I suppose the art could be moved now and avoid the request to move it when the photographer arrives and realizes the disparity in positions. The yard sounds lovely! A friend gave me a gerbera daisy that is in a pot next to some sweet potato vines on the front porch, and the color is a remarkably beautiful accent to the deep purple leaves nearby. Otherwise I have a few flowers here and there on the driveway side of the house. The hibiscus has just started blooming and the new cannas bloom one at a time. The other side looks great, those cannas are lovely. Once I get the new soaker hoses set up again they'll stay that way. And after this season the driveway cannas will move to the other side to a third canna bed.

Yesterday I picked up a fresh filet of Copper River salmon as part of my annual acknowledgement of the season and a reminder of how much my mother enjoyed it (her last meal). That was baked this morning as a high protein breakfast, and while it was good, the frozen wild sockeye I eat regularly is its equal. (The filet almost slipped out of my hands and I caught it against my t-shirt; I'll be changing the shirt in a few minutes to avoid the blooming fish aura all day.)

The vegetable garden sprinklers are set up on the timer and I tested them last night and this morning. Now is the time to keep the string trimmer handy and regularly cut the grass around the vegetable garden or it becomes a jungle. That's the tradeoff for automating the watering and not doing spots by hand.

This morning I exchanged the new PVC flap for the old PVC flap in the dog door. It fits the opening perfectly and will, for a while, keep out more of the mosquitoes and warm air that otherwise seeps in around the warped one. The last replacement was in 2022, so pretty durable (and there is no longer a puppy chewing on it.)