Our version of retirement: Living a childhood dream

[RadishRose]

They weren't shy, but if touched would disintegrate

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fascinating

These aren't good. I've seen a form of these on a houseplant or two, long ago.

I searched your photo of it on the stick.
Looks like

Laetisaria fuciformis​

https://www.alamy.com/laetisaria-fu...-wool-like-mycelium-stage-image463945919.html

https://lens.google.com/search?p=Ac...tYmRiNi00NWUyLTk1ZmYtNjkyNDQ3MjYwNmQ1Il1dXQ==

Its a fungal parasite

Or maybe not!

 

[Gary O']

Its a fungal parasite

Or maybe not!

It probably was

They only stuck around a couple weeks

Then

the plague of grasshoppers arrived

might be what happened to the laets

 

[katlupe]

I always loved seeing those "deer beds" in the snow. Especially the little ones.

 

[Sliverfox]

So far in our area we haven't had enough snow for the deer bed down in.

Whenever they feel a change in the weather, they head for the valleys & hemlock & spruce trees.

 

[Gary O']

Whenever they feel a change in the weather, they head for the valleys & hemlock & spruce trees.

Yeah, that was the way it was up at the cabin
The mulies there would migrate to Christmas Valley to winter
Drove to Silver Lake to dine at The Cowboy Dinner Tree one fall (about 60 mi from the cabin)
Herds of mulies, many herds, headin' southeast, thru clearings
like Israelite Cervidae, headin' to the promised land

These blacktail town deer know what a good thing is
They hang here year round
Town folk treat them like sacred cows
I'm sure they get fed
Most likely a smorgasbord from house to house

 

[Gary O']

Well now....looky there, it's snowing

Seems Woody has trimmed up his snow beard
I must say, rather distinguished looking



Gotta dust off the Wrangler and jaunt to town



Don't really need to look at the forecast with that snow sky

 

[katlupe]

So far in our area we haven't had enough snow for the deer bed down in.

Whenever they feel a change in the weather, they head for the valleys & hemlock & spruce trees.

I lived in the middle of a pine (and other trees) forest. They lived there all winter.

 

[katlupe]

Well now....looky there, it's snowing

Seems Woody has trimmed up his snow beard
I must say, rather distinguished looking
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Gotta dust off the Wrangler and jaunt to town

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Don't really need to look at the forecast with that snow sky

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Love seeing the snow on the trees.

 

[Sliverfox]

The sound of silent after snow fall is best in a forest of pine or hemlock trees.
So peaceful,, air smells so fresh.

 

[Gary O']

The sound of silent after snow fall is best in a forest of pine or hemlock trees.
So peaceful,, air smells so fresh.

It surely is

I do miss that at the cabin

 

[katlupe]

The sound of silent after snow fall is best in a forest of pine or hemlock trees.
So peaceful,, air smells so fresh.

I definitely miss that now. I think I took it for granted.

 

[Gary O']

I'm thinking that 50 lb bag of cracked corn ain't gonna make it thru winter

These little guys are all over it



They seem to be taking turns, but rather impatient about it all

Lotsa twittering back and forth

.....and they don't even have a phone!

 

[Gary O']

As winter nears, Jack Frost is gettin' busy

These deciduous trees down here in town have their season of glory, but they hold their own in winter too



Broken sky......no or little snow (OK by me)



I best fill that feeder



Whole lota flockin' goin' on

 

[Gary O']

Snowing like crazy
Seems we got a couple inches in a couple minutes

and there's my homeless buddies across the way







Even though of the same feather.... there's always a castigated few



Earlier, this morn, I found some pigeons at the feeder
Mostly hogging it all
Keeping my little guys out

I shooed 'em away

But, seeing them, all huddled on the line?

I'm building a bigger feeder

 

[Sliverfox]

If they are mourning doves,, usually ground feeders.

We have watched them eat their fill,, than nap on what's left.
No wonder we have hawks checking out the "easy pickins".

 

[Gary O']

If they are mourning doves,, usually ground feeders.

