The harvest Moon and Jupiter peered between clouds through a slot in the trees. A nearby owl hooted as we walked the deserted street. Cicadas, commonly called katydids, buzzed out their morning song as the dawn brightened and burnished clouds with an orange glow. Birds awoke to serenade us with their chirping, singing, and cawing,Continue reading “No Time for iPhones and Earbuds”
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Katydid-done
Though they are actually cicadas, they are often referred to as “katydids.” Their buzzing chirp is heard from the trees throughout the summer. After years underground, they emerge for a few short weeks to date, carouse, and reproduce. Finally at the end of their life, they they fall to the ground, exhausted, to await theirContinue reading “Katydid-done”
Just What You Don’t Want To See
Ordinarily a rainbow is a delight to see, but not when we are on our morning walk and more than a mile from home. Where there are bows, there is rain, and we were on foot. Fortunately, the rain was light and we quickly dried out, but the beauty of the rainbow lingers in ourContinue reading “Just What You Don’t Want To See”
Missing Mineral Point
Last month we were in Mineral Point, Wisconsin and stayed in the Mineral Point Hotel. It was in a beautifully restored building from the 1800’s and was tastefully decorated with period artifacts, photos, and paintings. It was a wonderful place to stay with the whole historical district and adjacent mine remnants with easy walking distance.Continue reading “Missing Mineral Point”
Solar Spectacles
I observe the Sun through specially designed solar telescopes on a nearly daily basis. This is the first time that I felt like the Sun was looking back at me. Filaments of hydrogen held aloft by powerful magnetic fields created this illusion of “Sun Glasses.” #sunglasses #sun #glasses #spectacles
Yes, we have no bananas but…
We definitely have Florida banana spiders, or as they are otherwise called, golden silk orb-weavers. This specimen in our back yard was bout three inches across, leg tip to leg tip, had about a three-foot diameter web, and is obviously a female. Like many other species, the male is puny and of little value otherContinue reading “Yes, we have no bananas but…”
Larry, Curley, and Moe
Well, they are pineapples, not stooges I guess, and if they were named after their looks, they would be Spike, Spike, and Spike. But they are Howard’s, and they are Fine. They are the descendants of pineapples that we brought back from Maui more than a decade ago, either from the tops of harvested pineapples,Continue reading “Larry, Curley, and Moe”
Thin May Be In But…
Ok, so this creature is so amazingly thin and light that it can walk on water, which is what I nearly did getting out of the pool when I found it creeping towards me! It probably was just curious of that blob in the pool (me), whose eyes were bugging out almost as much asContinue reading “Thin May Be In But…”
Feline and Wine
Baby, the cat, reflects on the glass of wine beyond her backside. She has already sniffed the glass, but declined any further offerings of the vine. She does not need the wine because life is exactly as she wants it to be, she is a cat after all. #feline #wine #chardonnay
Gently Ginger
Cradled in a pot beneath oak trees laced with Spanish moss, the ginger plant blooms brightly, watered by raindrops that are shattered into mist by the branches above. There it rests sweetly, gently.
Eskildoodle Photos and Feelings 