I trimmed out some tomato plants that never produced and trimmed back plants that had some fruit this spring. I'll be putting in new plants this week and may pull the rest of these out. I also spread the last of the dry molasses for fertilizer through the bed and watered it in. I'd kept it too long in the heat out there and it smelled like something other than molasses. But now that bag is out and hopefully the plants will get past struggling in the heat.

I spotted some unusual grass stems coming out of the bottom of several of the hollow tubes of my patio wind chimes. I pulled one apart and pushed out the bugs to see what they were. Not sure, but I left the rest there and will research this a little. No wonder I haven't been hearing them as much - when they're stuffed full of dry grass and dry mud they don't have much of a tone.

Those were morning tasks outside, and now it's too hot for any more of that. I will probably mow this evening near sunset.

So now come the boxes. The bear in one, and the playbills in the others, separated by venue.

The fridge continues to look better. I'll re-arrange what is left in there this afternoon after a late lunch.

SRS