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The Skinny

YAS contemporary lifestyle Black Stripe on the YAS nest designer pillow and 100% cotton curtain, and the YAS dress tunic and body con dress.

Thinking and Thoughts

Working on magazine layout, ongoing for the next several weeks.

Still waiting on supplies and order deliveries. Seems like a long time to me.

On the home front, Ms. Budah Bella needs to go to the vet – trim, flea bath, nails trimmed, teeth cleaned. Oh the life of a dog.

The garden is loving the cooler weather (80s in the day, 50s at night). The San Marzano tomatoes are in bloom, so are the eggplant and the Thai peppers.

The green stuff is up – lettuces, kale, broccoli, chard, a cabbage for one of my neighbors.

Got a gift of five pots of basil and one of sage. The basil is planted under the tomatoes and the sage went in with the greens.

Two pots of peppermint to plant, supposed to be good for keeping the mice away. I am surrounded by orchards and fields. Empty now, so the mice are ready to join us for the winter. I call them Bernice’s tribe. Last year, Bernice would come out in the evening, look at me, start a conversation and then scamper back to her family in their hiding place. Bernice went the way of Decon.

I have everything for the compost pile ready – scraps, leaves, evergreen needles, coffee grounds, and manure.

Now I need to turn that cement we call dirt in the back yard.

Still warm enough for flies. When I compost I get flies.

So this year I’m digging a deep, wide hole for the compost, layering it and covering the whole thing with a good pile of dirt.

Will aerate, water and then plant on top of it next year.

And so goes life in the unincorporated area called Garden Acres in San Joaquin County, Central Valley, California, United States, North America, Earth.

What’s happening in your neighborhood?

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