Purging files and shredding old documents continued, resulting in more space on the floor (two emptied boxes removed) and desktops (work in progress, because as I work on files things are temporarily added to the desktop).

Food preservation activity has slowed since the garden isn't producing much now. I'm going to pick a bunch of the hot peppers and slice and freeze them (though often times I simply freeze them whole and seed them later when they've thawed; they're like oblong green and red marbles when frozen). I started cutting down the non-producing okra stalks and I think the rest will probably come out this week, giving me access to the sweet potatoes in the bed beneath. There are some green tomatoes out there, but those plants have struggled this year with the rain and an infestation of stink bugs. I'm going to be putting out beneficial nematodes heavily in that bed to try to kill the soil-stage of the beetle life cycle.

Today begins a seasonal battery exchange: my dogs are due their monthly heartworm treatment, so at the same time I'm going to take their collars with the Invisible Fence devices and check and change those batteries if needed. And next weekend, when the time changes (Standard Time) I have a batch of fresh 9V batteries to replace all of the smoke detector batteries (they are wired + battery). That's five of them in bedrooms and a hall; I gave up on having a smoke detector anywhere near the kitchen, though I could put one up in the sun room. I may even add a sticker to each battery noting when it was replaced.

It's a great day to walk the dogs so while their collars are off (I have to wait a few minutes after removing the old batteries to put the fresh batteries in) we'll take a spin around the block. There's a pecan tree I keep any eye on this time of year for the nuts it drops on the street. I asked them if I could pick them up in his yard and he said yes. Most of the ones harvested in the neighborhood are shelled as dog treats. Back when they were young they used to gobble them up shell and all, but now they get whole unsalted peanuts for a treat and the pecans are less often and always shelled.