If a thing is worth doing,it is worth doing badly.-G.K. Chesterton
Look how fierce this little guy is, as he stands guard over my Amish paste tomato plant.
A loyal sentry, he has patiently and ruthlessly ensnared and devoured Japanese beetles, tortoise bugs, and other tomato plant-eating insects.
He was no match, alas, for the deer that stormed the garden gates last night.
But I forgive him.
What most of us are after,
when we have a picture taken,
is a good natural-looking picture
that doesn’t resemble us.-Peg Bracken
I really like this picture Jacob took. It looks like I might be really pretty.
I got my hairs cut. I wanted to dye it (purple) but I don’t have the patience to maintain that sort of thing anymore, so to keep myself happy I went for a cut.
I asked my friend Bridget for a zero-maintenance ‘do, and this was the end result. It’s the type of cut that looks best when I don’t touch it.
I love that Bridget actually listens to me and knows that when I say zero-maintenance, I mean zero-maintenance.
Look, Cass is clean too. And, actually, she got a haircut as well.
No makeup, though. Some paint on her legs, but you can’t see that.
So, that’s what I look like. Well, sort of. Usually I’m much more of a slob. Smear some dirt on your monitor and squint a bit if you’re looking for something true-to-life.
If you see me on the street, you be sure you say hey.
I am not discouraged,
because every wrong attempt discarded
is another step forward.
-Thomas Edison
There is a section of my yard that I haven’t been spending too much time in, because it is shaded until fairly late in the afternoon, when I am busy starting dinner and such. (I don’t use flash when taking pictures, so I need full sun or close to it.)
Yesterday, though, it was such a nice day that I did a fairly thorough sweep, exploring, trailblazing, just enjoying being outside, when I came across these gothic star-shaped seedpods. I took a few pictures of one, then noticed another, and another… all over the place.
And I realized that this whole side of the yard must have been awash in flowers, while we were away at the beach, and I missed the whole show!
I found one lonely lemon-lime flower, already beginning to wilt:
Such a bummer. But now I know they’re there and I can be prepared for next year.
Nothing else blooming in the garden at present, hope everyone is content with bug and vegetable pictures for a bit…