My cat sitting gig this week is ending a day early - just as well because I have things to do that are easier when I don't have to stop what I'm doing and head out three times a day to feed and medicate cats.

One of the dogs is annoyingly persistent in barking at the mail carrier's truck each time it passes the house in the course of delivering to this neighborhood. It was helpful today because on the first pass I received no mail so she didn't see the package I wanted her to take. The dog barked when she was parked at the corner across the street for that last stop in the neighborhood and I carried my box over to her. I think I'll make a magnetic red flag I can stick to the front of the mailbox for those times I have something for them to pick up. The box on the porch wall came with an attached tiny little plastic flag on the upper right side that is barely visible from the street.

Mowing today, digging, and sewing. And more kitchen cleaning.