“The path of my life is strewn with cow pats from the devil’s own satanic herd!”  -Lord Edmund Blackadder I started early yesterday morning and had the rock sorted by about 0930h. Not many big pieces in this lot, but I really didn’t need big ones to finish. It was a hot, sweaty, late afternoon […]

It’s a good thing I stopped to check the first Monarch chrysalis of 2015 before I left for work! I noticed that the chrysalis had turned colour, so I thought I’d better take it to work; that way I’d at least know the poor thing wasn’t ready to fly and eat, but trapped inside. I […]

Yesterday was change MLB feeders day, but I also did some watering, since hot and dry is all we’re getting in the near future. While I was filling the water garden, it occurred to me that I needed to check on my Spicebush Doot-doots. The biggest had somehow escaped, presumably to find a good place […]

I was busy watering and forgot to take a photo until after dark, but I got 0.8 tons of rock delivered this afternoon. This had better be enough to finish! Even my drought tolerant plants were looking sad, so with nothing but hot and dry in the forecast for the next week or two, I […]