Warm weather, sunshine, gentle breeze — it was the kind of day to be put in a bottle and treasure. I planned to go shopping! First stop — Trader Joe’s. I have a truck tire in the back yard that I have used for growing herbs. This year it contained tall, growing weeds. I debated buying some plants but was undecided. Would I be in town enough to use them?
Question was answered as soon as I walked into the store. I saw pots of plants for sale: basil, thyme, rosemary and parsley. The plants I always used. It was a perfect day to plant. I found everything on my list at the store. I had arrived during senior hours. Tents were set up outside. When I asked what was going on sale under the tents I learned they were set up for the line that would soon be forming to go shopping. Rope stretched from shopping cart to shopping cart — to keep the lines from going around the building and into the street.
Next stop Costco. NO LINES TO GET GAS. UNUSUAL! Still senior hours when I entered the store. Sandals had arrived. They were the style I bought two years ago which were very comfortable and wore well. They also had everything on my list PLUS GROUND BEEF CHUBS. Frozen ground beef had been missing since March. Whole chickens were in stock. I was extremely pleased when I cooked a whole chicken in the pressure cooker. Not only did it have a good flavor and was very moist. It was lower in sodium which is very important to me. They even had toilet paper.
Driving home in very light traffic I reflected on the lovely shopping spree I had. That is when I noticed the date — it was my mother’s birthday. Thank you Mom!
I pulled up a plastic chair to sit on when I did the weeding. I brought out a cane in case it was needed. I also brought out an empty cooler to sit on to weed. Sitting on the cooler, I toppled over. Thankfully I tipped rather than fell — but I had a challenging time getting back up. The chair worked much better. It supported my body — the arms gave me leverage to stand.
I’ll have to try a folding chair with arms at the camper — it might help me to safely weed. Finding a place to put it in the garden might be a challenge. How many plants do I want to crush?
Wandering With Spirit 
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