Flashing the Neighborhood

Not having a back fence--or actually any fence--has been rather unnerving.  People walking past stop and ask about our garden, which is really quite cool and I'm very happy to be getting to know more of our neighbors, except that A) I can't be out back in my pajamas, which happens more than I'd care to admit, and B) I'm a bit embarrassed by the manginess of our backyard.  It's probably good for the garden as I'm being FAR more diligent about weeds than I normally am, but I'll be glad when the fence is done and I can go back to being my normal lazy self. 

The cats are finding the whole experience rather interesting,

though Calisto

 more so than Theo

I think all the activity is keeping the birds at bay, so

the strawberry Bird Wars haven't really started.  Or maybe they're conserving their energy for the Great Blueberry Assault again this year.....