A quieter day: I helped Jane destroy weeds and pruned the espaliered apple tree.

which, if you want to see how this works, is google-able under 'prune espaliered apple tree' on the web: it's an art form going on from Roman times. We should have been doing this for a month or so, but we're not too late. The rule is: let it grow 8″ then prune to the first 2 leaf set.

Been working, as you can see, on the rolling rewrite, which is going very well; and I threw on work clothes and came out into the coolth this morning to help Jane with the front yard, only to discover she'd...