Temperature stayed 60 degrees all through the night last night. Tonight will be high thirties. Cloudy, misty, dreary day. It's hard for me to get motivated on these days. My doctor told me to find a reason to get out of the house every day to avoid isolation. Suddenly a multitude of tasks starting popping into my head. A friend suggested I list everything on paper then tackle one at a time leaving the others for another time. Once I listed the tasks I really didn't want to tackle any of them. So I filled the red Toyota with recycles and trash bags and headed off to the transfer station avoiding my list. From the transfer station I went to Mike's Seafood for a blackened salmon lunch, to watch others eat and talk, then bought some servings of cod and salmon for the freezer. It's harder to find peace on these darkest gloomy days. But that's expected and I'm okay with that.............
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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