Jackie22
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Wow, Nancy, you are really a hard working lady.....I used to be able to do the same but no more...This morning the heat and humidity is horrible here, I could hardly get to mailbox and back.
Never thought retirement would be like this
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But I don't work that hard. It just seems that way. Yesterday I did nothing for 12 hours straight. I know my time is coming... when I can't. I'm going to put up a fight until then.
Actually the reason that limb bugs me, is because I thought it would come down easily, and when it didn't it became a challenge. I don't like to lose to inanimate objects.
Ah ha! When it dries out, and it will, quickly, in the Georgia heat, that might work.
I could use some of that vine burn salve. :lol:
Yesterday was one of those typical days that I don't bother to post, but just to show I don't work that hard...
60 min - driving
20 min - unloaded limbs from truck
20 min - swept barn
20 min - trimmed 1 goat's hooves
Leaves 7 hours of sleeping and 15 hours of doing nothing productive.
Oh yeah, there was a katydid on the side of the mobile home. Took a picture, but this one from the 'net is so much better. When my father first told me its name was katydid, I thought he was making it up.
Sound of the katydid (Saying "Katy did!")
Got to try to squeeze in lawn mowing today, some time after the dew dries off the grass and before it rains again.
ps: It just started thundering (12:45pm).
ETA: Too late, pouring rain right now (1:40). Don't have to mow. :hatlaugh:
60 min - driving
20 min - unloaded limbs from truck
20 min - swept barn
20 min - trimmed 1 goat's hooves
Leaves 7 hours of sleeping and 15 hours of doing nothing productive.
Oh yeah, there was a katydid on the side of the mobile home. Took a picture, but this one from the 'net is so much better. When my father first told me its name was katydid, I thought he was making it up.
Sound of the katydid (Saying "Katy did!")
Got to try to squeeze in lawn mowing today, some time after the dew dries off the grass and before it rains again.
ps: It just started thundering (12:45pm).
ETA: Too late, pouring rain right now (1:40). Don't have to mow. :hatlaugh:
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When I was a kid my father brought home a glow worm (Phengodes sp) in a jar from work one night. As I recall it looked like this in the dark. I've never seen one since.
Apparently it was a female, BECAUSE...this is what the female and male look like in the daylight!
A female Phengodes sp. "glow-worm." Photograph by Lyle Buss, University of Florida.
An adult male Phengodes laticollis "glow-worm"; dorsal view. Photograph by Marc Branham, University of Florida (typical of Phengodes sp.)
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Still finding this hard to believe.:shrug:
Glow Worms, Univ. of Florida
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Good night!fftobed:
Apparently it was a female, BECAUSE...this is what the female and male look like in the daylight!
A female Phengodes sp. "glow-worm." Photograph by Lyle Buss, University of Florida.
An adult male Phengodes laticollis "glow-worm"; dorsal view. Photograph by Marc Branham, University of Florida (typical of Phengodes sp.)
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Still finding this hard to believe.:shrug:
Glow Worms, Univ. of Florida
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Good night!
fftobed:
Finishing the biology lessons....
The inchworm, or measuring worm, is the caterpillar stage of the Geometer Moth. The name "Geometridae" derives from Latin geometra meaning "geometer, or earth-measurer."
A Geometridae caterpillar camouflaged as a broken twig (strange fruit):
Inchworm was written by Frank Loesser, originally performed by Danny Kaye in the 1952 film Hans Christian Andersen.
The girls chorus in our high school performed this for a concert. It was fun to sing. Always had a soft spot in my heart for inchworms, too.
The inchworm, or measuring worm, is the caterpillar stage of the Geometer Moth. The name "Geometridae" derives from Latin geometra meaning "geometer, or earth-measurer."
A Geometridae caterpillar camouflaged as a broken twig (strange fruit
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Inchworm was written by Frank Loesser, originally performed by Danny Kaye in the 1952 film Hans Christian Andersen.
The girls chorus in our high school performed this for a concert. It was fun to sing. Always had a soft spot in my heart for inchworms, too.
Assume you mean the lesson? (There is a special thread for difficult cartoons
layfulNext step, 32+32=64, and earthworms, but not 'til after Labor Day! Earthworms are very beneficial, ya' know.
... I have been amazed by these kinds of worms, that I never ran into...
Too bad, but you never know what's just around the corner... Maybe you need to let weeds and vines get out of control around your house, like mine?
Thanks, Jim. This seems to be some special type/style of outdoor kiln---maybe one that isn't so expensive and time-consuming to build. I see why the name.
Another one
Another one
Not really, but did get the back lawn mowed. Grass was really high. I have the prettiest lawn on the whole street this summer, and I don't even care about things like that---just lucky.
Thinking seriously about a new project: building some storage shelves in the basement. Too many things laying around on the floor and no place to put them. Problem is the basement has 11 windows, so very little wall space. The outside walls are made of granite stone, and no partitions except the old chimney in the center! Don't want to give up any of those windows. And what if it floods again! Got to do a lot of thinking and planning on this one first, before I decide....
Good night!
Meanderer
Supreme Member
Very impressive,Nancy......a basement with Windows 11!
Not really, but did get the back lawn mowed. Grass was really high. I have the prettiest lawn on the whole street this summer, and I don't even care about things like that---just lucky.
Thinking seriously about a new project: building some storage shelves in the basement. Too many things laying around on the floor and no place to put them. Problem is the basement has 11 windows, so very little wall space. The outside walls are made of granite stone, and no partitions except the old chimney in the center! Don't want to give up any of those windows. And what if it floods again! Got to do a lot of thinking and planning on this one first, before I decide....
Good night!
Pappy
Living the Dream
Very impressive,Nancy......a basement with Windows 11!
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Yes! And even more bugs than Win 10!
Speaking of 11
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Hi Pappy! That's a cool bill.
I missed your post first time. It was at the bottom of the page. Also missed the time stamp on the bill first time. And then missed the date stamp 2nd time. I'm missing a lot of things lately.
