Bidding a fond farewell...

...to Lucy Cutie Duckie, whose sudden and mysterious absence, along with the absense of any ducklings, we are optimistically interpreting as a successful hatching and departure into the wide world of a new duck family. Her nest is kind of funky and interesting - a couple of eggshells are still there, but nothing like the debris you'd expect from eleven eggs.



Garden-wise, we're getting some more color, although we're down to one lovely allium, the others having been enthusiastically harvested by Peter.



But the salvia and the window boxes are looking good, various shrubs are flowering, and things are budding in a promising way. Our mystery trellis vine is growing so well I'm now firmly convinced it's a weed. Peter and I might swing by the fancy garden place for a geranium today, since I think that's what's missing from our front porch.