Here is a photo of dirt. Also a photo of 4′ of PVC pipe I got yesterday at lunch, buried just barely under the surface, and the section of pond pump cord that I won’t trip over or have to step over again is inside it. The waterproof connector cover will be here tomorrow, but the extension cord doesn’t go underground; it’ll be hidden across the back of the flowerbed.

The Martha Stewart of spiders. She put some work into this!

The frost aster plants look like hell, but they do have enough roots to make some cute little flowers.

I watered the weigelas last night, and this little trooper had two flowers on it…in September. I think it’s Sonic Bloom pink-that-is-red. It’s the one by the bedroom window.