I was gardening

[mellowtigger]

I made my weekly run to the grocery store this morning, then I spent a few hours outdoors in my back yard. I made the mistake of growing crown vetch back there a few years ago, and now I need to eliminate the hugely invasive plant. The bees love the stuff, but it's overcrowding and killing everything else around it that's less than waist high, so it needs to go. I have other things the bees love that can take its place. Unfortunately, it's not exactly easy to remove, because it has roots that run elsewhere.

I also started burning some old wood. The "weeds" that went to seed last fall, for instance, they went up in smoke so they don't germinate this spring. Again, I have other things the pollinators like that will take their place. Plants that won't take advantage of my mammal heritage and cling painfully to my body hair with their seeds.

Then there were sirens. Lots of sirens. And more sirens. Then some more. Then the airplane started circling. Here's the screenshot at the moment, as of 3:30pm Central. My house is practically at the center of the loop, so I figured something bad must have happened extremely close. I searched online and found this post, describing what happened 3 streets (1.5 blocks) west of me. Somebody robbed the gas station at gunpoint then entered a house nearby.

I put away my gardening things and locked the doors. It's time to play some Stardew Valley on the Steam Deck and drink a nice apple cider while pretending the rest of humanity doesn't exist.

I'll get back to gardening tomorrow.