Yesterday, Araldo, our gardener cleared out the jungle that had grown all summer long in the backyard. He filled fifteen large yard waste bags. While we were gone for the past six months, vine weed had taken over. You can see how dry it is here. Putting down mulch should help keep the weeds from returning. The night before Araldo came, Anne spied a raccoon atop the garage roof.
The desktop computer’s monitor finally died. None of my tricks managed to revive it. So, I trooped over to the Micro Center. Walking through the sliding glass doors, I heard the guy following me in announce that this was his happy place. I walked out with a new flat screen. Later, I went back and dropped off the old monitor for recycling. This acquisition at least put a band aid on one my three computers. I have had less luck replacing my iPhone. On my last visit to the AT&T store I spoke to a representative and was all set to buy a new phone, but they were out of stock. They wanted to drop ship the new phone to our house, but since it is on backorder, it would likely show up while we were out-of-town. Not wanting that, I cancelled my order. Later, I thought of having them deliver my iPhone to the store, but by then my ardor had cooled.
OBTW, that is Dan’s Mt. Everest sculpture on the side of the garage.
