Dandelyon's Worlds

So, they predicted wonderful weather until the thunderstorm hit. So, we thought, we'll clean up the yard and plant bulbs.

So, I was sitting here eating my breakfast and I hear a thump. I go into the bedroom--nothing got knocked over by a cat. Then I looked out the window--a piece of siding fell off the house. Oh, wonderful.

Once MyAngel got up, we spent the afternoon on the porch, cleaning out a squirrel's nest (plus dead squirrel), sistering or replacing damaged wood, and putting up one of the leftover pieces of siding stored in the basement. The leftover 2x4s in the basement were old hardwood--sturdy, but not the fastest things to nail t We finally used part of the piece that fell off to cover a remaining hole, temporarily, since it was getting dark and windy. We'll have to properly cut another piece of siding, as well as replacing insulation and properly sealing everything on another day.

Fun fun.

And now the storm is blowing in.

Here's hoping we did enough, at least, for today's storm.

The bulbs are all still in their packages.

On the positive side, the neighbors like the purple flowers we were too busy to go down and properly identify. Here's hoping the storm doesn't shred them before tomorrow.

These cards are beautiful!  And, like all the cards I like best, the minor arcana is just as full of pictorial imagery as the majors. 

Look at the King of Wands.  and Judgment (oooh, butterflies), and the Nine of Swords, and...well, go look at all of them!

I don't even know which ones would be my favorites, if I spent some time with this deck.  But I don't need to hold a deck in my hand to know this deck would speak clearly to me in readings.

There's even a "happy squirrel" bonus card--a silliness that makes me smile, cold house or no. 

Did I tell you how much my niece, Spooky, liked borrowing my MTG squirrels deck and defeating a deadly dragons deck?  I would SO definitely use that squirrel card as a squirrel token, if I didn't just shuffle it into the deck to do readings. 

ETA:  Thanks to miintikwa for linking me to these.