Monday, August 21, 2017

I was awake really early with a headache and, when I finally got up at seven, even with meds and coffee I still didn’t feel all that well. But today was my first day back in the yard and the daisies needed to be deadheaded. Deadheaded is putting it mildly – the flowers were pretty much all dried and brown. I suggested that Pat do the weed whacking around the borders so I could cut the grass and the boulevard. Once he started he continued on until all of the grass (and I’m using that word loosely) had been cut. He raked it up and the yard looked not too bad so I’ll delay mowing until my next yard day.

It was interesting to be outside during the eclipse. It definitely got cooler and darker; Solana, the girl next door, made a cereal box viewer and she came over to let me look through it. I remember a solar eclipse in 1979; I can picture myself in the house in Yellowknife and it got totally dark. Nothing that dramatic today but there’s another one in a couple of years.

When the yard was done (for the day) and I had a load of laundry in the machine, I walked up to the mailbox. By then it had turned pretty hot so when I got home I sat out on the back deck in the shade and read my book. I got a notice today that the books are due in a few days and I still have one I haven’t started.

After lunch I took some more meds and had a nap; I’m feeling much better now. I’ve packaged up a couple of cards for the bee tomorrow and I’ve done a bit of cross stitching. When I have a day that I don’t do any sewing my mind tells me I haven’t accomplished much but I know that isn’t true. I accomplished quite a bit already and I’ll be back at my knitting tonight.