SoCal

Going to San Diego and the Land of Avocado between SD and LA was like walking on the moon. Mountains that were giant piles of rocks. I didn't recognise any of the flora. There were things that looked like aliums but huge and spiky like yuccas. Trees that resembled sycamores. sort of. and just the general desert-ness of the place caused a shift inside my head that I still am unable to shake. And there were lizards. And My Guy wore a tuxedo. weird wild place.

New Neighbor

Here, hiding in the broccoli and cabbages, is our newest neighbor.

Birthday Girl

Last night, Miss Critterpants planted a lollypop in her garden box. It grew beautifully. Happy birthday to My Favorite Girl!

Tile

We went to Monson to get slate tile. There is a quarry there and the slate is beautiful and costs the same as tile at the nearest "big box store". The company, Sheldon Slate, has been in business for four generations, and is in the same town as a delicious bbq joint. It was a good day.

one weekend's worth of growth

Before going away for a long weekend


After we came home. Summer has really kicked growth into high gear. We haven't had any rain for a while and that combined with 90 degree weather make the plants either grow or keel over and die. I have been doing a lot of watering, which makes me mad at the sky. Taking water from a well only to spray it all over the ground is dumb, but I have used up all of the rain water that we had caught in buckets from the roof.

Miss Critterpants has a naturally green thumb and everything she plants grows. She's like my Mom.

Pig Roast

Thursday Knitting

too much eating

What we did with our afternoon

peonies

I love peonies and I am going to plant at least four of them once we replace the roof. The perfect part of our yard to plant them is right along our house, and they would get stomped on and covered with roofing detritus.