We are having an absolute symphony of thunder!  It sounds like super sonic jets passing and waves crashing and a fire crackling all at the same time.  I love a good thunderstorm.

Alas the rain will bring out even more snails.  Even more I say because I am already waging a war on them sons-a-bitches!  The snails here get enormous and are freaking EVERYWHERE.  They eat my basil and potted annuals no matter where I put them.  They get up onto our outdoor table and our windowsills.  The climb all the way up onto out front balcony for chrissakes!  They are like little Edmund Hillarys slowly making their way up to great heights.   I've taken to going out at night before I go to bed and stomping on them with my gardening shoes.  It makes a very satisfying crunch.  My neighbors are dismayed and say that I should just throw them over the back hedge into the park but THEY COME BACK.  I've tried the coffee grounds and eggshell tricks but they outsmart me every time the little bastards.

So this is how I pass my time while the world is in turmoil.  I feel very far away from it and that makes me anxious.  I would like to be walking out with the protesters in BBH today.  I would like to be visiting friends and family (from a safe distance).  I would like to be home.   Unfortunately it is not yet to be so I'm back to massacring molluscs.  Are snails molluscs?  


xxoo me