Yes, it’s been two months of non-posting but there’s a LOT of news to catch up on. I’m also over on Facebook so you can catch me there as well.

Gardening:

A mixed bag. Because of health issues, our “garden on the corner” is somewhat behind on all crops but tomatoes. The peppers I started were doing well, but sometime during our vacation from 6/13-6/20 they disappeared! I’m thinking vermin of the furry variety, as we didn’t have the fence up yet. The good news is that (knock on wood) we’ve escaped the ravages of the tomato fungus that’s going around. I think it’s because we have well-supported plants which are not crowded, and all our tomato plants were started from seed - not a store-bought one in the crop. Paul is also spraying them with Daconil just to be safe. Normally we don’t spray but weather/cultural conditions this year have made it a necessity. The garlic came out really nice; I’ve used some of the smaller bulbs in sauce already - YUM!

Bathrooms:

One done, one 95% done. They came out very very nice! I am extremely pleased.

Roses:

Blackspot galore! With the wet & cool conditions, yikes! Paul got out spraying and he will be spraying this week sometime.

The BMW 800ST:

It was beautiful. It fit. Paul liked it. I loved it. Didn’t get it, for a variety of reasons. But will keep something like it in mind for the future!