Vines

The most exciting thing that I did today was buy a sickle. I used one a few days ago to cut grass and it seems a bit nicer than using a weed trimmer. Of course I found a few different styles of sickles at Hardware Sales. (Where else?) And then I tackled the overgrown blackberry and morning glory vines in the back alley after a few years of neglect. A surprisingly large pile of debris accumulated that I'll need to borrow the community truck to take to the transfer station.

After a morning of reading it was to the library to return an interesting book, and to read how the credit markets are basically screwed (Business Week), and that future water supplies in the Western U.S. (due to historical precipitation cycles) are basically screwed (National Geographic). Oh joy. But most models suggest that the Pacific NW will see average or increased rainfall. Water will soon be a much, much greater issue around the world.

But funny how quickly you forget about those silly things in life when you have fresh oysters for dinner.