Took yesterday off to prune the grape arbor that nobody had touched since I moved in. I did like you're supposed to and hacked them all to Kingdom Come. (And YES I WORE SAFETY GOGGLES!) It looks pretty dire - I got 5 Lawn and Leaf bags of sticks out of it - but it was nice to spend a day out in the open instead of dutifully plugging away at earning money in a windowless box. I've got a tax refund coming anyway, so I could afford it. But today I'm as creaky as a rusty robot!

I think I'm going to plant sunflowers along the fence. I've seen a few goldfinches around, and they always seem to go for sunflowers.

Love, Columbine