Glad we don't depend on solar power for our house.  Except for a few cameo appearances, we haven't seen the sun all week.  Elsa caused an unstable atmosphere bringing a week of heavy clouds, rainy periods, sudden thunderstorms and wind gusts.  Sunday, Monday and Tuesday were Motrin days every 6-8 hours and sleepless nights.  Wednesday I was so tired that I laid around and whined.......... because I was so tired and had to lie down often.  Today is better, just low-grade shoulder discomfort and whining because it's raining again.  Thank goodness this is Cliff's recovery week because it would have been rough for the both of us.  After we did morning errands, he and I pressure washed the whole back porch and part of the front.  Mother and father wren are taking turns feeding a nest full of hungry babies in the window box so we avoided that section.  

Since the birds took over the box and the lack of sun, the geranium roots have been disturbed and the plants struggle to flower.  When we get some drying days, he'll stain just the open front porch and the steps.  Some weeks ago we bought an electric pressure washer that I could handle for short tasks.  We've slowly been replacing equipment with lighter-weight ones that I can handle for short periods.  

Spray-nine applied to the grill then washed with the pressure washer.  Does a nice job.

Vegetable gardens are not producing much.  Greens like dandelion greens, basil and some other herbs, arugula, and anything that grows in shade are thriving.

Our second summer squash..........a bit anemic.  First one was smaller when I picked it.  I was afraid it might rot on the vine.  Squash need 6-8 hours of sun.  

Of the four broccoli plants, only one produced a head. the others just flowered before the heads developed big enough for eating.  Thank goodness for the farmers market.
 

Our black snake has been seen around my she-shed and slithering over the gravel driveway, hopefully keeping the mice population down. 

Tuesday was Cliff's appointment with the oncologist but not a chemo schedule.  I was allowed to sit in this time because we're both vaccinated but masks were worn during the visit.  Dr. Schueneman brought up Cliff's scan graph to show the rate of shrinkage for this chemo cycle and explained the future cycles won't regress at the same rate.  Also, the cancer will never be gone.  There will always be microscopic cancer cells at the head of the pancreas that will have to be monitored.  In twelve weeks there will be another scheduled scan and at some time in the future Cliff can take a month or so off from chemo to recover and travel.  He wants to drive to Florida and visit the children, see John and Carolyn's new home and spend time with Mark and Jen.  The doctor asked if we would like an appointment with Dr. Page at Piedmont Atlanta to discuss the possibility of tumor removal in the future as he could not answer that question.  As of right now, Cliff doesn't want to go near Atlanta.  There was a lot of information to absorb and we left with a positive feeling.