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June 13, 2008
Chores chores chores
The dog is walked...the yard is watered (by hand)...the birds are fed, the cats are fed, Amelie has had a walk about in both the front and back yard...she even crossed the street for a minute, but I put the stop to that...she doesn't understand the whole 'car' situation and I don't want her getting spooked at the wrong time...she's inside now, laying down next to the computer, happy as a fat clam...she's figured out how to get from the back yard to the front yard all by herself (you have to jump a high fence and she's rather portly, so I didn't expect to see her on the other side)...
Brian did a little digging about why there are no butterflies this year...turns out, butterflies are 'cyclical'...last year was a great year for them, this year, there are very few...we've not had our garden long enough to have experienced the ebb and flow of the bug world, so we are still learning...one exciting thing I've seen (twice now, actually) are PRAYING MANTIS in the yard...they are very small, and beneficial (they like to eat other bugs) and I'm tickled to see them at all...I didn't see a one last year..not a one...this year, I've seen two...I'm easily excited...
I'm also happy to get to drive my car today...being gone all last week, and not having anywhere to go this week, it hasn't been run in well over two weeks...its time to blow open the carburator and get going...and of course - its sprinkling out here! We haven't seen rain since like February, and today, when I wanna go out in the convertible, its sprinkling...so what, I say...I'm gonna put the top down...by the time I have to hit the road, it'll be hot and sunny...and since when has a little sprinkle stopped anybody, I ask you...
I'm feeling the need for a movie...I think Kung Fu Panda would work...Brian has nixed the Sex and the City movie and I'll honor that...no need to drag him to it...and he's already seen IronMan twice, and we don't wanna see Indy again, so I think the Panda will have to do...I don't expect anything, i just wanna chill out with a goat cheese salad and enjoy some cartoons...seems like a plan...
Posted by Donner at June 13, 2008 09:22 AM
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That's interesting to know about the butterflies. I wonder if this is a good year for praying mantis because I've NEVER seen them here and my kids have found 3 already this summer!
Go see Kung Fu Panda. All of my kids and my husband saw it last week while I was at B&B and they said it was by far the best movie they have ever seen. Well, my kids said that, my husband just said it was excellent.
Posted by: Jenn Kelly at June 13, 2008 07:16 PM