Two small potted trees (dug up from my garden) were offered on Freecycle and claimed within minutes. The couple live nearby, he works for an irrigation company and when I commented that the city put in a new meter he took a look, and pointed at the small triangle shape on the screen. "That may mean it detects a leak." Good to know, the bill was a bit higher last month with no extra watering. I turned off one device that regularly has pressure to it (and might be leaking) and will go look at the meter. It's electronic so apparently addressable. I think they put a battery pack in the meter vault with it, we'll see how well that holds up. Better if I can find a leak and have a plumber fix it than call a plumber and ask him to find the leak and then fix it.
And - yesterday I talked to Dorothy! We were on Facebook/Messenger at the same time so I sent her a note using Messenger, telling her I was going to use the call feature and see if she heard it. She answered promptly. I wasn't sure what kind of accent to expect, but mostly she sounds like my great aunts from Pennsylvania, where she spent her early years. It was computer silence here and on FB for nearly two weeks because she forgot the laptop at Beaver and a friend mailed it to her. When I called she'd been busy deleted hundreds of emails. :) Whew! The wedding trip is on, so probably not a lot of chatter for a while, she said taking the computer across the border would show her politics if she had to show it so it stays home. She doesn't do social media on the phone, that I'm aware of, so hopefully no problem there.
A new rubber garden hose is being delivered today. I'm avoiding the PVC and vinyl hoses on general principles, noting that nothing is perfect.
That replacement/warranty phone case finally arrived. I paid for shipping but it took two weeks in which they could have hand-carried it from Colorado. And it's a one-piece plastic bit of junk. No more Otterbox.