I’m happy with the placement of the wireless camera but wanted to put back the metal section of the barbecue table as it is bright red and a bit obtrusive looking…
I found a small metal piece in the garage, pulled out the drill, and screwed it to the deck… then the magnet on the camera stuck to it perfectly…
works well and I will still be able to bring the camera into the house come winter…
ordered some solar motion sensor lights for the garden last Wednesday…
wasn’t sure if they would work, but was hopeful they would frighten the raccoons away…
they arrived on Monday and were easy to install… one went at the edge of the bridge and the other is set on the top of the deck…
was so excited that night when they worked… happily it had been sunny all day…
the next night it stormed and they were on most of the time as the wind was blowing all the leaves and floating plants around when the rain wasn’t pouring down…
will see how they work when the raccoons stop by again…
in April I tried to get in to see my eye doctor at Armstrong and Small… I hadn’t been since 2019 and had noticed that my vision was not what it used to be… knew that I would need new glasses…
I was able to get an appointment for the beginning of June and was in the office for over two hours… my eyes were fine, but there was quite a bit of conversation about getting new glasses between my optometrist and the optician helping me with the glasses…
they ordered some frames and I went back about a week later to try them on… they looked good so we moved forward with ordering them…
I have nearly always had glass lenses, but they are nearly impossible to get now… after much discussion, plastic lenses, made in Canada, were ordered and would likely take about three weeks to arrive…
my current lenses have a slub on the right side… the purpose was to help my eyes focus as the prescription in the eyes is so different… we are going to try something else this time, so will see how it goes…
on Tuesday I got a call that the glasses were in and scheduled an appointment for Wednesday…
went in, had them adjusted, tested the magnetic sunglasses clip, and brought them home… loving the purple case, lol…
I am getting used to them and can see better, which is the most important thing;-)…
we took a drive in a couple of cars to Teulon for lunch and had a great time at Fry-Day’s… the battered mushrooms are absolutely delightful… we had hoped to eat on the patio but the sky did not cooperate, so it was inside for us…
on our way home I was able to catch a few photos of some sweet horses…
it was the first time I’ve ridden in a hybrid car and it was enjoyable… we stopped and picked up a few fresh veggies and I ended the day with some delicious beet greens…
I was dropped off by a friend for a doctor’s appointment and got my 2nd Covid booster…
my grandson picked me up and we ended up with subs for lunch…
we traded vehicles again, so he took back his motorcycle and left me with the car…
spent time in the garden while the house was getting cleaned…
put away the cushions and went in for a nap… slept through a thunderstorm and woke up to a soaking wet garden…
it occurred to me how tired I was when I spent five minutes after napping reaching around for my glasses before realizing I had my contacts in…
realized that I’d left my camera and book on the table on the back deck… and they were both soaked…
once I brought the camera and book in, I set them on towels to dry… the book did fairly well, but when I turned the camera on it was like looking through fog…
I used a baggie and the last of my rice to cover the camera and left it to sit for a few days…
this morning I removed it from the bag and was thrilled to see that there was no more fog… yay…
on Monday morning, Hilda the Gardener came by to weed the garden…
I had dug a pot out of the shed and had purchased and put together an obelisk… nothing seems to come all made anymore, lol…
my plan was to have her take the mandevilla off the old obelisk and replant it with the new obelisk… this should make it much easier to to bring into the house and move around as needed…
the pot I had found wasn’t the right size so she had to move some coleus from a pot that would be a better fit…
then she unravelled the old one and planted it in the new pot with the obelisk…
my job was to wrap the vines around the obelisk…
once that was done she finished weeding the side garden…
it always looks wonderful after she has worked her magic;-)…
and just minutes after she left the rain started, lol…
