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a constant drizzle today ... a good one for reading ... and some parts of the garden are starting to look a bit respectable ... here around the statue the gangly tall spiderwort is doing very well & the lavender's holding its own down below with a tiny bit of expansion from last year ... the shasta daisy to the statue's left is booming along ... and the grass back there is doing something but is acting kind of wimpy ... elsewhere, little dollops of nasturtium leaves are popping up ... should have some show in a few weeks ... if i can keep the squirrels off ... wish i could train them to eat the mint ...