So many pictures and no time to post. Some skidmark nicked the hose that was sitting in front of the house but the joke’s on them because it was a one-season P.O.S hose. One less thing for me to have to deal with this winter.
October 23, 2025 at 12:23 AM
So many pictures and no time to post. Some skidmark nicked the hose that was sitting in front of the house but the joke’s on them because it was a one-season P.O.S hose. One less thing for me to have to deal with this winter.
Tiny blue and green dragonfly
August 8, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Tiny blue and green dragonfly
Got one. Monarch butterfly nectaring on butterfly milkweed.
August 8, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Got one. Monarch butterfly nectaring on butterfly milkweed.
The Monarch butterflies have found our yard. I’ll try to grab pics if I can, but my iPotato phone insists on overheating after being outside for more than five minutes. A bit like me in that way.
August 8, 2025 at 8:49 PM
The Monarch butterflies have found our yard. I’ll try to grab pics if I can, but my iPotato phone insists on overheating after being outside for more than five minutes. A bit like me in that way.
Quick photo dump. It’s 90F which is nasty but this is Kentucky and it does that in August.
August 8, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Quick photo dump. It’s 90F which is nasty but this is Kentucky and it does that in August.
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Unpopular take from a developer: all AI is a scam, all of it, and you should not use it for anything ever
August 8, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Unpopular take from a developer: all AI is a scam, all of it, and you should not use it for anything ever
Oh dear. That previous post loops the video and I don’t know how to stop it. I also managed to ruin an intimate moment while taking a picture of a flower that looked a bit different than the others. Apologies all ‘round.
July 1, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Oh dear. That previous post loops the video and I don’t know how to stop it. I also managed to ruin an intimate moment while taking a picture of a flower that looked a bit different than the others. Apologies all ‘round.
And before anyone accuses us of putting on airs, check out the solar-powered rave fountain I dropped in for the frogs. Breaks up the surface during the day to keep the tadpoles safe and lets the lads throw ragers at night.
July 1, 2025 at 11:26 PM
And before anyone accuses us of putting on airs, check out the solar-powered rave fountain I dropped in for the frogs. Breaks up the surface during the day to keep the tadpoles safe and lets the lads throw ragers at night.
How it started and how it’s going. It wasn’t possible to reproduce the lighting from pictures taken three years apart - but this is good enough.
July 1, 2025 at 11:21 PM
How it started and how it’s going. It wasn’t possible to reproduce the lighting from pictures taken three years apart - but this is good enough.
We never needed to worry about repopulating the pond. Nature has sorted itself out. We have water striders, beetles, dragonfly nymphs, tadpoles … probably more things that I can’t see. Excellent.
July 1, 2025 at 11:00 PM
We never needed to worry about repopulating the pond. Nature has sorted itself out. We have water striders, beetles, dragonfly nymphs, tadpoles … probably more things that I can’t see. Excellent.
Year two. In spite of a monsoonal spring, the purple coneflower is thriving.
July 1, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Year two. In spite of a monsoonal spring, the purple coneflower is thriving.
HI ALL TWO PEOPLE READING THIS! Things have been happening.
Updates incoming! I hope I don't get whomped for being too posty. The gardens have happened and everything is blooming and the bees are drunk flying and it's all very nice. Except for the bit that isn't, but we'll get to that.
Updates incoming! I hope I don't get whomped for being too posty. The gardens have happened and everything is blooming and the bees are drunk flying and it's all very nice. Except for the bit that isn't, but we'll get to that.
July 1, 2025 at 9:38 PM
HI ALL TWO PEOPLE READING THIS! Things have been happening.
Updates incoming! I hope I don't get whomped for being too posty. The gardens have happened and everything is blooming and the bees are drunk flying and it's all very nice. Except for the bit that isn't, but we'll get to that.
Updates incoming! I hope I don't get whomped for being too posty. The gardens have happened and everything is blooming and the bees are drunk flying and it's all very nice. Except for the bit that isn't, but we'll get to that.
Slept through Thursday night’s tornado warning. No such luck tonight. Alas. It’s been absolutely bucketing.
April 4, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Slept through Thursday night’s tornado warning. No such luck tonight. Alas. It’s been absolutely bucketing.
Rocks, more rocks, and rocks wrapped in plastic (that the wren refuses to stay out of) that I have to check periodically in case he traps himself.
March 20, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Rocks, more rocks, and rocks wrapped in plastic (that the wren refuses to stay out of) that I have to check periodically in case he traps himself.
The face of absolute disappointment. I attempted to explain to Monsieur LeQuack and received his numerous, uncensored thoughts on the pond not being completed yet. #birds #mallard #disappointed
March 15, 2025 at 8:47 PM
The face of absolute disappointment. I attempted to explain to Monsieur LeQuack and received his numerous, uncensored thoughts on the pond not being completed yet. #birds #mallard #disappointed
Yard project has started back up. Pond troubleshooting, hardscaping, planting of trees and shrubs and other things - busy busy. The estimated conclusion is April. Here’s hoping.
March 8, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Yard project has started back up. Pond troubleshooting, hardscaping, planting of trees and shrubs and other things - busy busy. The estimated conclusion is April. Here’s hoping.
Ice storm. We also picked up a new guest - a mockingbird. It is completely unafraid and makes weird noises at me when it sees me. The flicker does the same. I’ll have to create a disguise so I can lurch about the yard in peace.
January 21, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Ice storm. We also picked up a new guest - a mockingbird. It is completely unafraid and makes weird noises at me when it sees me. The flicker does the same. I’ll have to create a disguise so I can lurch about the yard in peace.
The Only Wrens feeder extravaganza to help them survive this cold snap. I put a variety of food choices in it. Always nice to have options.
January 21, 2025 at 4:59 AM
The Only Wrens feeder extravaganza to help them survive this cold snap. I put a variety of food choices in it. Always nice to have options.
Sputnik J. Wren will troll back, so don’t worry on his account. The moment he spotted me he started shouting for bugs and peanut treats.
January 21, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Sputnik J. Wren will troll back, so don’t worry on his account. The moment he spotted me he started shouting for bugs and peanut treats.
Budget Trauma thanks to a CPU fan issue and a Win10 [enshittification] update. Gaming only rig is unavoidably Win11 - however I will neuter as much nonsense as possible via Regedit. After coffee. The iMac will be for actual work and other things. Not loving the expense but it is what it is.
January 19, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Budget Trauma thanks to a CPU fan issue and a Win10 [enshittification] update. Gaming only rig is unavoidably Win11 - however I will neuter as much nonsense as possible via Regedit. After coffee. The iMac will be for actual work and other things. Not loving the expense but it is what it is.
Trolled the Wren and now it’s three days of energetic recriminations
January 17, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Trolled the Wren and now it’s three days of energetic recriminations
While the view from up here is nice, I don’t have all day for this. The local farms need to start with Starlicide and follow up with other measures. Unfortunately Starlings are such an incredibly destructive (invasive here) species here that the best thing to do would be to eradicate them.
January 7, 2025 at 4:33 PM
While the view from up here is nice, I don’t have all day for this. The local farms need to start with Starlicide and follow up with other measures. Unfortunately Starlings are such an incredibly destructive (invasive here) species here that the best thing to do would be to eradicate them.