The strings of LED lights for the tree are a little short as I've wrapped them so far. I'll redo it this weekend, see if I can cover all of the limbs. They're quite bright, and I may see if I can plug them into a little rheostat plug and dim them a bit. The changeable strings are "icicle" sets that I might be able to use now, so I may stretch them out and see if I can arrange them without the icicle look. They're the best set, they are clear or colorful, depending on the switch setting, and will blink, dim and glow, or show steady in clear or colors. I have a short string of clear rice LED lights that I think I'll stretch across the mantle and let them glow under the crystal, see how that looks.

I didn't take the trash to the curb yesterday, there wasn't much to go. But I'll make a run to the recycle center this weekend and I can drop the household trash at that same time. In the same room with the recycling I have a bag of flower seeds a coworker gave me a couple of years ago. I might stomp some of the dry flower heads apart for the birds and spread the rest around along the fenceline of the woods across the road. I think it's echinacea.

Every time it warms outside I realize I should go scoop the dog droppings, and then it gets cold again. I'll try to make that run through the yard later today, add it to the compost. It does more good in the compost than in the mixed Bermuda and weed turf. My compost for this year has been sitting there done for the last year or so, the poop and weeds from this year have gone on a huge pile that is imperceptibly shrinking with the rains and decomposition. Somehow I managed to stack it really high rather than wide. When I start the weeding this year, I'll start composting in a new location, and that tall pile will get used next year when it's finished. I have some wine that turned that I hate to pour down the drain, so I'll probably pour that in the garden directly instead of in the compost. Sugars are always welcome in the garden!

SRS