TUESDAY

 

It got up to 89° today with more to come. Only 1.06" of rain since May 1. Spent much of the day watering with more to do Wednesday.

We've begun relocation of the Chucks. Perhaps this will end in a revenge tale as one returns as the unnamed ravenous creature mentioned in "The Little Hosta."

Monday night, we noticed Buddy had a hen's egg sized bump on his right hip. This morning, we luckily were able to get him into the vet. As we suspected, it was an abscess which was drained and Bud was given a shot of antibiotics. Evidently, he got into a scrap with someone in the 36 hours since we returned from Chicago. He was pretty upset and vocal on the way in and thankfully less so when we got home. The bump has flattened out and he went outside for a bit when we had supper on the deck.

I seem to be coming out of a major flare with the PMR which lasted for at least 6 weeks. Today was blissful: nearly pain free everywhere especially in the feet, hips and hands. I'll enjoy what I receive, for however long that may be.