This baby magnolia tree I bought and planted in the front yard kept being eaten down by deer. Now it has had hardware cloth around it for a year, it is doing really well. Rain is good too.

Made bread and yogurt. Worked outside. The weather turned cooler; it is so pleasant. Highs in the 70s today too. Ray was working on his grades all day; they had to be turned in by 7 pm.

Last night, I went to a housing counseling sub-committee meeting. Nothing too exciting or new. I guess I should be honored to be asked, but I find large meetings somewhat pointless. We have to come up with a strategy by September.

I went looking for textbooks for my summer classes, but the bookstores were closed (after 6). Athens is quasi-deserted now. It's nice, but a little odd.

Then I met Ray and my parents for dinner--our mother's day celebration. We had a really nice time--$200 worth! champagne, appetizers, duck....