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neotoma came for a visit. She's good at growing things, and she helped me get started with some basic gardening. I have enough dirt for my raised bed, for instance. I also understand that putting things in the ground will not often be an option as the soil is crappy (I believe that's the technical term.). Essentially, it's sand and ash. So, for the fruit trees we got fruit spikes to keep them from starving. For some vanilla plants that I want to put in the front we got orchid food, and I've been told how to used the soil that we got to give them a better start.

It's been mostly wet and humid, so we got less done than we'd hoped predominantly because I kept turning tomato red in the heat. I had to lie down with and ice pack more than once. We did get lavender planted by the back door to help keep mosquitos away. She brought me a couple of green cotton plants and a cucumber and those were also planted.

We spent the night on Jekyll Island one evening. We toured a millionaire's cottage and went to the Sea Turtle Rescue Center. Dinner was down on the dock, but we ate too early to watch the sunset. We saw one bird -- tiny, v-shaped tail feathers in flight, skimming near the reeds and brackish waters -- that we can't identify because it was so fast. It wasn't hummingbird fast, but that thing could dart. It might be a tiny swallow or a swift or a kite. They were very cool little birds.

neotoma was also terrific with the dogs. We managed to walk them most days; one day was too rainy for a walk. But it still didn't prevent them both from peeing all over the living room and entryway. I wish I knew why they hated rain so much. The breed is Welsh, for heaven's sake. Most dogs we've had would run out, do what they needed to, and run back, but these two are not so cooperative.

I hope the time was restful for neotoma. I know I enjoyed having her here.