Summer nights

My lap is hot, I'm off balance and it's hard to see the screen with the glare. It's almost as if the outdoors isn't computer friendly.

Eating carrots and throwing gang signs

The most ghetto I've ever sounded unintentionally was tonight...during my Bugs Bunny impression. My awesomeness is absolute.

Nature: 2, Internets: 0

In trying to protect my garden from pests this year, I thoroughly researched (googled) easy and chemical-free deterrents. The two most feasible were also the most fun: aluminum foil and marigolds. Apparently the aluminum foil would scare off pests with it’s shininess and the marigolds are stinky to furry things. I liked the idea because who doesn’t want to plant stinky flowers and much like a crow, I’m a fan of all things shiny.

Unfortunately the internets have failed me, and squirrel after squirrel have not only scampered through my garden…but they climb right through the fence with all the aluminum foil to do so! I’ve chased several away and they just hop through that aluminum foil gauntlet like…something that squirrels do not fear. At all. My only solace is that my fencing looks like art. (some have said “kindergarten art” but to those people I say, “art is art!”)

As for the marigolds, I only planted them this morning, but they already fell down on the job as I watched a raccoon prance right between them tonight. Actually, I first watched the raccoon sit above me in a tree while I watered the plants (quickly!) and then after I went inside he climbed down (through the aluminum foil fence! argh!) and then right between the marigold plants. Didn’t care a bit.

Why is google failing me?

Kitty rack

Hunter’s new favorite place to sleep is on the shelf where I keep my shoes. Actually, not on the shelf but on the actual shoes. I’m not exactly sure what about this appeals to her, but since it’s not a terribly destructive habit, I’m not going to try and stop her.

First harvest!

I picked spinach from my garden today! And added it to a salad! And ate it! I grew this spinach from a seed! (Yes, I know that people have done this before me…for, you know, centuries…I’m still inordinately proud of myself) Yay!