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<\/a>outside a long time yesterday, clearing weeds out of the third tier of our garden and it looks great. It’s pleasant to work outside when it’s cool, much less so when it’s hot. I sprayed the orchard and the garden, mounded soil around the leeks to blanch them and moved much of what Kate had thrown over the fence.<\/p>\nJon and Ruthie are on the road right now, headed toward Kansas City (on purpose), then north to Andover.\u00a0It will be fun to have them here.<\/p>\n
Jon’s going to put in a new deck for us. This was arranged long ago, but it will be good for selling the house.<\/p>\n
These nights leading up to the 4th of July and the 4th itself are a problem for our thunderphobic (astraphobic) dogs. They\u00a0inspire those neighbors who like to shoot off fireworks, one batch (not the usual suspects) who set them off around 10 p.m. each night lately. That’s just enough to launch Gertie (our German shorthair) out of her crate.<\/p>\n
Click on the poster for its full effect.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>outside a long time yesterday, clearing weeds out of the third tier of our garden and it looks great. It’s pleasant to work outside when it’s cool, much less so when it’s hot. I sprayed the orchard and the garden, mounded soil around the leeks to blanch them and moved much of what Kate had thrown over the fence.<\/p>\n