This houseplant that my older son gave me years ago has managed to stay alive, but it has never bloomed before. I put it close to the plant light that’s shining on the dawn redwood seedlings and it has been inspired to bloom. It’s still opening, but what a beauty. This weekend has been busy…
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Doodads — inside / outside 030823
Click on the captions to see the pics full size. Other news: I went outside and walked around the yard. Was going to clean out one of the bluebird boxes and got it open only to discover there was a strip of wood missing from the back wall of it. I pulled it out of…
Doodads — Procrastination Overcome!
Some of you may remember that I bought 10 witch hazel shrubs in the spring and that instead of planting them in the ground I put them in gallon containers. There they remained, flourishing, growing larger, despite fighting off gypsy moth caterpillars and various other nibbling critters. It was cold and rainy all week, but…
Doodads — yardpics from September plus one video
The video is of a cheeky chipmunk climbing about in the newly planted houseplants. Gotta give the little bugger credit for fearlessness.
Doodads the week of 0712-071622
It’s been a couple of weeks. Pics have been taken here and there but no time to get them off of the phone and posted. On Tuesday, the 12th, I took a 17-mile bike ride. On Wednesday, the 13th, I met up with the Moon Clan Mothers group up north and saw two giant willow…
Doodads — The Highlands Park in Grand Rapids
Per the website: The Highlands is a collaboration between the Land Conservancy of West Michigan and Blandford Nature Center to transform a former golf course into a healthy and thriving urban natural area. I met up with my two sons, my daughter in-law, and my baby granddaughter at The Highlands on Saturday. Located in an…
Doodads — pics from the week
Click on captions to see full-sized image. Looking at a web page, it might be a Dobson fly
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