Unhappy dogs as we wait for the cable guy to arrive. One dog is in the hall bathroom and one in the kennel, with the old lab asleep on his bed as usual. I'll make sure no gates are left open that would allow the deaf old guy to wander out. As I wait I have been picking up around the house and cleaning the kitchen. I'm at my computer now where I can see the street. Still no Spectrum truck.
Coffee grounds are good for repelling snails and slugs and I had a several-years-old jar of ground coffee in the freezer to discard so the contents are now sprinkled around in the veggie garden. (I picked up fresh coffee yesterday for the freezer.) The few visitors who drink coffee are infrequent enough that it would go stale between visits otherwise. I sprinkled some over the area where the garlic came out - I'm going to fill that spot with a pepper that grew from seed so keeping snails away from a tender young plant is helpful.
The temperature is 100o and the weather station says it feels like 115o. I believe it.