Things I enjoyed over the holiday weekend, presented in lists.

Yarding. Before and after everything else, I yarded:

• daily new-plant watering continued
• made new garden center lists for the next batch of planting
• weeded here & there
• defended my home against carpenter bees & termites (Look. I give the pollinators dead logs, a thick natural mulch & humus layer, plenty of woody stems, & 150 feet of fence. My foundation & stair supports are a big ol’ NO GO zone.)
• kept the demanding neighborhood birds fed & watered, and yes, it’s okay to have feeders up, I don’t have poultry, nor am I near poultry.
• hung out on the patio, both in the sun and in the shade.

Peopled. I also peopled A Lot:

• went over to a friend’s house to chat all through Thursday evening
• chatted with neighbors on Friday
• did a lot of talking with the landscapers
• Went to a Celebratory BBQ at another friends’ house on Sunday and was Very Celebratory all evening.
• Talked on the phone to make plans for upcoming events. TWICE.

Then there was the watching. I watched:

• the new Shazam movie (So. Bad. Like, “did the writers watch the first movie?” bad)
• 1 episode of Silo (looks okay, but I’m not watching more until the season is done)
• 2 eps of Citadel (spy thriller, tragically bad writing, but oh, so pretty)
• caught up on NCIS, which is a total trash fire, and yet I enjoy it.

Walks also happened, including not one but TWO visits to the new neighborhood grocery. (Deli meats! Biscoff gelato! Herbed focaccia!)

And I played with Pippin even more than usual, because he is mighty entertaining. (He’s also a sleepy-vibes generator.) So I did nap.

It was a holiday. Napping counts as action on a holiday, right?

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Obligatory writing mention: