Thanks for the label removal tip, Stilly! I, too, could have really used that in the past. I'm sure I will still need it.

"Goofed off" yesterday. That was in my plans even if it hadn't been a rainy, cold (48F!!! end of MAY, fer-pete's-sake!) day. A friend just over in Maine is out on a workers comp injury, so we went to lunch at a really nice little breakfast and lunch spot in South Berwick. Then we went to Wentworth Greenhouses... And I had $$$ with me (from selling the pocket watch). Was a semi good kid. Bought two tomato plants for the deck (that's sort of the reason we went), but then also got a few of those twirly plant supports and an adjustable hand rake, a pair of gloves while not as strong and as much of a second skin as the ones I got from Smith & Hawken in 1986, these are closer to fitting that closely than anything else I've found. I hate wearing gloves and I really need them with all the rocks, roots and thorny growth I've got around here.

Could have stuck around with my friend for the rest of the day and gone to see "Seven Years a Slave" at the library, but didn't really want to be out all day and night. So I went home and later settled into reading. And then I wrote some poetry. The first in a long time and the first since Tom died. About grieving, of course. Turned out to be a really good night, though I cried a lot. Hard to explain that to anyone who hasn't been through it. Tears ARE good. I may cry often, but it's for very short periods of time. And it makes me feel, well, better, I guess. And closer to Tom.

Got a lot of today's work done already since it was phone calls. Plumber still won't call me back. And my handyman doesn't seem to have an answering machine. I'll try him later. Don't want to order the composting toilet until I've got it worked out with him.

Just made a spaghetti sauce that has fresh tomatoes in it but no tomato sauce. Lots of Italian sausage. Discovered I have no dried oregano or basil, so I have to make a short run over to the Mustard Seed a bit later. After I add that seasoning (it was okay for lunch but will be better after I add them), I'll put half of it in the freezer.

Also need to bring up some more pots from the cellar, mix the potting blend, and get the tomato plants and the lettuce and other herb seeds planted. Get rid of a few more piles of leaves. (Now that's a project that may well never be completely done...)

I've just done enough sitting around.

Later!
Linn