Stepping up today to help my disabled friend prepare for the social security disability hearing in the first week of November. Her attorney sent a link to a video to view in preparation, and urged his clients to practice the questions with a friend who has also seen the video. We spent over 90 minutes discussing the list of questions they sent to her, and I was able to help her see things that she might have not thought about. It's a demoralizing process to have to speak of your physical difficulties in a court of law, but the judge needs to know why shopping is difficult, why she needs help with showering, what steps she must take just to trim her toenails, cook, or do laundry. I'll be there to offer moral support, at least. Dressed in dark clothes, my wallet and phone in my pocket, with no purse, no jewelry, etc., very Puritan in appearance.

Today the stone pine is minus the second low limb (cut up and in the trash bin), plus some branches that needed cleaning up after brief trims in the past. I also cut out a number of tall stalks on the okra that have no leaves, flowers, or pods.