I was prepping lunch and snacks for work tomorrow, and I found Cherry Squidward.
Cherry
Author: Shelly
Flowery Things
Garden Stuff
I always leave columbine flowers alone and let them self seed.
The deer missed one daylily bud. This is the very last one of the season.
Sedum is about to start blooming. I think this one came from my mom’s garden.
Jewelweed
The jewelweed in the thicket is blooming again. Ironweed should be blooming soon, too.
Burdock
There are tons of burdock plants behind my building. For some reason the lawn care crew won’t touch them. They would have been easy to weedwack when they were small. They’re 4-5 feet tall now though and not so simple to get rid of.
I’m glad I have a short-haired dog. The dried burrs don’t stick to him.
Sidewalk Strawberries
Someone dumped strawberries on the sidewalk in front of my building. They’re so mummified that Thomas didn’t want to do more than sniff them.
Before the Storm
There was a tornado warning last night, right after I took this photo. It was for the northwest corner of the county though. I’m in the northeast corner of the county, so I wasn’t too concerned. But we got a hell of a light show, and swirling pink spots on the radar passed north and south of us. I could hear hail plinking against the windows.
I’m dragging my ass today, because the storm kept me up way past my bedtime.
Cloudy
Air quality is much better today. Yesterday it was hard to breathe. But now we have storms to the north and incoming from the southwest, and the sky is a blanket of grey.
Today’s genealogy rant: Someone on Reddit posted that they looked at the FamilySearch tree, and they’re descended from nobility. They listed out 30 generations and wanted someone else to verify all of them. Bless their heart. That is a doctoral dissertation worth of research, and no one (NO ONE!) wants to do random homework assignments from the internet.
Zinnias
My zinnias are making progress. I’m still salty that the deer ate my daylilies, but there are other things that will be blooming soon.
Eastern Hemlock Tree
I love these cute, little pinecones. they’re maybe an inch tall, at most? Adorable.
red paper boat 