While I still have my step-ladder, I transported it from the apartment to the JAARS RV Park. With 20/20 hindsight, I could have dragged the picnic table close to Mercedes to scrub the top. Honestly, I’m so tired I only considered “the ladder.” ** I’m not complaining (“Just the facts, Ma’am” as Joe Friday [Jack Webb] used to say on the old Dragnet TV programs).

Yes, I’m hauling the plant with me. You can take the girl out of the garden but you can’t take the garden out of the girl (to paraphrase a similar narrative).