For a long time non-profit organizations have included address labels in their solicitation mailings. Any single mailing would provide a lifetime supply for me. Now the consensus among non-profits seems to be to send calendars.
We have a green ash tree out our window that attracts a wide variety of bird species. Today I snapped a photo of a female downy woodpecker on the trunk. 🐦
As I establish a habit of making regular blog posts, the insight from my fellow microbloggers will be valuable.
Our favorite plum tree took a hard hit in last night’s wind storm.
This year our autumn lasted less than two weeks.
I replaced a picket fence I built years ago with a rail fence. The rails are 100+ year old siding boards from a farm shed I dismantled. I trimmed the edges and hand planned the faces before painting and installing.
This thunderstorm barely missed us.
The trellises for the beans are up. 🌱
Columbine from the garden.🌱
Finished reading: [The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Pie Society] This is a book that would not normally be one that I picked up, but I thoroughly enjoyed it. (https://micro.blog/books/9781408803318) by Mary Ann Shaffe 📚
I received my second Covid booster yesterday. I’m wiped out today, but it is nice to have some downtime.
Our hiking companions are tired of having their pictures taken. 🐕
This is a view from our hike yesterday in McCroskey State Park, along the Washington-Idaho border. 🥾
My wife read about someone who keeps deer out of the garden by running a single strand of fishing line around the perimeter 30 inches high. I already had netting up, but I’m trying the line for the gate openings. 🌱
I found this 15 cm painted turtle in the middle of the road while on a walk along the wheat fields near our home. I helped it continue its journey more safely.
