The brown santa truck brought all of the electric fencing supplies that I ordered last week so I've got something to occupy my free time for the next few evenings. The groundhog has been wreaking havoc on my tomatoes but I've got a special surprise in store for him now. lol
Howard really impressed me while the grands were here. No barking in the face, no rugby tackles, no jumping. Just lots of licking and kissing and slobbering. They brought their new Rodesian Ridgeback/lab mix puppy along - those two became instant buddies and spent a LOT of time wrassling together. 5yo granddaughter was sad when it was time for them to go home - she wanted to stay here with Howard because "He's nice and he gives me kisses".
Howard and Mr. Darcy.
This is American Senna. It came up volunteer along the edge of the sidewalk to our front porch. I can only guess that a bird pooped out the seed it grew from. I've never seen one anywhere else on the property. It's very attractive and the bees absolutely love it. We're going to collect some seed from it this fall and try to get some new ones started next spring.
All of the rain we've been getting has brought the Chanterelles out. Mrs. Augie and I picked a couple dozen after the kids left yesterday, and found one patch of 75 or so little bitty ones that we left alone so they can size up before we pick them.
