yesterday got around to finding the odd lightbulb for a lamp which i broke 2 mo. ago while in recup from the knee surgery (emoticon)

speaking of which: one friend said in a rather insistent way that i really should give, say, a coffee shop coupon to all the people who helped me out while i was down --- it's a long list.

I did get some cards to send; what is the proper etiquette here? We are talki ng over $200 in $10 gift cards, and i'm already short from the surgery.

finally ripped out the decorative strawberries i put in last year; boy did they take over!

got 4 different heirloom tomatoes; i love 'em; they really do taste better, but take forever to ripen. this way they get a head start.

finally called in an electrician for several small-but-collectively-problematic repairs.

big flower box has red snapdragons, white stock, a few red sunflowers (which i have to cover; crows got the first few that sprouted), dark itis, ... well.

edible box has: rosemary and sage all the time; angelica, real strawberries, ... gee, not much else.   one new bed is just fill of kress that i didn't plant. last year's must have seeded it.

well!

if you have read this far, thanks ...

MAG