Saw Austin Kleon speak at Politics & Prose last night. I left motivated to make changes in my life I have been putting off.

He's extremely nice and it was great supporting someone I follow so closely online in person.

King Neptune presides over the Virginia Beach boardwalk.

• Took a load of concrete to the dump.
• Edged a new bed where the Blackberry and Raspberry bushes live.
• Edged the front bed where the Hibiscus is and planted three Dahlias along the house with stakes.
• Dug out the right bed and saved a little rose bush to be. We got the ground covering ripped out and turned the soil over in the entire bed. It's ready to receive some planting.

It was a cool day with little splashes of rain. A perfect day for the yard work. We have loads of yard waste to dispose of this week. And much better looking beds.

Took a nice 2.5 mile walk along a creek today with my wife. She sprained her ankle coming down steps onto the trail but she was determined to walk and enjoy the day.

Look at this glorious guy. Clearance from Target.

Dinner might be late.

Walking through Georgetown with my wife and father we passed this tree. I had to stop and admire it.

Hug your furnace. Mine didn’t work for 48 hours.

Built a Leprechaun Trap with my nephew this past weekend. It has a path of golden arrows leading into the trip wire. Then the Leprechaun will fall into the tall section and be trapped there because of the bars on the top. There is fake gold inside to keep him busy.

[caption width=“3000”]This is not a trap. [/caption]

[caption width=“1667”]Fake gold awaits.[/caption]

[caption width=“3000”]Trip wire[/caption]

Social Media.

Woke up this morning to some fuzzy friends in the back yard. They stayed all day. I went out to talk to them about rent if they’re going to live here now. 

Optimistic flowers. 

We made it!

New toy has arrived. Spent tonight rearranging the “smart” part of my home. 

Test of publishing from WordPress to Instagram.

Installed accordian lights above the bed tonight. There has never been enough light for reading well. No longer!