August 6, Rain

August 6, rain

This week I am warring with wasps while harvesting tomatoes and snake gourds and scooping poop for a couple animal friends while their people are out of town.

For future reference, the neighbors’ fall-planted hardy hibiscus are all in bloom.

September 16, overcast and humid

The wasps that moved into my chives planter in July and stung me four times vanished as soon as the nights dipped into the 40s. The bees are getting drunk on the asters, which are flushing at last after two years' dormancy in a spot where they weren't getting enough sun. Everything else seems to be going to seed.

Someday I may save and split enough to avoid having to buy anything.

Dad's 60th birthday at home

Halloween sugar cookies with a softer cream cheese recipe by the White Whisk

A Norwegian wedding in Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Last 📸 by Mark Vancleave

Santa Fe