not sure why, but I am missing George tremendously these days… he would have helped bring the flowers in and figure out what to do with the pond…

the kitchen is a mess with all the plants and pots that I brought in last night… was going to take them out this afternoon but the forecast is a bit iffy, so decided to leave them till tomorrow… cooking at the stove has been an interesting activity with the greenery crowded right up to it…

  
looks like the ones that were left outside are fine…

spent a while topping up the pond… could hear the pump straining while putting chemicals into the hot tub so realized it needed water…

  
have pretty much given up hope that the pond people are going to fix it… think that my son-in-law and I will start trying some stuff… he already put a strainer over the pump which is keeping it cleaner…

  
brought in a few lily of the valley flowers and they smell divine…