Random Updatia

In no particular order:

• A hummingbird flew into my shoulder, scolded me, and then flew over to the feeder


• Ordered a string trimmer head and a blade from John Deere a few days ago, just got the call the parts came in to the local shop, so I'll pick them up tomorrow - one guess what I'll be doing later that day!


• The robins are settling into their nest in the kiwi trellis, although they scatter if you stare too long at them or get too close (understandable, but you think with all the scouting they did prior to moving in that they'd realize we were around...)


• Deb did something for her birthday, but I'm not telling what - even though word got around her family almost instantly, you won't hear about it from be, because I said I wouldn't mention it


• A doe took a nap in our backyard for at least an hour Wednesday morning


• Deb is working through an edit of Full Moon Poetry - need to work a bit on the opening and some more on the ending; I knew their were some weak spots there, and I'm indecisive about how to work through them


• Saw a turkey buzzard walking in a parking lot the other day; except for the flying part, they do look an awful lot like wild turkeys


• If you guessed that I would be trying to fit a cutting blade from one model string trimmer onto another deprecated model, you'd be absolutely correct... although I'll probably put the string head on first and chop down the grass on the sandmound and along Rachel River - re-read the "How to plant a native prairie" instructions and discovered that the first year growth should be kept to 5 inches - a limit which it certainly is exceeding by an order of magnitude. It is actually sparse enough that it won't cause that much of an issue, but I'm going to try to keep the sandmound trimmed down so it is easier to maintain for fall planting and its first year.