Well, I'm not very good at this blogging stuff. As any one can see who actually finds my blog. Today has been bright and sunny, but windy and only about 22 - 24 celsius. It is a nice change after all the rain we have been having.
The yard is doing well, and since the city took out 3 trees on the edge of my yard, the sunshine is welcome. Most of the early flowers are done now. The fancy day lilies in the back of the yard are almost finished, but they get less sun which must prolong them. The oriental lilies are finished, the star gazers too, and the maltese cross and evening primroses are over as well. The golden glow is just starting, but the rain has knocked some of them down. I keep meaning to tie them up, but never do. They have really taken off this year.
The ferns at the back are crowding into the hostas. They have really taken off since we put the bark mulch down. I planted 2 ostrich fern roots about 10 years ago and now have about 20 at least. The hostas are of course doing well. I'd like to dig up a foot or so of sod on the other side of the house and plant hostas along there. I think it would look great, and would help by not having to weed wack along the foundation. Anything to keep from having to mow. The front garden up by the sidewalk is wonderful - old fashioned daylilies, ribbon grass, spirea bushes, shasta daisies, sneeze weed, columbine, creeping phlox, creeping thyme, rose campion, coreopsis, lung wort, and coral bells, just to name a few, all crowded together with "weeds" like purple clover and vetch.
Due to circumstances beyond my control, I was invigilating exams today, despite it being Saturday. But you help a friend in need, and neither Colleen nor Barb could do it. I thought I'd lost the big one from the states, but they sent me an email and said it was back on track. Nice piece of money for a couple of days! It certainly helps me to do the invigilating that I do - gives me walking around money and I have an opportunity to read a book for 2-3 hours while monitoring one to 3 people.
I got convinced to apply for my BED (Adult Education) and do the Preparing for Prior Learning Assessment course this fall. With that and the portfolio, all I have left to get my degree are 3 more courses. I thought it was more than that, which was why I had decided not to do any more after finishing the certificate. But they have transferred all of my Arts credits as well as the Geology and Biology courses, and added to the Certificate courses, I'm almost there. But I have to say that the two-year rest from course work has been good. I'm glad I took the time and enjoyed reading for pleasure for a change.
The annoying cat from the street behind is back today. He is a young male, barely a year old, and he is not fixed. He comes over here to spray, annoy my cats, and hunt my birds. I've already sent the owners a message that if they don't keep him in their own yard I'm going to take him to the SPCA. The cat from next door is fine. He's fixed, and just likes to lie on my deck, under the table for shade and drink out of the plant saucers. He doesn't bother Lizzie and Zoe at all.
They are doing well. At the last vet visit, they were given a clean bill of health and I was told that theirs were the cleanest teeth Shannon had seen in months. It is that Oral Care from Science Diet. I give it to them as treats, so the scarf it right down, thinking they are special!
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