wtf and the mysterians 𓅃

Recently I learned that what has sprung up in the stretch along the fence between our property and the neighbors’ cow pasture that I cleared earlier this year and attempted to put wildflowers in (none of the flower seeds did anything) is in fact perilla mint, which is toxic to cattle.

And the aster that we’d moved from in front of the tractor is doing pretty well, in spite of being chomped on and uprooted by deer earlier in the summer. It may be shorter than it was when we moved it, but the bees are enjoying it all the same.

Recently I learned that what has sprung up in the stretch along the fence between our property and the neighbors’ cow pasture that I cleared earlier this year and attempted to put wildflowers in (none of the flower seeds did anything) is in fact perilla mint, which is toxic to cattle.

Saw a lizard friend on the porch when I was getting my gear together…

Recently I learned that what has sprung up in the stretch along the fence between our property and the neighbors’ cow pasture that I cleared earlier this year and attempted to put wildflowers in (none of the flower seeds did anything) is in fact perilla mint, which is toxic to cattle.

I went looking on a local FB group to see if I could find out what went down that the new mayor was posting heated statements about, and I didn’t learn anything there, but I DID learn one of the ladies in the area sees blue jays as spiritual warfare and cited google AI as proof, so.

And I’m not just saying that because the blue jays may or may not have been the ones to leave me a gift of an old partial soda can a while back. I have no quarrel with blue jays.

I went looking on a local FB group to see if I could find out what went down that the new mayor was posting heated statements about, and I didn’t learn anything there, but I DID learn one of the ladies in the area sees blue jays as spiritual warfare and cited google AI as proof, so.

The AI summary she posted said that the reason forests are quiet on Fridays is that’s the day blue jays bring sticks to Satan in Hell or something, they are his messengers, so the video she posted of a blue jay on her lawn is proof of… something?

We went out to harvest some of the squash this morning ahead of the weather change and found two box turtles all cozy under the squash leaves. Did our best to avoid disturbing them, hope they find somewhere more durable to be before the squash is done for the season.

In daylight we can see that the hornets really love the lilac tree next to the house, they’re constantly flying up to it and then returning to… somewhere past the neighbors’ fence.

come home from a nice dinner with my parents to find upwards of a hundred big hornets swarming the front porch, drawn by the lights 🙃

after I got inside, they were still all over the windows, allowing me to take a picture through the glass and have the bug identifier app confirm: yup, those are European hornets.

Found a plant growing in my porch flower planter that clearly wasn’t what was supposed to be there. When it got bigger, the plant identifier app I used said it was a sunflower. As an experiment, we planted a sunflower seed from our birdseed in another planter. It is indeed sprouting.

I guess the mourning doves are just that thorough, they don’t leave a single viable seed on the ground.

Found a plant growing in my porch flower planter that clearly wasn’t what was supposed to be there. When it got bigger, the plant identifier app I used said it was a sunflower. As an experiment, we planted a sunflower seed from our birdseed in another planter. It is indeed sprouting.

We’ve had a lot of storms here lately (my poor cat does not approve of this) and yesterday morning after a night of storms we had mysterious goo on the porch railing that looked like hail but definitely was not

Growing season has been weird this year, but our first Boxcar Willie tomatoes are ripe. The purple calabash tomatoes aren’t ready yet and I don’t think any of the currant tomato plants survived (for reasons we still don’t know, starting seeds indoors went poorly this year, lot of weak plants)

We have two dwarf peach trees out front that had been flowering when the ice storm hit earlier this year, so far fewer peaches than usual and what’s there doesn’t seem to be good. Last year I’d find the pits on the railing, squirrels having eaten the fruit and left me the mess to clean up.

I don’t want to keep the birdseed bucket in the house, but if they (presumably squirrels) keep trying to get into it I may have to

They already do this but I guess it’s not enough, they want to go right to the source

I haven’t minded the squirrels eating some of the birdseed from the feeder; they’re part of the local ecosystem, the peach trees they normally feast from this time of year aren’t producing anywhere near as much as usual thanks to the weather, I don’t want them getting hungry and desperate.

And more than that, SOMETHING has tried to bite or claw its way through the lid of the birdseed bucket on the porch. They haven’t gotten through yet, but not for lack of trying.

I haven’t minded the squirrels eating some of the birdseed from the feeder; they’re part of the local ecosystem, the peach trees they normally feast from this time of year aren’t producing anywhere near as much as usual thanks to the weather, I don’t want them getting hungry and desperate.

Yesterday we got the pieces ironed and pinned, so today (after running errands) it’s time to get these sewn (and then ironed, and then pinned)

we observed the day by making tacos and discussing whether our senator has shuffled off the coil or not and my poor cat has been hiding under the bed for hours on account of the intermittent fireworks still going off

it’s almost midnight and the fireworks are still going, poor Daisy only managed to eat half her dinner before she got scared

we observed the day by making tacos and discussing whether our senator has shuffled off the coil or not and my poor cat has been hiding under the bed for hours on account of the intermittent fireworks still going off