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warblers
A couple Februaries back, I walked into my yard and saw a dozen warblers on a tree. Captivated by the quick little birds, and their bright yellow patches, I looked up what they ate. I read wax myrtle berries were a favorite, so I bought some bushes, but by the time they had fruit the birds had moved on. When they returned the next February I happened to see a warbler visit the bushes exactly once, but it made me happy that he had something to eat when he came by. Unfortunately the pair of bushes both died by March (not sure why). I decided not to replace them without a better plan for their care.
Today I saw the warbler on the suet feeder, at the mealworm feeder, in the leaves looking for whatever... so I'm glad they're making do but I feel sorry for those poor wax myrtles when the warblers were happy with other options.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/162471615
This is my favorite local inat post I have ever found and I thought y’all might like it
for one night and one night only
Or so I'm told
Night blooming cereus, queen of the night, as far as I know
Unexpected competition for the ripe figs
I can't tell if the turtle is there for the figs or the beetles
I found a few ripe ones that hadn't been touched yet
Munch munch munch
I really want to, come kick it with you, you'll be my American toad, American toad
new day, new turtle
summer summering
summer things
Hours after it happened, I realized I saw my first lightning bug (firefly to some) of the season, today, June 1st. I was having dinner on a restaurant patio and it was over by the restaurant wall. I didn't really actively notice it, focused on my conversation. Just now I saw a picture of a lightning bug (a daytime photo of one with its wings closed) and all of a sudden tonight's visitor was there in my mind. I don't so much mind that I didn't realize it at first but I'll try to appreciate the next one.
natural egg dyes, an update
Last year I posted my experience dying eggs with natural materials. I mentioned that it takes a lot of material to get a good pigment, that they do well sitting about 24 hours in the solution at room temp (I use empty shells so don't refrigerate but refrigerating the jars is probably fine), and that they need time to "develop" - at first they all look mottled grey and beige but the next morning they look nice.
This year I tried 3 more colors based on what I had around, including the onion skins I have been collecting in a jar for a year for this purpose.
Black beans - blueish grey
Onion skins - dark orangish brown, like burnt sienna maybe?
Pomegranat skins - yellow (i only had 3 pomegranates so it was sort of light)
I also tried the trick of putting the egg in pantyhose with leaves pressed against it. It worked better in 2 of the 3 than expected! The clover + onion skins turned out like expected, but the black beans + some leaf I picked from my yard did the opposite and was darker underneath, very cool, no idea how to recreate it.
My chickens' eggs are brown shades, so last year I "bleached" them in vinegar and rubbed the top colored layer off before dying. That made them brittle and chalky and the color faded quickly. It also made the dyes only work for 1 egg I think because the calcium collected in the pigment. This year I just chose lighter eggs and put a splash of vinegar in the color solution.
spring springing
chickadee
Trying out a pattern for holiday cards. Not sure it says winter yet.
Late Summer field and forest edge flora:
Pawpaw, hawthorn, black gum, sassafras
Goldenrods, ironweed, white snakeroot, bottle gentian
tomatoes again
Thinking about the persimmon trees I planted in my parents' yard four years ago, and how when I learned it would be 10 years before they ever fruited, it seemed impossibly far away, especially compared to the near-instant gratification timeline of the garden vegetables I had spent the summer overrun with.
I didn't know who I would be 10 years on, where I would be, if I'd even be nearby enough to see the fruit. Could I keep them alive that long? What if me and the trees put all that time into growing and the fruit wasn't even good? What would happen to the trees in 20 years, 50 years, 100? What if they got so tall or the roots so deep they got tangled with the older trees around them and everything ended up worse off?
Four years later, it has gone by so fast. It feels like yesterday. The trees get fuller, but are still small. They could probably use more sun.
I don't want to rush the next 6 years, but it feels like it's already here. But also, I want to see persimmons already!
A photo of baby trees, and my rendition of what they'll look like some day. If this isn't how persimmons grow, well, I wouldn't know.