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Early this morning Lynette called to me from upstairs so I could check the back of her neck near her hairline.  She felt something strange and wanted me to make sure it was not a tick. But it was a tick that had embedded itself under her skin. (The photo is not of Lynette.  It was taken from the web.) I put a little petroleum jelly over the tick as a sort of lubricant.  Then I carefully and gently pulled it off with a pair of tweezers. I used witch hazel to soothe the area then alcohol to disinfected it.  I'm sure it felt good to her, especially knowing that the tick was gone. Now I'll have to keep an eye on it for a while to make sure no bulls eye rash develops.  If it does we'll have to see a doctor to check it and maybe get a prescription for an antibiotic. Here's a video on how to remove a tick: I hope this information will help if it ever happens to you.

Instead of tying the plastic net to the wire fence I used clothespins.  At first it was an easy way out but when I thought about it, it just made sense.  Now I can easily remove the netting to take care of the tomato plant.  When the time comes it will be easier to pick the tomatoes. Hopefully the net should keep out deer and other animals. The two pumpkin plants are in the center, the ones from a pumpkin I just threw into the garden last Halloween.  Lynette thinned most of the plants to avoid crowding. She also planted the smaller sunflower plants from seeds.   Usually she takes care of our flowers, trees and bushes while I help a little. But she wanted to give me a hand with my project and I'm happy she did.     Some wild clover with imaginary turtle and snail guarding them.

For some reason I pictured the internet as a modern wireless collection of computers somehow linked to each other in an almost spiritual way. But the internet is still partly connected by undersea cables, where telegraph cables were laid in 1854. From our homes the signals travel through wires where telephone lines were set up. "In describing the system of wires that comprises the Internet, Neal Stephenson once compared the earth to a computer motherboard .  From telephone poles suspending bundles of cable to signs posted warning of buried fiber optic lines, we are surrounded by evidence that at a basic level, the Internet is really just a spaghetti-work of really long wires . But what we see is just a small part of the physical makeup of the net. The rest of it can be found in the coldest depths of the ocean. Here are 10 things you might not know about the Internet’s system..."  Link: 10 Facts About the Internet's Undersea Cables | Mental Floss Here

It's called a Peel.  Watch the videos: I think it looks like a golf cart, even smaller. Easy to park but it has to be dangerous. Test Drive I'd rather ride a bicycle.

I believe we have limited freedom, about 30% free and the rest is not under our control. It is not our choice about: ~how wealthy our parents are so they can give us the best and ensure our future, ~how the genes we inherited affect our health and intelligence, ~catching diseases, ~getting into accidents, ~marrying the wrong person, ~the religion we were brought up with and so on. Here's what scares me.  Besides not having the power to choose how our life is set up for us, some say we can't do anything  using free will.  Even our thoughts are not free. Some neuroscientists have said any decision you make is not truly free but actually determined by neural processes outside of your conscious control. It's like really being an android, not what we think of as human . The quotes below are from the link  Neuroscience and Free Will Are Rethinking Their Divorce "Luckily, for those who find this state of affairs philosophically (or existentially) perp