TimesToCome

The yard is coming along. We’ve planted new shrubs planted out front, away from the house and dug out that gravel pit out back. The lawn guy brings me the mulch and sod soon. He was going to come Monday, but down here, Monday really means some time next week. We’ve added in a butterfly bush, a manderville, and lots of little things like hostas, daylilies etc, where I ripped out all the shrubs.

The rain’s been coming every couple of days and I haven’t had to water since early this month. It’s also been a tiny bit cooler. The electric bill wasn’t near as bad as I thought it would be for June and June was hotter than this month so that is good. The cost per kilowatt hour is about 75% of what it is back in Mass.

We’ve ventured out a little bit into Texas, leaving The Woodlands in any direction except dumps you in Texas. I can tell the native females from non-native. I haven’t yet found tells for the men. The women here wear a ton of pancake type makeup, same as they do on the west coast. I don’t know if it is to protect them from the sun or because of previous sun damage?

I’ve tried passion fruit and papaya, I didn’t like either. I understand the papayas are like banana trees, they are really herbs, have a crop each year and grow fast. I thought it would be fun to grow the trees anyhow and they are supposed to be easy. We’ll see, I dumped the seeds in some dirt in a pot out back, they should germinate in a couple of weeks.

The kittens are holy terrors and I’ve been spending lots of time the last couple of weeks socializing them.

< loop >

switch
:: play tip-the-orchid
:: brawl on top of the laptop
:: walk on kitchen counters
:: brawl on top of office chair
:: chew on wires
:: climb up window blinds
:: rip open unopened cat food bag
:: brawl on bed when people are sleeping
end switch

yell ‘no’

chase offending beast with water bottle and spray

< repeat >

Fortunately they have been staying in the back yard so I can occasionally pitch them out.