We’ve actually had a very lovely spring, so far. It’s been a little chilly, and though the rain is kind of annoying, it’s good for all the growing things. It’s a nice change from the past few years, where we skipped spring entirely and went straight to summer.
I was trying to get a shot of raindrops on the top sides of the thistle leaves, but then I noticed that the undersides were even prettier. The bottom one even has tiny spider webs strung across the little thistle hairs.
This little guy was hanging out on a sassafras sapling. I love the raindrops clinging to his little hairs and sparkling like tiny jewels.
It was still light out when I went to bed last night, which makes it difficult to fall asleep. It also makes it difficult to tell whether or not the aquarium light is still on. Oops! I got up this morning, and my poor little fishies had spent the whole night under interrogation lights.
In unrelated wackiness, I’m now getting Korean junk mail. Not spam, mind you, but good, old fashioned postal mail. I think the company has seriously misjudged their target audience.
I just went to the supply room to get a package of Post-its. There weren’t any, so I commented to a coworker that we’re out. Her response: “We didn’t even used to have Post-its.” Oh. Alrightythen! We didn’t used to have computers, either, and yet, life without them is now damned near unthinkable.
I wonder if she’ll forsake her car when she finds out that people used to ride in horse-drawn carriages?
Harriet met the Boxer puppy next door yesterday. Verdict: puppies are fun but exhausting.
Gangstagrass is a mash-up of rap and bluegrass, and it’s absolutely brilliant. They’re releasing the album free, but their website is bogged down right now, because there are so many people trying to access it. If you have a torrent client, you can download the album via The Pirate Bay. (Via BoingBoing.)
I finally got the mountains of papers under some sort of control yesterday. I spent most of the day on it, finishing up at about 11:00 last night. I still have a small stack of strays, but I’m out of file folders, hanging files, and motivation.
Only a few of them are directly related to me. My theory is that somehow, they’re all related, though, so I’ve made a little side-project out of trying to connect them up.
I don\’t think these are going to bloom this year, after being transplanted, but the foliage is pretty, especially when it’s speckled with raindrops. These don’t look anything like the leaves on my mom’s coral bells. Hers are pointy and dark purple. These remind me of geranium leaves (I think mine must be the “green spice” variety).
This stuff is growing all over the back of the privacy fence between our field and one of the homes in the bordering subdivision.
red paper boat 