We haven’t been able to walk through the woods since Hurricane Irma took down some really large trees last year. We made a couple of scouting walks, but can’t get through to the park without great effort – climbing under and over fallen trees. For a good part of 2018, we’ve been out of the…
Pond Peeps – June 2017
June 2017 ~ Here we are in October and I’m still sorting pictures from June. That was actually the last time we did much walking around the park and ponds so I’m sure there are many changes since Hurricane Irma paid a visit to the area in September. We were gone most of the summer…
Garden Gone: Harlequin Bugs Have Arrived
May 2017 – The garden is gone. With our heavy travel schedule, something had to go. Neglected, the collards and kale have been taken over by harlequin bugs, Murgantia histrionica. Harlequin bugs are actually stinkbugs … but pretty stinkbugs. We arrived home after a month in Indonesia to a struggling garden. This was not unexpected –…
Pond Peeps Spring 2017
Pond Peeps Spring 2017 ~ We didn’t spend much time at home in spring 2017 so I have just a few images from walks through the St. Augustine Road Fish Management Area. On our very first walk after our return from Australia, we happened upon this wonderful rendering of a fish, made from what I…
Pond Peeps – Yeah, We’re Still Around
April 2017 – Pond Peeps – Yeah, We’re Still Around, ‘tho you’d not think so, given the scarcity of posts here. Travel, much needed house maintenance and new commitments to community activism have occupied all the spare space in my head. In January, we managed to get out for a few walks through the woods around…
Yellow
January 2017 ~ Yellow, today’s theme is inspired by my first bird feather of the year. I’ve seen hawk, owl, osprey and Ibis feathers but I think this bright yellow beauty belonged to a Northern Flicker, a woodpecker. In the woods around the St Augustine Road Fish Management Area, we see quite a few woodpeckers…
Welcome 2017
Welcome 2017 – I’d been struggling to find a way to be enthusiastic about the start of a new year when a friend emailed a link from Oceana’s site. Their post, Six Amazing New Fish Species Discovered in 2016 featured a fish I discovered off Lembata during one of our trips to Indonesia. Our photos and collected…