Wordless Wednesday..Moths Everywhere

More Bits and Pieces

What creature up and died in this photo?

 Actually, nobody died. Boots just decided to shed his winter coat, and I attacked his bod with a Furminator, the best tool ever for getting rid of undercoat!

 The peonies are coming out, finally.

 The roses are starting to bloom again.

 The septic field was slightly overgrown with weeds.

 The Grim Reaper (me) with my scythe made short work of cleaning out the mess.

 Baby Yellow Bellied Sapsuckers are starting to show up. I never did find their nest this year.

 And of course, the drab, boring, tent caterpillars have disappeared.

Only to come back  as the dreaded moth. There will likely be a gadzillion of them this year.

 They appear to be slightly more intelligent than wheat!

It's Been a While

I know I haven't blogged for quite some time. The reasons are several

1. It's not fun taking pictures in the rain

2. Most of the critters are hunkered down trying to stay dry.

3. I had a BIG project develop. ( details later, once it is near finishing)

It hasn't been that long that it's now fall. The tent caterpillars have been defoliating every thing in sight. It's been an effort to keep them off the fruit trees. The whole county is being over run with the little bug (ers).

Fortunately they do not seem to like lilac bushes (yet). we are getting lots of blooms. So far there haven't been any humming bird moths about, but I would expect to see them in another week.

There are lots of Tiger swallowtails sipping nectar. Now these are an alright bug!

Is it a moose? Nope, just Alpine trying out some forest vegetation. Once the horses start doing this, it's time to switch them to another field.

Alpine is getting close to looking like a round bale with ears!

A strategically placed tree covers the fat rolls.

If you look closely, you can see that Boots has been a bad dog! Yes that is a dreaded bark collar on him. It cured him in two barks. I have decided to leave it on a couple of more days just to be sure. I may put a plain collar on him, just to trick him into thinking it's the high charged version.

Back to the project on Wednesday. Stay tune for pictures.