Went to the Women on Weights class led by Rich Fabri this morning. I find it exhausting! This just tells me how much I need it. Later, I stopped at the cooperative extension office to get information about having the soil in our postage stamp front yard tested. They tell you to take several samples per acre. This is funny as I doubt we have an eighth of an acre. Anyway, we'll have it tested to see if we need lime or not. We get lots of compliments on our gardening. I have to admit it's looking good. So, Edith says we might as well have a good looking lawn too.

I'm going to take a new picture of the house. It's very cute, if I say so myself. New England-ish with it's white facade and green shutters.

We've been battling some sort of beetle which eats the lilies. They drive Charlie L(neighbor) nuts! He wants us to pick the critter off the plants and crush it. Edith out and out refused. She has the courage to say what she thinks. Anyway, I now realize they are destroying the lilies. Henna gave me Tansy, an herb that she grows. Steep it in boiling water and once it cools, it's sprayed on the plants. I think it's working! I sprayed it on the beetle and nothing happened, but once I got rid of all the beetles (I did crush them) no more came back. You can look it up on the Internet. There are long notes about tansy, which has been used for hundreds of years. People drink it and it also can be poisonous if you drink enough. Don't think I'll do that.

Hope this blog isn't too boring. My life at this point isn't very exciting. But it's OK. I'm not complaining. Had a swing dance lesson with Edith last night( with Cara and Mike, ), am doing cross word puzzles, am reading "Mr. Sammler's Planet" by Saul Bellow. Written about 1970. Interesting how ideas change. I won't bore you anymore. Need to do more hiking, but not now. I'll hang up now. Please RSVP, all you followers out there in cyberspace.