wistful Wednesday

in which our plucky heroine has nostalgia..

A cartoon* came up on a friends FB feed, which made me think of the amazing graphic artwork of Ron Cobb which was so very much a commentary on the times I grew up within

Ron Cobb cartoon

this was the soundtrack that sprang to mind when I saw the cartoon...

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beauty in the time of isolation:

I have no idea what this pretty flowering succulent is, other than ubiquitous...

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Summer is icumen, the weather forecast for next week has it close to triple digits. I'm finally getting it together to get the plants into the backyard planters, and tonight I put all ten of the cucumbers into the SWP,  and plan on both setting up a trellis for them, and enclosing them with the former chicken hurdles for protection from squirrels.

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~ creativity challenge ~

Definitely creative, but couldn't figure out how to take a photo of the whole thing... now that the hasp adhesive is thoroughly set, I finished my prototype of a weight-based screendoor closing mechanism. Four small eye screws into the doorframe between the screen and the house door, guiding a length of paracord that is anchored at the top to the screendoor, and at the other end to a heavy steel weight. One pleasant surprise is that there is enough friction? that the door closes somewhat more slowly than I had expected, but very solidly. I plan on doing the same thing to the back screendoor, which doesn't stay closed when the weather is windy, and bangs annoyingly.

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June SMART goals (x=extra)

#	THINGS MADE	THINGS FIXED	THINGS GONE
1	baby clutch ball	otterface needlebook	paper recycling
2	Nandina leather vest	cleaned iron soleplate	rogue garlic plants
3	baby blanket	dollar store mini table	yard waste bin
4	miniature sofa	single bulb garlic strings	recycling bin
5	Nandina Chinese food	repair broken bowl	-
6	garlic scape pickles	1 trim attached shower	x
7	6 mesh laundry bags	garlic pulled and strung	x
8	BLM print	planted cucumbers	x
9	x	screen door weighted	x
10	x	x	x
11	x	x	x
12	x	x	x
13	x	x	x
14	x	x	x
15	x	x	x

today's gratitude as the saying goes... "I may be old, but I got to see a lot of great bands"... *