This is the view from the audience when Thomas plays tug.
Harvestmen
This is by way of a test post. I’ve been using the FlickStackr app to grab HTML for my images on Flickr, so I can pop them into blog posts.
The official Flickr app does not allow grabbing HTML. It does have a share to WordPress option though.
ETA: The reason I’m testing this option is that the FlickStackr app has been pulled from the app store by Apple. Hmf. The developer has had his development account shut down, so if the app stops working for some reason, it won’t be updated. On to Plan B!
ETA 2: Now that I can look at how WordPress handles this sort of image post, on the back side, I’m not happy about it as a long term solution. Instead of the image being hosted on Flickr, it’s copied to my WordPress media folder and displayed from there. That eats up storage on my free account. I also just don’t want to store anything of mine in my media folder. It’s a waste, since the images are already stored on Flickr and sharable from there. Hmf. Hopefully before FlickStackr gets broken by a Flickr redesign, someone else will come up with an app that grabs HTML/BBcode. (Or, rather, one that actually works. There are a few that claim to grab Flickr HTML/BBcode, but that function doesn’t work.)
In the meantime, I edited the Harvestmen image to point at Flickr.
Great Spangled Fritillary
I don’t remember seeing many of these guys in previous years. They’ve been regular visitors this summer.
Fog Lifting
We had storms and a ton of rain last night (with flash flood warnings). Early this morning when I walked the dog, it was warm and foggy (and sticky and generally kind of gross). When I went to the kitchenette to microwave my oatmeal at around 8:00, the fog was lifting to the west.
Sunrise Over Wright Quad
I took this photo from the break room, because there isn’t usually anyone in there in the early morning, and I can turn off the lights so there’s no glare on the windows. A coworker came in, as I was leaving, and gave me a perplexed look. I pointed to the window, and to this view, and she still couldn’t understand what I was doing.
Silver-spotted Skipper
Today was all about skippers.
SeenĀ In the Wild
This van belongs to one of our maintenance guys. I walk by it every time I take out the trash, and it usually has some combination of “REPENT YE SINNERS!” emblazoned on its windows.
Monday Butterfly
Female Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly
Happy Labor Day (US)!
I worked today, because I need to save as much PTO as possible
for snow days this winter. I burned through most of my banked time off when Frances was sick, then when I got Thomas I used up the little bit I’d managed to re-bank. (We accrue time off biweekly, instead of getting a lump of time at the beginning of the year.)
So today I worked so I could save the holiday hours. Not the best way to celebrate Labor Day, but it beats having to drag myself to work in an ice storm or when it’s -10F.
Bumblebee and Sunflower
The bees like sunflowers, too.
“I do it my way…”
Weird dog is weird.
red paper boat 