My regrets for not making clear the PayPal notice was for US residents in the 47 states that don't have decent privacy laws. And it's probably a specific type of account -- reading the privacy policy in detail is no fun ( Read more... )

"To opt-out of disclosures or Personal Information to Partners and Merchants for personalized shopping experiences, log into your PayPal account and edit your preferences in the Data and Privacy setting ( Read more... )

Taking today off for yard work. Have someone coming out to help at 8:30 ( Read more... )

No spots and bruising, no storm damage here ( Read more... )

The dehydrator is humming behind me, competing in volume for the cricket and other insect serenade. While the sun has come up over the horizon, the  clearing is still in a shady twilight. The moon illuminated the deck as i set up this morning, and if i stood in just the right place, i could see Orion in an Orion shaped gap in the trees. I'm not ( Read more... )

Edward went to the vet yesterday for a skin issue we had been treating with skin meds left over from a previous case. The areas are tender and he reacts  in an unusual way: he starts grooming his front paw with such aggression i worry he will hurt himself.  Or he goes rigid and whips his head around to groom-bight anything he can contact with. Once ( Read more... )

Luigi's vet visit brought no news ( Read more... )

This morning on the deck, a brief moment when the clouds reflected the long red rays and everything was suffused with a rosy glow. A deer snorted in the woods. The rattling call of a woodpecker. Crows -- they circle in the vicinity of where the snag used to be. I imagine they are looking for it. Still plenty of tall pines. I look at the tip of the ( Read more... )

Feeling appreciative of the weather change that made for getting things done in the yard Sunday and Monday evening pleasant.  Leaves are changing in hints here and there, mostly on the early trees of elm, tulip poplar, and cherry. The black cherry and elm just drop their leaves -- the tree still seems green but underneath is brown leaf fall. Tulip ( Read more... )

Long weekend was a battle with entropy and chaos. No attention to the fig tree which is covered with tatters of rotten and moldy and wasp eaten figs.  (Slight exaggeration. But i have some suspicion that removing ripening figs stimulates more production ( Read more... )