Where has the month gone?  I haven’t been doing anything exciting, but just in case you have been wondering, here’s what’s been up:

• I’m experiencing a wave of spam.  I’ve noticed spam goes in cycles, and this is an up cycle.  Akismet does it’s job and catches nearly all of it.  The rest goes to the cue for approval, so, fortunately, you’re not subjected to it.
• Central Texas weather has been gorgeous.  But we desperately need rain.  Lacking rain, I’ve been taking advantage of the beautiful weather and have been doing yard work.  Maybe I’ll take some pictures.  Mostly, I’ve been thinning and trimming hedge trees.
• We made two trips to the ranch this week.  On the first trip, we removed a fallen tree from the road, dropped off leaves, and retrieved the car trailer, the cement mixer, the chipper/shredder, and the 7kw generator.  We also loaded the utility trailer onto the car trailer, so nobody got left behind.  The chipper/shredder has been making tree debris clean up MUCH easier.
• On the second ranch trip, we replaced a damaged roof vent on the motor home, cleaned up some trash.  A mouse or mice has/have taken up residence and have not been very neat.  I do wonder if they thrived on the can of Comet cleanser they chewed into or if that gave them indigestion.  We brought the two younger dogs, and they enjoyed the opportunity to run free.
• Yesterday, I trimmed half the hedge trees.  Today, after running around with hubby in the morning, I shredded about one-third of the tree debris pile.
• Mafia Wars on Facebook has captured my fascination for the moment.  It’s kind of fun.  If you want to play along, please send me an invite or let me know, and I’ll send you one.

I haven’t completely neglected writing.  I’m reworking Scene 16.  It’s another one to be rewritten from Valencia’s POV, and I’m seeing some better ways to do it.