Surgery was delayed a week and will now take place on July 8th, my 63rd birthday. What a present! Should spend five days in the hospital to make sure all the parts are working again, then will be laid up another week at home. After that, the doctor says I can do light work. Realistically, this means that Monday July 6th will be the last shipping date until sometime around the end of the month.
I will have a laptop at the hospital, so I may post a few things from there. Susie has been downloading books on CD for me to listen to, but I will probably get pretty bored.
There's just so much to do before I go; the place has to pretty much run itself for two weeks without me during the hottest part of the year. I have waterers lined up and I just hope nothing breaks while I'm down and out. I have been pruning like a mad man to make the watering easier and to reduce transpiration. Thank goodness we are supposed to enter a cool period starting Sunday/Monday; it's been really hot the last two weeks.
And of course, wouldn't you know it, PG&E is turning off the power for four hours right after we leave for Concord on Tuesday. That means no water during the hottest part of the day. I won't be able to fix anything that goes wrong, so I hope the timer batteries hold out and the programs aren't lost, and the pumps come back on again. Most of the watering is automated and programming the five timers is a nightmare.
Bob was up last week to help out for a day and we pruned a bunch of the Japanese black pines. He videoed me pruning and talking about the styling of them. Looks like they came out pretty good, but can't tell for sure until he gets one loaded on You Tube. Will let you know when they go up. I have wanted to do this for some time, so it's pretty exciting. If it works out, I may get a camera and make some more, sort of a one man study group.
That's about it. The next time you hear from me, I will have some new parts. You can continue to send emails and orders, but it may be a week or two before I can get back to you.
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