General Discussion & Chat: Coffee and...Part 20! :-D, 1 by meezersfive

meezersfive wrote:
It will be quiet here, no real plans, just plant the haul we got yesterday and work on bunny resistance. No dogs loose around here, so I think it's safe enough from digging. If the blood meal doesn't work, I'm soaking some red chili pepper for spray. That'll teach 'em.

We are invited to DH's little brother's place on the lake for a "party" but since he hasn't returned the phone call I suspect we aren't going. They are heavy drinkers and we aren't comfortable with their little sniping and full blown disagreements once they past the third or fourth Cap'n Morgan. DH isn't very social anyway, so if I feel like chatting with the SIL, I meet her for lunch.

Other news, next weekend the pie demolishing brother is coming. He's my least favorite houseguest, and in view of some of the past behaviors I'm not looking forward to seeing him. Some of the long term thread users may remember last Christmas, when he decided to eat half of the pumpkin pie I made for Christmas dinner for breakfast on Christmas day. Evidently even my wrath won't keep him from his free vacation, and the opportunity to use DH as his personal ATM (so that he has gas money to go back home... I should be grateful, without it, he might just stay). Hope this time he brings his toothbrush instead of his bushels of dirty laundry.

It's lovely and cool this morning, so I'm off to dig holes, hoping we haven't had a big mosquito hatch overnight! Our dry May has made evenings outdoors blissful, but after the recent rains we'll see some hatching soon I imagine. They do find me delicious...and they call their friends to share. LOL I'll bet Darius knows a home remedy mosquito repellant...I hate the smell of Off and deet.

Here's that oriental lily after I removed the volunteer bush in front of it. I want more lilies, I have some Stella D'oro, and those orangey ditch lilies but I'd like some other colors, too. I don't have anything worthwhile to trade so I'll be checking the garden store...again!

OK off to the garden. Maybe today I can keep my gloves on for longer than an hour. Don't bet on it.....