Tired. I'm not sure why. I have been busting my ass on my properties in order to keep them presentable. Maybe that is why. My knee is giving me a hard time so I took today and yesterday off from running. The second in the series of Cougar Mountain trail runs is this Saturday. This one is seven miles. Another crazy trail race. I don't know that I'd ever be really prepared for one of these.

Hey, the sun is out! It has been a wet commute on the bike the past two days.

I finally planted the verbenum I bought the other day, along with some flower seeds and a pot o' herbs. The verbenum is flanking some free geraniums I rescued from a Costco dumpster. I still have extras. I'll have oregano, basil and catnip. The plant lady at Fred Meyers thought that I was far too late in considering planting seeds. The deck won't be much good until July anyways, and by that time I should at least have some plants poking up. Giving them some potent organic fertilizer tea should help. This is good for me. I don't usually get around to doing much with the planting thing at all. I spend my days either cutting them back or killing them. Who was the moron who thought that introducing English ivy to this area would be a good idea? You'd think that with all this under and overgrowth that there would be snakes here. I'm told that they are on the other side of the Cascades, where it is dry. One of the problems with groundcover like ivy is that it gives rats a place to live. I've always liked snakes. Mmmmm. Those fangs sound delicious.