Mostly gone...

I've been mostly gone for the last few days, on the road and only managing to slip in an occasional comment. I'll catch up with people as time allows....

Spent time with family down in Texas. They need rain, of course....but there is this.

They're always a nice thing to see, although I'll have to go back later to catch the bloom.

Got only a little work done, but I think I'm ready to redo the end of the outline for DitD, got the last of it worked out in my head.

WOTF has contacted us, and apparently they want to officially 'release' the book on Friday the 13th, L. Ron Hubbard's birthday. I had the opportunity to send birthday wishes in, but it looks like I missed their deadline....

Trying to catch up today.

Received in Mail: Midnight Never Come by swan_tower (We'll see when I ever get time to read that!), plus coffee, and Nebula ballot.

The Promised Dark Lord

Yes, this is the sort of Dark Lord one gets in the mail....still a baby.


There's supposedly a chance of snow tonight, although accuweather says tomorrow morning. In honor of that, I spent this afternoon out getting mulch to protect my babies. Went to Home Depot and bought cedar mulch for some beds, and then to TLC to get some cocoa mulch for the beds that abutt the house. I smell strange, like chocolate if I turn my head in one direction, and cedar in the other. Chocolate-covered cedar chips....

I have hastily constructed a bunch of frames out of newspaper and tree protector grid, and will be out covering all my precious geraniums at darkfall.

I also finally found a Climbing Iceberg Rose. I had one on the far side of the yard which was killed by a neighbor's excessive application of Round-Up in their yard (roses are sensitive to run-off). I won't be planting this one for a few days, but I'm putting it in a different spot where I'm sure it will be glorious...

Finally, parked next to this at the garden center. ( cut for pictures )