We woke up to heavy rain at 5:00 am, but it slowed by 6:30 am. We let Scout out, but he was confused; the grass was already watered! Mary was worried about our neighbors so she took some groceries over to them.
Caring about our neighbors!
Mary’s accountant is coming over today (according to Mary’s memory), so we had to straighten up the office, and Mary spent the morning getting ready for the accountant.
We walked the garden ahead of the big splash that would supposedly be coming in the next two days. After all the work last year, it looks pretty good!
The garden is ready.
I got to pose for Mary’s camera.
Welcome to our garden!
Each of these planters is 100 square feet, and we have five of them. This one was dug up, and six bags of manure were added with the appropriate dry nitrogen fertilizer. The plants seem to be enjoying their new home
We have been digging and transplanting.
Of course, the transplanted strawberries had to get a visit from the boss. I overheard MAry talking to the little buggers and trying to make them happy. She said, “What’s red, made of strawberries, and sucks your blood? A jampire.” Nary, a giggle was heard (by me) so she tried again, “How do you fix a broken strawberry? With a strawberry patch.”
Mary visited her little strawberries.
On our way to Girl’s Night Out, Mary looked at her calendar book, and there was an “oops!” The accountant is not coming until tomorrow, Friday. We got a day’s head start!
When we arrived, strange people were sitting at OUR table. We found out it was our waitress’s mother and son! They fit right into this amazing group. Mom is visiting from Virginia for six weeks, and Jason is a local working in Huntington Beach.
Girls’ Night Out at the Elks
Bill Capps was showing off his new corduroy trousers. I said the pants look fine but probably look better on someone else.
Someone has “new” corduroy pants!
I heard a noise behind be, and I knew instantly who it was; he giggled a lot. He showed me his new shirt, and we both laughed.
My weekly insult from my good friend Ronnie!
On our way home, we were seeing the impending weather hanging over the mountains, just waiting to come down and drench us. We don’t care; bring on the rain as we need it.
It was bluster on the way home.
From our front door, fifteen minutes later, the storm clouds were gathering. You know, as they say, “As raindrops say, two’s company, three’s a cloud.”
Looking north from out front door.
I asked Mary, “What sort of clothes do clouds have?” She looked puzzled, so I answered, ” Thunderwear.”
We did a fly-by, grabbed some turkey soup for Jan, and then headed to her house for a glass of wine and to share the latest gossip! We did not stay too long.
Back home we went, and the Silver Fox appreciate it; he did not want to get wet again! From the garden, we had quite a view. Although difficult to see, the flags on our flag pole were waiving at 90 degrees.
Some serious weather is on its way!
We sat down for a few minutes and Mary said I have an idea. She asked me what day I wanted to get a pedicure. I immediately answered, “There’s no day like toe-day!”
What a good idea, as we had the rest of the afternoon open so we went out immediately. I get to rest and take a nap!
I took a nap shortly afterward!
Love that hot water! I did not get nail polish this time, but I peeked at Mary and her toes were forest green, ready for St. Patrick’s Day!
I got my feets done.
I was done first so I got the nod. Open up the phone, check the grocery list, and go next door to Stater Brothers and do the shopping. This is often quite dangerous as things fall into my basket without me knowing. By the time Mary got there, the basket was full, and only three things were on the shopping list.
She was puzzled by the two pounds of Kosher bacon!
We made it home and began watching a new series called New Ampsterdam, a medical show. New Amsterdam is an American medical drama television series, based on the book Twelve Patients: Life and Death at Bellevue Hospital by Eric Manheimer, that premiered on September 25, 2018 on NBC and concluded on January 17, 2023, with 89 episodes over five seasons.
The characters were really characters!
I got a picture of Mary’s hat which we both thought was terrific. She loves wearing hats and I encourage it. Sometimes I wear by hats also!
Mary loves her hat!
OPne more shot!
It is cute, her and the hat!
We had turkey soup for dinner and the smell was so good Scout had to come check it out!
Scout, sometimes known as “Scout-A-Puss,” smelled the turkey soup!
We watched the new series until 11:00 PM and then crashed.
