I spent most of today thinking it was Friday, and wondered at the Saturday programming on CBC. I was finally corrected again by CBC, when the weather mentioned the day. In any event, it makes little difference here. My first priority today was getting the asparagus in the ground, so I made a trip to the creek right after breakfast, and made a sling so I could carry the fifty pounds or so of dirt and roots. I made frequent stops to rest, which is nice since the bugs haven’t started yet. I could sit on the ground and lean against a tree and let my breathing normalize and wait until I felt up for carrying the bucket again.
Once it was here I dug up what used to be rhubarb which I’d buried in too wet a spot with too little nutrient. I dug the hold deeper and then filled it with muck from the swamp, which took six or seven trips. Then I plopped the two root balls onto the mud 
and poured mud around them before I covered the beginning sprouts with chicken wire. I broke one sprout so I ate it and it was every bit as tasty as I’d expected. I will likely never cook them, they are so good raw. Hopefully the plant takes. I imagine the rabbits will find it irresistible, so I will need to keep it covered. I will let it grow up and flower for a couple of years, to settle in, and then I might pick some.
I hauled another bucket for the garden, then bottled a small cluster of frog’s eggs so I can keep an eye on their development. While I was near the swamp I saw a red breasted evening grosbeak. Pity I didn’t have my camera. It would have been a great picture.
The rest of the day was steady with projects. I dug more on the pond, put another support under the workshop overhang, pieced together an overflow garden hose to the pond from the back roof big barrel, set up the two window boxes from Mike and Carol on the front of the greenhouse, fixed the leak in the hot water pipe for the shower, and got the hot water tap working in the sink. I also hung some hangers in the workshop, since I was there anyway.
It is now evening and I have eaten dinner and taken a much appreciated shower. Today was likely the last day without bugs, so I spent most of it in shorts with no shirt on, and now my back is burned a bit. As I was shoveling the pond this evening, the bugs started to come around, so the great month of bug free time is drawing to a close. After I was done with the pond, I saw that it had already attracted a blue jay, who had flown into the puddle at bottom. I have yet to work on the bridge. I might work on that after the long weekend, when I know I won’t be interrupted by people fishing. It is supposed to rain tomorrow, so maybe I will work on the cedar cladding. I will cannibalize some fibreglass pink insulation from upstairs and that will keep me going for quite a while.
I am tired from today. I had thought to work on writing up my dream from last night about two siblings traveling with a rabbit in a kind of caravan, but it has faded and my mind is dulled.
