July 31, 2004

apiphobia is the fear of bees

Hello, bee.

July 30, 2004

sunflower

Hello, sunflower.

July 29, 2004

fresh corn

Errand day? I spent three hours getting corn from a farm stand, going to a drugstore and buying groceries.

John Kerry says, "help is on the way." OK!

July 28, 2004

john edwards

"Hope is on the way"??

July 27, 2004

July 26, 2004

freshly caught fish for dinner

Hello, turtle and bass!

July 25, 2004

another frog

This tree frog was a few stones away from where the one with pink spots was. I think they are different frogs.

July 24, 2004

sumac lives after one day

Hello, transplanted staghorn sumac!

July 23, 2004

i almost had a butter burger

Out of the five sumac trees that I transplanted in the last two months, one is alive. Today I transplanted three more.

July 22, 2004

fish diet

I read online that fish eat wasps. Then I verified it.

July 21, 2004

more raccoons

If you sneak a picture with my camera and you don't know how to turn off the flash, well, ha!

July 20, 2004

for the fish

One worm is better than 23 ants.

July 19, 2004

nice smile

Hello, butterfly.

July 18, 2004

mosquito eaters

Hello, bats!

July 17, 2004

frog mystery

Today there was a green tree frog on a rock close to where the pink-spotted tree frog was yesterday. Was it the same frog?

July 16, 2004

another frog

Hello, frog! Why do you have pink spots?

July 15, 2004

four!

I enjoy my new Schick Quattro razro. "Quattro" means "four" in Italian.

July 14, 2004

more cubs

Two raccoon families have been visiting. The one with three cubs and, late at night, another raccoon with five smaller cubs.

July 13, 2004

on a morning glory leaf

Hello, tree frog!

July 12, 2004

keeping cool

Hello, mouse!

July 11, 2004

summer fruits

The top summer fruits are peaches and strawberries.

July 10, 2004

family dining

Tonight Lefty the raccoon brought her three cubs into the yard. Lefty often holds her left paw in the air while eating.

July 09, 2004

the griffins

"Family Guy" is being revived! How crazy is that?

July 08, 2004

cutting edge

I'm happy with Mozilla Firefox despite the bugs. It is smaller, faster and more efficient (in terms of memory and threads) than Internet Explorer.

A turkey chick is missing.

July 07, 2004

strategies and enemies

Gardening is like playing a video game.

July 06, 2004

welcome to the 21st century

I installed a new web browser, Mozilla Firefox 0.9.1. There should be a link here but Firefox is not displaying the Movable Type button to make a link! Perhaps it will be in the 1.0 release.

July 05, 2004

poults

Two turkey hens have been visiting. One has six chicks and the other has two. They all travel together.

July 04, 2004

go, dog, go!

Want to go swimming?

July 03, 2004

another look

Nothing essential was at the free table.

July 02, 2004

each webbed foot has five clawed toes

Another look at the snapping turtle.

July 01, 2004

outside

Today brought outdoor furniture staining, yard work and hot croquet action.