I actually did this yesterday, but forgot paint for the bit that’s  (deep, thanks to me, a sledgehammer, and a scrap of 2×4) in the ground, plus is was dark when I’d finished, but Onje’s days of picking off mourning doves right out of the feeder are over. Assuming, of course, that he doesn’t own […]

I took only a couple of photos, but I saw lots; it was a good day for flutter-guy watching. Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Spicebush Swallowtail, battle-scarred but still beautiful. I also saw a couple of Monarchs, Red-Spotted Purple, Cloudless Sulphur, Orange Sulfur, Common Buckeye, Northern Crescent (or Pearl…can’t keep those two straight), Silver-spotted Skipper, and a […]

Well, I don’t know how “smooth”, but.. Yesterday, on my way back from the bank at lunch, I noticed a stand of tall yellow flowers growing in an unused lot on the corner. I turned around, stopped and walked over to look because I thought they might be cup plant. Anyway, I mentioned them to […]

I didn’t plant it yesterday because I was too damned tired after work, so I just stuck it in a bucket with some dirt. It doesn’t look like much because it’s just roots, but hopefully, it will by spring. Cup plants aren’t very tall, but they have flowers! I found some in an unused lot […]

I was moving stuff off the back patio in preparation for power washing the siding, windows and the concrete because I’d got some power washer detergent at lunchtime  (yellow for concrete, red for siding, and blue for automotive). In behind the concrete “Welcome” thing that I intend to repaint with our name someday, I found […]

I gave my pressure washer a test run after work yesterday, which made me very late in changing the MLB feeders, but whatever–they got done. Anyway, that little machine is awesome! I washed the bird feeders, the bistro table, the bird water dishes, the siding in the corner, and several patio blocks. The rain made […]

So technically not Bistro-related, but there are flowers involved, and it’s my birthday, so I’ll do whatever I want! 🙂 First present was flowers from Fireball and Cranberry Crush. Second present was more flowers, from Buchheit. Asters! These are Believer Purple, and I may go back tomorrow because they have pink asters, too. Might even […]

For a day with such a name, I actually did very little labour! I did do the laundry, though; that’s something. My Monarch in the potted morning glory did a lot more work…he got borned! Another beautiful boy. I brought the Spicebush Doot-doots inside, though I need to get the picture of the chrysalis off […]

The water flow is pretty much where I want it–more babbling brook than waterfall–but the stubborn leak on the north side is still there. Not as bad, but still there. Sigh. Anyway, I watered my houseplants today, and some of the vines needed trimming, so I put them in the pool. They may or may […]

This is proof that I can work all day in extreme heat and end up with sore calves from balancing on waterfall rocks…and have it look like I did nothing at all. I had to pull up a bunch of rocks in the waterfall to chase leaks. I dried the crevices with a hair dryer […]