Yeah, all or some are mourning doves
I've heard their owl-like sounds

Ground or no, they seem rather fond of the feeder

 

[Gary O']

So, today, I'm at my post, in the Walmart parking lot
While my lady shops

Watching folks carefully backing out of their spaces
momentarily stopping....looking....or trying to look
can't see all when backing out
so, they inch their way

That's pretty much why I pull forward in order exit in forward gear

While watching, I'm trying to figure a better way

This is the typical lot



Get home
and put something together on MS-Paint

Got a bit hung up with space/lane direction

After a couple efforts, I settled on this
It'd only work with one way lanes
They'd have to all go away from the store

The lanes could be considerably narrower
since they are one way only
so little to no reduction of spaces (I think)
I'll take a tape measure next trip to Wally World

Anybody see a fault with this design?

 

[MarkD]

So, today, I'm at my post, in the Walmart parking lot
While my lady shops

Watching folks carefully backing out of their spaces
momentarily stopping....looking....or trying to look
can't see all when backing out
so, they inch their way

That's pretty much why I pull forward in order exit in forward gear

While watching, I'm trying to figure a better way

This is the typical lot

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Get home
and put something together on MS-Paint

Got a bit hung up with space direction

After a couple efforts, I settled on this
It'd only work with one way lanes
They'd have to all go away from the store

The lanes could be considerably narrower
since they are one way only
so little to no reduction of spaces (I think)
I'll take a tape measure next trip to Wally World

Anybody see a fault with this design?

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There is a medium sized Target store near us where there are three one way lanes. There is one entry/exit curb cut and one (narrower) exit only curb cut. (Far smaller than any Wallyworld.). Coming in at the only entry point you can turn left at the first lane or continue to the third one and turn left. At the ends of those lanes you can turn toward the middle lane which is the only one that goes in the other direction, or you can go out the exit only curb cut. (Don’t we both wish I could generate a drawing like yours?).

Anyway, as small as this one is there are people who e yet through exit only curb cut and proceed down a lane in the wrong direction. Maybe my neighbors are just exceptionally stupid but I tend to think there is a strong stupid streak in our kind. So I wonder would be a problem at the much larger Wally World lot if they adopted your plan?

 

[Gary O']

Anyway, as small as this one is there are people who e yet through exit only curb cut and proceed down a lane in the wrong direction. Maybe my neighbors are just exceptionally stupid but I tend to think there is a strong stupid streak in our kind. So I wonder would be a problem at the much larger Wally World lot if they adopted your plan?

Yeah, that's my next consideration
How to dummy proof the lane direction
First thought is the beehive design

Heh, watching nature can be quite enlightening
Tiny hole in the hive for entry and exit
but
man
Ever see how fast they can ALL leave that hive?

 

[palides2021]

So, today, I'm at my post, in the Walmart parking lot
While my lady shops

Watching folks carefully backing out of their spaces
momentarily stopping....looking....or trying to look
can't see all when backing out
so, they inch their way

That's pretty much why I pull forward in order exit in forward gear

While watching, I'm trying to figure a better way

This is the typical lot

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Get home
and put something together on MS-Paint

Got a bit hung up with space/lane direction

After a couple efforts, I settled on this
It'd only work with one way lanes
They'd have to all go away from the store

The lanes could be considerably narrower
since they are one way only
so little to no reduction of spaces (I think)
I'll take a tape measure next trip to Wally World

Anybody see a fault with this design?

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Looks good! Our Walmart parking lot is so big, I always park far away because there is less activity and less cars there. I rarely park close to the store. Always afraid of cars zipping by or people behind me. Although now I have a car that beeps if someone is near me, which I like.

 

[Gary O']

The fog rolled in late afternoon
Jack worked thru the night, seems



My little buddies look hungry
I best get out there



The sky is solid grey
But a bit too light for it to be a snow sky

 

[Gary O']

Yeah, I best fill the feeder





Heh, the deer were at the feeder around 3AM
Licked it clean

 

[Gary O']

Working on a project from hell

But, of a morn, while the shop warms, I tend the bird feeder

and take in the frosted trees in the yard
Never considered deciduous trees could bask in their glory beyond autumn.
They do hold their own in late fall

The lounge for my little feathered buddies seems a tad neglected this time of year

 

[Gary O']

I just can't get over these trees in their winter glory

 

[Gary O']

The doves, so prominent in early fall....
...


have pretty much gone to the land of somewhere else




with the exception of two

Finally! Alone time!

rather lovey dovey