Bryan, the great and powerful website wizard, made a few tweaks and changes to our appearance yesterday. We added a few pics, put out the cover for book 6, and are making some attempt to limit the bots from hijacking and messing with us. How we got to be a target is beyond me, but we are doing our part to lock them outside the gate. If you have any…

All day yesterday we had little spits of water. The birdbath is full, the ground a bit soggy, we even still have a small puddle or two. Best of all, some of the burnt brown is giving way to green shoots. Some of the bushes that still have leaves are looking perkier, not so shriveled and dying. Maybe life will return to the yard before autumn sets in. Some of…

The mighty Jethro, my nut case dog, has associated the flash of lightning with the terrifying roll of thunder. So he woke me up at the dark hour of 4am because the sky had an occasional flash. We finally got a few drops of moisture from the sky yesterday and during the night, but without the flashing lights and rumbles of a storm. At the first flash he tried to…