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Remote monitoring of the Universal Cat Distribution System
Come find me in the garden.
Come find me in the garden.
une fleur pour aujourd'hui
October 20, 2025 at 12:40 PM
une fleur pour aujourd'hui
2 male Monarch butterflies, eclosed Sep 28 am, and released Sep 30 am after a rain delay.
October 1, 2025 at 4:11 AM
2 male Monarch butterflies, eclosed Sep 28 am, and released Sep 30 am after a rain delay.
2 female Monarch butterflies, released Sep 27 pm.
September 27, 2025 at 9:08 PM
2 female Monarch butterflies, released Sep 27 pm.
4 Monarch butterflies (3 females, 1 male), eclosed Sep 26 am.
September 26, 2025 at 11:50 PM
4 Monarch butterflies (3 females, 1 male), eclosed Sep 26 am.
Male Monarch butterfly wing test. Eclosed Sep 25 am.
September 26, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Male Monarch butterfly wing test. Eclosed Sep 25 am.
Male Monarch butterfly testing its wings. Eclosed Sep 24 am.
September 24, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Male Monarch butterfly testing its wings. Eclosed Sep 24 am.
Thank you! There are 25+ plants but only cats on 3, not sure why. This is the 1st year I’ve had time to watch - I learned a lot. I had to relocate this beastie after she ate an i3 yesterday.
It’s probably a healthy change to be distressed by something I have some control over.
It’s probably a healthy change to be distressed by something I have some control over.
September 3, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Thank you! There are 25+ plants but only cats on 3, not sure why. This is the 1st year I’ve had time to watch - I learned a lot. I had to relocate this beastie after she ate an i3 yesterday.
It’s probably a healthy change to be distressed by something I have some control over.
It’s probably a healthy change to be distressed by something I have some control over.
This Eastern Pondhawk (Erythemis simplicollis) is the third species of dragonfly I've spotted in the garden this year. Dragonflies hunt mosquitoes, and hornets and wasps (which hunt immature Monarchs). I have a wishlist of plants to attract more dragonflies, and I'm going to need a better fountain.
July 28, 2025 at 11:20 PM
This Eastern Pondhawk (Erythemis simplicollis) is the third species of dragonfly I've spotted in the garden this year. Dragonflies hunt mosquitoes, and hornets and wasps (which hunt immature Monarchs). I have a wishlist of plants to attract more dragonflies, and I'm going to need a better fountain.
An object at rest tends to stay at rest unless acted upon by an outside force… to get started you need to become the outside force which starts the mental and physical ball rolling. You need to overcome the inertia of inaction and indecision and begin developing some creative momentum. -Adam Savage
July 27, 2025 at 8:10 PM
An object at rest tends to stay at rest unless acted upon by an outside force… to get started you need to become the outside force which starts the mental and physical ball rolling. You need to overcome the inertia of inaction and indecision and begin developing some creative momentum. -Adam Savage
There’s an interminable period each day when Europe has gone to bed, Australia is just waking up, and the Americas are still at work or heading home and making dinner, when posts in my Following feed slow to a trickle, and I enter the long dark teatime of the soul.
July 26, 2025 at 10:19 PM
There’s an interminable period each day when Europe has gone to bed, Australia is just waking up, and the Americas are still at work or heading home and making dinner, when posts in my Following feed slow to a trickle, and I enter the long dark teatime of the soul.
Male Eastern tiger swallowtail (Papilio glaucus), with a brief guest appearance from a canoodling woodland skipper (Ochlodes sylvanoides)
July 26, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Male Eastern tiger swallowtail (Papilio glaucus), with a brief guest appearance from a canoodling woodland skipper (Ochlodes sylvanoides)
The Murderbot Diaries #2.5
July 25, 2025 at 10:54 PM
The Murderbot Diaries #2.5
Taking a stroll down memory lane.
July 25, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Taking a stroll down memory lane.
Currently on tour in the UK and US
July 24, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Currently on tour in the UK and US
I love the somersault at the start! Thank you for sharing your garden.
July 24, 2025 at 1:14 AM
I love the somersault at the start! Thank you for sharing your garden.
I’ve solved the mystery of the missing Monarch caterpillars. European wasps and hornets prey on Monarch eggs and caterpillars, so I’ve created a buffet for them. I need to add plants that repel the invaders: mint, lavender, citronella, lemongrass, pennyroyal, basil, thyme, eucalyptus, marigold.
July 20, 2025 at 1:22 PM
I’ve solved the mystery of the missing Monarch caterpillars. European wasps and hornets prey on Monarch eggs and caterpillars, so I’ve created a buffet for them. I need to add plants that repel the invaders: mint, lavender, citronella, lemongrass, pennyroyal, basil, thyme, eucalyptus, marigold.
I planted a row of peppermint lace crape myrtles a few years ago, but one is not like the others.
This year the blossoms are so numerous and heavy that branches are breaking.
This year the blossoms are so numerous and heavy that branches are breaking.
July 19, 2025 at 2:52 AM
I planted a row of peppermint lace crape myrtles a few years ago, but one is not like the others.
This year the blossoms are so numerous and heavy that branches are breaking.
This year the blossoms are so numerous and heavy that branches are breaking.
Zephyranthes rosea - rose fairy lily, rose zephyr lily, pink rain lily
July 14, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Zephyranthes rosea - rose fairy lily, rose zephyr lily, pink rain lily
