Hello,
We have not taken out the dead stems
of plants and flowers from around the house. I have read that it is good to
leave that stuff, which looks unusable to us, for the insects to take shelter
in over the winter. It is not good to take it away too early in the spring as
they need it until temperatures spend more time in the 50’s. Yesterday when we
walked with friends, they walked past all of this dead looking plant material.
I wondered what they thought and should I explain why it looks so unkempt? I
said not a word and let them think what they pleased.
Today my library staff will have a
team meeting. We will eat together since we have all, but one, been vaccinated
and there are only six of us. We can still sit a distance apart. I bring my
camping silverware and dishes so we do not use paper plates or “one use”
plastic silverware. Those camp items are quite portable and if I lose one it is
not such a big deal. I also bring cloth napkins because we do not need to use
paper. We always use cloth napkins at home, some were homemade and some I bought
at garage sales. Some sets have only three. Probably some were damaged beyond one
person’s idea of usefulness. One of my colleagues almost always makes some
comment about being fancy, especially when she sees the napkins. I have told
her more than once that I like to use them to stop waste, but she does not seem
to remember that. Little does she know “how not fancy” I am.
It is not a big deal to bring all the
items home to wash. Could that be because Leroy often does the dishes at night
and he waits on Mondays until I come home after 8:00pm? He tells me it is ok to
add to the total, but I have told him more than once that I would be happy to
wash. Washing dishes is one of my favorite household chores so I am happy to
have no mechanical dishwasher.
Paula
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