Yes, in case my description of "large carnivore urine" wasn't clarification enough, it was, indeed, free and freely donated by Tom. Alas, he can no longer climb up on the bank and spritzle it directly... I'm hoping doing this even after the flowers have been eaten will discourage the critters from even checking out the area in the future.

This won't sound like much, but it was a major decluttering decision and victory -- On Saturday I spotted a great computer chair at a yardsale for 5 bucks. I was very tempted to get it to replace an ugly orange one. But the orange one isn't in current use; it's being stored (for the past year) "temporarily" on the deck covered in plastic. Since Tom is still using a wheelchair at the table and around the house, the vintage wooden office chair he had been using is now in service at the computer. (I'm sitting on it right now.) So...I temporarily passed on the yardsale chair while I did a short yardsale loop and thought about it. And I not only thought myself out of it, but came to the conclusion I should get rid of the chair on the deck ASAP.

Linn