I can never remember what day or even what week it is. Time really has no meaning when you can't get out and do normal things. I try to get to bed at a decent hour because Rocky will wake me up in the morning. I get up and let him out, and when he comes back in he climbs on the sofa or chair and goes back to sleep. That boy naps most of the day! We go for a walk at about 10 am and again in the afternoon.
It was definitely warmer today than the past two days have been, but I still didn't need to turn on the a/c. We should have two more days that reach the mid 80's and it will be hot from then on. The grass in the back yard is already an ugly yellow-brown, and crunches when you walk on it. I don't think my landlady liked the idea of me watering it as it is such a large yard. I do water my garden morning and evening, and I've also been running a soaker hose around my cherry tree. I've picked most of the fruit I can reach. I think I will have the tree drastically pruned this fall as it has grown way too big. I'm hoping that if I take care of it through the winter and early spring, I can get a lot of good fruit from it next year. The cherries are so sweet and I'm even thinking about cherry pies! I learned to make pie crust from watching my mom, whose crust was the best in the world. Mine was second best! I haven't bothered with it for so long but I'm sure I haven't lost my touch. I just don't have the motivation to cook anything these days. I really only eat two meals a day but I snack in the evening.
Steve & Meg are moving into a new house this week, and the kids will go to Jeannie's house for an overnight, while I will have their dog, Sammy. The new house is gorgeous and the lot is beautiful. It's a gated community which is nice and I suppose offers an additional bit of safety.
Speaking of dogs, Jeannie and her family are getting a little puppy. I can never remember the breed, but it will stay very little. I worry a bit that Rocky will be jealous, but he'll have to get over it.
I will post this and say goodnight to all.
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Then I am 3rd best at making pies :-) but I don't really like to do it I prefer to make my sour cherry "torte" with lots of whipped cream. Yummy. Our sweet cherry tree is loaded too but usually the birds and other critters wipe them all out before we can get any Grrrr but I guess they have to live too.I go shopping periodically but don't like to just look around. Get what I need and then out again. Hope it does not get too warm at your place, it's raining here at the moment. Good for the garden.
ReplyDeleteYour comment made me chuckle. My mom has been gone for years, I haven't made a pie in years, so you move up the #1 best! I think I would love to go shopping and enjoy looking around, but I might find myself wondering what to do with all that freedom, and just want to do my shopping and get out and back to the safety of my house! These are the strangest times I've ever lived through.
DeleteYes the days such roll on and sometimes I don't even know what day it is. My daughter each bought me a calendar for Mothers Day, one is for a dry erase and the other one is really big so I can write appt. on it and even for the next month, plus I use my phone since I can set an alarm to remind me I have an apptl that day. I don't know whats worse the age or the never leaving the house. But I think it's the age thing really.
ReplyDeleteI think you are right, but both age and not leaving the house can be deadly to one's frame of mind and happiness. I never realized I could sink so low as I feel right now.
DeleteSo glad for Steve and family that they will be moving into a new home. I wonder if Rocky influenced Jeannie and family to welcome a new puppy into their lives?
ReplyDeleteI guess your landlady pays the water bill? Have you considered harvesting your rain water? We live in the desert West Texas but I try to capture as much rain water as I can during the rainy season.