Well, I wasn’t expecting to be this productive today, but it’s 10am and I’ve already cleaned the patio (after getting the water turned on – no mean feat when you know where the shutoff valve is under my sink), hacked back the honeysuckle bush, got the wisteria back under control (I did refuse to trim off the sprig with blooms on it, despite hanging halfway across the front steps), and chop the Rose of Sharon shrub back to a shrub from the small tree it was turning into. And swept up the debris. And washed dishes and fed the cats.

Now it’s time to go do the real work and head in to the studio to work on my commission project, which is way overdue.