Beautiful, glorious rain, and supposed to go all day. Bad hair or not, I’ll take it, and so will the Bistro!

Finally, all twelve are in the ground. Most are in the Bee Happy bed. Three in Sarah-Flah’s garden. Just one in with the pipevine that needs a better trellis. This is probably the last hardy hibiscus of 2015. Midnight Marvel. I had to do laundry, do the push mowing, and change out the MLB feeders […]

A few from Friday first. B called the office from the back of the shop to tell me that, “There’s a praying mantis out here if you want it,” and of course, I did. I named her Roberta, and C manti-sat while I cleaned the bathroom. I thought about keeping her as a pet, but […]

We have a large patio. By the time I’m finished pressure washing it, I’ll have met every. square. inch. Personally. Today, I did from the garage across the open part of the patio. I didn’t finish, but I did 427 square feet. It’s very dirty. I wonder when it was last washed? Ever? I also […]

Here is a photo of dirt. Also a photo of 4′ of PVC pipe I got yesterday at lunch, buried just barely under the surface, and the section of pond pump cord that I won’t trip over or have to step over again is inside it. The waterproof connector cover will be here tomorrow, but […]

This morning, I decided to tackle the leak on the north side of the Babbling Brook. It was more annoying than detrimental to the health or functionality of the pond, but it needed to go away. While I was at it, I moved the rocks on the low spot, stuffed some clay underneath and topped […]

Sarcasm definitely intended. I bought 6 bags of pine bark mulch at lunch, and got two of them dumped over the pachysandra. That’s basically it, except for watering what had to be watered, and picking some Mexico Midget tomatoes. I found this while picking the tomatoes. I didn’t squash it; I want those beautiful little […]

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 […]