My actual yard is under the cover of a hemlock and a cedar, it is NEVER in anything i'd even call 'partial sun'. I struggle to figure out what the hell to put back there (although I discovered this year that impatiens seem to like it a lot in the container on the balcony, so that's fun!) But I've wanted to try my hand at roses for some time.
I Finally Gave In To Roundup...
...and I feel so guilty about it. I really loathe the idea of dumping a bunch of chemicals into my yard. I want plants to thrive there, and I don't want local creatures (or me!) to get sick. But... I have a mortal enemy. It's name is bindweed.
I grew up in the Central Valley in California. No, that's not "the Valley" that they talk about down in LA, it's the big dent running down the center of the stat that you can see from space. It's in the middle, thus "central". It's where a lot of the food you eat comes from. In the summers growing up it hit 104F a couple times a year. I played contact sports in weather in the mid-to-high 90's regularly. I had never seen snow till I moved up here.
When Did Flowers Get So Big???
I run errands over lunch, sometimes, it's a luxury of working from home and living in a wonderfully walkable neighborhood. Todays errand was getting kitty food, lest the gremlins rebel and take over the running of the house. They have Opinions about their food, so my head was very focused on whether it was time to try a different flavor, when I walked past the local p-patch.
I'm going to try (hahahahaha!) to keep posting regularly, but I don't have any other big exciting projects going, so instead, I'm going to tell you all about my delightfully quiet and peaceful weekend!
Ok, I know I said most of my writing wouldn't be tech stuff, but that's what I'm up to right now, so there we go. Maybe this weekend I'll show off all the work I've been doing outside, after I'm done beating back the weeds. In the meantime, though...
You Must First Invent The Universe
When in doubt, start with Carl Sagan, and you probably won't go wrong. The full quote is,
Ok, this might get rambly, it's almost 10:00 pm, and nothing good happens after 10, but I'm all set up so I'm gonna write, and share some photos, and you're just gonna have to deal.
hello World! this is the test post I'm using to debug and design my site, so it's not very exciting, but damn does it have some content so i can see what I'm doing!