Musings on a Small Life

We just had a wild thunder/lightning/wind/rain storm! Whew! Didn't help to clear out the humidity, but it sure watered the garden. Alas, my glorious "old" ivy (maybe 10 years old now, or close to it) took a beating. It went from this (a few days ago): To this! It was being supported by one medium-sized trellis and it was just too heavy to withstand the wind. So now I have the ivy/trellis anchored around the fence support with some string, temporarily, till I decide what to do. I don't want to cut it all back, it's intact. Maybe I can get a couple of larger trellises, then cut it back late in the fall? Suggestions? Odd how the wind brought it (and the bamboo trellis in the corner) down, but didn't disturb the lawn chairs or potted plants. BTW, guess who I happened to see just before 6PM, when I was upstairs in my bedroom closing the curtains? Yeah, the next door mother. So the father did bring at least part of his "loving" family h...

I remember that Peanuts cartoon, with Snoopy sitting on top of his dog house, typing that line.  :-) But it was a dark and stormy night! Holy! Catfish! We had the wildest line of storms roll through our area from about midnight till 4AM or so. Woke me up, and after I had closed all the windows (lightning just forking across the sky, endlessly), I went back to bed and wondered if I actually should be in the basement for safety. Neither cat was phased--they never are. I'm the one who freaks at these wild storms. I didn't think Toby would be around when I got up--far too wet for him to venture out. But Niko was on my step, definitely wet, poor boy, so I put food out and got a towel to dry him off. He got some scritches for a change, because he doesn't like Toby and so doesn't hang out on my step when Toby's around. However, by the time I was ready to leave for work, Toby was there--perfectly dry, I might add, so he certainly had shelter somewhere--and had eaten t...