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Garden Omens
Success in the annual garden stems from a good start. Planting seeds, caring for seedlings, and preparing planting beds for the season keeps me busy from January to May. Anything planted much later is unlikely to survive a Georgia summer without nearly constant watering. Things started off well enough. I ordered seed in January, started…
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Mavis!
A great friend drove me to Lawrenceville this past Friday afternoon to pick up Mavis. Folks in the waiting room had come for one of Mavis’s siblings. Apparently, the adopted pup was their second choice–behind Mavis. Mavis was the last pup they brought out. Like her sisters, she was in a cone. I’m glad. Without…
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Training Preparations
I didn’t need to train Toodles, my first dog. Andy trained Tico (her older brother), and Toodles followed his lead. She was a good girl with no bad habits who never got in trouble. I adored her, but would never describe her as “fun”. Training Tootsie was entirely my responsibility. I was able to spend…
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RIP Tootsie
My sweet chi-weenie crossed the rainbow bridge Wednesday night. She would have been four years old in June. Losing her is quite a shock. The last month of her life was difficult. We were constant companions and had never been apart for more than a few hours before the last month. Nobody thought we were…
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Fishing with AI
The AI mode for searches has turned up lots of useful tips for my aquarium. The fish are much healthier. Blackbeard algae is less likely to be a problem too. “Preventing Blackbeard algae” was my first AI search. Overcrowding–my middle name–is a primary cause. The tank of my dreams is chock-full of colorful fish. Unfortunately,…