Are there any slings and arrows that chocolate won't heal?

Wife had a grumpy morning wakeup call, what with contractors starting on the house across the street sometime before dawn. So, as part of the afternoon chores, I got a pound of mixed chocolates to greet her as she comes through the kitchen door.

Also checked out the Pigeon Loft -- yes, temporary structural shoring has been sighted! And crews working on windows! And the mason should start on that crumbling cornice in the rear on Monday!

Got gas for the car while out, a consequence of the national park trip and then the cider/greening apple run. A veritable bargain, I tell you, filling up at only $2.20.9 per gallon. Geezer alert -- when I first started buying gas for the ancestral '57 Oldsmobile, prices sometimes dropped below $.20 per gallon...

Highs in the mid 50s F today. No bike ride.