We got out to the cabin for Memorial Day, had lovely weather almost the entire time. Met some new "neighbors" when the Chief & I went knocking on their door to find out who installed their retaining wall, ended up sharing dinner (chez nous) and dessert (chez eux) the next night.
Dessert included some wonderful strawberries we had picked up at a farm stand on the way out to the cabin. We managed to wipe out both boxes by Monday morning, so of course we just had to stop there again on the way back and get more. My, but they were marvelous with a bit of vanilla yogurt.
I got a nice, lovely massaaaaahhhge, which I need to do more often, so my favorite massage therapist doesn't have so many knots to untie.
I picked up another spearmint plant to replace the one that didn't make it through the winter; said plant is now ensconced in a pot on the deck. Last year's peppermint, on the other hand, is coming back beautifully. I plan to take a chance and transplant it from its current pot on the deck to a bare spot down the hill from the cabin in hopes that it will spread and provide some ground cover.
We had to have several trees taken out, most of them dead or dying, with a few that were too close to the house for fire safety. One of the biggest trees removed was on one side of the driveway; the driveway will be much straighter once we get the stump outta there, but in the meantime, we've got reflectors in front of it lest an unsuspecting visitor wreck their vehicle's undercarriage on it.
The one flaw in the weekend was that something was in bloom that had the Chief's allergies reacting in a big way. With his croupy cough, explosive sneezing, and frequent noseblowing, it's a wonder either of us got any sleep at all.
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