March 25, 2026 - Salem

 

Andrea at Florfe

Title: March  25, 2026 - Salem
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Today is a low key day. I go up at 7:50 with the light shining around the curtains in our room. Lawrence is working today and will be each day through Friday, so we will have only contact with him at night. Granola and toast for me for breakfast. This is about normal. Andrea and I talked for a while, mostly about gardening. Then Andrea takes off to drop off clothes at a shelter.

A project which Andrea is doing is creating a helical planter. She needs to fill it with dirt, so that is a task for today. Before going there, Sherri and Andrea stop at a coffee-florist shop called Florfe. Seems like it specializes in floral patterns in customer’s coffees. It looks decorative. Sherri notes that this place is like a fairy tale.

Florfe Coffee

Then off to a place to get clean planter soil for Andrea’s planter. We got what amounted to 8 buckets worth, about 40 gallons worth of soil. When we got back to the house, Andrea and I dumped it into the planter. Looks like more than another load to fill it up.

By this time, it is noon. I have a sandwich from yesterday. Then it is another trip for more dirt. This time it is about 45 gallons is what we get. Sherri notes that the Salem Costco has the umbrella she wants. So we will go there soon to secure it. After getting the dirt, Andrea stops by Lowes. But that is cut short as a person is coming out to measure their front door for a new one.

We don't see these in Fresno

We miss him, but Lawrence took care of it. When we got home. Lawrence and Andrea went out for a walk. I decided this would be a good time to lay down for a while. When I got up, all was peaceful. We will unload the dirt tomorrow. Maybe make another trip then to get more dirt,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gary walking the Oregon State Hospital grounds

After work, Lawrence went out for a run. When Andrea got up from her rest time, we all went out for a walk. That was a bit short lived as Lawrence called up and would like a ride. Sherri and I went on with our walk around the Oregon State Hospital. We were out for an hour or so. Sherri wanted to look at a house a street away; I came straight home. About ten minutes later, Sherri came in looking pretty bad. She had tripped over a crack and knocked her knee, hand and head. For the most part she was OK, sore and needing an ice pack.

Steven and us got on Zoom for a while. It is good to see him. Then time to make dinner. Sherri has me do it. Just a chicken quesadilla. Hers came out OK. Mine came out burnt. Oh well. After I cleaned up, I took a shower. It felt a lot better than the one in Bandon. Around 10:00, I went to bed.