Tenants

A family of chickadees were living in our birdhouse this season; the parents flew in and out all day long to feed the squealing younguns. We don't see any more activity of late, which makes me think we may have missed the spectacle of flying lessons. I have put together another birdhouse in hopes that we might get two families next year.

Wisdom Extracted

Reasons to have anxiety about extracting wisdom teeth:

• Handy pre-procedure insomnia helps general anesthetic take effect in four seconds instead of interminable five
• Pesky lack of post-operative discomfort leaves schedule wide open for immediate productive activity, leaving little time to demand room service and wallow in self-pity
• Nearly intolerable guilt associated with ensuing lack of productive activity, demands for room service, general wallowing
• Overabundance of fruit smoothies and ice cream
• Slight bitter taste of Percocet tablets

Framework

Some new domestic projects have been completed:

Frames for the stained-glass windows Becky made last summer, and a trellis for the Porcelain Berry vine (Ampelopsis brevipedunculata) which was the size of a matchstick in 1998.