Hello, summer!
Hello, friends! It’s summer and at last I’m back!
It’s spring break, and you know what that means…
2022, like 2021, 2020, and 2019 before it, has been a lot so far. Between the news, some difficult events in our extended circle, and everything going on at school lately, I am emotionally exhausted and in the market for a distraction. You may be too. So in that spirit, I offer this update from the mini-wildlife refuge we call a backyard.
Wordless Wednesday: Flowering cacti
It’s springtime for the cacti too.
Wordless Wednesday: Spring flowers
Apparently, this is the week we get spring flowers in Northern California.
Sam the Eagle: Bald Eagle, Harpy Eagle, or Shoebill Stork?
I grew up watching the Muppets. For years I wandered through life, filled with the happy conviction that I knew everything I needed to know about Sam the Eagle. This happy state continued until I saw a video of the African shoebill stork on Twitter. It bore a disconcerting resemblance to old Sam. To make matters worse, while researching shoebills, I discovered that some think that the harpy eagle is actually the model for Sam the Eagle. There’s only one thing to do when your world has been rocked by this sort of question: compare and contrast.
Wordless Wednesday: Donkeys need walks too
I spotted a couple of women walking their donkeys on one of my walks this week. Could this be the most California thing ever?
Garden Update: A too-early sunflower harvest
My sunflowers looked basically done, so I decided to harvest 5 of the 7 flowers this morning. I may have been a bit hasty.
My red, white, and blue garden
Happy 4th of July!
Wordless Wednesday: Something Beautiful
When I planted this sunflower I had no idea it would end up growing to be this tall.
Who ate my lettuce?: A Caterpickles Investigative Report, Conclusion
Somebody’s been eating my lettuce and it wasn’t me. Whodunnit? It probably wasn’t the Lesser Goldfinch or the gopher, and if it was the rabbit, he didn’t act alone. Which brings us to the squirrel.
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