Today I cleaned the house.  I just want to make that statement before going further.

There were some good things that occurred today in the midst of the cleaning.  I pawned off ten crookneck squash  on Margie, my neighbor.  She only wanted a few, but I assured her that others would want to try some.

Onions which I’d pulled from the raised beds on Friday needed to be taken care of.  They are supposed to be hung in a cool, dark place with air circulating.  I hang them on my back porch which is not cool or dark but the air does circulate.

I put the onions, unwashed, into small bunches and tie them with strips from old nylon stockings.   I then attach the bunches on hooks or whatever I can find on the back porch.  I hung over 50 today. They’ll stay there until, one by one, I’ve snipped them off and used them.

I don’t have a lot of hooks on the back porch so I had to get creative.  See the small onion bunch on top of the hanging basket?

And then I attached some to the windchime….

Here’s how your windchime looks — with onions tied to each of the frogs that used to chime!  This took some work as there is a wasp nest right at the top of the windchime.  I think we can co-exist though — I’ll be extra careful when getting these onions.

In the middle of the cleaning and onion hanging, Luckie got sick.  Here’s a picture of her from last week.  She is not as fat as she looks.  The camera really does put 5 pounds on you — even if you’re a dog!

I don’t know what is wrong with her.  She hasn’t been herself for a few days.   She threw up all over her Orvis doggy bed.  Later, she threw up all over Gracie’s Orvis doggy bed.   She’s drinking water which is good.   She’s 12, so I worry anytime she feels badly.     We may have to make a trip to see Dr. Steve (Dr. Steve Dotson, Bristol Animal Clinic).  I love her.  Do not want her being sick.

Here’s a happier moment…

My zinnias are up.  Aren’t they pretty?