The Wordsmith's Forge

This poem is spillover from the April 20, 2021 bonus fishbowl. It was inspired by a prompt from siliconshaman. It has been sponsored by fuzzyred and freshbakedlady.  This poem belongs to the Daughters of the Apocalypse series.

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Today is the last day of the half-price sale, so if you're planning to shop, now's the time.  fuzzyred has sponsored several pieces and those are marked.

Today is sunny, humid, and quite warm.

I fed the birds.  I've seen house finches, goldfinches, sparrows, and cardinals today.

I planted milkweed, orange butterflyweed, and yellow coneflower in 2 spots in the prairie garden.

A new iris is blooming peach-and-purple in the wagonwheel garden, and I don't think I've seen this one before.  It smells exactly  like cotton candy.  :D

EDIT 5/23/21 -- I planted 3 more spots in the prairie garden.  I'm out of milkweed and orange butterflyweed now, so I did the last one in shortgrass prairie mix.

EDIT 5/23/21 -- I planted 3 more spots in the prairie garden with either pale purple coneflower and yellow coneflower, or shortgrass prairie mix.

EDIT 5/23/21 -- I cleared 3 spots in the prairie garden, this time along the path in the middle.

The volcano Nyiragongo in the Congo is erupting.  This picture shows the eruption with the city behind it.

Amusingly, I recognize the name from a Jurassic Park fanfic, in which someone named a baby Indomitus Rex after Nyiragongo.

For my current set of tips, I'm using the list "101 Small Ways You Can Improve Your City.

73. Create a community guide to tactical urbanism. Turning DIY projects into long-term additions can feel like a regulatory and zoning obstacle course. Officials in Burlington, Vermont, mindful of their citizen’s commitment to community projects, drafted a Tactical Urbanism and Demonstration Projects Guide, making it easier to launch neighborhood projects or organize small-scale interventions, and giving active citizens a green light to experiment.

Today is sunny and quite warm.

I fed the birds.  I've seen doves, cardinals, house finches, and goldfinches.

I planted 2 of the 7 spots in the prairie garden with milkweed and butterflyweed.

I planted 3 more of the spots in the prairie garden, and am now out of the yellow butterflyweed.

EDIT 5/22/21 -- I cleared 3 spots in the prairie garden.

EDIT 5/22/21 -- I cleared 3 spots in the prairie garden.

A nasturtium has sprouted in my barrel garden, recognizable by the round leaf.  :D

I took some pictures of my yard and posted them on LiveJournal. 

I took some pictures in my yard on Thursday, May 20.

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We removed old equipment and installed a new sump pump.  It has largely emptied the water from the basement, but will need further tinkering tomorrow.  Progress, though. 

Today is sunny, muggy, and quite warm with a light breeze.

I fed the birds.  I've seen doves, house finches, goldfinches, a rabbit, and a squirrel.

I planted milkweed, yellow butterflyweed, and orange butterflyweed on the west end of the prairie garden.  If they bloom and set seed, prevailing winds will carry the seeds over the prairie garden. 

Iris, chives, bergamot, and peonies are blooming.

EDIT 5/21/21 -- I cleared a spot in the prairie garden to plant seeds.

EDIT 5/21/21 -- I cleared 3 spots in the prairie garden to plant seeds.

The mulberries and black raspberries have green fruit.  Blackberries are blooming.  Cup plants are big enough to store water at the base of their leaves, but I didn't see any froggies hiding there.

EDIT 5/21/21 -- I cleared 3 more spots in the prairie garden to plant seeds.