I had a huge lifetime supply bottle of soy sauce in the fridge that takes so much space that I found an old tall olive oil bottle with a rubber gasket stopper and filled it. There is still another quart of soy sauce to decant into something smaller, so I'm poking around the cupboards. I hate to throw stuff out that is perfectly good, and maybe after ages in the fridge this will need to be tossed, but at least it won't continue to take up so much door real estate.

I don't have room in my closets for trunks, there is so much stuff around the sides on the floor (toy boxes or low clothes rods or shoe racks) already, but this does give me an idea. I could stack a couple at table height in a couple of places and let them act like a taller tabletop instead of leaving them unstacked and more in the coffee table position. I'll report back on this one. Thanks, Kat!

The lawn looks wonderful today. This time of year it is almost dormant, but with occasional heavy rains, it grows in a spotty way and it tends to look scruffy for weeks before I mow.

I haven't smelled any barbecue smoke yet, but I'm sure someone in the neighborhood will be having a party. There was one up the street yesterday evening. We have a tropical storm or hurricane, not sure what it is right now, pushing clouds and rain our way, but today should stay dry. I think I'll go get some country-style ribs to grill and keep in the fridge for this week.

I've almost finished filing a bunch of papers and school stuff to clear off my dining room table. Once it is clear the stuff that is being shipped to my son will go there until I find a box to fit it. He has been waiting for something to be returned from a friend here, but I'd like to get the rest of the stuff to him now.

I didn't do laundry yesterday because I was going to mow (I'd end up kicking dust or grass on the clothes on the line) so I'll do it today. I love hanging laundry on the line, for me it's one of those visceral activities that makes my life feel connected to the planet, if that makes any sense. Taking damp clothes out and hanging them as I listen to the birds and wind chimes and wind in the trees.

SRS