We got a dusting of snow last night (more supposedly on the way tonight and tomorrow). When I got home from work, there was a single bird track on my patio.
Tag: fauna
Mo
My mom’s cockatiel, Mo. Mo does not like dogs. Harriet pretty much ignored Mo, though, so I think Mo decided that Harriet wasn’t a threat.
New Math
Zyrtec + no caffeine = sleep dips
I feel like someone replaced my brain with a wool blanket. Ugh. I don’t know what it is, but my allergies have been bad the last couple of days. It seems to have coincided with the start of the Indiana Rainy Season, so I’m guessing leaf mold is the culprit.
And a completely unrelated photo.
Bee and Rose of Sharon, September 2008
And a funny story break.
LIT (the library’s IT department) sent out a mass email telling us to be careful opening attachments, even if we know the person who apparently sent them. Anyone want to guess how this better-late-than-never advice was distributed? Yep, as an attachment. Epic fail, LIT!
Busy Bee
Bee and Goldenrod
Harvestman
I saw this little guy while I was out with the dog. I liked the way he was perched, and luckily, he was still there when I came back with my camera.
We called these daddy longlegs when I was a kid. They are arachnids, but not spiders. Unlike spiders, which have two clear body segments, the harvestman’s cephalothorax and abdomen appear fused. Also unlike spiders, the have peni. Just FYI.
Butterfly, Ironweed, Thistle
Yellow Patch Skipper
Ironweed
Thistle
It’s Baaaack
Duke is publishing regular updates of outage numbers. I checked at 11am, and there were about 6700 customers in Monroe County who still didn’t have power. When I checked again about half an hour later, the number had gone to 6900. Yes. It went up. Restoring power? Ur doin it rong!
That did not bode well, so I came home at noon, because I had a bunch of things to do before it got too dark. Like, haul laundry over to the next building (which, by the way, was kind of a gross experience, as their laundry room has black mold and stinks to high heavens), clean the bad food out of the fridge and freezer, and then go pick up Miss Kitty to take for her subQ treatment. So, lots of business for me.
I managed to schlep my clothes next door, came home, and was standing in the kitchen, trying to decide which tasty, salt-filled, non-perishable snack “food” would do for lunch, when the electricity came back on. Huzzah! I still haven’t cleaned out the fridge and freezer, but I’ll have light to do that by later, so I’m not in a hurry. And, I can actually cook something that resembles real food, so I don’t have to eat Cheetos for lunch. Oatmeal is sounding really good.
Bee and Flower
Bee and Flower
I took these this morning out at the house where I’m cat sitting.
Bee and Sedum
This bumblebee really, really, really likes sedum. Even repeatedly bumping the plant with my camera strap didn’t disturb him.
I’m pretty sure that my mom originally told me that the sedum she has is bright red, but then she decided that she also had some pinky-colored plants, as well. Since she didn’t see where, exactly, I took this start from, she didn’t know which color I had. I’d say those are pinky, which is not at all the same thing as bright red, but I’m not complaining. The color is light and delicate and very pretty. Andalsoplustoo, this means that there is still red sedum to be raided at my mom’s house. Ahem. We’re practicing looking on the bright side, see?
A Visitor
Miss PossumPants is about a million years old. She’s lived here for years, and was apparently hit by a bike or car, because she has some serious mobility problems. She’s also got cataracts in both eyes and appears to be deaf as a post. I wouldn’t have known that she was out on my patio, except that Harriet and the cat suddenly got Very Interested in the live action nature TV. When I went to look at what the uproar was about, I saw Miss PossumPants with her nose plastered against the outside of the patio door. I don’t know what the hell she thought she was doing, but it was pretty funny.
I tried to shoo her away, but she was either unimpressed or unaware of my presence. She decided to have a nice, leisurely drink from the upturned rim of a big flower pot, so I went and got my little camera.
red paper boat 