Who bleaches planters? Who recycles planter soil? ~~ Watered plants; pulled weeds. Added lots of discards to a large trash bag!! ~~ Organized more donations for Habitat for Humanity Resale Store.

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OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE: I can’t stay indoors where it is relatively cool. Working in the yard is my therapy for depression. ~~ A friend brought me a “sick” plant to nurse (and I transplanted to a larger container). ~~ The Pansies were past their prime and Marigolds were ready to take their place. ~~ Indoors and outdoors, I’m uncomfortably “hot”!! Perhaps I should lower the temperature inside my trailer home??

Break time?! I’m tired of being tired; I’m tired of being depressed. I forced myself outdoors to tackle projects. Dripping wet with sweat, I came indoors for an “energy drink” break.

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My camera and I are headed outdoors again to work with things near, and inside, the cargo trailer. The TV meteorologist’ are predicting heavy rain by Sunday Father’s Day. Unfortunately, previously, I neglected things on the table and some are ruined.

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Time to retreat to my air-conditioned trailer home.

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Have I previously mentioned that I have attempted to hire a strong healthy handyman? I’ve been rejected; my money isn’t any good? Praise God, a strong healthy young man phoned me (out of the blue) and he will be available in July. I’ll save some of my projects for him. (He did projects for me while I was living at the CARE Center.)

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Fighting depression.

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A week ago, I was planning to care for Gabriella and her nine pups while the owner flew to Virginia for a job interview. Details are published on this blog. Today’s message is dedicated to gratefulness tor reasonably good health and no major problem associated with the dog bite.

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days and counting!!

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A sermon by Dr. Edwin Young: How Not to Comfort.

“Like apples of gold in settings of silver Is a word spoken in right circumstances.”

Joel Osteen. Lakewood Church:

#730, Room Enough

Kerry Shook, Woodlands Church: “God’s GPS.”

PBS Nature program about Super Hummingbirds.

I stumbled on this program while “channel surfing.” My entire day spent in front of the television set. I love Hummingbirds!!

Did you see this today? The title is Celebrating the Garden Gnome. Naturally I’m attracted to anything (almost anything) regarding “garden.”

On Google, the gnome and watering can are teetering up and down. Cute!

Here’s a link to weather news far superior to any weather news I publish.

Is’s so fascinating, I’ve watched several times!

The “owner” thought the plant was a Magnolia. However, when the Gardenia bushes bloomed in my yard, matching leaves led us to believe a Gardenia plant.  ~~ No “in the beginning” picture of “Maggie”  when she arrived but a very pathetic-looking plant. I’ve transplanted… to a larger planter and fed her nutrients. ~~ I’m a better “plant sitter”  than “dog sitter”?!

Did you see Malaise? I usually work on a blog message each day and my most recent thoughts are “ditto.”  If it weren’t so HOT I’d go into Livingston and browse the thrift shops and Lowe’s mark-down plants. However, too hot and humid.

Hard to believe but NOT to cool the atmosphere in our locality. I want a hard rain to saturate the soil and wash away the “dog odor.” Ten dogs in my yard for about five hours left an indelible impression!! True story: I’ve hosed the patio, ramp (to my door), driveway and yard close to my trailer home. The odor lingers!!

I hasten to say: I am very sensitive to odors. The odor of ozone almost killed me in 2009. The odor of moth balls (*) made me deathly sick in 2013. I have an uncanny sense of smell–perhaps due to my effort to live a healthy lifestyle.

Who would imagine that a dog bite would be “a blessing in disguise” ? With 20/20 hindsight, I can only speculate about the horrific odor over the period of one week. Honestly, I hadn’t considered “that”  when I offered to care for Gabriella and her nine pups.

(*) Four years later, I was facing eviction.