I got the answer to the mail blowing on the porch: postal carrier Anthony apologized this afternoon, but he said the wasps out there took after him so he dropped it on the bench and scooted off of the porch. Poor guy! I've been removing a smallish paper wasp nest every day at least twice a day for the last two weeks. I killed one of them last night, and the other was still bouncing around out there. Anthony whipped off his postal ballcap and gave it a swat and I gave it a stomp. Maybe now we'll both be happier on the front porch.

$45 in auction items shipped out today. Nice. Not much more movement, so I may not continue to try to sell the coins. I have some rarer ones, American, but I think I'll keep those for the kids. I'm selling off the old Canadian and British ones that don't really interest me. (No reflection of actual living Mudcat members!)

I moved a couple of smallish dirt lumps from the back yard. They were just high enough to stall out the mower if I went straight over them. One was a sandy mound meant to level a bird bath (moved out because the dogs kept drinking from it. I didn't want them knocking it over on themselves). The other was an old fire ant mound that was there for several years. I finally got it this year with beneficial nematodes and spinosad. So I took several large buckets of dirt away from the site, and the lawn will be a little easier to mow in those areas.

SRS