We ran into lots of heavy rain both ways on this trip. We saw 3 cars that ran off the road in different places along I-10. Our driving was uneventful. Once again we saw a truck full of Smart cars heading for a dealership somewhere.
While in J’ville I once again raided the downtown library and added 8 audio books to our collection. I’m back to going through a book every day or two so I need to keep the supply up.
Penny cooked up a wonderful meal of pork tamales for everyone. Christy and Christian showed up for the meal. We had a great Saturday evening. C&C brought along a watermelon. Before the night was out we had all eaten too much. We brought some watermelon home with us and I just finished a bowl of it before I started writing tonight.
Speaking of produce, I checked the garden when I got home and found 3 ripe good-sized tomatoes and a smattering of small ones. Also found was a ripe cucumber. I’ve also got 3 small watermelons ripening. I’m still losing 2/3 of my tomatoes to bugs. We were still able to bring 8 of them to J’ville with us. So this year’s harvest is spotty but I am learning. This year I’m not losing the harvest to birds—the netting works.
Good news on how my thumbs are doing. The shots I got have settled down the severe inflammation. I still get sore when I do a lot, like carry Sophie around but the pain is reasonable and doesn’t stop me from doing things. I’m hoping it will stay like this. The effect of the shots may wear off after a couple of months. At least I don’t have to think twice to grab a doorknob, open a jar or tear open a sweetener packet—let alone do some woodworking or yard maintenance.
I may make a final blackberry run tomorrow. There shouldn’t be many left but weather permitting I’m probably going to give it a try.
KITTY UPDATE—I’m still sad and depressed about the loss of Bianca. I tear up when I think about the fear and pain that sweet little cat went through at the end. It’s going to be a while until I get over it. Seeing how I feel about a cat I can only imagine how someone feels when a loved one is lost in a war. I understand why they are almost always told, “they died instantly”.
On the positive side, all 4 kitties are out there tonight. Meredith showed up late. To my surprise Lady Marmalade let me scratch her ears and head and liked it. She is beginning to come around. She is still wary but trusts me a little more each night.
Once again the feeder worked fine. There is no indication that a raccoon is around. I thought there was one out there last week.
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