Mellow-Ville-by-the-river

A little of this, and a little of that,

   from Mellow-Ville-by-the-river

A swarm of three hummingbirds descended

   upon my amalgam of trees: Gingko, Pear, Fig,

   this afternoon, mesmerizing my cat.  She doesn’t

fantasize chasing nor catching them [too fast, too high].

I think it is the aerobatics that interest her.  She loves chasing butterflies: their erratic flight maneuvers tantalize her.  I concur with her that combat pilot training should incorporate butterfly flight maneuvers.  She has Tom Cruise envy.

Recently some may have wondered, “Where did all that stuff go: some his, some Cory’s, some just junk?”  Well, the answer is, downstairs.  So, as I now complete the “cleansing” of my house, I have begun the purge of  the basement floor area.

It’s the end of the post-flood cleanup. -I recently patched up the laundry, toilet, and sink; today I moved tools from the basement floor to a table in the garage.  

I packed up Corry’s things from upstairs into storage cartons in the garage.  I took a bunch of chess things [a storage carton full]  out to the shed.

Tomorrow, I need to pack up and move to the shed, my home movie equipment: projector, DVD player, stereo system(s), DVDs, and lighting, including some of last year’s “pics” – three more storage cartons, into the garage.

The weather is blissfully mellow, June 25, 2020, 6:16 pm.  Early crops in the garden are eatable, just starting to top.

Strange visit last night [7-9 pm] from “old” friend from KGGV/Church days.  Any visit to my house is odd, in that I don’t encourage contact these days.  I’m happy being a hermit and have severed most of my contacts with former groups.  I am only peripherally involved in one ZOOM weekly meeting about memoir writing.

The subject is always relationships [not with me] and I’m not sure I like the role of Father Confessor for the next-to-me, age group of women.  I happily opine, which is what old men do.  Visitors, however, rarely follow advice to the lovelorn.  It is the listening with attention that they seek.

Day 3 of my veggie stewp.

I pulled the smallest container from the fridge just now.

Way too dry.

All the bits and pieces are there, but “WAY TOO DRY”.

Should I add in a tomato sauce?

Prego

Or Paul Newman’s Sauce?