It’s been a hot hot August and most of what has been done outside is watering the plants to keep them alive. We had some major rain earlier this week that also involved a 12.5 hour power outage, but I feel fortunate compared to many others in MI who have had outages that are still…
Category: Doodads
Doodads yard in July flora and fauna
These have all been taken within the last week or so. The lilies are flourishing! The butterfly weed is on the wane now but a few days ago, these lovely orange butterflies were swarming it. I’ve also had the hummingbird moth here on a regular basis but it goes for the zinnias more than anything. …
Doodads — The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly *and* bonus videos!
Since there will be 2 videos at the end and I’m tired, for now, there won’t be full-screen photos of these if you click on the captions. Let’s start with the pretty pictures (aka the good ones) These are the “bad” or not so great pics. Either the color was washed out, the bugs had…
Doodads — family time and labyrinth walk plus a few shots from last week at the garden center
Today was such a relaxing day. The days-long showers have taken the humidity out of the air. The sun was shining and the temp was an even 70F as I headed to Grand Rapids to see my oldest son. His girlfriend was out of state visiting a sister so it was just me and him…
Doodads — wild rose, ginkgo, red pine, and ferns
I took a walk out back today to take pictures of the ginormous wild rose bushes with their innumerable prickles and ended up taking current pics of the 3 red pine and the 3 baby ginkgo trees and a few other things. Further out back I remembered where an ever more massive bramble of wild…
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