Sept. 2, 2016

Another week with nothing written when, in fact, I have a bit of good news.  But first, of course, the weather.  It seems to control so much of what we do. Our lawn is about half or more brown.  We have had showers but nothing substantial.  I have, however, been able to clear out some wild roses.  We used t have some fairly controlled red flowered wild roses, but the more recent white ones are taking over everywhere.  I also used to be able to pick lack-berries by the bowl full, but they have been nearly taken over by the new white enemy.  I cleaned out some of them from a garden at the front side of the house.  I wore gauntlets to protect my arms and did get rid of one bunch, now for the other 20 or 30,

We have had lots of company the past week.  Jan’s daughter Susanne and her husband Jeff have just bought a house here in Dartmouth.  At the moment it is for the use of their daughter Isabelle to live in to go to St. Mary’s University.  (Where I went for a few years.)  She hopes to get someone to help share the costs.  Susan and Jeff are here arranging for some repairs and updates for the place.

Yesterday I went to see my heart doctor and he was very pleased with my condition.  He even said that I didn’t have to back and see him unless I felt that I needed to.  I chose to see him again in a year as he might notice changes in me that I may not have realized.  This made me feel so good that I went back to the Findlay Centre and did a small repair on a stand for holding weights – and to completely weed a small garden at the front of the building – and to forget my 3 o’clock pills until almost 4:30.  Naughty, naughty, and it takes a while for the pills to work.  My pill timer had been left at home and I didn’t realize that I was getting a little less effective and a bit more clumsy.  I survived – again.

More gardening to be done, some more limbs to take off the neighbour’s tree and some wild rose bushed to eradicate.