Punctuation Personified

Breve and crotchets were new to me.

I am loyal only to Ensign Semicolon.

Alas, due to my organization's standards, I am required to kill many commas.

I am delighted by the Ye Olde School emoticon on page 10, but it isn't teaching me much about those punctuation marks. Alas.

Ensign Semicolon!

I see Carolyn Bryant Donham (of Emmett Till Case fame) has died. I thought I felt a downdraft!

Alas, a former Cincinnati mayor has passed away. [link]

Alas, a former Cincinnati mayor has passed away.

I texted my brother to tell him that, and he replied "On Sunday he will rise, more powerful than ever." We do NOT need Messiah Jerry Springer, I tell you what. (Or vampire Jerry Springer.)

Although he's broadly famous for paying a sex worker with a check, he's most famous to me for hitting on my mom during her partying/bar-hopping days in the mid- to late-80s. She was hot, he was a creeper; it probably happened more than once. He was also known for showing up to clubs with a live band playing and bothering the band until they'd let him sing with them.

I feel like I know a little too much about Jerry Springer. He was a dumpster fire, but he was *our* dumpster fire.

Ugh. My tummy has been very unhappy and rumbly for the past day and a bit. I am not managing to get any work done (took yesterday as a sick day, feeling a bit better today but still not wanting to work). I have tons of non work stuff I need to do too (like pay bills and clean my house) that I have not accomplished either. I’m feeling very unable to get things done lately.

We went to the symphony last night. It was an absolute delight. First was Rachmoninov's Piano Concerto #3, which was glorious.

The BF is so jealous. He plays and Rachmoninov is his favorite.

I hope your sister decides to come with you.

We went from basically winter to summer in less than a few weeks. Spring was more aspirational and didn't hang out long. But the insane rain and snow has made for a fantastic superbloom so far. It's warm but not so hot the flowers are dying. Joshua Tree National Park is quite popular currently.

My yard is a mess of invasive mustard, local mustard, grasses and wildflowers. I pulled a lot of the invasive mustard a few weeks ago but left a bit because it was the first thing blooming and was covered in hungry bees. Once everything else came up, time to get the mustard out.

So we've spent a decent amount of time doing yard work. It's coming together and I'm going to plant a few shrubs for the dog so she can look for lizards. Replacing two trees that the wind murdered as well.

The wind, not content with just taking trees also took about 35 feet of fencing and damaged a bunch more. The upside of the fence is that one side of the yard had old fencing that was completely different than what we did for the front yard and now all of fencing is the same.

I want to put in a jacaranda for shade (and the insane purple flowers) where the Chinaberry succumbed so a massive wind story, but it's not great in the wind. Chaste trees are lovely (and include purple blooms) but do not provide the strong shade I am looking for in this spot. Acacias are also small leaved and take a while to mature. I fear it's gonna be a mesquite which I love but I was hoping to get blooms as well as shade.

When we finish cleaning up and planting, it'll be so nice.