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Dragonfly Mating Season
It is that time of year. You cannot walk very far without being pelted by busy dragonflies looking for one another. They buzz about the air and occasionally run into your head or torso but they are harmless. They’re not paying attention to their human or dog shaped obstacles. They’re driven by a mission to …
An Afternoon Shower
After the tropical storm in the gulf dissipated we had about a week of humid air and every day held a small forecasted chance of pop up storms. Most days held a 10 percent chance of rain. On the last day of the week, a sunday, the best chance of rain was forecasted: a 40 …
A Taste of Rain
A tropical storm had made landfall in the gulf with 60 mph winds. It was disappointing because we have in the past had storms blow through here easily with 70 mph winds so we all knew, a hurricane it was not going to be. It just wasnt strong enough to bring anything inland. What it …
Buzzards
Something is dead nearby. It is 111 degrees. Too hot to find out what. Into the house we go.
Summer Chores become Nocturnal
The car read 108 degrees today and the porch thermometer at the house said 112. The tv at work said we tied the previous record in 2011 today for highest number of consecutive triple digit temperature days recorded at 27 consecutive days. They are forecasting 40 days. They say tomorrow will make 2023 the new …
Moonlight
I did not finish with the chores tonight until 9:30 pm. As soon as the moon rose i didnt care. Everything melted away and i was filled with a sense of contentment and perhaps joy. Walking around in the middle of the wilderness under a nearly full moon gives me a sense of well being …
Front Porch Haircut
My sister came to town to visit me and she brought her scissors so she could cut my hair. I wanted layers like i used to get when i got my hair cut in the city and she was pretty sure she could give me a layered look. She had started cutting her own and …
Wild Grapes
These are muscat grapes. They grow wild near the building where i work in fredericksburg. You can eat them yourself if lost in the woods and hungry but they’re pretty sour as grapes go. Instead, i collect them and give them to the chickens at home who seem to love them despite their sour taste.
Front Clouds
If i were to move to Tennessee i would never see sky scapes like this again because the trees there are tall and lanky, not short and stubby, and i would have to climb quite a bit before i would have an unobstructed view of the sunset.