Friday, August 7, 2009

The Dog Days

It's been a busy summer travel season at Citycabin. That's the excuse we're offering for few home improvements and infrequent updates. During packing the most senior cat tried a classic suitcase trick but little did he know that Davey Crockett hats are not in style in Caliswedornia.


Despite a cool, dry spring the latest gardening projects were going according to plan.

Excellent pond plant choices this year have made for clear water and happy fish...




...so happy that our 4 pioneering goldfish are now 4 goldfish and 3+ baby goldfish. If you're patient and the light is just right, you might catch a glimpse of one of the small, gray offspring. Adults eat their young so professionals separate the two groups after hatching. At citycabin it's all about natural selection and we're rooting for the young to be good at hiding until they're too big to be eaten. Half-Incher is a fine young man we have high hopes for him in the future.


This isn't him. He's too good to be caught in a photograph. This is his enemy. Or mom or dad.




And the inaugural vegetable gardens offered a nice crop of lettuce, a fair amount of green beans, pretty-but-stomach-burning inedible radishes, a few cucumbers, micro carrots, and zero-yielding broccoli and strawberries. Just wait until next year!




From heirloom to cherry we have 8 different varieties of tomato plants in various stages of development. They're a bit further along than this June photo



Actually more like this:




but an early frost or squirrel attack might prove catastrophic.


In summation the summer of 2009 will be remembered most for plants, ponds and critters not from Citycabin proper but other places.


Keep 'er between the lines



Look out for trees




A nice walk among 1000+ year-old trees




Senior picture



Note to self: remember to turn left ahead



and right, then left, then right, then left



And don't question who owns the beach





These three do





Some thousands of miles away...




are wild berries to be picked.





Getting around sans Mustang




Look out for the locals



They're crafty


Even the ants don't mess around.







Brackish Lake Superior





Beautiful



Refreshing





Best finished with sauna