Bat on porch screen 2022-07-26

Not what you expect to see on the screen into the porch.

Bat on screen and in bag

Didn’t seem to be anything wrong with the bat. So I put it in a paper bag and set it on some greenery in the woods where the dogs could not reach. Continue reading →

Maypop, bananas, Arrow in bathtub 2022-06-27

A late June day.

Maypop, bananas, cypress swamp, Arrow in bathtub

A month later, the Passiflora incarnata are still blooming, there are more banana bunches now, there are puddles in the cypress swamp, and Arrow still likes to cool off in her bathtub. Continue reading →

Adel Tire fixing flat tractor tire 2022-06-27

Could this be a problem?

Flat tire, fixing, Adel Tire Co.

Wasn’t flat when I parked it. Continue reading →

Videos: Arrow the water dog 2022-06-24

Arrow likes water.

Movie: Arrow digging. Continue reading →

Tractor Canopy 2022-06-16

Could this be a problem?

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Maypop, ground cherry, blueberry, fig, beautyberry 2022-05-29

Spring is in bloom or fruit.

Beautyberry (Callicarpa americana)

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Bread 2022-05-27

This bread was so beauteous that Gretchen wouldn’t let anybody eat it for several days.

Then it was very tasty.

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Gopher tortoise 2022-05-15

This gopher tortoise ran out of the back driveway into this thicket.

Gopher tortoise in the briar patch

This Gopherus polyphemus is hard to see in there. Continue reading →

Rat snake unstuck 2022-05-26

This rat snake was stuck on the sticky traps.

Thanks for the olive oil

Fortunately, vegetable oil softens the glue and the snake writhed free.

Didn’t seem in any hurry to go anywhere. Continue reading →

Split-tailed kites 2022-05-15

A flock of split-tailed kites wheeling above where I just cultivated the okra.

Split-tailed kites

Here’s a movie of these Elanoides forficatus, also known as swallow-tail kites: Continue reading →