A week in the life of

Planting commences as follows: mother is tired of some of the flowers, so I pulled out a bunch of poppies and alysums and planted in some sweet peas, marigolds, and sunflowers. The corn plants are now pollinating themselves quite nicely, which means that every time there's a breeze you can literally SEE clouds of yellow pollen drifting off of the male flowers (corn being monoicious imperfect, I think). The slugs have gotten to half of the turnips, which are mostly done, anyways, so I pulled those out and planted some radishes. Also went in are the lima beans. A second sprig of holy has sprung up in the middle of the corn fields and by my last count I've already tossed over ten snails out of the garden. Also, I think I might be developing an allergy to trichome (plant hair/fuzz) since now whenever my arm brushes against plants with it I get small hives and it itches like mad. My hopes are that it's a combination of dry weather and dry skin, which is likely since using overly harsh soap has given me hives before too. In any case the hope's for a pseudo-allergy because I simply CANNOT be allergic to plants. I'm a plant bio major. It's too ridiculous. So we'll see how that turns out and meanwhile I'll wear long sleeves and try to refrain from scratching myself too much.

Went to see Pirates 3 with Kate, Anna, Victoria, and Malvina yesterday, and it was good to be able to see some friends before I have to go back to Davis. Valco (is that how it's spelled? Shame, I never paid attention) has a nice new AMC place and the food court is still underway. It was still kind of empty, but better than the last time I was there. I think having a movie theatre helped.

Going hiking/walking with Anna tomorrow and movie day...er...event really, since it's over night on Friday. Have not managed to finish a single book yet, but have, as seen above, accomplished a lot in the garden, updated my programs, cleaned up my harddrive, sketched/painted a little, and gotten some writing done.

It's been a good few days so far.