Nom de Plume

Scratchings and Jotlings on Books, Houses, Pets, Art, the Exigencies of Daily Existence, and Other Ephemera

What’s going on outside today?

Well, for once there isn’t a cloud in the sky. So there’s lots going on — Steve’s building my chicken coop, we have the aforementioned bee condos, lots of plant starts, lots of cleaning. And what do you know? Apparently, there’s this new gallery feature in WordPress. Or was it a plug in? Anyway, let’s check it out …

Pug pix: Harry and Oliver

Marie came over for dinner last night, and the boys chilled under the table.

“Hmmm, is there any food under here?”

“Um. That’s not food.”

“I’m feeling very uncomfortable.”

“WHOA!”

“Perv.”

Bye now.

Bee Condos and Clematis

Steve wanted mason bees in the yard, hence the bee condo (with a corner of the frame of my chicken coop):

Mason bees started swarming, so he built another:

And here’s the clematis: