Hump Day
While Dennis is at DR. Pinke’s eye clinic for the specialist from Mankato to do an eye injection, I am going to pop out a post.
Son Ken needed to find an alternative driver to take him to the Sioux Falls airport for his 3:15 flight back to Arizona. These injections that Dennis needs in his right eye do not take a back seat.
I was up early this morning. There are times after the bladder has gotten me up for a bathroom call, I am wide awake. This was one of those times. Neighbor Jan works at the school and leaves home by 7:20. Jan came over to the picket fence and commented that it was a bit early for me to be gardening. That it was. I was up, the temps were nice and cool . . . why not.
Dennis and I had achieved our goal of getting the dead lilac cut out and now it was time for some landscaping 101 to make the most of the area that looked . . . naked. We have always had a love of old metal wheels. Last year Dennis painted them. For the immediate future the wheels placed here and there will suffice. As we placed the wheels against the posts of the fence, Dennis was very careful around the antlers of the concrete deer. Now wouldn’t that be a home accident waiting to happen! The Autumn Joy plants around the deer took a beating, but they will come back next year with perhaps a few more of them added. They love the sun and the Monarchs and bees like them as well.
The lights in the studio were turned on today after a period of darkness. When the weekend had brought quite a bit of company, it was easier to kick back and take the days the way they came. Hmm. The first thing I noticed was that there were some stitches that needed to be removed. In fact two rows of 60″ each that needed to be taken out. Concentration was not at its best when done. I now have all of it taken care of and the next time . . . let the stitching begin.
When Dennis gets home from the eye clinic I will have his eye patch ready to wear under his glasses for protection. The tree dump opens at four this afternoon and the trailer with the dead lilacs is already behind the little red pickup. The branches are loaded as such that by me taking ahold of their bases and Dennis driving forward slowly, the bulk of them will come off easily. Yup . . . we have been there and done this before.
When we get home I have two stuffed green peppers to pop in the oven. Supper will be a little later than usual but we have no where that we need to be tomorrow.