more this and that

the damn newspaper delivery yesterday

got me all riled up 

 i never got to the good stuff

when i was home for a week

 with

 the adenoid infection

 i had no energy

 i either slept

 or

 i read 

no tv 

we dont have a tv in the bedroom

this is not a problem

i love to read

i devoured

jane smiley's amazing trilogy

spanning 100 years in the lives of one iowa farm family

beginning with 

some luck

followed by 

early warning

wrapping up with

golden age

i highly recommend it

it was not easy to put down

we went up to the roof 

sunday afternoon

for many years 

we lived on the 6th floor

going up to the roof 

was done almost daily

 during the spring and summer

it was one flight up

then

 we moved down to the ground floor

going up to the roof 

required getting on the elevator

it wasnt the same

of course 

there was also the period 

during which 

the roof was off limits

the plants trees had caused structural problems

now thats been fixed 

our friend and landlord is planting again

a visit to see whats growing was in order

its lovely

(i will share photos another time)

i also got to snoop on neighbors