windy day, crappy night, little frogs

It’s very windy outside today. Not only are all the wind chimes going off madly but the wind is adding a roar of its own. I had thought I would work on the garden some today but not if this wind keeps up, sustained 22 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. I had a crappy night last night and don’t feel like being battered by the wind. I need to go get potting soil and compost from the feed store and I have something coming up in the compost bin, cucumbers maybe? Could be acorn squash, definitely some tomatoes. The plan is to remove the biggest best looking ones and get them planted in the ground and see what they become. Then I want to add last year’s compost to the garden space. I’m only planning on planting tomatoes and green beans, maybe some squash which never do well. I get one or two and then the plants succumb to vine borers.

So my crappy night. The dog would not settle down. Wanted out multiple times. The cat kept wanting to lay on me and she’s heavy and between the two of them they kept pinning me down so I could barely move to shift positions. During one of the times I got up to let the dog out I collected the nail file, nail scissors, and clippers to work on my ingrown toenail that had started to be painful (I mean, why not, I was awake). All I managed to do was make it hurt more. Then, we have a rat in the house/walls. goddammit. The first time it woke me chewing inside the wall of my bedroom I got up and kicked the wall enough times it left. Several nights later, last night, it was back. Again, kicking the wall with my other foot and then banging on the wall higher up as it scampered up to the attic but it didn’t come back. And finally, just before dawn the dog wanted out again and this time I let her out, left the door open enough for her to get back in whenever and went back to bed. So I am not in the mood for any foolishness today. The only thing I can say is I’m glad it’s not Thursday.

I have seven mobiles (you've already seen two of these) and enough crystals to make one more and some colored glass strips from a previous glass doo dad thing I had made years ago and that hung outside and finally fell apart that I could make another mobile with (I’ve already used some on two). I guess I’ll work on those today. They'll be the last though because my fingertips are getting sore from bending all that wire.

This is a talavera pedestal to a bird bath. I woke up one morning to find the dish that sat on top on the ground in pieces so I’ve been using a plastic pot tray with a rock to hold it down as a basin until I can find a ceramic glazed pot tray to use. I had picked it up to rinse it out and when I did I saw this…

four little tree frogs.

Here’s a fun little test/game about how well we remember color. I’m not going to tell you how poorly well I did but in my defense, I did it this morning and there was a lot of glare and reflection on my monitor.