Outside

Hello,

The first load of laundry was done and ready to hang before it was light out. But before the second was done the first was on the line amid a chorus of squirrels in at least two trees as they worked to get through the tough walnut shell. There was a whole lot of scratching noises in the air with tales tucked over their heads in the cool morning air.

Leroy went to the doctor for a check up this morning where they found a whole lot of wax in his ears. He said it took a bit of time and effort to extract it. It seems to be a yearly cleaning chore now.

He is going to have his hearing checked anyway even though this should help quite a bit.

In the afternoon Leroy and I took a walk to a park in our neighborhood and witnessed close up the bike trail that will be coming soon. We are both quite pleased with that. We can get to the lake without using the road very much. It is not much fun to have people want the piece of the road that we are on, at least there are marked bike lanes for much of the way.

Our garden in front of the house is beautiful with collards, Swiss chard, kale, Brussel sprouts, and broccoli. How did those two veggies get such names? Do the Swiss and people in Brussels even eat them? Do they call them by the same name that we do?

Paula