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Last fall, I had so many pretty plants that I had loved and Tommy had faithfully watered. It made me sad to see think of them dying and my having to repurchase plants in the Spring. Tommy never removed them from their pots like I hear they need. He did put them in the utility room, an uninsulated space. 

Just now, he came in from putting a load of clothes in the washer. He said at least half of the plants were coming back. I am so thrilled! 

In my house, I had a basement to store plants. I paid a guy to sweep it out and get things organized. Two months later, I looked for the one plant I was protecting. It was green and thriving and capable of staying alive if protected. He said he put it in the back to get it out of the way, that it was dead anyway. OH NO! Not dead. 

Actually, I could have gardened down there because there were 8 windows on two sides with morning sun streaming through. Oh well. 

Tommy was watering plants in the basement for me. He said he finally quit watering them since they were dead. I think plants need watering less when they are dormant, but a month without water and they were dead. I am not sure where we went wrong. At least, he did not put them in a dark corner. My basement was perfect for plants. 

Amazon Day--We received three packages, two today and one on Monday. I found a longer and sturdier reacher along with a shorter one. Sometimes, the longer one is too long if I am sitting in my chair and just cannot reach something I dropped toward the back of the chair. And, the longer one is sometimes needed by both of us. Plus, neither will fold, making both a bit sturdier. That box also had hair color at a cheaper price in the store. 

I also received pink flannel Laura Ashley sheets. They just look and feel soft, not like flannel. But, they are the palest pink, not blush. We are washing and drying them right now, so I will know if they are the same quality/softness as the Laura Ashley. No lint comes off the sheets or dryer or on me. Some people say this happens. They are reduced much lower than the floral sheets. 

Dinner last night, soup, was long in the making since we started the preps too late. But, it is nice to have dinner done for tonight. Soup--ground beef, potatoes, carrots, onions, celery, green beans, corn. summer savory for flavor. Tommy is having some sort of bread with his, looks like sourdough. 

Tommy is so helpful, annoying sometimes, but extremely helpful. 

We just watched PBS-did you know that the oasis in Africa is formed by the Elephant and Termite? 

Tomorrow, February 2, all day long Groundhog Day will be playing on AMC. Since I have never seen this, I am really looking forward to it, just once, not all day long. 

Are your overwintered plants coming to life yet? 

Have you seen Groundhog Day?

Booklight, PBS, hummingbirds

 About 7:30 pm on Tuesday night, I brought in both hummingbird feeders to wash them and refill. I put dinner on and came to sit in the living room. Then, I saw two hummingbirds flitting around the positions where both feeders had been located! Then, they came back, flying round and round, searching. I failed them!

Wednesday night, I opened the door to see if hummingbirds came, and one did. At 7:20, same as before, a hummingbird showed up and took several sips and flew away. I had put them out just before 7 pm as there was a PBS special coming on at 7 pm.

USPS brought a package with Tommy's pen needles from Amazon and a book light for me. So far, the book light seems to be okay but could be better. I tried reading in bed. Since I must lie on my left side to read and my back is to the only bulb in the room, it helped me to see. But, it seemed it was always in the way. I read very fast, so I kept having to turn the page and keep my place while not tearing the pages and keeping my glasses on correctly while I thrashed around on the pillow. I think this might work better sitting up. 

I have a pink one, but copied this instead. One good and surprising thing to me was this light charges via USB plug. I like that. 

Tommy's pen needles are a bit cheaper on Amazon. However, we bought them from Amazon because of continuing covid risk. Plus, he does not have to walk all the way through Sam's club to get more pen needles at a cheap price. 

Tuesday night at 7 pm, we watched a PBS program about hummingbirds. They were so colorful. He said they repeat these programs, so maybe you can catch it sometime.

Do you have a booklight?