Sometimes several days go by without a message.  Frankly, I am “up to my eyebrows” with boxes of things for “downsizing.”  Yesterday I moved a lot of things so I could get to the boxes in the corner.  Three… came out and I am in the process of shredding very old income tax records.  (Two of those large boxes contain income tax records back to [exaggeration] Methuselah.  I had a “home based business” for decades [health and nutrition] and kept every scrap of paperwork in case of an audit.)  ~~  Box “three” will be shipped to a very dear family member.  ~~  Hopefully, the boxes of holistic health books will soon establish a library that other people can enjoy.  ~~  The horrible heat continues; the humidity is almost unbearable!!  The weather took my tomato plants although I faithfully watered, fertilized, and pampered them.  The beautiful butterfly was a welcome sight.  The Hummingbirds are frequent visitors; the Bluebirds spend a lot of time in, and around, their bird house with five little eggs. (Postscript: When I published this at 10:00 AM, I based “five little eggs” on the last time I peeked into the bird house. A different “story” at 12 noon.)

Postscript, same day (Saturday), 3:30 PM: It’s discouraging!!! I feel like I am taking one step forward and sliding back two.  I’ll be storing two boxes in the corner (again).  Gotta hang on to Income Tax records for seven years.