LilyLeftTheValley

Ah, yes, longstanding unfinished projects. I resemble that remark.

I had planned to finish clearing the area where I will be seeding clover for a walking path in front of our house, but then the rains came and I was all..."Nope. Not doing that in the rain. Just gonna drink more tea and be on the computer today."

Thank you. 🌌

This. SO MUCH THIS.

My very of the moment offering to the #Caturday deities. Lady Sylvie in my lap while I'm at my computer. (This is pretty standard for us most times if I'm sitting here.)

An oldie but a goodie offering for the #Caturday deities.

Lady Sylvie in the bedroom window.

(Fairly certain this isn't a repeat. Feel free to correct me if wrong.)

Some time ago, I had mentioned my concern for the ferns along the rock wall.

I continue to be stunned at what it looks like. These images were taken on the southernmost bit between ours and our neighbors' homes. There are even more ferns to the north a bit where both houses do shade it a bit more.

I very much appreciate your kind post.

Here's a columbine breaking ground near our rock wall last month that I hope you will enjoy.

I looked up just that word--it came up Javanese and apparently it means "go ahead", but unlikely that's it. If it might be a typo (worth considering) pulha means "pile". And if so, the use could be slang in Portuguese? (Are there urban dictionaries for other languages?)

I looked up just that word--it came up Javanese and apparently it means "go ahead", but unlikely that's it.

If it might be a typo (worth considering) pulha means "pile". And if so, the use could be slang in Portuguese? (Are their urban dictionaries for other languages?)

Every time there's been a chance of us seeing it...every...damn...time?

Cloudy.

Guess what it's like tonight here, despite the our local weather and Windy saying otherwise? 😑

They probably figured you need to shell out for a check mark since you're pissing off their paying customers so much with your reminders of reality.

Things have been such a blur, I forgot yesterday was #Caturday, and apologize to the Caturday Deities for this transgression.

We had a now not so recent visitor to our backyard. The photo is contrast adjusted just enough so one doesn't have to squint too hard to find said visitor.

Thank you.

And of no surprise to anyone paying attention to such matters.

I do not envy the folks that are doing the work they do, but very glad they do it.

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They turned cattle ranches into tropical forest — then climate change hit

“This is what gives me hope.”

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My offering to the Caturday deities. Oggers decided that the mending box in the craft room was a fine place to hang out.

I can't say that it was a bad choice for him to make, but I will say I was super glad nothing was atop the pile within that could have been ruined by kitty claws.

I'd post pics, but right now I don't have the time to do decent alt text and apologize for that. (7/7)

So I'm instead going to bigger picture focus this year making little landing zones that could help mitigate the loss of the shrub, and then in time whatever I get to replace it can still be a spot--just not as much of a multi family apartment hang out, I guess? (6/7)

I've been trying to find another wood stemmed shrub to replace it with because the songbirds adore it as their neighborhood hang out, but in truth there's no easy way to replace it because trying to plant a similarly mature shrub there is likely impossible. (5/7)

year is now huge. *sighs* Because it's in the rock wall, that makes it extremely hard to make sure all the roots are out, hence the need to wait even more so. (4/7)

There's still a one year old back by the compost I hope to get to within the week, depending on rain.

I can't go after the parent yet because it's the wrong time of year, and the last time I tried that--it panic spread and further south down the wall, and the Devil Baby was born and this (3/7)

It was only two years old, but tracing the roots to try to make sure I got every last bit? Wooo...took near to two hours for a plant that was only hip high. I couldn't get to it last year because sick and too many other things higher priority. (2/7)

Today I finally tackled an invasive (Japanese barberry aka Berberis thunbergii) that is the offspring of one that still resides in our shared border rock wall. I affectionately refer to is as the Devil Bush. (1/7)

That moment when your body says, "Enough, dammit. Go to bed!"

I spotted one the other day and just so happened to have my camera on hand. Of course it was flitting all over the place, and my camera isn't top notch...so no photo. 😆

Today's rabbit hole thanks to that prompt...

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That Time Cats Attacked a NYC Butcher Shop

Cats are clearly untrustworthy creatures. Everybody knows that. But lest you forget, here’s a historical horror story.

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Oggers has some troubles of his own making this #Caturday. He's doing a bit better, but not 100% yet so we're keeping an eye on him.

Same!

An image I meant to post yesterday.

Given the trees that had to be cut down, I've been worried that despite how close our and our neighbors to the west's homes are, the portion of the rock wall between might not be shady enough for the ferns we usually get.

Yesterday we had our first fern sign.

Thank you very much.

I thought I found bumblebee cell detrius.

Someone suggested it might be bird's nest fungi. A few web images later comparing both, and I'm leaning fungi.

Any help for a firm ID would be appreciated. The plant stalks pictured are from a few variants of goldenrod.
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Yes. I'm in north ctrl MA.

Thank you so much!

My thanks again for any help with this. 2/🧵

There are six. I just took photos. Thank you for any ID help you can give. I'll put three here, then three in a reply to this. 1/2 🌱

TIL while trying to ID various volunteer needle-bearing saplings in the north facing porch bed that pine needles come in all sorts of shapes and sizes.

I thought maybe 2 variants might be pines...I'm starting to think they ALL might be pines. 🌱

Within a day of seeing my first smaller bees around here, today was my first time this year to spot a Golden Northern bumblebee, Bombus fervidus. 🐝 🦑 🌱

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Agreed. This is positively chilling to read.

Astonishing detail. Thank you for sharing it.

And forgot this. 🌱

And you then stand up and follow it visually (still in slippers, after all), slowly moving around the edge of the porch, and then see MORE...and then as you watch them furtively hunt and find nothing realize with horror that there's some buds yet nothing's in bloom out front yet (because (2/3)

it's north facing, so heavier shade), but out back there's some so like a fool you shout to them "GO SOUTH! There's forsythia in bloom back there!" 🐝

Yep. This was me today. (3/3)

That moment when you're in your slippers, leaning against the porch rail while munching on graham crackers and sipping tea as you continue to ponder early focus areas for your garden when a small bee buzzes by--the first you've seen this year. (1/3)

Are you assuming the focus and memory portion is always helpful stuff or even if I have control of such?

(If only!)

I also understand for folks that post lots of images (especially if that is a major factor of why they are here like artists/science/nature photographers/et al.) it can be downright tiring to do it for so many images a day.

I posted comparative images for my window views--the time it took!😬 2/🧵

I have thought about trying to focus on that more, like a post that says something like "My casual use of bsky seems to show more than 1/2 of people posting images are using Alt Text--how cool is that?" But I think some folks might see that as passive aggressive scolding...so haven't done it. 1/2

Given the current pushback against AI...I get that. Which is why I don't publicly call folks out even in a "hey, you dropped your alt text" sort of jokey way.

Rock and a hard place, I guess.