It's an out-of-sorts day; though overcast, the weather is still hot and muggy, and indoors I've battled with the Office Depot software to load a designed card onto their site. (I may have to redo the art and add a lot of "bleed" on two sides because they can't seem to offer an accurately trimmed card.) And that submersible is still missing - regardless of who is on board, that is a wretched way to die. Banging noises are reported today. (How did the search area end up the size of Connecticut when it was lowered off of a ship above the Titanic?)

In the kitchen there is progress. The freezer had most of the ingredients for my nacho mix: beef, peppers and tomatoes. I need to make room so this summer's stuff can go in there. I'm trying a ground chipotle that is smoky enough to be noticable. Badia brand (lots of stores have it) will probably have some heat (it's cooking now, I haven't tasted it yet).

A good sign out my kitchen window this afternoon was a gray cat prowling through my vegetable garden. Some years the rodents burrow in and attack potatoes and veggies near the ground. I have a bag of hair brushed off of the dogs to poke around the plants as a repellent. The cat who lived two doors up used to come hunt here regularly, I don't know whose this one is.