I try to maintain a patch of grass that never gets direct sunlight. More failure inside

aka Thumbsucker.

Plus first Catan, no goodwill on a Sunday, Peddling Prosperity, bring out your axe, and less.

Poll: Favorite herb?

the leaves are coming out on the poplars!

finally.

sunrise is 5:30AM and sunset is 9:30PM.
now i am fully a reverse vampire in the sense that i never see full dark. i am only awake in the daylight. in another few weeks i know i will have to miss out on the sunrise and sunset too.

the days are sunny, breezy and perfect. i can understand the trade-off between these perfect bright days and the frigid -40C winters.

Out of roughly 45 seeds, at least 20 have little white roots showing, some almost an inch long. The others are still covered too much to tell, but I'd not be surprised if I have 90% or more germination.

Ok, so I'm not your favorite kuron. But I didn't misbehave when I came here, at least.

Bad news first (for me, you guys might get a kick out of it)... funding troubles at the startup I'm at again. Looking for a new job, and it sucks.

[editor's note, by ana] moved to the diary section, at the request of the author.

No-one's getting out of here alive

Inside: Leeds festival review, moving desks, yet more gardening, photo of a duck feather - what more could you want?

Jubilee line is broken. Dammit. Heigh ho, I didn't want to get home today anyway </sarcasm>

Inside: photo of the day, gardening, listening, CVs and a poll! Wow!!!1!

Inside: gardening, more gardening, a bit more work on the garden