Trip To Lowe's

Elkmont, Alabama

Weather: low 50 degrees, high 72 degrees, clear skies - the beautiful weather continues.

At this time of the year, Carolyn starts getting the urge to dig in the dirt. That urge probably comes from spending years as a child on her grandparents farm in south Georgia. The urge is only scratched by putting something in the ground to grow, or working in a garden or yard. Since we don't have a garden, the yard has been getting a lot of attention from her, and me when I've felt like it.

It was decided a trip to Lowe's was in order for this morning. Carolyn wanted to look at plants, plus a few other things that she has been thinking about getting. About 1100 hours, we arrived at the store to find the parking almost full, and the store aisles teeming with people buying almost anything in the store. Apparently, a lot of other people had the same idea as Carolyn.

We started out in the nursery, where Carolyn bought three nice shrub roses to put in an empty area of a flower bed. Of course, you also need fertilizer and tools, so that stuff was added to the cart. Then, we picked up some nails, stain for a couple of unfinished pieces of furniture, a brush to put the stain on with, steel wool, and a couple of other things. By the time those things were found, I was starting to drag a little, so we cut the expedition short.

On the way home, we stopped and filled up with diesel. We were only down to a half tank, but it still cost $72.00 to fill up at $3.79 a gallon. I can only imagine what these high gas prices are doing to people on a limited budget. It's probably only a matter of time until the prices begin to affect in a negative way the little bitty economic recovery that is allegedly occurring.

After lunch, I watched some of the NCAA basketball tournament, enjoying an excellent game between Florida and UCLA. Florida won the game 73 to 65 and moves on to the Sweet 16.

While I was watching basketball, Carolyn had been doing some house cleaning, so I helped by polishing mirrors. The house is not a lot of work, but Carolyn has a set routine she likes to follow, whether it's dirty or not. The rest of the day was spent with some organizational work in the shop, making it easier to put tools and other stuff away. Just a nice day enjoying the great weather.

More later, be safe.

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