B+B visited long enough to: (Jen [she's back!!!] and Matt stayed home with Mom)

• turn on water
• turn on all faucets and flush toilets: all's well
• turn on water heater
• turn on fridge set temps to 'setting 3' on freezer and fridge
• put out Calla lily pot and water it heavily (no shoots yet...)
• notice 'low battery 12 smoke' notice on alarm: were batteries changed?
• mow most of lawn: discovered that the small mower won't start (!) so brought it home to fix
• Angie arrived to turn on water too!: had a chat: she showed me a couple emails from Jim Hutcheson (sp?) and/or Larry Frye to ARM about damage by ATV's on our property down 151 (house next to Maletesta's) and altercation with 'conservation officer' (Rob Rocks?)/ police called, etc.!

B and B mowed and weeded. Bob got the front field mowed too: left some daffodil clumps for show. Bets pulled the first crop of feathery ferns from around the house. There are 2 Jack-in-the-pulpits under the (barely hanging on) Holly. And the Bleeding Heart by the door are now visible since the ferns are gone.