I finally decided it was warm enough to unpack the garden arch I got for P’s memorial floral installation. I was less than pleased to see that there was a little rust, and that it was under the powder coat, so it hadn’t happened in storage or shipping. It wasn’t, however, enough to warrant sending […]

Just a few…I was taking photos so send to R because they’d got 6″ of snow, and I figured she could use some spring. Forsythia. This is the little string I got for free with some plant order or another. I stuck it in the ground with no soil amendment, and then the landscapers ran […]

I’ve been working from home due to the COVID-19 shelter-in-place order (though we’re exempted by virtue of providing parts for essential industries, but no, thanks!) and there’s a lot going on in spring, so I’m a bit behind, but…bees! I came to get my laptop on the 20th so I could get my remote connection […]

I’m too tired and can’t be arsed to re-type everything, so I’ll copypasta from the email I sent to R. So…you might remember last year that P had bought me a couple of little mason bee houses. Mason bees are (one of) the cute, fuzzy, gentle little solitary bees that build nests inside tubes. Masons […]

Not many yet, but after shitty winter, I’ll pretty much take anything. I noticed when the crocus leaves started to emerge (because I was looking for them), but didn’t notice any buds…and when I got home from work today, I noticed flowers. The first mini daffodil! Those things are just so cute, and they open […]