Day is done. . .

3:00 pm...inside for cold water...going back outside to keep working in my sorry looking herbs that didn't winter very well.  Very hard on the back because I can't bring myself to lean against the stone wall of the Hobbit Hole.  I keep imagining it full of snakes.  I remember one summer when I was around, say 7 or so and my favorite morning ritual was to walk to a neighboring stone wall where 'dozens' of garter snakes would be sunning themselves between the layers of stone.  I would poke a stick at them to watch them stick their tongues out and slither back inside the earth.  I wondered where they went, visualizing secret little snake homes complete with furniture and light fixtures.  Maybe that's not something I should admit to but what the heck; I've already once admitted to thinking I could take a radio apart and get the little people out and play with them.  Ah, childhood.  Yes, please...I'd like to go back for a visit.

7:00 pm...day is done.  (Isn't that a Peter Paul and Mary song?) 

Today's projects:

Chili with apple and carrot added.  Tasted good and it made the house smell heavenly!

Weeded the chives and planted some garlic.  Love the chive blossoms.

Refreshed the landscape around the Hobbit Hole and tended the herbs.  

This year, I am *going* to harvest the horse radish!

Look who I found hiding under a rock.

Blasted deer anyway!!  Had to spray all my hosta with 'liquid fence.'  It smells horrible but it does work.