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…
Category: Doodads
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…
(repost) Friday Favorite Feature 43 — Doodads and Notice of Hiatus
Everyone who reads my blog regularly knows I’ve been going strong since March with Women Music March 2025 and A2Z 2025. The weather is getting nice and there are things that need to get done out in the yard. The bike needs to get out on the roads and bike paths. I’ve got some writing…
Doodads — Hair Goes Electronic, Chet Atkins, and Johnny Cash x 2
I went to the library this morning to pick up the last disc of S3 of Farscape and drop off the previous disc. Donated books, etc. are along an area you pass while going in. There, calling out, was a box full of old LPs in mint condition. Most of them were classical, but of…
Doodads from December
Christmas Cactus in bloom at the place where I get massages. You’ve probably noticed I haven’t gotten back into the swing of things since taking a blogging break in November. It is what it is for now. The pics being shared today were all taken in December. Most of the pics are of the indoor…
Tao-Talk 