AspiringHermit

So Zen is a 9mo female. She was rehomed because she has a very high prey drive and did not do well with her previous owner's cats. She is quiet and amazingly well behaved. She walks well on leash, and enjoys meeting people and dogs. She enjoys squeaking toys, playing ball, and learning puzzle toys.

So Zen is a 9mo female. She was rehomed because she has a very high prey drive and did not do well with her previous owner's cats. She is quiet and amazingly well behaved. She walks well on leash, and enjoys meeting people and dogs. She enjoys squeaking toys, playing ball, and learning puzzle toys.

She is on the clingy side, following us around a lot, and is a top-notch snuggler as well! My husband brought her home on Sunday and she has been adjusting and settling in well. Yes, I left to tend my dying mother and my husband went out and got a puppy 🤣 We had actually applied a few weeks ago

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I own exactly 1 white t-shirt and this is why. 🤣

Olivia Benson is loitering suspiciously under the bird bath 👀

So now that the weather has cooled off a bit and the fence construction is complete, I've finally been able to focus on planting the fall veggies. Carrots, cucumbers, celery, lettuce, spinach, green onions, and peas in the raised beds. There's still green beans, eggplant, chard, and a cabbage

Pulled the tomatillos and moved their big pots to a more appropriate spot so this wood planter which was behind them would actually get sunlight. Moved some herbs (chives and parsley) here instead. Planted some radishes in the wood planter, hope to get a quick harvest then plant garlic after.

So now that the weather has cooled off a bit and the fence construction is complete, I've finally been able to focus on planting the fall veggies. Carrots, cucumbers, celery, lettuce, spinach, green onions, and peas in the raised beds. There's still green beans, eggplant, chard, and a cabbage

Now that the weather has returned to normal (mid 80s), I am once again able to function. I got some work done in the garden - tore out the watermelon and tomato plants to get ready for fall planting. Also harvested a bunch of herbs to dehydrate overnight and cut up a watermelon.

Changing my username to PerspiringHermit

Changing my username to PerspiringHermit

Project Front Window Shade: So the front of our house faces due south and gets blasted with full sun ALL DAY LONG. Years ago we installed this exterior window shade to help keep the house cool. It's made a noticeable difference. A few weeks ago while installing a window mounted AC unit, there was

So today I took EVERYTHING down again, and attached some thinner extension boards to my original wood blocks, and then put the mounting brackets on there. This moved everything out a few inches providing sufficient clearance for the AC. Hopefully the shade will also help the AC run more

Project Front Window Shade: So the front of our house faces due south and gets blasted with full sun ALL DAY LONG. Years ago we installed this exterior window shade to help keep the house cool. It's made a noticeable difference. A few weeks ago while installing a window mounted AC unit, there was

the temperature 15° cooler than a regular shade. Sounds like a worthy investment so I got that one. Of course the roll-up shade required a completely different mounting system than the simple hooks I hung the old shade from. I couldn't mount it directly to the side of the house as designed

Project Front Window Shade: So the front of our house faces due south and gets blasted with full sun ALL DAY LONG. Years ago we installed this exterior window shade to help keep the house cool. It's made a noticeable difference. A few weeks ago while installing a window mounted AC unit, there was

Operation New Fence update: I went over to neighbor's house today and was able to finish off all the stupid tree stumps. I also cut back some of her trees that are growing near the fence, hopefully enough for the fence builders.