A few weeks ago we joined the 21st century by adding texting to our outdated "dumb-phones." It happened because my good neighbor on upper Boulder Creek Rd would text me during the day to just ask a quick question or feel the need to tell me something that didn't warrant a phone call which usually led to a longer conversation than we expected when one subject continued to open another dialogue. Immediately after leaving the Verizon store, I texted, ????, notified John, Mark, and Mary that we just added text to our plan. Being a virgin texter, I accidentally sent the message to another Mary who used to be our neighbor on Candlewick St. in Florida so later that day I received a reply asking "who are you?" followed by a phone call from the Florida Mary. The drawback with a "dumb-phone" is the time it takes to reply or compose a text. We don't have a keyboard, or whatever it's called, so one has to strike the number key the number of times it takes to arrive at the desired letter. At first as I started replying to Mary's texts, my words had no apostrophes and the sentences blended into each other when I couldn't locate any punctuation. By playing with with the pad, I discovered punctuation marks. I write full sentences, as does John and Mark. Of course my texts and replies take 10 minutes to pound out using my baby finger on the tiny keys. Mark is in the UK this week on business and I'm receiving a daily text update from him. It's a nice feature and I am truly enjoying my quick connection to my family and friends.
Two cool weather fronts came through since the weekend bringing drier air and relief from the heat. This morning's temperature was 53 when I got up at 6. I got to walk Konehete Park before going to yoga at the gym. Gardens are winding down. Always a welcomed sight as I get tired of fussing and watering by this point. I've pulled up tomato plants and whatever else looked like it was suffering. Most areas need weed whacking again. Monday I tackled the back tall weeds near the garden. Most mornings forest leaves are dripping from the early mountain fog. Grass and weeds don't dry well until afternoon. I went through both batteries before quitting late morning so my arms and clothes were covered with wet grass shards but it felt good to get that under control. And............ I got to use my new outside shower for the first time. There is still work to be done. Ricky will pressure clean the platform for me t...
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