PLANTING DONE

I finished up late last week.

Two raised beds with the tomatoes, lavender in the far pot

The fountain with calla lilies (barely visible) with peppers and coleus in the raised bed

Persian Shield with tradescantia

Upper pot oregano, rosemary and tradescantia; lower pot heliotrope and scaevola

East Garden: top left-cup plant, bottom left-tithonia; top right-coreopsis, gazania, echinacea, bottom right-echinacea, blue salvia, vinca, butterfly weed. Note the loss of Japanese willows due to 4 years of Summer drought as compared to a photo from 5 years ago.

Rule of thumb in these parts: plant on Memorial Day weekend. Well, I gambled and 37° is predicted for tonight. I clothespinned a bunch of towels around the tomatoes.

 

PS-temps were only 39°. Everything survived.

 

Bud was lounging on the deck when his pal Sky decided to push the envelope and came within 2 feet.

After Sky came closer and closer 3 times, DHS finally had enough and took action. "Move along Tree Rodent"

I had bought the wrong Cheez-its-Puffs instead of Snaps and they were dreadful. I put them out with some bread crusts midday and by the afternoon, the bread had been eaten. The Puffs? Well, Sky says it all: WTF is this stuff? It certainly does not look natural. Maybe there's some seeds in the grass.

Early evening, I walk back into the Great Room and I see this triangular rerun of the Good, the Bad and the Ugly about to play out: young Stampy, Bahdra and our Buddy, who is looking quite curious at the skunk. Not wanting to experience an uncooperative Buddy as we tried to wash the skunk stink off him (the latest: dish soap, hydrogen peroxide, baking soda), I opened the window and made noise. All three skedaddled in different directions, thank goodness. Mom and I had a chat with Bud about Stampy. Keep your distance from them, lad.