Hi Deb, Josie, Valerie, Lori, and Judy--
This morning I did XTrain bis and tris (45:54). Took Max for a 3 mile walk after dinner. I also spent some time planting a bed of State Fair zinnias (the tall ones) and nasturtiums. Beautiful day yesterday!
Josie, that would be lovely to see and send on to Tom. I haven't mentioned this before, but he has been trying to get something good out of the whole tragedy by talking to a legislative committee in NH about passing a law making driving without a license a misdemeanor. Weird, but it IS a misdemeanor to drive with an expired license and carries a heavy fine, but it is not against the law to drive without a license. It passed out of committee, and then some total creep from a finance committee said it would cost about 25,000 dollars to implement, so he recommended that it not even come up for a vote by the full legislature. Tom went back to push the legislation, and it still may come up for a vote. New Hampshire is a weird state. They don't require auto insurance, which is why we have no-fault here in MA, so if we get hit by uninsured motorists from our neighbor state, we are still covered. NH's license plates read, "Live Free or Die," but should read "Leave Free AND Die." End of rant.
Max was on chicken patrol for about 6 hours yesterday, and he did a great job. No dead chickens on his watch. The other huge ally in guarding the chickens are crows. They mob a hawk if it enters into their territory and create a ruckus warning both DH and the chickens. Yes, Valerie, chickens do manage to duck for cover (I think I know the origin of the Mother Goose rhyme about Chicken Little, because the sky is always potentially falling for chickens), but according to DH, a hawk will lull them by simply roosting quietly in a nearby tree and then swooping down when one of them decides to venture out.
Valerie, that is good news about your mom being on the mend.
Judy, Meb's win was so great for Boston. Everyone wanted an American to win for a change.
Deb, I know about the tall zinnias. They disappear quickly around here too.