On the Sprout.

New things are taking shape at the little house. I have to catch a bus in 10 minutes, so this will be short.

An unexpected free Saturday allowed D and I to complete a significant amount of work. It was a most productive weekend.

Things accomplished:

-The previous renters arrived and cleaned their things out of the shed. The sketchy Whoopin' Shed is now 100% ours.

-We made serious progress on the garden. D has the pictures that go along with that story, so I will allow her to tell it, but suffice to say, we now have a quaint collection of greens and more growing things on the sprout.

-I bought Mums! And Rosemary! And brightly colored plants for a hanging basket! We are so flora'd out you can hardly even believe it. As my housemate commented... "It looks like nice people live here now!"

-We acquired one of the big Metro composters. It's been a huge stress off our trash cans not to throw away all of that biodegradable waste every week. The best part, though, is that it looks like a rocket ship. BLAST OFF, VEGGIE WASTE!

-Finally, on Tuesday, the management came and installed our BLINDS. I can't tell you what a liberating sensation it is knowing I can watch as much trashy tv as my little heart can bear and NO ONE WILL KNOW. Beautiful. Access Hollywood here I come... Even better is the mental relief my dear BF gets knowing that the teenage neighbor boys will no longer be able to look right into my window when the blanket falls down, nor will our sillhouettes tell them exactly what we are doing in the evenings. Brilliance.

Now we begin the slow process of patiently waiting for things to grow so we can harvest them. Once I get my camera back, you will get millions of photographs. I'm sure you can't wait.

Have a lovely weekend, dear readers.