This gives you an idea how long the grass was in the front yard. Don went out to tackle it because it had to be done. Now his shoulder is sore. We’re quite the pair.

You can see that there are still brown patches from the drought, but over all, it’s recovered nicely. Oh, forgot to tell you, I saw another monarch caterpillar on the milkweed about a week ago. We should be seeing a butterfly soon.

I’m itching to mow, but Don would stop me, I know. My back is still sore, but so much better that I’m feeling hopeful again. I actually worked on the puzzle for about 10 minutes yesterday. I’m reading Joe Country  by Mick Herron and I’ve been reading it in big chunks, which makes me very happy.

What else? I finished a hat for the girls and then I made a tiny hat for the little girls, in this case, Lily. In keeping with my policy to limit overwhelming you with doll stuff, I’ll probably show that to you tomorrow or Tuesday.

There’s more grass to be cut, but I’m making Don take it easy today.

A somewhat brief post, but there’s not much else happening.

Stay safe.

Happy Sunday.

Puzzle on pause as I wait for my back to improve.

I’m not going to lie. I’m down today. I had difficulty sleeping because of back pain. I’m very saddened by the state of the world and this country. Governors using immigrants as pawns, shipping them off to blue states without explaining to them what is happening. Seeing notices about dogs about to be euthanized in shelters. People lying and cheating and saying deplorable things. The entire group of bots and racists tweeting terrible lies about Meghan Markle. They’re despicable.

Men telling women what they can and can’t do with their bodies.

A snarky comment on my sister’s blog that infuriates me.

I see this stuff every day but it seems to be hitting me especially hard today.

Where did this vileness (is that a word?) come from?

You don’t have to answer. We’ve talked about this before here on the blog.

I’m just letting you know what today is like for me. I’m a pretty positive person, so I’ll pull out of this soon.

I think I’ll lose myself in a good spy thriller. And have another cup of coffee.

Don’t worry, all is well.

Stay safe.

Happy Thursday.