No pictures and I’m too lazy to get them out of the fridge, but I put more columbine, some echinacea (purple), some digitalis and some butterfly weed in to cold-stratify. My windowsill collection has also grown by 20 Crocosmia ‘Lucifer’ bulbs that I hope won’t rot in barely damp potting soil.

The roots I planted last week got a spray of water, and the larkspur, at least, seems thus far forgiving of being stuffed into little paper cups because it’s starting to poke up little green heads.

I spent much of the morning tending feeders; we got 1cm of ice last night, so I had to go free up the feeding stations. I brought the sox in and washed them, then repaired broken seams and refilled them. I also spent lots of time checking for fucking starlings at the suet feeder on the tree.

A chickadee found the tail prop feeder, but it’s too close to the house for woodpeckers (unfortunately not for starlings, though they don’t seem comfortable). I’ll move it when the ground is thawed enough. The cage feeder also got discovered by a Carolina wren I named Einstein. Had to take the (crappy) picture with super-zoom, so I’ll add it later. I didn’t want to get too close and scare him; he was the first to figure out how to get to the suet inside the cage. Starlings won’t fit into that one!

Also planted my clementine seeds (one already sprouted, one not) and hemmed two shirts for B before I’d consumed two glasses of wine. If you count a nap and shooting at starlings, I’ve had a productive day!

P.S. Bought 20 orange crocosmia bulbs/corms, too. No fancy named variety that won’t survive without being brought inside for winter; just orange crocosmia. Hope MLBs like them as well as the ‘Lucifer’!

Random tahrd Ol’ Kitteh.