Crazy busy day, and might have gotten more done if not distracted by a family phone call. It was still very productive, and I have a film crew in town that ran over schedule to thank for that–an event held on location was waylaid giving him more time to work with me today. Continue reading “Garden Growth–14th April, 2019”
Category: Creatures
Exactly what you’d expect, posts about various creatures here.
Fly By Notes, 28 March 2019
Time to write just about anything in a focused manner lately has been hard to come by, so here’s a sort of organized bullet list both for me and anyone that is curious about what I’ve been up to in the last few days.
Berries on the brain.
One distraction when I’m working on the seed list is thinking about one berry to choose to add to our abundance, and how we haven’t finished this year’s draft of what will go where in the kitchen garden. Continue reading “Berries on the brain.”
This and That–4 November 2018
Still been quite a wet fall, and we’re working around it as best we can. Continue reading “This and That–4 November 2018”
This and That–24 October 2018
Still trying to build in a consistent pattern for posting here versus the rest of life, so here’s a general update for the moment. Continue reading “This and That–24 October 2018”
Guardianship update: 7th September 2018
I awoke today to find the last three chrysalis in the keeper had eclosed. They were two males and a female. Continue reading “Guardianship update: 7th September 2018”
Black and green dragonfly snacking while on a milkweed plant.
Guardianship update: 31st August 2018
The chrysalis I mentioned last time did not eclose. I finally had taken it out and where the chrysalis had started cracking, I pulled it out just a bit, and as I did, I realized the entire thing felt like it could be crushed to dust in any minute between the fingers I was pressing as lightly as I could through a paper towel I had used to take it out of the keeper. It simply had dehydrated. Continue reading “Guardianship update: 31st August 2018”
Guardianship update: 29th August 2018
So the chrysalis I thought maybe might be a late release yesterday still has not eclosed. I’ve read that after 48 hours of it being this clear, if they don’t eclose, something went wrong and they are likely dead.
