Who is eating the house now?

After a wet and humid summer, it is time to clean the house. Three kinds of ants invaded the house and had to be pushed out. Now it is somewhat drier and algae and mildew have to be scrubbed off the painted siding with oxygen bleach and a soft brush. It's a slow process.

The Mermaid, part 2

It's official, as my sister in law Terry would say... the murderous Mermaid rosebush is gone. It took two days and two of us to cut it down from the trellis during Thanksgiving week. I am thankful for the Mermaid, because it grew and thrived in a barren place in the back yard and helped to create a new garden room, in sand and shade, but eventually it turned into a Super Dominator. It tore holes and left fragments of thorn in Daisy's ears.