I mowed around in the back yard today but found a painful anomale to the usual wildlife - fire ants that aren't mounding. They're completely underground. When I walked over that spot there was no clue they were present until they started biting, and the were worse than what I usually have run into. I believe these little guys may have created a few small blisters with their bites.

The side yard was trimmed until I was tired of swinging around the trimmer. I'll have to make a point of taking all of the empty spools to the greenhouse where I've stored the reels of string and refill them. That's a great job for a rainy day, to enjoy the yard but work in that cute little building. A piece of news picked up from a neighbor while I was working out front - it seems our village doesn't allow yard signs for political advertising until one month prior to the election. I'll have to look that up. Perhaps I can put a Harris sign inside the house in a front window. :) My vote like Democracy depends on it sign is okay because it doesn't promote a particular party or candidate.