On a few occasions, I’ve noticed big flat spots in the south flowerbed. Too big for Onje, even if he does like to flatten my flowers to sleep in their shade, so I assumed it must be Stinky or someone, hunting for beetle grubs. I believe I have solved the mystery. I went over to […]
When I got home from work yesterday, I saw a box turtle on the concrete by the front door. At first glance, I thought it was Roxy, and then I noticed the paint. I was fucking FURIOUS; I thought someone had stolen Roxy and painted her! I slowly walked up to the turtle, and it […]
Just a couple of pretty things. Blue vervain that volunteered over by the pond. Jewelweed is starting to bloom!
FINALLY! I was mowing the lawn after work, and finally saw a Monarch. It’s certainly possible that there have been others before him, but I didn’t see them, and the milkweed in the bed is going to hell in a handbasket (the stuff that pops up in the lawn is fine!), but the only things […]
It’s been raining so much that I’ve hardly gone outside, and half of my flowers are flat now, but… Elderberry floof. Soon to be elderberries, though I don’t believe I’ve ever seen a ripe one, since the birds get there long before I do! Just a view of the front part of Sarah-Flah’s Giant No-Mow […]
Just some pretty things, and a turtle who’s not necessarily pretty by conventional standards, but is certainly beloved. The last remaining Canadian Columbine. I really need to get those seedlings and that one plant removed from the patio cracks to somewhere they can grow better. Gloriosa daisy, just because! Pink hollyhock. I think this is […]
I haven’t been taking pictures of much lately; mostly just this year’s Baby Cs, but… Diervilla lonicera, and the reason I grow it. One of the reasons, anyway. Standing cypress, and one look at the flowers explains why I grow that. Toadally Awesome, escaping an incredible deluge over the weekend. Looks like he’s been eating […]
Five years ago, I noticed a pretty big poison ivy vine growing on the honeylocust tree down by the creek. I was busy, and didn’t have time to deal with it then, and then forgot about it. When I was clearing honeysuckle in the northwest corner, I noticed a few bits of poison ivy, and […]
Just stuff that is cool. Creepy-crawly and rooted. 🙂 Something seems to be snacking on my Pipevine cats, and for that, I hope whatever it is gets a nasty stomachache, but I do have a few. Convergent Lady Beetle, nomming red aphids (and Christ knows there are enough of them!) on cup plant. Super-cool antlion […]