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Sooo tired. I have so few responsibilities; how is it possible for me to be so deeply in arrears?
I have a weed abatement notice from the city, which I totally deserve, but they gave me terribly short notice: the deadline for voluntary compliance is Monday, so probably they mailed it on Monday, but it didn't get here until Wednesday. Yes it is possible to ask for an extension, but that requires making a phone call, which is just not within my cope right now. Normally I would ask Neal to make the phone call for me, but he and Mungo are hiking in Oregon with Nixie. Normally I would ask Mungo to come and mow down the bits that I couldn't manage, but, Oregon. Also since they're in Oregon I have been taking care of Neal's garden, which used to be my garden and how did I ever keep up with it? Oh that's right I didn't.
Anyway, the weed abatement notice says I have noncompliant weeds all over my property -- which is just not true -- but calls particular attention to the driveway. The last third of the driveway is waist-deep in phlox and campanula and dame's rocket and, yes, unarguable weeds, all covered with flowers and bees. And when I was out there today, deciding that I just had to cut it all down, a hummingbird was checking out the phlox. How can I cut down a hummingbird's food supply?
I have a weed abatement notice from the city, which I totally deserve, but they gave me terribly short notice: the deadline for voluntary compliance is Monday, so probably they mailed it on Monday, but it didn't get here until Wednesday. Yes it is possible to ask for an extension, but that requires making a phone call, which is just not within my cope right now. Normally I would ask Neal to make the phone call for me, but he and Mungo are hiking in Oregon with Nixie. Normally I would ask Mungo to come and mow down the bits that I couldn't manage, but, Oregon. Also since they're in Oregon I have been taking care of Neal's garden, which used to be my garden and how did I ever keep up with it? Oh that's right I didn't.
Anyway, the weed abatement notice says I have noncompliant weeds all over my property -- which is just not true -- but calls particular attention to the driveway. The last third of the driveway is waist-deep in phlox and campanula and dame's rocket and, yes, unarguable weeds, all covered with flowers and bees. And when I was out there today, deciding that I just had to cut it all down, a hummingbird was checking out the phlox. How can I cut down a hummingbird's food supply?