Happy Friday Everyone! Lots of contending with the weather this week, but a few opportunities to forget about it also. I went out for dinner with older son last night and took a few pics of the place we went. It’s one of our favorite places to go. Son usually gets pizza. I got eggplant…
Category: Doodads
Doodads — Two good pieces of news
The first piece is that I will be able to access fiber optic internet and maybe phone soon. All summer, step by step, things have been being put into place for it. This morning when I heard trucks outside again, I looked out and saw workers doing something. After they left I walked out and…
Doodads — August Toads Plus
I mentioned spotting lots of baby toads and many butterflies around the property when I mowed last week. The monarchs seem to have moved on since then but others are still fluttering here and there. Toads are much easier to photograph. The pics posted today are all different ones. What’s impressive is that they were…
Doodads — Queen Anne and Witch Hazel
Do you ever wonder why they name plants after women? I just wondered when I saw the two flora I am including are named Queen Anne and Witch Hazel. Anyway… the first pic is a lovely patch of lace out near the road. It grows all over here. There is a plant that has gone…
Doodads — walk around the yard on 070525 update: milkweed milkweed
Seems like it has been awhile since doing a doodads post — and that is because it has been! I’ve got a whole post planned about the dawn redwood update — and it’s going to be a good one — but for now here are pics taken today on a stroll around the yard. What…
Did you know… today is World UFO/UAP Day? And that 2025’s Roswell UFO Festival is happening right now?
image link Not sure how it came about, but I saved this date in my calendar. Learn more about the annual festival (this year is the 78th!) here and here. Here is a news report from last year: Here’s the report for this year: I know a few of you have shared your UFO experiences…
