Well, almost. Hee. I like to tell people that I live not
in the country, but within arm's reach. About two blocks from the city limit AND county line, actually. Not that that matters, really, it's just neat. I wish I could move that two blocks, though. There's a decrepit bit of an ex-ranch back there where they grow chickens and broken-down cars that I would
love to buy and fix up and fill with gardens and fruit trees. I'd probably even keep the cars, but the chickens would
have to go. Wait...reverse that.
Anyway, all that to say that I'm an "outlying area" as well as a "low-lying area" - where they always warn freezes will happen. It got pretty damned cold last night at my house, but I don't think we hit freezing - some plants are alive this morning that wouldn't be if it'd actually reached 32º. I really miss my little weather station, though. I got one as a free gift from my garden club (an apology gift, hehe) several years ago, but it broke last year. It was digital, and would tell me the time and temp outside and inside, and I could scroll back and see averages over the past few days and short-term temperature trends. I used to like scrolling back and seeing what the temp was overnight. Oh, well.
At any rate, the warning got me to
finally get out into the garden last night and take ridiculous amounts of cuttings from my Coleus plant - I'm hoping I can nurse them through the winter and have a bunch to plant in the Spring. I also took cuttings of my black Sweet Potato Vine; but I forgot to grab some of the Persian Shield. I'll do that tonight. I had pictures of all these cuttings - I just love the look of bunches of glass vases and jars full of bits of plants - but none of them came out.
So here's a floppy, freshly-bathed puppy instead:

< - Raven's in the back.
You should see all three of them crowd in there together sometimes. Hee.
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