flower power

It was mega hot again today and I came home to the first two lily blooms of the year:

Hooray! There are lots of buds looking ready to bust open any day, and I’m ready for the glorious color!

More photos at Flickr.

weekend update

So I finally decided that I’ve had enough of the neighbors walking on the seedlings in our front garden (nee yard) and put up a temporary fence to keep the garden safe.

It stretches all the way along this side of the yard, so hopefully it will be effective. We could theoretically fence off [...]