Green grapes 2020-06-29

They still look about that green, almost a month later:

Green Grapes

But at least there are enough of them this year we may get some before the raccoons eat them all.

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Corn wasps 2020-06-29

Good thing I looked before walking into the corn:

Wasps on corn leaf

Those wasps seemed quite at home on that corn leaf. Continue reading →

Small bird nest at pond 2020-06-14

What kind of bird makes these small nests?

Bigger than a hummingbird nest

They’re too big to be hummingbird nests.

Another nest, near the pond

Gretchen spotted them, one in the woods, the other at the pond.

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Picking wild black cherries 2020-06-21

We don’t have a cherry picker, but we do have a ladder and a roof.

Gretchen on the roof picking black cherries

Later, I didn’t take a picture as I was on the ladder picking behind my head.

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Garden mowed 2020-06-21

You can almost see it’s a garden, after weeks of weeding and Gretchen had just finished mowing between the rows.

After weeks of weeding and mowing

Visible, left to right: cucumber, yellow squash, okra, eggplant, tomato, corn (maize).

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Gretchen and Yellow Dog 2020-06-18

At going on 13 years old, Yellow Dog is an octogenarian in human years, with arthritis to show for it.

Yellow Dog and Gretchen

Brown Dog, who is the same age, was probably sleeping somewhere.

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Brown Dog in boat in pond 2020-06-14

Brown Dog likes boats.

Brown Dog and Gretchen with halo

Especially this old flatboat. Continue reading →

Sorting vegetables 2020-06-17

Mostly cucumbers.

Gretchen sorting vegetables

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Frankentire 2020-06-17

Anybody else had to get one of these?

With bolt

Thanks to Adel Tire for the fix, including a new inner tube.

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Wasps in the pond 2020-06-14

No pond is complete without wasps.

Wasps

A video: Continue reading →

Canopy Roads of South Georgia

Outside the city; off the main roads.

Green grapes 2020-06-29

Corn wasps 2020-06-29

Small bird nest at pond 2020-06-14

Picking wild black cherries 2020-06-21

Garden mowed 2020-06-21

Gretchen and Yellow Dog 2020-06-18

Brown Dog in boat in pond 2020-06-14

Sorting vegetables 2020-06-17

Frankentire 2020-06-17

Wasps in the pond 2020-06-14