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It’s been dark here, alternating between drizzling and raining all week. I forgot my water bottle in my car, went out to get it on Saturday morning while Kevin had waffles on the griddle, and noticed this:

Tulips!!! See?

I can’t remember when I planted these. I feel like I dumped a ton into the ground around the same time that I planted the daffodils on the side of the house, but the daffodils came up last spring and I thought these had all been eaten by squirrels.

The bed is about 5’x 2’ next to our front walk, so it’s so great to see these every time I leave for work or come back. I wonder if they’ll get enough light to bloom? (These photos were taken around 11 am – Jamuary plus drizzle equals dark, flashy photos at the brightest point of the day. At least it isn’t December!!)

Last time the clowns laid eggs, Clack got all beat up trying to defend them from the tang, and I ended up scraping them off the rock to prevent further acrimony. Apparently they decided that spot wasn’t safe, and this time they laid them directly onto the side of the leather! (You can see them down at the base. As usual, you can click on the photo for a bigger version.)

Kevin got a great close-up of them, too.

So far the eggs are still there and everyone seems to be getting along. We don’t have any intention of raising baby clowns (we’d need to be growing special food for the fry and set up special holding systems to raise them – too much time/effort/money). But nonetheless, how cool that they spawned!