Cooler weather, complete with drawbacks

Well, cooler and drier did manage to rumble in on last night's thunderstorms. This is a good news/bad news joke, because now I don't have the heat as an excuse to avoid scraping paint on the front porch and sunporch of the house. I intend to place an arbitrary limit of an hour on such foolishness, but I can't ignore it completely. And then there's the lawn....

Just about to bring Dierdre and Fiona together in the Enchanted Forest. This represents a calculated critical mass, guaranteed to cause loud noises and destruction in the neighborhood. You do _not_ want to become a Protagonist in a fantasy series, boys and girls. It's ugly and painful work, with everyone's hand lifted against you and the very stars conspiring to your downfall.