IN Carmel

 What a wonderfully cool morning to wake up to.  The garden got a walk though showing me the toll it took yesterday because of the heat.  Woo.  It needed some TLC where it made a difference.  Some things were just burnt up.  Their removal time is to be determined. So the garden cart followed me again with an over the top load to the B Blues.  I picked quiet a few tomatoes along with a couple of great peppers. I could have done more but thought one cart load was enough for the morning.  The self seeding Cleome really are taking over.  It seems that each flower has it's season.  Some produce early and some choose the late summer to show their blossoms. The Dahlias were picked again.  A new one is blooming.   Yesterday I was an inside hermit missing what I should not have missed.  This morning I found two dead Monarchs in the cage.  They should have been released yesterday for sure.  There were two more chrysal...

 Today started like none other.  Yes, there was breakfast and all the start the day things.   Then came a text from my Cleveland WNBA lady friend who is now my FIFA Basketball friend.  The first USA game being played in Berlin Germany was at 8 am this morning against China.  And we watched it together even though we were miles away from each other.  And USA was the winner by a whole bunch.  Good shooting.  Super defense against a 7 ft. 2 player and another player way over 6 ft.  Our tallest player's Visa was lost in the mail.  Now what do we think of that.  She is stuck here in the states.  Anyway, it was a great game even though the score was a bit lop sided.  The next game is Sunday afternoon with the third one on Monday afternoon.  So the beat goes on.   The rest of the day was pretty quiet with small meals I call nibbles that carried me thought.  Breakfasts are small but right now, not small en...

 What does one do when the weather is very hot? Not much.  So it's been a week of not much with at least one more day to go.  Then things should be different.  We'll see how that goes.  Or we could say it's to be determined.   So what happened today.  I set you up for not much leaving the number low.  The morning did see another PT session with Diana.  She is one tough little lady with hands that are so strong. And she used them mightily finding so many sore spots along the incision line that goes from my ear to the center of my neck. I think she worked on about a third of that line. I wanted to say ouch so many times but she already knew what she was doing wasn't pleasant at all through what her fingers were telling her.  But somethings are unpleasant before they become pleasant.  This is one of them. Because of a busy schedule for her, unless there is a cancelation next Tuesday, I won't see her till Thursday.  I wish tha...

 Another hot day in Indiana.  There have been a few this week but by the end of the week the heat will move on.  Well, that's the hope.   When looking at the Dahlias, even though they got a good drink a few days ago it would seem that they could enjoy another one.  So the sprinkler was set and that happened.  That was about the extent of the morning work. It was shower time and I was ready for another Doctor visit.   That happened and since I was the last patient for the day there was NO rush in the pace of the visit.  It was long and fun. How fortunate for me.  We had a good visit with a few suggestions to keep me going. There is a bit more homework but not much.  After the visit I decided to visit Aldi's for sherbet.  That meant I would pass the Nora Goodwill.  And you guessed it...I stopped.  That store has been improved so much with simple reorganization.  The small space holds a whole lot more without f...

 This morning started a little slow.  I was going to write pokey.  Two good descriptive words. I finished last night off with another good drink for the five Dahlias I missed yesterday. They are planted in other places then the majority of Dahlias who have earned their exclusive Dahlia bed.   This morning, sitting seemed to be what the body was telling me to do. So the knitting came out and I did quite a bit of needles clicking toward another scarf.   Some time ago I decided to change my e-mail address.  I was tired of the hundreds of items showing up which were plain old trash.  That change created a little mess which I worked toward fixing later in the morning.  One was getting the new e-mail address attached to the I U Portal. Seems the doctors need to talk to me. One sent me a letter because I had not opened the portal. Another to do was calling church to once again receive the church letter through the new e-mail.  Little by li...

 The garden walk was first on the list and it didn't take very long for the message to come that this morning would be a work morning.  The garden was needy for a lot of reasons.   I set up the sprinkler to help the Dahlias though this dry season.  No water, no flowers.  I wanted flowers so the water was delivered in a quantity that will give me flowers.  The garden cart followed me out of the garage to the north side of the back garden where the Iris live. It was time for their summer hair cut.  Stella came along side giving me a seat to work from.  She is always a huge help with Iris trimming.  Sitting when cutting makes the job doable. It takes so long to shape two large garden plots of Iris up for the rest of the late summer days.  Along with trimming comes the discovery of everything that is exposed to view when their trim happens.  So the whole morning's work delivered three garden carts filled to overflowing contributed ...