The dogs enjoyed a morning ramble through our woods and across the boulevard to the prairie. I picked up a couple of seed heads (milkweed and yucca). A friend up the street wants to attract butterflies--the native milkweed will do it! The yucca I'm going to toss in the dry back end of the yard and see if they come up.

Been rearranging a piece of back porch (patio) clutter. There was a concrete cinder block wall around the house when I moved in. If I'd thought about it, I'd have had the guys leave the wall here and reuse the blocks. There was one section that was kind of handy next to the door that we left, but I've moved it since. Now I'm struggling (got a big piece of cardboard to slide under it, but with little effect) to move about 20 feet where I'll use it to prop up the various brass fittings I use at the faucet. I'm using one hose (cheap PVC) for the yard and a better rubber one for the dogs. And sometimes I just want access to water without a hose, so I have one of those four-spigot brass things to use back there. All of this can weigh down a spigot, so the little chunk of wall (about 7 cinder blocks total, still mortared together) will serve right there.

For this afternoon, there are a number of possibilities. It's a beautiful but very hot day, so any outside stuff will be brief. I can finish clearing up in front of my porch--that's in the shade in the afternoon. I can see already that this will be lovely. I need at least two more stepping stones and another bag of decomposed granite and I'm finished.

SRS