Which, I suppose, is the operating principle of weeds. Something I decided to defy this past weekend. Man, let a couple months go by it gets to be a jungle out there.

But one advantage to letting the back most corner of your backyard go is discovering
you have Digitalis purpurea growing back there:

It just supports my theory that in the 60 odd years that my house had been a rental property, just about everything that can grow in Oregon has been planted in my backyard. And given our climate, that’s alot. The foxglove was one of the nicest surprises, unlike the recurring brambles or the 4-foot thistle that had grown in front of the foxglove. The Jerusalem artichoke that shoot up ten feet is amusing and the yucca plant just won’t call it quits.

Speaking of gaps to be filled, Barry
has started his fill in strip for Dicebox over at Girlamatic.com,
a short Molly and Griffen story called “the Argument”. It looks
fantastic so far and will be running the next three or four weeks as I take
a break and prepare for Chapter 3.

And don’t think this leaves me a lot of free time on my hands. This break
happens to coincide with my having to ramp up my duties as curator of an upcoming
group show at Pushdot
Studio, a small gallery whose purpose is to showcase the work of Portland
digital artists. This show, which will be opening on First Thursday July 3rd,
will feature the digital work of seven local cartoonists: Christopher
Baldwin, Barry
Deutsch, Indigo
Kelleigh, Robert
Lewis, myself, Linda
Medley and Kevin
Moore.