Good Morning to All. Partly cloudy and 71° here. Approaching triple digits later today after a comfy 94° yesterday. Hot is the forecast for the next couple of days. Right now it is cooler due to the air outflow from the nearby rainstorms.
I slept an incredible 7.5 hours last night before the first bathroom break. Wasn't able to sleep after that. Feel great this morning.
Yesterday's grocery run was uneventful until I checked out. The cashier said $501.xx. I said no way! She looked at the already bagged groceries, agreed and called a manager to clear the register so she and the bagger could start over. New total of $171.xx was more like it. Even though the register had spit out a receipt for the previous customer, the cashier apparently didn't clear it. After re-checking the receipt at home I discovered two pints of whipping cream that I wasn't charged for. I called the store to report it since I tend to be honest, and was told to never mind in return for my inconvenience. $171 you say! Kinda high isn't it? I had a case and a half of beer and two bottles of wine which all together cost $75 alone. But alcohol is the only thing in the store that hasn't gone up in price in 2022!
Meanwhile the grocery store back home in the form of the garden is doing well in a few areas. Looks like a great year for my two hills of Yellow Squash, picking 2-3 a day right now. They'll last in the fridge for about a month. Consumption will go up as soon as my wife returns from South Padre Island on Saturday.
Cabbage plants are being eaten by grasshoppers, but only the outer leaves which don't matter much.
I don't usually plant cabbage since it all matures all at once, but my wife bought six starter plants earlier this season so I planted them. She'll complain about having too much to eat real soon! They won't survive the upcoming 100° heat so they will be picked this morning. I may try a small batch of sauerkraut which is easy to preserve.
There's tomatoes of all sorts everywhere, just slow to turn red!
The plants are mostly over the tops of the four foot cages.
Thanks for the likes and comments regarding yesterday's goose pictures;
Sherrel, Todd, Patrick, Karl, Smudge, Troy, Dave B, Hughie, OB Ken, Louis, Tom O, Curt, Joe, Jaz, Guy, Rick.
No time out in the train shed yesterday, just too many other things going on. Hopefully that will change today.
Chad - No girth to the maple tree. It originally grew from a seed from a different tree and I didn't know it was there. I unknowingly mowed over it for a few years and it eventually developed 12 trunks before I noticed. Health and family issues got in the way and I just let it go like that. Now I have 12 logs about 5" in diameter!
Curt - I like to include some whimsical scenes on the layout. Glad to read that the surgery went well.
Ken (D&J) - Condolences on the loss of your friend and brother.
Todd - While it doesn't happen at home, the mask thing really affects my hearing of others as well.
Troy - I am lucky that I have only gotten into the shower twice with my hearing aids in. Both times I realized it before getting them wet, but it was close.
Everybody have a great day and an awesome weekend coming up.
