I used a teensy snippet of music performed by D-Squared. It’s their cover of Buckeye Jim.

Just a little tour showing progress so far. Nothing easier than rolling outside with my phone and shooting a little Qik video. I’ve got plants. Most of them I started from seed. Most of them grew. Hurray me! Soundtrack by local birds. Guest appearance by White Kitty.

I’m not sure what he is. I think he’s a hybrid toad, maybe part red-spotted toad and Woodhouse’s toad or maybe Arizona toad since he did have a tendency to hop rather than “walk.” Not really sure. While trying to identify him, I found a really nice description of the lives of toads in Arizona’s riparian areas.

Since that time I’ve notice more and more vehicles come with fog lamps. I have to believe the auto dealerships are ordering them that way because the cars are a few hundred dollars more expensive with them installed. I mean, this is Phoenix we’re talking about. I’ve lived here my whole life, nearly forty years, and I can count the number of times I’ve seen fog in Phoenix on one hand. In fact, I can count the number of times I’ve seen fog here on one finger. That’s right. In forty years, there has been fog in Phoenix ONCE. For about two hours.

Yet just about every idiot on the road whose car is equipped with fog lamps turns them on every day. Apparently because they can. Either that or they’re all suffering from some kind of fantasy delusional fog inside their cotton-brained heads. It bothers me on a lot of levels, but mostly because they hurt my eyes. It’s not as bad as having your brights on, but it’s close.

Who’s more mental, them? Or me? Either way, it’s really satisfying to finally get that off my chest.

Aside: Before you think we’re heathens, we’re draining our pool because we’ve been unable to de-cloud the water this season even though the pool chemistry numbers were right where they were supposed to be. We think a neighbor may have been throwing stuff into it but we don’t know. In any case it’s been 5 years without a major water change. So this is going to cost us a bunch to replace all that water. Before we do it we’ll power wash the surface, patch it up and repaint it. We’ve watered all our trees and shrubs, plus those of our neighbors, with the water we’ve pumped out. It developed algae during the draining because we stopped chlorinating when we started pumping water out.

I shot this footage on Friday, February 15 and am just getting around to posting it. I’m so glad that with video, it’s never too late to share a beautiful day.

Of course, my mom is also a source of awe-inspiring beauty and energy, and you’ll hear her voice along with the sounds of the Well.

If you ever come through Phoenix, I’d love to take you up here for a picnic.