Category: fauna

Doodads — witch hazel, prickly pear, and more

Friday and Saturday were spent mowing, trimming, and hauling bricks to the middle of the yard to build a foundation for the Amish-made lighthouse that has replaced the eroding, ant-infested wishing well my stepfather built for me many moons ago.  When the wood-shingled roof of it fell off last fall, a plan to replace emerged. …

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Spring is wiggling its way…

It was sunny part of yesterday, and at 5:27p.m., it is still light out AND it was sunny all day today.  First are pics taken inside of the African Violet (above) and the rosemary in bloom in the atrium. Next, are a couple of the prickly pear cactus plant.  I believe every one of the…

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Doodads — micro and macro

The pics in this Doodads are from the last week.  On Christmas Day older son and I took a walk around a lake that years ago was a mountainous dune.  Somebody’s palms were greased and one f*cker has been allowed to mine all kinds of sand and polluted the groundwater while processing the sand for…

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Doodads — yard this weekend

This had to be one of the most uneventful weekends of all time, which isn’t a bad thing.  Low-key in a global realm of increasing chaos is respite.  My only complaint is relentless grey cloud cover.  Looking out today, there were a few cloud partings with brief headlights of sun.  I see a bright cloud…

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Meijer Gardens 101523

Older son and I met up with younger son, his wife, and grandbaby today. We spent a couple of hours mostly in the outside children’s area of the place. It was sunny and about 55F. A good time was had by all.      

Project Ant Part 1

I’ve mentioned this to a very few people so far, but I’m tired of hiding in the shadows with the issue.  I’ve had a problem with ants in the rafters of my atrium for a few years now and it is time to tackle the issue.  The sawdust is falling down and my roof will…

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