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Trivial life stuff (and fandom)
1. SOMETHING IS EATING MY GARDEN. I don't know what; my guess is either a) moose (we know there's a cow-calf pair hanging around; we've caught them occasionally on the driveway game camera), or b) a porcupine. Which would never have been on my radar as something that would eat a garden if I hadn't seen it in the backyard a week or two ago, absolutely going to town munching on raspberry bushes and fireweed. I feel like the way that the garden is getting decimated is consistent with something low to the ground that's pulling down pea vines and similar, and also doesn't eat too much in one go. But after we put up loose wire fencing around one of the beds, it apparently got into it anyway and ate a bunch of my lettuce and some of the remaining pea vines. Porcupines can both climb and dig, so it's possible a motivated one could get over loose fencing pretty easily - but the damage pattern this time could also have been something leaning over and eating from the top. I CAN'T TELL, but it is really annoying because it's taken out nearly all my peas and a bunch of the salad stuff. I picked some broccoli tonight even though I didn't need to use it yet, because my broccoli heads are just about fully crowned and I'm going to be incredibly annoyed if I wake up tomorrow to find that they've been devastated as well.
2. I got to pet puppies today! One of the people in my TTRPG game group has a dog (a Great Dane) that had puppies, ELEVEN of them - the 101 Dalmation jokes write themselves - and invited us over after gaming to pet them if we wanted to. They're about 3 weeks old, eyes open and toddling, but still potato shaped and incredibly soft and pleasant to hold. Puppies. <3 (I miss having a dog, although I don't want a Great Dane for a number of reasons. Handling someone else's puppies is delightful, though.)
3. Summer of Horror authors revealed, including my very unsurprising offering. I continue to be delighted with my deliciously spooky/romantic gift!
4. The Biggles prompt fest is also going delightfully.
2. I got to pet puppies today! One of the people in my TTRPG game group has a dog (a Great Dane) that had puppies, ELEVEN of them - the 101 Dalmation jokes write themselves - and invited us over after gaming to pet them if we wanted to. They're about 3 weeks old, eyes open and toddling, but still potato shaped and incredibly soft and pleasant to hold. Puppies. <3 (I miss having a dog, although I don't want a Great Dane for a number of reasons. Handling someone else's puppies is delightful, though.)
3. Summer of Horror authors revealed, including my very unsurprising offering. I continue to be delighted with my deliciously spooky/romantic gift!
4. The Biggles prompt fest is also going delightfully.
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And I hope you manage to figure out what's going on in your garden, it's so frustrating when you get vegetables almost to the point when you can eat them and then something goes wrong. I am currently a little frustrated that all my plums are just about to ripen and I'm going away tomorrow; I've told my neighbours to help themselves so at least they won't go to waste, since they don't keep at all.
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Of course, it could be the porcupine. No idea what food crop is impervious to them, if any, so you're on your own with that one.
PUPPIES!!! I'm sure that was a lot of fun!! :D
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Yay for puppies! I don't think I could care for a puppy but I love petting them.
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PUPPIES. <3
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Oh nooo that's so frustrating about the garden, I hope you catch the culprit / manage to ward your garden successfully!
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Puppies are always fun!
I'm very happy with my Summer of Horror gift too, and of course I didn't have the least idea it was written by you! 🤥😁
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