Hello, Friday. We have the usual stuff happening here. There’s sunshine, Chaucer is crying at the back door because he sees a lizard on the patio, and the United States is personal clawing rights away in the name of control.
Same shit, different day.
I made a point to go outside and do something – anything at all – yesterday. Chaucer got himself some yard time, and came out to the patio after lunch. The lizards weren’t coming anywhere near us, so he mostly rolled around on the hot concrete. I dismantled the carnivorous plant terrarium and transplanted its contents into one of Mom‘s gardens. The flytrap was black and probably dead, so I don’t expect much to come of it. However, the sundew still had some life in it. Will it live? Who knows. Either way, the two plants are in the dirt. My job is done.
With the carnivores planted, I picked all of the moss out of that terrarium and put it in Vault 5. For some reason, that particular container seems very barren. There’s ferns, but they’re not really ground cover. The ivy can be, but is wrapping itself around the outside walls. The pennywort in there runs on either end of the growth spectrum. It’s either super tall, with its “caps” up at the top of the container lid, or it’s travelling through the drainage area and denying it’s even a plant.
News from the Frontlines
While I was happy to not find any yesterday, the Apothecarium continues to be under assault by snails. I found two more this morning and released them outside before I made some tea.
47 removed- 4 AWOL in the bedroom
I went out and spun poi after dinner. The toads were out again, although fewer than the last time. At this point, I could probably put together a supercut of all my poi videos where I’m interrupted and forced to stop and chase a toad off of my path.
With it being Friday, we’re going out for dinner tonight. Normally we’d go to the Chinese buffet, but tonight we’re meeting up with one of Brian’s friends who is in town for a visit. This is the same friend who we met up with just after my arrival last year, and he’s generally very loud, and very drunk. I have no idea where dinner will be, but I’m planning to pack my poi and the vape and headphones so I can ignore the shit out of people. Maybe I can get some beach poi videos.
Oooh beach poi!