lavendar

No, I don't know what kind of plant this is. I'm not good with foliage specifics.

the last place

A phrase I cannot stand is "It's always in the last place you look." Well, sure it is. If it weren't, you would keep looking. You may as well say, "It's never in the dozens of places you looked before the last place where you actually found whatever it was you were looking for."
I am thinking about this because today I was searching for my social security card. But for a change, I did what you are supposed to do, and started looking in the most unlikely spots. And there it was, in the folder with all of the vet information for my dead cat.
What this says about my filing system I dare not examine.

You say CicAda, I say Cicahda

Check out the cicada emergence map.

Personal DNA

Meet the new boss...

...not the same as the old boss, I hope. After 10 years, I will be leaving District 104. For those of you in the audience thinking: "Finally!", yes, I agree.

Henry Aldon

Taking his sweet time (ah, already like my brother) my nephew Henry entered the world yesterday (8 lbs 11 oz!). Pics when I have them.