Hope those of you with sunshine have enjoyed it. It's been cloudy here today. Not as warm as yesterday. In the 50s* and chilly but it helped that the wind wasn't blowing.
Wilde Woman, so good to hear you are on the mend!
Robin, stinkin' on it, you've had more than your share of sickness. Yes, the Christmas tree and a lot of other things can keep! Just get the rest you need for now.
Kat, thanks for the explanation about leaf raking. I've never done that and it always puzzles me as to how they ever go completely away, since they blow back and forth in spite of how much raking is done. I vaguely remember raking some when I lived in Pennsylvania but I'd forgotten that--probably on purpose. Clearly not my favorite thing about living there.
Poirot, that was strange, about the sand coming in through your water and not the neighbor's. My water came back to normal pressure yesterday afternoon but my niece still has only a dribble, which is curious, since the repairs were NOT between my place and hers. They were before me, and she lives at the end of the line, after me. Possibly for that reason, she sometimes has trouble getting them to pay much attention to her.