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No squeamish daughter here!
When I was a kid growing up in the country, we pretty much stayed dirty all the time. We picked up worms and snakes and drank from the hose and ran barefoot. We ate wild teaberries and jungled around...
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Honey moon
So last night at 12:11 am, we witnessed the first honey moon (also known as strawberry moon) that happened to fall on a Friday the 13th, in almost 100 years. I stayed up until around midnight to try...
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What the heck is this…redux
Way back in 2008 (that’s 6 years ago…seems like last year), I was digging potatoes and found a big brown wormy thingamabob…I asked, what the heck is this? Someone answered it was a tomato hornworm....
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Spot the queen bee
Let’s play a game! Can you find the queen bee? Can you find the queen? No? Good…she isn’t in there…this was just a test. How about here…can you find the queen? One looks different… Try this one…a...
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Stuff I’ve seen
I’ve seen things…strange and wonderful things. Well, I wish it was really that dramatic, but I was just leafing back over some old pics the last few evenings, and I came across a few pics that I...
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Horny little buggers
I guess they aren’t technically horns, but check out the protrusions on these buggers I found! I think this is a Bedstraw Hawk moth caterpillar I think this is a Sword-bearing Conehead I am definitely...
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The best of Spring
I have long disliked winter, but without winter, I guess I wouldn’t have perspective to properly enjoy the best of all seasons, spring. It’s hard to beat that special color of purpley-red that hints...
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Fish Hawk Acres
West by God Virginia is full of all sorts of interesting delights that often go overlooked. While we are not technically a “fly-over” state as they are traditionally defined, we really are pretty much...
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My bumblebees
About a month ago, I got a call from a local woman who had a bee problem. As a flower gardener, she knew she had bumblebees rather than honeybees, my usual bugs of choice, but she hoped I could help...
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Crummy snow
Like about a quarter of the US population, we got hit by the snow event named Jonas 2 weekends ago. For at least a week beforehand, we heard hype and warnings and altered forecasts. At first, I think...
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