Welcome rain
falls outside my house
in the dark

Quiet house
Amelia and cat gone
I miss them

Stayed up late
watching great movie
with hobbits

Hobbits climb
through mountain wasteland
with the ring

Jasmine, fast growing vine with white flowers

Yesterday morning, Amelia was at Kevin's; didn't come home until 10. Ray and I had pancakes, went for a walk. He went to UUFA to do sound. I stayed home with Amelia. She packed and took a shower. We were having some kind of issue with the hot water, so I didn't, because it would have been cold. She did one quick sewing project, fixing Kasey's skirt. Then we worked outside a little more. It was warm and partly sunny, but very windy. We let the chickens out and they didn't get under the house, although there is still a little more to do. We weeded and pruned and spread mulch, until Kevin called and wanted her to come back with the car so he could pack it. I heated her up some leftover pastitsio and sweet potato and scrubbed the garden carrots I had pulled up. She and Kevin were back in a bit to get the cat. Ray was home to say goodbye to her.

"New" chickens with mulched rose

flower bed with lattice

We ate the last of the various leftovers; there's still some turkey pieces to turn into soup. I hope it's not too late. I worked outside some more; Ray helped too. My Dad arrived, but he was really tired and didn't stay long. He brought me some sour milk and half & half for the pigs. Ray and I moved the chicken coop again and put fresh shavings in the nest boxes. We fed the pigs and came home. Ready to take our showers, I remembered the hot water problem. Ray went down with a screwdriver and took off a panel and pushed a reset button. Voila! Something started happening.

We put some rice on for a stir fry (with turkey). Ray turned it down and we went to watch TV. The beginning of the Two Towers was on. Uh-oh...burned rice. He heated soup from the freezer for us. We turned it back on in time to see the rest of Return of the King, starting where we had gone to bed the night before. And that's how come I didn't go to bed until midnight and ate poorly.