawing of a cactus dish garden.  I searched my bookcase and found an Indoor Garden book with cactus images.... so this was from a "live" plant (photo) and not an internet drawing.  And it is crooked.

I personally, had a bowl of Bran Flakes and lactate free milk for supper yesterday.  Was delicious.

I will be thawing out a ball of frozen pizza dough.....for today or tomorrow.

I might be sewing today......I have quite a few books waiting at the library but I might wait till Monday. I have things in the bookcase I enjoy reading.....and I have cloth and thread....and I began the day with a nice shower...it's all okay.   I know it won't be ..eventually...but it's okay right this minute as I type this.. and that's all I can expect going forward....is it raining where you are?

Field Notes- Friday, June 2nd. Warming up but stormy rain coming.

 From a few days ago.  The most recent image won't load.  Tic Tok and the iPhone is DEAD....... It's just a matter of Time here- the iPhone, the TiVo,  the reading lamp, etc etc.  The new Washer works beautifully. Everything seems so MUCH cleaner.  Drys so much FASTER.

I have 60 hours of things recorded on the TiVo.... PBS series etc.  

I doubt we will be having "homemade" images here.  This one was already in the file.  New ones aren't loading. I tried 5 times....none of them made it.  I will continue to try.  It's how I roll.

October seems so far far away.  (my son says when he arrives he will fix everything or buy new-  Buy new is what I think will happen.  He likes new.

Ants.  Lots and lots of Ants. I mixed up some liquid poison and served it to them.  Husband found one on his placemat......this morning.  I was finding them on the kitchen countertops. Disgusting.

I'll keep drawing but it's more fun if I can put them here so you can see them...sharing is always better.

Well, at least I can share WORDS.  

Field Notes- Friday, June 2nd. Very Hot and then a Big Storm blows into Maine

 Asian Style Rock Garden.  I have always been a Fan of the Japanese style of landscaping.  Neat, clean and orderly with a beautifully peaceful vibe.  I tried for this but...didn't have the Time (with work) to do my yard plan justice.

And I have no idea what happened to my concrete Japanese Lantern.  The Buddha is in the house.

So.....a cloudy, still day outside.  The Landscaping company my daughter has worked with for many years now, had a big client cancel at the very last moment...after they had shopped for Annuals for his property. Daughter took some, I have some (waiting for the bill) and some are in the Company greenhouse.....in case other clients need them.   I would have a picture here, but.... tomorrow will have to do- unless it rains all day.  Today.

All colors I love.  Lime green, purple and white, magenta, hot pink.....my containers will be lovely. I have some tall Black and Blue.  That's their name.  the Botanical Gardens in Boothbay propagate them for a wide bed each Summer.  They are a solid zone six and Maine is only six-ish in July and August. My gripe with the Botanical Garden here in Maine is that they promote New Jersey plants.   I have refused to visit.

I have FIVE delicious books waiting at the Library.  

DebL.  Kaliopie or how ever it is spelled is available at my Library if I had a Smart TV.  I do not.  Also in the info on their blog...even a four minute watch of any movie counts as an entire movie and you only get 4 programs a month.  So not the most generous of services.  My Library continues to show itself to the Public.  Take and not Give.  Most of the books I read...come from other Maine Libraries. My Library buys fewer and fewer new books and begs for funds 365.  What do they do with the cash????

Field Notes- Thursday June 1st. Highs in the 90's today???? We'll see.

 no picture-  the iPhone battery is down to zero.  Why? I don't know. (but perhaps the iPhone is giving up) It is very very old.  And has pnly made phone calls when we had to call to the Library Desk inside to let them know we were parked outside during COVID. Ah, it woke up.  I am not taking the cactus drawing picture..now.  tomorrow.

The Peach Trees have a virus.  Rusty bubbles on some of the leaves.

Woo Peng's Five Peonies have turned brown and are now "past tense".

The Ants have survived the salt I sprinkled on them.

I can watch PBS but nothing else.  On my living room TV. I watched a recorded episode of Endeavor. I watched MSNBC on the dining room TV.  I got bored.

The bulb in my reading lamp went out...I went into the Supply Closet to look for a replacement.  Lots of strange looking bulbs.  I chose the "least" and...wow....so much light.  Surprise. I could even go back to appliqué.

Second load of washing yesterday- all the bedding off the bed including the down comforter cover.  Which needed it's own dry cycle.

New sheets and the king quilt.  Ready for Summer.  Still haven't opened ANY windows. 69 degrees inside.

And will hopefully keep it that way.  I might need to put on socks.

I finished the Boyfriend Candidate.  And started in on a 2006 paperback (the small ones) titled The Kiss. Very 2006.  (oh, how books have changed in 17 years) Not sure I am going to finish it....because the Library is sending texts that three or four books I asked for are "ready for pickup"  and I am wanting to go get them......NOW.  I also need to make a bowl with yogurt, pitted sweet cherries and Bran Buds.  So when I eventually get hungry I can eat that.  And I need to chop and freeze Patty's Rhubarb...Bright red fat stalks.  So....since nothing is actually happening here.....I am going to do some of that....iPhone is charging.  So a Cactus image tomorrow.  And that's it.