As you may have guessed...

... from the last two posts, I was not here yesterday. So, apparently, Jake and Carla came over to do some necessary outside tasks and spend the night. Which I appreciated, for two reasons.

First, before I left Saturday afternoon, I had blown all the maple seeds off both patios, the picnic table slab and the boat slab and the front porch and driveway, all the way out to the road. Then I sprayed all the areas for ants. HOWEVER, there were still a bunch of maple seeds up on the roof and in the gutters. So, I anticipated I'd have to do it all over again whenever we had a good strong wind. But, since they went up on the roof and swept it, and then cleaned the gutters, that problem was solved.

Secondly, I was uneasy about leaving the house overnight. Don't ask me why (after all, I left it for five days just a bit ago). But, it did ease my mind a bit (except when I was pulling in off Plymouth Road and saw the garage door opened. I panicked, thinking I'd somehow left it open overnight, but it was just Jake rotating his tires.)to know they were here.

Did I mention Carla watered all my plant containers?

Thanks, guys!