Guerilla Gardening @ Dog Kennel Hill

The patch I've started on is on the central reservation going down dog kennel hill - next to where the unknown GG planted the hollyhocks (in fact not quite so unknown - a council garden worker planted them from seed out of his own pocket). There's quite a lot of neglected space and its quite easy to dig. So far I've added 3 x hardy geraniums (two types, both pale pink sadly), 4 x bronze fennel, 1 x teasel [dipsacus], 7 x euphorbia robbiae, 3 x some kind of lilac flowered aster, 2 unknown types of ground cover [possibly Lamium] and a variegated vinca. Plus 1 x acanthus mollis - this is the only plant that is at all demanding [water!] but hopefully the donated bag of compost from Dulwich Garden Centre will help it survive. In the meantime, if you feel moved to join my troop [me] - dont hold back - even to water them when you visit Sainsburys [fill up an empty bottle in the loos].

So far only 1 fennel and 1 lychnis have given up and died - entirely due to lack of water... Everyone else is digging in.

anti-heroes

so Claire's head was cut open and Sylar poked about in her brain. and she was awake at the time, but it's ok because she regenerates and the script can make knowing jokes about the dismally bad Hannibal film. can the cheerleader please save the world for a change (rather than remain trapped in the never-ending sequence of having to be bloody saved)? this could easily be achieved if Joss Whedon was pulled in to rescue the  plot from such cliches. 

definite article

Sweden in person, or The Issues (in contemporary culture and aesthetics) in print? 'Seeks-zoos: some recent correspondence with animals' is going live in October, just not sure whether the print will come out first. But the proofs are coming along. Oh, and I will have to work my MA lecture around it too. Can I refrain from pictures of Dax or Finn draped across When Species Meet?