The Importance of Observation

The problems of the past few days are both symptomatic of the same disease: inattention. I have been too obsessed with other things, like work and the garden, to pay attention to how long that bowl was in the refrigerator or whether I put the plastic windows back in the bird feeder correctly. They were upside-down. There is a groove cut out of one long side so that the bird seed can flow out. I placed the groove up and flat side down when re-inserting the window, thus cutting off the bird seed supply, though the birds could see the seeds. Oh, the cruelty!

Same with the fridge. Husband says I am more sensitive to The Dreadful Odour than he, having sensed it earlier, and still sensing it now, though at a much lower level and only in the freezer. I bought a bunch of lemon-scented disinfectant wipes and wiped down the freezer as much as possible tonight, disposing of all the ice and beans and washing the rank plastic ice bin for the icemaker. Hope it works.