Today was nice. 😊

Today was nice. 😊

I spent a bunch of my day with Caitlin. We went to see our friend Judy in the hospital. She looked great today and she just kills me how she gets so happy about cookies or a good coffee. I'm glad she'll be out soon.

Then we went to a plant nursery. Caitlin got a few plants. I got one - the scraggliest little 2 individual pieces of Fairy Castle cactus. 😂 My heart just went out to the poor thing. I've never even seen it as single pieces before; they're always in the classic "castle" shape. So we'll see if I can grow it up.

Today is my watering day for the greenhouse. Anyone who looks thirsty gets to butt-chug (I bottom-water to prevent rot and scorch marks). Otherwise, I live by "When in doubt, wait it out." to prevent rot.

Mama Dove was in there and left when I went in, as usual. But after about 15 minutes I could hear her flying around outside. She was looking in and I could tell she wanted to come back, but was unsure of me. She landed on top of the greenhouse a few times. I know she was so stressed. 🙁

But eventually she came back, even while I was in there moving around. I made sure to move slowly and not look directly at her, and we coexisted. I walked in and out several times and was able to move plants on the shelf next to her with no issue. She even allowed Shaun in (without flying away) to help me carry out my extra water. I finished up and closed the door and she and the eggs are tucked in for the night. (The windows above the doors are open. She's not trapped.)

I have a lot of buds coming up, and had a couple of small new flowers today. I'm pretty excited about how it's looking in there! 😊