We enjoyed quite a light show last night. We were up in what we call the tree house room, watching an episode of that very creepy HBO show from a few years back, Carnivale. The storm seemed appropriate to the story, as lightning lit up the night sky again and again and again.

Between yesterday afternoon and evening, a lot of rain fell around these parts too. We needed it. The back garden has started to really come to life and this is going to give it a boost. It’s going to help all those new plants in the front garden too.

I took this photo of the back garden a couple days ago. The latest addition to this garden is several catnip plants courtesy of my brother Salvelinas Fontinalis. Those border bricks were lying about the property when we bought the place so I put them to work. Replacing them with some rocks is on the list for this year…but fairly low down on that list.