I just happened to be walking by the Bee Happy bed, thinking I need to kill the grass growing in it, when I noticed that among the 500-lb bees in the Oswego tea, there was a Snowberry Clearwing. I looked more closely and realized it was actually a Hummingbird Clearwing, but there was a Snowberry […]
Well, actually Tic Tock, since it’s a Ticwatch E. I finally broke down and bought an actual smartwatch instead of those cheap Chinese ones with a 10′ BT range and little functionality beyond reading notifications. After a slightly rocky start last night, it seems to be functioning as it should; I have access to Google […]
I’m always happy to see “my” turtle. I know it’s Roxy for sure because I got a better picture of her this time. Same chip out of her carapace; just a little more worn than last year. Round Two of the Pipevine faterpillars. I just love these crazy-looking little guys.
First Grey Stick bloom of 2018 found this morning. MLBs will be happy about it, and so will the 500 Pound Bees!
I set up the camera on Saturday thinking it would take days, if not weeks, to get BR, but he and his mate both made several visits. Hopefully that means the Red-headed Woodpecker population has increased by however many chicks they had, and they now have more free time to visit with us.
We were mowing the lawn when P saw her, she was digging in, and I won’t pick her up, so the picture is bad, but she’s an ornate with a chill attitude and a big chip out of the front of her carapace, so I know it’s Boxy Roxy. Back for the third year at […]
P nailed the dead AC in HK down to the HVAC fan, and ordered a replacement, which I picked up on Friday. The video made it look easy, and it would have been…were we three feet tall and boneless. Three screws, yes, but so inconveniently placed that it took us several runs at it to […]
I’m too lazy to write everything all over again, and it was too hot over the weekend to actually do anything (nearly 80 when I get up at 6:00? WTF!) so I’m going to copypasta the email I sent to R. I feed the birds year round, and the pond I dug provides water when […]
So P was very concerned (and I was as well) about the cats’ increased interest once the Baby Cs start moving around and peeping for their parents, so I decided to erect (hehe…erect) a temporary fence around the shrubs and part of the patio. It cost me a small fortune–that plastic poultry fencing is not […]
P was on the patio, telling me about Mr and Mrs C, feeding the kids, when he mentioned that she had flown away. I heard the key word, “away,” and ran over to see whether I could get a photo without being attacked by the parents. Success! Oh my god, they’re ugly little things, but […]