Marcie, hearing I might not have enough goodies to make up a substantial birthday package for Mom (my plans to hit the bookstore for some reading material obviously never materialized due to the pandemic) brought over a contribution to said package.  While she and I sat on the opposite sides of the driveway and visited from afar, Brownie ignored social distancing and greeted Latina warmly.

Look what Alex brought over today, 

thinking I might need a little cheering up on today's anniversary.

Chocolate is always the answer (no matter what the question is, right?) 

so of course I dove right in. 

But obviously April 16th really wasn't Dad's "day"... or mine!

Tom checked with the lawnmower repair guy, and though our mower still needs to be put back together we could have it back as soon as tomorrow.  

Of course it needed additional parts, which comes with an additional bill - 

so considering what has been spent repairing it over the past two months 

we've started thinking about buying a replacement.