Sunday 28 August 2005
10:29 a.m.

Above is one of my favourite paths to walk on. The horses keep it well mown, the wild purple asters are full-blown bushes in the trees, and before I know it I am at the creek, which still has water in it this summer. Every year since I've moved here, it's been dried up by the end of July.

Yesterday I was treated to a display of dragonfly lovemaking. There must have been a dozen couples putting on a show for me as I squatted by the water's edge to watch them. I am not sure if one eats the other's tail or what; but that's what it looked like.

This afternoon I'm off to dig up perennials from the flowerbed of a lady who is moving out of town. This means I have either to prepare a new flowerbed in our yard, or plant them out in the garden until I decide where to put them permanently.

Time to get outside. Been in this chair too long already, and it looks gorgeous out there.