This stuff spreads like wildfire. You can’t kill it. It even thrives in deep shade, and it blooms from early spring until the first frost. Even beyond the first frost, some years.

Some Variety of Purple Columbine

Rose Barlow Columbine

Wild Columbine

A pair of turkey vultures were in the back field, disposing of something that had died. I had my camera out, to try to get a photo of them (they are huge!), but they flew off. Instead, I ended up with a photo of some dandelion seed heads. Make a wish!

It’s grey and rainy and cold and gross, so I took a nap. I woke up to find Franny and Piglet, sleeping back-to-back on the bed with me. Frenemies.

It’s been such a cold spring that I totally forgot to go look for flowers in my garden. Thankfully, they don’t need my interference to bloom.

Piglet still hates Frances, but he’s decided that his hate is not strong enough to keep him from hanging out with me when the dog is around. Usually this means being on the floor, by my feet. Sometimes he naps, which is sweet. Sometimes he bites my feet, which is not so sweet. It is also kind of stupid, because the only thing between Piglet and the evil dog is me. Biting me does not make me very inclined to protect him.

Before

After

The tuffet is comfy and the cats love to lounge on it, but it is hideous. The upholstery is some sort of velour that attracts cat hair and is impossible to clean. I wanted to cover it, but couldn’t find anything that was soft enough to feel nice but that also was not a hair magnet. I finally found a polyester shower curtain at Target that wasn’t too ugly. The teals go with the teals in my living room, and the red in it is about the same shade I’m planning on painting my project dresser. And, it is slick enough that hair brushes off it.

Has there ever been a more pitiful sight? I do not think so! Miss Frances was a sick little girl last night. She’s all better now, though.

Did you know that bullying ladypeople is an act of courage? Me, either! Well done, ladyhating busybodies!

“We hope that our story of rising above discriminatory opposition can inspire pro-life students around the country to courageously take a stand for life and speak truth to power at their own college campuses.” — Andrew Guernsey, Voice for Life

“We are ready to begin the real work of saving lives.” — Monica Rex, Vice President, Voice for Life

And, need I say that if “pro life” groups actually cared about saving the lives of children, maybe they could have been doing things like working to ensure access to birth control, prenatal care, and programs for low income children and parents, instead of waiting around for permission to harass women seeking legal medical care?

If you don’t let your dog on the furniture, you will never know the joy of having her head cradled in your lap while she snores sleepily.