We read to know we're not alone

Slept til 11:45 again, finally got up and had breakfast and coffee. Was just finishing up when Linda came by and said she was going to Tops and did I want to come. I said yes, but needed to put on clothes cause I was still in my nightgown. She said OK, and I went and got dressed.

She met me at her cottage and we went in, I needed something to drink for the next two days as I finished my Vernor's yesterday. I got a bottle of Brisk iced tea, which I figure should be just about the the right amount. I also got some thing for mashfanficchick, because it was there and I like to get zer something when I come up here, and I'm not saying what it is because ze reads this.

Anyway, we came back and I went back to the cottage and I forget what I did until I thought that I really should transplant those ferns if I was going to.

So I went back to Linda's and borrowed a trowel and dug up the little ferns that Betsy said I could have. I put them by the trillium where hopefully they'll root and be happy.

Then I sat on the porch and was reading. I finished Into the Water, which is a satisfying read, and I started something totally different, The Cats of Tanglewood Forest by Charles de Lint.

I was just starting it when who should appear but my cousin Janet. We sat on the porch and had a very nice visit. When she had to leave, it was just about 6:00ish.

I got a phone call from Duane Reade which as usual I didn't answer but now I wish I had. It was a real person, not an automated message saying it was about my prescriptions and I should call them back.

So I tried. But I was on hold for half an hour, and then I gave up. If they call back I'll answer, and I'll try again tomorrow.

Anyway, by then it was time to Team the FWiB, so I did. We had a nice talk. At 8:30 as usual I called Middle Brother. Nothing much to report on his end, all is well.

After that I decided to check out if there was any sort of sunset, and if anyone was watching it, but there wasn't, and no one was. So I decided to return Linda's trowel.

I went down, and they were just watching the end of something. Sue was there so I asked if I could join them and I did. We sat and talked for awhile, then Sue decided to go home to bed, and Linda said she'd walk the dog with her so I went too, and we walked Sue back to her cottage.

Then Linda and I walked back and I said good night, and had dinner. Then I made popcorn and had that, and then I read for awhile.

And now I'm starting here.

Gratitude List:

1. The FWiB.

2. Got stuff at Tops.

3. My cousins.

4. Saw Janet.

5. Transplanted the ferns.

6. Middle Brother is doing well.

Got up late, at 11:30. Had breakfast and coffee, showered and dressed. Was catching up on the computer when Betsy came over and suggested we go down to the beach for rocks to make a line around the trillium patch in the back yard so it doesn't get mowed over.

So we went to the beach with kids pails and each got about half a pail of rocks. Then we came back up, pulled some weeds out, and put a half circle of the rocks protectively around the trillium.

When we finished, I mentioned that I would like to transplant some ferns to our yard, we used to have beautiful lush beds of them but they have all died out. So we were looking over ferns when Linda came by and asked if we felt like going out to lunch.

We did, so the three of us and Alan (Sue was gong in to Caledonia to have dinner with one of her sons) started searching the net for a near by restaurant that was open at 2:00. We found a place in Olcott that's in the building of the old fire station.

The ambiance was poor... inside seating, and dark, though some of the decor was interesting. The food was quite good though. I had a beef on weck, and battered mushrooms.

Then we came back, and I started reading. I'm still reading Into the Water. It's very atmospheric.

At 7:00 I Teamed the FWiB, and at 8:00 I had my D&D game. We started to battle the boss monster, but after we fought for awhile it became obvious it was an illusion cast from somewhere else. We found the real monster and will start battling it for real next week.

After we finished, I had dinner, and finished the last small bit of mead. Then I started here, and when I finish will probably read some more.

I am considering bringing the hummingbird feeder in for the night so that whatever has been stealing the nectar is thwarted. I'll think about it, the problem would be storing a full feeder upright inside.

Gratitude List:

1. The FWiB.

2. My cousins.

3. My D&D group.

4. Good books.

5. The trillium is protected now.

6. Going to transplant some ferns.