This may be more about the story, than a meteor shower.
I popped popcorn, grabbed a picnic blanket, my girl, a cold brewski, and the keys to my daddy's GTFO(Get The F Outta here). Okay, actually an electric golf cart, but it IS called the Intimidator.
At around 10pm we headed down to an area of our property where it is open terrain: sandy, rocky, meadow, my thinking being there'd be less mosquitoes. Well less mosquitoes was still a lot!
The crescent moon was still in the sky, sinking, but still providing more light than if it weren't there, so we drove back to the house to wait a bit. I put on an episode of SG-1 and sewed the zipper into the dress I've been working on. It was now 11:00pm, time to head out again!
I thought I'd redouble my efforts with the essential oils to repel the mosquitoes, especially on my face. I mixed several with a little bit of carrier oil(not enough) for dilution and applied to my face and neck. Uh-oh... that kinda burns. So I sqirted some aloe vera gel and face soap onto my hands and wiped that on my face, then wiped off. After a minute the burning subsided a little bit, but probably the smell of the oils, which deters the mosquitoes, was gone too. Crap. Whatever, time to go.
Back down at the same area, and moon was gone from view. Yay. I resumed eating my popcorn, slurped some ipa, and marveled that the mosquitoes had gone to bed. Not. They just needed time to find me. Anyway, I laid down and waited for something to happen. The sky was darkish, and I could see millions of stars on the firmament, but it wasn't as dark as I remember the cow fields of Mississippi being.
The mosquitoes had found me. I tried to relax and not let them bother me. I then checked my not-gun-shy group on signal. One of them said she saw a couple. No way! But then I did! I put my phone away to tend to my task at hand. I saw another! Now, that I put an exclamation mark on there does not signify that they were amazing. They were these miniscule zooms of light across the sky, which was more in my peripheral vision, rather than where I was looking at that moment.
More mosquitoes, and a smell.... oh Luci! I think she 💩-ed about 20 feet away from the picnic blanket. I tried to not let the not-so- awesome atmosphere distract me from my task at hand. Ooh! Was that another? I think it was.. and after a few minutes definitely another.
Since they were so not amazing though, and the bugs, and, you know, the smell, I thought we'd call it a night. So we did.
Vanessa virginiences, or American Lady on Liatrus Spicata, or Button Snakewort.
Both Native
There are a lot of expressions that we hear now and then; most we think we know the origin of, some we don't. For the most part we just don't ponder the origin of commonplace expressions because they are... common. The first thing I discovered when beginning to read this little gem of a book, was not only hadn't I considered where many common sayings come from, but my preconceived idea of their origin was actually wrong! Kinda embarrassing, but guessing I may not be alone in this. I thought it would be of value then to share some tidbits from this book. Audio format is nice, as you can multitask while listening to this. This is my first attempt at recording reading a book, so any constructive criticism is welcome!
There are a lot of expressions that we hear now and then; most we think we know the origin of, some we don't. For the most part we just don't ponder the origin of commonplace expressions because they are... common. The first thing I discovered when beginning to read this little gem of a book, was not only hadn't I considered where many common sayings come from, but my preconceived idea of their origin was actually wrong! Kinda embarrassing, but guessing I may not be alone in this. I thought it would be of value then to share some tidbits from this book. Audio format is nice, as you can multitask while listening to this. This is my first attempt at recording reading a book, so any constructive criticism is welcome!
There are a lot of expressions that we hear now and then; most we think we know the origin of, some we don't. For the most part we just don't ponder the origin of commonplace expressions because they are... common. The first thing I discovered when beginning to read this little gem of a book, was not only hadn't I considered where many common sayings come from, but my preconceived idea of their origin was actually wrong! Kinda embarrassing, but guessing I may not be alone in this. I thought it would be of value then to share some tidbits from this book. Audio format is nice, as you can multitask while listening to this. This is my first attempt at recording reading a book, so any constructive criticism is welcome!
Cool! I've never noticed galls on staghorn sumac. Location: SE NH.
Melaphis rhois on Rhus typhina
https://bygl.osu.edu/node/1112
Happy garden with all the heat, humidity, and occasional rain.
I made a yummy zucchini chocolate bread for my sister's visit. Going to air fry some of what I just picked.
