It’s been warm the last few days (fingers crossed!), and it was sunny when I got home, so I went looking around the Bistro for signs of life that I hadn’t noticed before. My one brave hyacinth is still growing, and there are buds on the lilacs (white and Manchurian), and some of the plants […]

I finally decided to move my bathroom mirror up enough so the doors clear my hairspray and stuff. While I had it down, I decided to get rid of the gold and white; I’ve never liked that. I decided upon hammered steel because I like it. Also because I had the paint already. The “before”. […]

I hadn’t ordered anything lately, and couldn’t imagine what the little box was, but it had my name on it, so I opened it. I bought this on the 28th or 29th of December, I believe, but it didn’t ship until the 5th of January because of holidays. It never arrived, so the seller sent […]

The weather is supposed to be warm this coming week, and my beloved MLBs have hit the Gulf Coast. I can’t wait for the hateful little shits to arrive. Weather, behave yourself. Spring flowers, bloom. Go, Mean Little Birds,  go–northward bound! Editing to add…it’s warm enough outside today that OK came out to get some […]

Crappy pictures, but I was using my phone, and they’re good enough to see that both of my clementine seeds have sprouted! The first one is the seed that actually had a root started on it when I put it in the pot, so it’s a little farther ahead. The other one hasn’t been slacking […]

Today sucked, and when I got home, a goddamned squirrel was in my hanging tray feeder. Now all the little bastards will come. Might fill that one with safflower instead of sunflower. I wish there was poison that would kill only starlings, grackles, and squirrels; I’d buy it by the gallon and all those little […]

Let’s hope it goes out like a meek little warm and sunny lamb. Took these late last night. HK appears to be happy about this. I didn’t take a photo of the serene, unspoilt white blanket in the back yard because it was criss-crossed with deer tracks (Charlotte and six of her friends were visiting […]

I know it still isn’t sprang, but I’m happy this is the last day of February. Goodbye, shitty month; don’t let the door hit your arse on the way out! Five or six more weeks until the MLBs return, and about the same until I hope to see an oriole again! I may actually get […]

Sprang better get here soon; my larkspur is developing actual leaves and won’t wait for long!

I keep telling them it’s another six or seven weeks before they can go in the ground, but larkspur doesn’t listen well at all! Nothing from anyone else except the bee balm that arrived with some green…and one brave little Dutchman’s breeches. He’s cute.