The lettuce and cucumber plants I got at the garden center in the past few weeks are doing well. However, the tomatoes and cucumbers I pre-ordered last fall are now going to ship "in the next 1-2 weeks." This is a bit late for planting here, and also annoying because last week I got an email saying they would ship by Monday (three days ago). This message says they "are still running behind on shipping," which is little comfort.
I may go Pemberton Farms tomorrow or Tuesday and see if I can buy a tomato plant that's already in a container with supports for the plant. They had them last week, but last week I didn't think I needed one.
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cattitude and I want to go to the wetland/park near the Alewife T station. Tuesday we decided that yesterday, with a forecast high of 91 F (33 C) seemed like a good day to stay indoors with my air conditioner. Today we're a bit low on initiative, with minor physical things that wouldn't stop us from going but make us feel sensible for staying home. Tomorrow's forecast high is 61F, which means I'll wear a jacket or hoodie (depending on when we set out), and it may rain. Fortunately, while some birds may try to stay out of the rain, it's fine for frogs, which cattitude wants to look for.
I've been reading, a little, despite the lack of reading posts here. I now have three hardcover library books (not the best timing on my book requests), and am reading one ebook on the kindle, and another in bits on my iPhone, where "in bits" means I hadn't looked at it for a couple of months, and then my loan on the other book i was reading that way expired.
Things in Massachusetts have been reopening at what seemed like a reasonable pace--I sat at a table outside Quebrada Bakery with a pastry on Tuesday. And tomorrow almost all the restrictions except for masking on transit (which is federal, from the CDC) and in medical facilities and congregate care facilities. People who aren't vaccinated are asked to continue masking and distancing, but it's on the honor system--and at this point, a lot of the people who aren't vaccinated don't plan to be, and many of them also object to masks. [I will spare us all a rant, since I assume my readers here don't need it.
I've been doing a bit more text banking, a mix of political campaigns and Covid-vaccine-related. The latter started with telling people they were or might be eligible, and now it's "please get vaccinate. it's free, here's a link to locations, do you need help getting there?"
I may go Pemberton Farms tomorrow or Tuesday and see if I can buy a tomato plant that's already in a container with supports for the plant. They had them last week, but last week I didn't think I needed one.
cattitude and I want to go to the wetland/park near the Alewife T station. Tuesday we decided that yesterday, with a forecast high of 91 F (33 C) seemed like a good day to stay indoors with my air conditioner. Today we're a bit low on initiative, with minor physical things that wouldn't stop us from going but make us feel sensible for staying home. Tomorrow's forecast high is 61F, which means I'll wear a jacket or hoodie (depending on when we set out), and it may rain. Fortunately, while some birds may try to stay out of the rain, it's fine for frogs, which cattitude wants to look for.I've been reading, a little, despite the lack of reading posts here. I now have three hardcover library books (not the best timing on my book requests), and am reading one ebook on the kindle, and another in bits on my iPhone, where "in bits" means I hadn't looked at it for a couple of months, and then my loan on the other book i was reading that way expired.
Things in Massachusetts have been reopening at what seemed like a reasonable pace--I sat at a table outside Quebrada Bakery with a pastry on Tuesday. And tomorrow almost all the restrictions except for masking on transit (which is federal, from the CDC) and in medical facilities and congregate care facilities. People who aren't vaccinated are asked to continue masking and distancing, but it's on the honor system--and at this point, a lot of the people who aren't vaccinated don't plan to be, and many of them also object to masks. [I will spare us all a rant, since I assume my readers here don't need it.
I've been doing a bit more text banking, a mix of political campaigns and Covid-vaccine-related. The latter started with telling people they were or might be eligible, and now it's "please get vaccinate. it's free, here's a link to locations, do you need help getting there?"
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New outbreaks are happening in Europe. Japan is in lockdown and yet stupidly still wants to open up for the olympics. Republican governors are blatantly violating the rules and interfering with the statistics being reported federally. I am expected a post July 4th new wave unless things improve drastically.
My wife and I are only half vaccinated. Seems that some parts of MA got as much as 250% of the amount of vaccine that they needed in regards to actual population while others (like Middlesex) were allocated far less than their actual population according to the state's own reports I read the other day.