I am going off cape now. I have decided to go for the wake today rather than the funeral tomorrow. That way I will get more of a chance to talk with my cousins and my sister Moe who flew in last night from Colorado. I haven’t seen Moe or the cousins for a long time. I tend to stay home.

Uncle Jack was a good guy.

The morning is cloudy and damp. It rained a few drops at the wrong time for me, not unexpectedly. That’s just the way it is some days. Anyway, I was watching Henry from inside the back door. He was wandering in the yard almost out of sight so I opened the door wider to see him and saw a deceased baby spawn on one back step. I had never seen a baby spawn before this morning. I felt bad that this one will never grow up to drive me crazy and eat my bird seed. I picked it up in paper towels and tossed it out of the yard. I can’t think Henry is to blame though he is the only one. Usually Henry is a quick outside and back inside. I know because I have to open the door. I couldn’t leave the spawn in my yard even buried. Henry has quite the smelling ability. Okay, as for the rain, it started to rain just as I found the deceased, and it rained while I sent him to his great reward outside my fence. When I got to the back door, the rain stopped. It’s a weird day already.

I went out to get my papers this morning and met a neighbor from a couple of streets over. She said I was early. She was right. She has been tossing my papers into the yard whenever she finds them by the car. She said she knew I had a bad back. She’s right though I don’t know how she knew. She complimented me on my Red Sox sweatshirt and said she was a fan. We finally introduced ourselves then she returned to her walk. It was nice to meet a neighbor.

I actually have breakfast items. My larder has English muffins and cranberry-orange scones, both unopened. This morning I had my two cups of coffee but wasn’t hungry. Perhaps I’ll make a lunch sandwich with the English muffin and some turkey.

The weather report is for cool temperatures and down to the 50’s tonight. Yesterday we were nearly 30 degrees colder than Boston. Today it will be the same. It is 62˚ right now. I’ll be home all day as I haven’t any need to be out.

I almost brought my laundry downstairs. I gave it a look as I walked by the basket but then I kept walking. The time to do laundry is getting closer. First comes the look then comes the hauling then finally the washing, the drying and the folding.

PS. Sebastien came to turn on my irrigation and open the outdoor shower. In the yard, we found another deceased spawn. That excludes Henry. Sebastien thinks it could be a bird tossing out the babies to take the nest. Jack just rolled off the table. I’m living in a B science fiction movie.