2018 Life Logs, Day 226—Recycling Bricks
Date: Tuesday, August 14, 2018
Weather: Beautiful Day; High 85, Low 70 F
Location: At Home in the Cottage, East Falmouth, MA
My day started with a lovely breakfast date with Jane Woodin at the Village Café in West Falmouth. We sat at a picnic table outside and it was delightful—good food and good company. Jane has recovered from her earlier health issues and she looks great. It was so nice to catch up on what has been happening in both of our lives during this busy summer. When I got home, I did some gardening work and then I spent the rest of the afternoon and early evening recycling old bricks. I used a hand cart to get old bricks sitting on a side deck at Shirley’s over to my side yard to use them to lay a small brick patio to be the home of my grill and few other things.
There were enough bricks to keep going, so I built a brick patio on the other side of the back steps for my trash and recycling cans. I could only move about 15 bricks at a time and they were heavy. I remembered to take a ‘before’ photo when I first started the job, but I forgot until after dark to take the ‘after’ photo.
I am exhausted tonight, but I feel good about getting this job done. It has been on my to do list all summer and now it is done. Yeah! And at the end of the day, I went to Heather and Jed’s to feed the guinea pigs. While I was there, I walked down to the garden to check on things and returned with squash, tomatoes, and kale. And then I hit the jackpot when I checked the blackberries. There were so many ripe berries and I enjoyed a berry feast.
I will be spending most of tomorrow with Karen Baranowski. She is going to take me a tour of some of her favorite places on the Cape that are fun for children. Before moving to the Cape in retirement, she and Peter and their children spent their summer vacations in a rental home just down the street from here. Now that they live here and their children are grown and have their own families, they share all their favorite places with grandchildren. I’m looking forward to the tour.
