Every night around sunset we are serenaded by the gathering of the the grackles in the trees and on the wire behind our lot. Most nights the noise level can be a little too much. Tonight is was at an enjoyable level.
Category: Nature
The Sunset Last Night Was A Delight
With the warmer temperatures we are sitting outside in the evening. Last evening we could only marvel at the wonder of it all as nature put on an awesome light show.
Removing the Last Tree
It sprouted a new top during the 2 months we were traveling but today it meets its final fate. The implement of execution has been bought and assembled. The tree has been sliced and diced into manageable pieces. Only stumps are left of multiple […]
Fire Ants
Got into some fire ants when cleaning up the mini-jungle in the back of the lot. They look a lot worse than they are. Had more than a dozen bites on my foot and lower leg. A good dosing of fire ant powder and […]
It’s a Jungle Out There Redux
We thought we had the problem with the back of our lot being overtaken by wild vegetative growth taken care of when we left a few months ago. Wrong. Actually we did have it solved, but didn’t foresee a broken irrigation pipe allowing copious […]