There are 2 more days to my vacation – days I intend to spend at home working on this & that. Right off, the lawn mower wouldn’t start & the lawn was quickly reaching weed whacker status. I had already changed out the spark plug but the air cleaner was way past its expiration date too. Once that was replaced everything ran like new.
It ain’t pretty & it took 5 hours of work but the LAWN IS MOWED! Since its supposed to rain a bunch more soon this is a very very good if somewhat boring thing. OK, everything in life isn’t a Grand Ride on a Clear Day on a Harley.
This fellow was hunting in the jungle of the lawn – he got moved so he can go & find a lady friend to propagate his kind.
Its late summer when the grasshoppers can fly & there are katydids out of an evening. Fireflies at night too, just not many. The days of Elven cities in the trees here about are gone.
Its also the season of mushrooms & toadstools. These are usually the first of the fall fungus to appear. They only grow in the front & side yards.
Here’s a before & after photo. They start out round with no stem, then they sort of explode, turn black & send little spores everywhere. Way cool.
Once the yard was mowed & it had stopped drizzling it was time to cut up the white pine limb I finally got totally off the roof last work break. The fresh cut log ends are the limb, nicely waiting an evening campfire to return their carbon to the air.
It has been a glorious, wonderful & relaxing vacation – which I ended by spending several hours fishing. I caught & released 7 sunfish, fed Mike’s Salmon Eggs to a whole lot more, watched the hummers in the jewel weed, saw 2 mud dabbers collecting soft mud for their nests, & was overflown by a kingfisher. And all around me little copper & brown butterflies vied with even small pale blue butterflies for the best sunny sports. Life is Good.
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