After my whole weekend at home, I ventured back to the Avdi’s, by way of VP and Ace.  VP is having their big BOGO sale before wrapping things up their season, so I took advantage and got some great perennials half price: Joe Pye, Jap painted fern, red yarrow, a red and yellow coreopsis, and deep pink coneflowers.  Not natives, but a compromise to fill in some gaps.  I also got a brand new red hose nozzle, to replace the old broken ones.

The yard of course had flooded from all the rain, but it kept everything watered, so I didn’t have to.

Loucious was relieved to finally see me after his tragic ordeal of having to meet and deal with little Billie, who it turns out, can hold her own.  No one was murdered, and now it’s like an uneasy truce.  Loucious thinks he’s being supplanted as the #1 exclusive favorite; you can hear the violins in the background.  It’s good practice for working him up to a more challenging foe.

Loucious and I spent the day outside gardening and frisbeeing.  I planted the new perennials in their appropriate places, and transplanted some previous annuals to more conducive spots.  It’s really looking festive all around.

E and I had a great conversation, probably the first we’ve had of that depth on a grownup level.  He’s obviously done a lot of thinking and learning, and we had a lot to catch up on.

More work to do, so I’ll leave it there.