All things considered, that's a good way to go. Congratulations and condolences, Ptolemy. My late Poppy offers a ghostly salute from her spot on the floor at the intersection of the halls. She could always keep track of me and the doors from there. When they leave on their own there is no questioning if the time was right. ❤ 🐭 ❤🐭 🐁 ❤ (See Alt-Codes for critter html codes.)

Critter-wise here, Cookie spent the pre-dawn hour barking at the roofers next door, before I convinced her they had been invited to declutter the top of that house. And on my front porch the hollow husk of the grasshopper is on the floor and Ms. Argiope has snagged, as I feared, one of my fireflies. I can tell by the faint colors that show through the silken binding. I didn't give her one the first night (there was one next to the porch light), but it seems she knows what she wants.

Charmion I hope the photos and listing process goes well this week. Dorothy, I suppose you can get a double whammy holiday week with Canada Day and the Fourth as bookends to the week.