j_cheney | 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.

I drove one of these in high school (mine was actually a 64, this is a 65). This one is a bit rough, but evidently still in driving form. Needs a paint job.

I felt a momentary twinge of nostalgia to think it was out on the road. ::sighs::