Still no Monarchs, but I found some “friends” on milkweed. Cute and fuzzy, but met with an unfortunate, watery (and dish detergent-y) demise.  My other little friend was far more fortunate. He took up residence in my folded zero gravity lounge. Tree frogs are so adorable…those little toes! 

I wandered over by the (horribly overgrown and in dire need of tending) pond yesterday, and happened to notice a tiny new friend on one of the water pickerel leaves…a tiny bebe tree frog! He wasn’t in a good spot for a close shot, but he was adorable nonetheless, so I did the best I […]

I don’t know what triggered it, but this weekend’s migraine ended up bad enough to require shots of Toradol and Benadryl, and a couple of pills for nausea. Not that it has anything to do with Parview, but does explain why I accomplished nothing (especially considering the heat index got up to 108). Friday after […]

Just kidding…hibiscuseses. They were so pretty that I had to take some pictures this morning. 

Well, what I’m going to do this year with drip irrigation is finished. I still intend to put in a few soaker hoses, but the drip is all done! On Friday after work, I was too tired to actually do anything, so I just swept the patio clear of all the leaves, sticks, and other […]

​I used the drip system for the first real time today; I ran three drip lines, and since I’d got the quick connects, I also ran the soaker hose on the milkweed, mostly just to see if everything got enough water. It worked fine, and once I have the other drip line in, I’ll try them […]

Considering how much fucking work I did, I have very few pictures! Anyway, I took Friday off, and spent the day installing spot watering irrigation tubing. It was a million degrees, and I was my very own drip irrigation system, and bees were walking on my head. I didn’t take pictures because I was too […]

I had been worried that the rain would pass us by, but just in case, I wanted to get Sarah-Flah’s Giant No-Mow Flowerbed finished (mulching), and wanted to get a start on the irrigation setup while it wasn’t a million goddamned degrees. On Thursday after work, I was too tired to do much; I don’t […]