Will you be near the place you're in residence now, to drop in for a tune-up as needed? We've seen your accounts of hauling out a lot of surplus from the apartment already—having the new place in view lets you pivot and take measurements and hopefully when you get moved into the new place it will be with a lot of furnishing old friends.

The whole tariff nonsense has lots of people deciding about purchases, to buy or wait. I decided to stop looking around at other vehicles and hold onto the SUV I'm driving now. A smaller purchase, something I've shopped on and off for over a year, is a digital camera. Looking at mirrorless cameras and from there, considering the size of the sensor. I'm not a professional photographer and as nice as a full-frame camera might be, for my uses it would be overkill. Down from the "full frame" sensor the APS-C variety have some very good cameras. But they're all imported. This is a camera for art and work, contrasting with the tiny pocket-sized one to take on protest marches. My 12+ year old Canon works and upgrading would be a luxury, so not making a decision is also making a decision if this goes nowhere.

This afternoon I lugged compost from the greenhouse and mixed it into a couple of huge pots and planted some of the ornamental sweet potatoes, and finished planting one bed with eggplant and bell peppers. I'll have to start my hot peppers from seed, I didn't find the varieties I wanted at the nursery.