It wasn’t so bad this year; we actually went on Friday night and saw the glow, which is quite nice. Even nicer, though, were the butterflies that I saw right in our back yard! Great Spangled Fritillary (which is just fun to say!) Same guy, side view with the “spangles” that give him his common […]

C’s been on vacation all this week, and although Monday was steady and pleasant, Tuesday through Thursday were flat-out hair-on-fire customer emergency clusterfuck disasters. Made it through, though! I haven’t taken many pictures because I haven’t done any garden stuff, but I did want to document the first bloom on the (dis)obedient plant that I […]

Since “not much” quite accurately describes what I accomplished over the weekend, there’s not a lot to say; just a few photos. I didn’t technically accomplish this, since the seeds did all the hard work, but the trumpet creeper I planted where I spent five hours of my life and half the tools we own […]

I had a few photos that I hadn’t had good reason (or time…or inclination) to post, so I’ll throw them in here. Not really the Bistro, but it’s green and bearing fruit. Gold Dust dracaena (Dracaena surculosa) that I hadn’t noticed even flowering has…a fruit. I don’t know whether it’s edible, nor do I intend […]

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 […]