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Sunrise today was clued in only by brighter cloud cover with showers before I went to sleep. I got up late afternoon on Day Off, n finally the skies broke with cloud-hazy sunlight somewhat before errand time.

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My new deck water meter indicates there was about 3/8 inches of rain. While out there with Mischief a few minutes, I searched all the un-redone flower pots for evidence of perenials n self-seeders. The only prolific plants out here so far are the moss, Boston Ferns, n the Cockscomb which seem to've magically taken over many containers.

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I haven't done much with deck plants yet, because the weather never seems to find the soil dry enough to work with when I've had time. Most of my indoor seedlings have died off awaiting transplantation because of all this rain. They needed more sunlight. Of course, more time off without exhaustion would certainly help. I keep re-seeding the little partitioned squares in the window.

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Having the daylight until after 8 pm is great, because I can sleep n still get a few hours of outdoor-light-needed stuff done. Lately tho, I'm just not feeling motovated to do the lawn n some other heavy stuff. It's all I can do to get the work clothes laundry caught up. There's still too much pollen outside, slowing me down.

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I managed to get a few pics as the sun again went barely visible behind clouds again. You'll be seeing some more of them later. Because it was peak high tide, I visited the coves at both left n right ends of my street. Near the boat ramp, tons of little, orange-sided fish were chasing thru the shallows creating churning ripples, but my cam couldn't get them clearly- so small, too fast.

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The huge, seaweedy Horseshoe crabs didn't get away quick enough once they saw me tho- This is a flash shot, which came out better than the second dark try. "It's you n me against the waterworld, babe..."

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Why do these sea critters come so close to the high-tide water's edge which will soon recede again? If someone wanted to catch them, it'd be easy. Both the Orange-sided minnows n the large Horseshoe crabs pick the edges to re-seed again, every year, same as before. I hope they always re-appear n regenerate.

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Locally the boats n people are multiplying too...