A relative gave me this "Aerogarden" thingie some time ago. I had no use for the seeded plugs or chemical fertilizer it came with, nor the automatic watering system, so I adapted it to hold two small pots. I did a test planting of organic pea seeds and they are nearing harvest now to go into...
Good that the tree branch didn't damage your car, but awful about the bad driver dangers. No matter how safe you drive, there are always those who don't. They drive among us. Here's hoping your poor car has seen the last of bad driver attacks.
Heavy wet snow hit here last night too, and still coming down. Both dogs were afraid to go out in it this morning at first, I think because they feared that last night's howling winds were still out there, waiting to strike. Winter, be gone! We're all sick of you.
This sounds like a matter for the police, and for updating physical locks on doors and windows. Perhaps hidden webcams. In other words pull out all the stops to secure your home *before* another break-in occurs. I'm sorry this happened to you, and hopefully it won't again.
Phaedra, if reincarnation is a thing, I want to be reborn as one of your animals! They are the luckiest of all creatures, and it makes me happy to see them in your pictures. :)
Love your journal. I don't have the paper version of such a journal, but I do keep a folder of photos of my gardens...
"Trust No One." Words to live by.
I've become very interested in Zero Knowledge Proofs (ZKP) and think this will be the security protocol of the near future, replacing passwords and other easy-to hack gate-keeping strategies. Basically it is a means of verifying a person's identity without...
Our foot and a half of snow is melting too. I was planning to go out tomorrow to the post office, dump, and egg stand, and I'm thinking now it will still be possible. Plowed driveway and town road are melting down to pavement/gravel, and thankfully the snow that fell on the paths I shoveled...
Truth. Especially those big fuzzy bumblebees. Bees are only interested in collecting pollen, doing good deeds basically, while predatory wasps and hornets have a whole different mind set. All of these species will defend their nests, but bees are far less likely to claim real estate close to...
We had spring-in-winter with 50 degree (F) weather; then this past week winter-in-spring with bitter winds and temps in the 30s (F). Now the weather gods have decided to play what I hope will be the last sick joke of the year - a huge snowstorm. There are few things I dislike more than...
Cold weather here, after unseasonable warm temps last week (50s F). An inch or so of fluffy snow on the ground this morning to remind us that it is still technically winter I guess. I have to take Mabel the wild sheltie to a vet apt for exam, HW/Lyme test, and Lyme/Lepto shot in 2 weeks, and I...
How many ponies do you have? Would love to see a pic or 2. (I get my equine fix vicariously these days.) Burdocks are horrible little hitch-hiking pests for sure. I once read a how-to to remove burrs from manes and tails by soaking in vegetable oil, combing them out, and then of course...