What Is This?

What is this?  Any guesses?  No?  OK, I'll tell you.  

It's the empty spot where my compost pile used to be. 

And just where exactly is all the compost that used to be in that pile?  It's here, in these two beds.  

Yep, I got out after church and moved the rest of that pike into my raised beds.  I was a bit appalled at how much trash was in my compost, though.  Weird trash, too, like I found four art gum erasers in it.  Art gum erasers!  How on earth did those get there???  I also found a lens cap to my old DSLR camera, which I'm also not sure how it got into my compost.  The rest was stuff like weedeater string, old plant tags from the store, and stuff like that.  At least that part makes sense.  

In the end, I think I got it all sifted out.  Now my beds are ready to start adding the garden soil to them, 

but by the time I got done, I was too hot and tired to start doing that.  

Not only that, I think Snoop Dogg has moved into my neighborhood, because every time I step outside, I'm bowled over by the stench of that skunk weed.  When did marijuana become legal in Mississippi anyway?  I don't remember voting for that.  

Anyway, I got all of the compost moved, then came inside and just rested for the rest of this day of rest.  I watched a few episodes of The Great Pottery Throwdown, and what I love about that show is the judges.  Your pottery could completely fall apart and you present them a pile of rubble, and they're still going to find something positive to say about it and tell you, "Good job." 

And finally, I remembered why I stopped doing Eye Candy Friday.  It's because my DSLR crapped out, and I just wasn't getting the quality shots with my phone camera.  I'm tempted from time to time to buy a new DSLR, but can't quite bring myself to do it.  It's not a practical purchase, but think how good my little bluebonnet photos would look with a better camera...