This is Yellow Dog’s Halberd-leaved rose mallow (Hibiscus laevis).
Rosemallow, Yellow Dog, three years later
Three years ago, on June 12, 2021, it was the last one she saw. She was fourteen years old. Continue reading
This is Yellow Dog’s Halberd-leaved rose mallow (Hibiscus laevis).
Rosemallow, Yellow Dog, three years later
Three years ago, on June 12, 2021, it was the last one she saw. She was fourteen years old. Continue reading
A small turtle crossing the path to the garden. It’s maybe 4 inches long.
That’s Sky’s dog leg.
None of the dogs noticed until I’d been looking at the turtle for quite some time. Blondie, Honeybun, Sky, and River sniffed and moved along.
I think it’s a box turtle, but I didn’t pick it up to see, since it wasn’t in the way and it was in no danger.
-jsq
We were picking blackberries when this rainbow appeared.
River and Sky, the dark and pale dogs, are our two newest. They are both Carolina Dogs, a landrace breed.
Gretchen may have been annoyed that the cloud usually above her head had turned into a rainbow.
-jsq
River got a little too ornery the other night, so I put her in the pen. By the time I was back in the house, she was outside the house door.
I tried again, making sure the pen door was latched. She did it again.
We guessed she either climbed over the six-foot fence, or stuck her nose under and lifted up the pen.
So yesterday we tried in daylight with video.
We were all wrong.
Here’s the video:
https://youtu.be/VbZJksraIgA Continue reading
What kind of snake is this?
Blondie alerted us to it.
Honeybun walked by it without noticing.
I wasn’t willing to get any closer for a better picture.
-jsq
Arrow is making a speedy recovery.
She has ehrlichia, which is a tick-borne disease. Supposedly if you catch it in the acute stage, which it appears we did, antibiotics will cure it.
Your dogs don’t want ehrlichia, so check them for ticks.
It came on very quickly. Continue reading
Trapped one possum.
There are more under the house.
Now to set the trap again.
And maybe the dogs can catch some.
The ones we trap, we take far enough away they won’t come back.
We can bring you some, if you like.
Fair warning: they eat insulation from electrical wires and cause shorts.
-jsq
A few scenes from during and after Hurricane Idalia.
We had many deadfalls, but no property or personal damage. So we were much luckier than many others.
Deadfalls, power lines, cooking, rainfall
This still just looks like heavy rain, but the video shows the wind was blowing. Idalia’s eye went a few miles east of us, but those were probably still 60 mph winds from the north. Continue reading
Why are you lying in the driveway, snake?
Don’t you know there are dogs here?
Didn’t matter: the dogs never noticed.
-jsq