There are treasures in the ditches these days.
The scents! I feel so sorry for Everett, who has no sense of smell. Nada. He smells with his mouth. Not quite the same.

I'm just about to go over to Golden Grain Farm and see how the cork flooring looks in the master bedroom, where Scott and Benny started. They were here for lunch along with Derek, a lad Scott has hired for the summer, so I'll clean up after the meal and then go.
The menu: bean dish (it's like a chili without the chili powder, only better), baking powder biscuits, tossed green salad, with tea and storebought chocolate cookies for dessert.

After turning the corner to walk north, I'll turn back and see this (photo taken on yesterday's sunset stroll):

And then when I walk on just a little and gaze northeast, it'll be this:

Nearly a mile on the peaceful country road and I'll be at the new house. They've still got chickens there (I was wrong about the birds being slaughtered in the fall; it will be much sooner, as they are already getting large). In scorching heat they hunker down in the weeds in their pen.

Ugly smelly things. Aren't they? I was about to leave the yard one day when I noticed one outside the pen. I managed to convince it to go through the gate, but could not force myself to actually touch it, had it needed to be caught. Not without high boots, heavy gloves, and long pants and sleeves.

At the house, [the previous owner] Violet's columbines are still blooming against the north wall.

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Howdy Byhwdy. Here are two links to information about the Tibetan Rites. I printed off the illustrations and learned that way:

http://www.lifeevents.org/5-tibetans-energy-rejuvenation-exercises.htm
http://www.mkprojects.com/pf_TibetanRites.htm

The change in frequency of what I have called neck migraines may or may not be due to the rites. Maybe my hormone fluctuations, which my sister and I believe may cause these migraines we have, have magically balanced out all of a sudden. If they have, why? The only thing I'm doing differently is the rites, and they are known to affect the hormones. And I haven't had a period since May 10; that's something new too.
What I do know for sure is that after doing the rites faithfully for a couple months, my body began to feel like it is "firing on all cylinders."