#1: cleaning up

Here, have a random photo of a frog

If you have been keeping tabs on this 'blog, you're probably wondering where all my posts went. No, you aren't going crazy. I decided to "clean house" and start over. If you're joining us for the first time, welcome. Not sure whether to count you as unlucky because you missed the former stuff, or excited for you because you're getting in on the ground floor, as it were.

I'll leave that decision up to you.

And now, on with the show.




So last week, I "poked the bear" and it took a couple days to get a response. Evidently said bear wasn't ready for a conversation again. Happens sometimes. I suspect he's only happy being unhappy, and I cannot fix that.

It's okay.  I'll wait. He'll come back.

They always do.

would rather have Terrapins in the yard....

After last year's issues with the squirrels, I had at first decided to just stick with hot peppers and herbs for this years' "bucketgarden". If the bastards can stomach habaneros and jalapenos, they can have them. I set up one of those ultrasonic things in hopes they won't find the noise too attractive. So far, so good. Except we have a new problem.

This afternoon I spotted a baby groundhog climbing up and sniffing around. Yeah, they're cute. But we don't need to be making a home under the bricks, and the noise maker didn't seem to faze it. I am afraid I had to turn the hose on it to make it leave. This may become a problem worse than the squirrels. Stay tuned.

We also have several rabbits, one of which, a juvenile, is hiding under the car port. I actually don't mind the rabbits as I don't have anything planted in the ground that they can get to. One rabbit is a large grayish one that escaped from the neighbor's hutch next door. He's rather pretty but like the wild ones won't let you pet him. Perhaps he will talk some sense into the groundhog.... there's plenty to eat in the yard, feel free to trim the grass for us, bro.

That would be actually helpful.

You've already seen this? Too bad.

Just in case you missed it, my daughter graduated May 19th.  She's headed to community college in the fall, and I couldn't be prouder.

 I am truly "free and clear" now, with literally nothing holding me here. Currently exploring options at the moment, and if you'd like to put in your 50 cents  (that's 2 cents with inflation!), feel free to comment below.

The distribution of stuff has continued a bit more. I am running out of stuff for the Goodwill pile; now I have things that I need to find specific people to give them to, as they would appreciate them and use them more than I have. Some of these things I could probably sell, but I'm too lazy to deal with Ebay and any store that would buy them would give me next to nothing for it, so if I'm not getting anything for it, may as well give it to people that would appreciate it.

How do you know it's past due for mowing?
When you can make a hat from the clover blooms... 

Aye,
Kraneia