Better version of this post over on Medium: https://medium.com/bruce-photos/unlucky-frog-3e2ac4730c6f We had 10″ of rain this last week, complements of tropical storm Cindy. In the thick of it, I toured our backyard trails to see how they were holding up: Turns out there was a tornado touching down 5 miles from here while I was out…
A mystery sound puzzle. During a dinner party, we heard a loud sound in our backyard that sounded like big waterfall. But our creek was not gushing and the sound only lasted for 5 seconds. Any guesses? Hint 1: It was not flock of angry killer birds, although we have seen a few baby birds…
Irina died last week. She had been heroically fighting ovarian cancer for over 3 years, traveling to specialist that she respected all over the world. She recently had a dream about meeting Boris, who passed in that same bed 9 months ago. She was ready. We are very sad, but glad she didn’t have to suffer…
We had a great visit from Mom and friend Sue: We hiked our backyard trails: It rain when they were here, so they got to see the creek in peak glory: We played with our tiny flare gun: Sue tried burning down our house with it: We also did some lounging: And visited Irina: Mom,…
Once upon a time, there was an epic battle, elephant -vs- cockroach: The elephant won. In the process of trail building, I dug up a bunch of greenbrier plants. It is a invasive/nasty/thorny vine, but it’s roots are interesting. Large and oddly shaped, they inspired Helen to pick up a paintbrush: We then re-purposed them,…
This frog could not believe his eyes, flowers in February! Nature is amazing, such variety. Like this small delicate seed: Verses this big, hard, pokey, painful to walk on seed: And then there are insects. We found these guys munching on Helen’s yarn balls: I asked this guy if he was practicing to be a…