A Bug's Life

Have just spent an hour in the garden: mowed the lawn then spiked it over with a fork. The soil is fairly shallow, particularly in a band across the middle where it only seems to be 3" deep. This, perhaps not coincidentally, is where the grass is sparsest and brownest. I hope the spiking helps.

Buried the hamster (it's okay, he was dead). Unwrapped him from the towel he came home from the vet's in, and she had arranged him all peacefully as if he'd just gone for a little sleep. Made a nice little change from the usual croaked-rodent faces we have come home to in the past. Goodbye Brownie. I was very attached to him. (Especially after all those hours he spent in my cleavage - makes for a good bit of bonding.)

Sprinkled some additional soil over the thin bit of lawn, then raked it over with the grass clippings. Was about to water, but then the skies clouded over and it looked like the rain might do the job for me. Sadly, the sun came out again. Must get a rain butt.

In other news, I have been having the most peculiar experiences with the Dvorak keyboard.