We had a big thunderstorm this evening and the dog dishes filled up completely with water. Nearly lost a toad in the wading pool overnight, but I pulled it out just in time and it started breath again. What an exciting place the yard is. . .

Janie, do you have any idea what set off your knee? Do you have arthritis? Do weather changes affect your knee? Just be careful that one of these knuckleheads doesn't blow your kneecap off with a handgun as they gesticulate while reciting poetry and waving their pistols. (It's a Freudian thing.)