3 October 2010

Took Delores down t’ the Leicester General Store for cheap gas, only to find that the price had gone up by 11¢ a gallon since last week. With the gauge reading just above empty, she gulped down 65 gallons… which cost a staggering $175. Glad we only have to top up once a year. Emptied all the leftovers in the refrigerator plus sundry other ingredients (including what remained of the Tanqueray gin) into two pots and made a delicious soup. One pot went to Kate & Dan to have for a late breakfast; the other is for dinner with Marty & Merry tomorrow evening. While the soup was simmering, parged six sections of between-column rocks. Then took a break to help Dan put up storm windows and clear brush over at his place. After a late mac & cheese lunch with Kate and Dan and sad goodbyes for the next six months, returned to parging rocks, getting another three sections done. Baked a couple of cakes after dinner, one for Mr. Glutton and one for tomorrow’s dinner.