Bats!

I have an update on my bat situation. Yesterday we were chillaxin' in the yard, gettin' our quid on, when J exclaims "Bats!" There were about 4 or 5 bats just flyin' over the yard for maybe 20 or 30 minutes right at sunset. I haven't investigated the bat house yet for signs of habitation (guano), and it's really too early to even get my hopes up. But up they are! I would love to have a bat family living here, I would even build and install a second house asap.

Either way, it was a great feeling and a blessed moment. This was only the second time I've seen a bat at the house, and they were flying formations over us. :-)

Pups and Blooms

I took a couple pictures today. It was hot. I like dancing in the streets when I can...

Two new foods, dude

I just finished eating a sandwich consisting of whole wheat sandwich bread, seedless blackberry jam, and slices of swiss cheese. Very delicious. I almost think crisp baby greens would have been good on it.?
Also, while sitting in my tent in a rainstorm this weekend (good times), I was dipping my mozzarella string cheese into a jar of nutella. Yeah, baby!

p.s. I fired up the chainsaw today, with great success. Sweaty work, though.

p.p.s. Check out the website Scanwiches. Awesome!

The excitement is building! I received notice from Transformus that our theme camp is approved. Cool! Now I'm just waiting on grant approval and some monies to buy goodies, specifically miracle fruit and brain molds. We are rounding up a posse and brainstorming like 2011, and this is going to be a burn like no other. So excited!


update: no grant, so the miracle fruit tasting will only be a few folks, but I bought some brain molds anyway...

Fodder from above

It's 8 o'clock, Thursday the 26th. A gentle rain is falling as night approaches. I just finished cleaning out one of the rain barrels, so it's freshly scrubbed interior awaits the harvest of fresh skyjuice. I also just planted two basil plants in the garden, which brings me to the point: I love watering in. The act of generously soaking a plant immediately after putting it in the ground (or a fresh pot) to settle the soil around it is very satisfying to me. :contentedsigh:

update- I checked on the barrel at midnight (it had stopped raining) and it was almost full. I'd guess 50 gallons...

Pics to complete the picture...

Locust Bloom

Everything is in bloom! Even the homely locust tree, thorny and scraggly, like the Clint Eastwood of hardwoods, shows off it's beautiful flowers when the conditions are right. It's amazing! I love spring!