Fair Week
As I mentioned yesterday, this is State Fair Week, and I’d planned to go on Senior Citizens’ Day … which turned out to be today, something I didn’t find out till almost 7 PM. Fortunately, this year there’s going to be another one on Thursday, so I’ll be able to get in for nothing then. Getting old does have some advantages!
Actually, in a way I’m glad I didn’t know today was a Seniors’ day, because it was also one of the few days with little enough wind that I could spray weed-killer without the risk of getting it on plants I don’t want to kill, so I did that instead. Not that I was particularly careful in the flowerbeds; I’d already come to the conclusion that I can’t take care of everything the way I want to, so I’m prepping to put evergreen ground cover everywhere except the lawn, a couple of small "specialty" beds, and the veggie garden. So that means weed-killer the rest of this year, and Preem next year before I plant the ground cover.
And I spent the rest of the day doing productive things too, so I’m feeling pretty good in spite of missing the first Seniors’ day. 
