AWOL

You may have noticed that I haven't been posting much the past couple of days. Here's the explanation. We've been having the (exterior of the) house painted -- totally sanded down to the bare wood and completely re-done. The layers of sawdust accumulated on everything. The painters finally finished up day before yesterday. We have ten house guests descending upon us tonight for the Memorial Day weekend and the week that follows, so we had to completely scrub down the house, wash every bed linen and blanket, re-plant the garden (which was trodden by the painters), mow the lawn, etc., etc. in two days to get the house ready for company. We're just about finished, but it's been a close one.

So that explains why I've been AWOL. With guests coming, blogging will probably be light for the next few days as well.