The background is bad, and it was night, so the light is bad, but she was beautiful (by stag beetle standards)! 

So far, they have not made it through the very expensive RFID cat door, but they did pull off the trim again, so I had to put it on with Liquid Nails. Not pretty, but I couldn’t use silicone because the smell would repel the cats, and it’s their door. Anyway, who looks that closely […]

I actually did this two weekends ago, but I’ve been so busy that I just hadn’t got around to posting. I fixed P’s Man Cave Window; the frame had pulled away because a screw was missing. I didn’t find the screw, but I had one that was the right diameter and too long, so I […]

Okay, so I’ve finally caught up to the point of last weekend. Whew! I had thought that no bees used my mason bee house, but turns out I was wrong! Bebe toadally. OMG, this thing was cute. Also angry. Queen Anne’s lace. Technically a weed, but Black Swallowtails will use it, and it’s not invasive […]

So…my bright idea for Roxanne’s Turtle Power Spa and Wellness Centre was to paint it, and use landscape foam to make a ramp. It looked okay. However, the paint didn’t last (I figured that, but had to try), and the foam didn’t want to stay down, so I had to go “quick and dirty” with […]

I’m something like two weeks behind, so I’ll get right to it, beginning with stuff I didn’t really do because I just plant ’em and water ’em. Honeyvine milkweed I transplanted last year, which the goddamned raccoons have since broken in half. Trumpet creeper blooms. It’s doing pretty well this year, in spite of the […]

I didn’t get to work on the Turtle Power Pool last night because when I got home from work, Boo was guarding the package containing the fiercely expensive cat door from the UK. I’d just gone out at lunch and got the plywood, which was fortuitous, considering I expected the door to arrive next week. […]

Okay, so turtle pool, but it’ll be “power” once it’s dry again (it rained last night…glorious rain!) and Roxanne (P calls her that) needs water, or another boxie, or a goddamned trash panda, or something. It’s just a kiddie pool and won’t last, but it used to look like this: …and after two coats of […]

First, a jewelweed bloom because I love them and when I was little, I used to imagine that fairies came and had parties, and used these as drinking goblets. This morning, I happened to notice a box turtle over by the pond. Not an Eastern; an Ornate. I went over for a closer look, and […]

Nasturtium ‘Jewel Mix’ (don’t have any burgundy ones ATM). Tortoise beetles love morning glory. Two species on the same plants! Charidotella sexpunctata – Golden Tortoise Beetle Deloyala guttata – Mottled Tortoise Beetle  (photo not great…it was early, and I had to go to work.)