Birdfeeding
Today is mostly sunny and mild with a light breeze.
I fed the birds. I've seen house finches and doves.
The barrel garden has morning glories, nasturtiums, petunias, and marigolds blooming. :D
EDIT 7/30/21: I picked a handful of blackberries. Sunchokes are blooming, and I saw 2 monarch caterpillars on one of my milkweeds. 3q3q3q!!! :D In the south lot I saw a frog, which I could not identify as it fled at great speed and altitude, bounding high over the calf-high grass. It might have been a leopard-frog, a lively species found in this area, though I've never seen one in our yard. Certainly it was not a toad, who barely keep out from underfoot; and it was way too big for the tiny tree frogs.
EDIT 7/30/21: Paths outside have been mowed, but no large areas. In most of the yard, the grass is calf-high and soggy from dew, the ground underneath it muddy. :/ So it will have to be mowed and raked in small amounts to catch up from all the time it couldn't be mowed. We walked around together and I pointed out a couple of other places that would be helpful to connect.
I fed the birds. I've seen house finches and doves.
The barrel garden has morning glories, nasturtiums, petunias, and marigolds blooming. :D
EDIT 7/30/21: I picked a handful of blackberries. Sunchokes are blooming, and I saw 2 monarch caterpillars on one of my milkweeds. 3q3q3q!!! :D In the south lot I saw a frog, which I could not identify as it fled at great speed and altitude, bounding high over the calf-high grass. It might have been a leopard-frog, a lively species found in this area, though I've never seen one in our yard. Certainly it was not a toad, who barely keep out from underfoot; and it was way too big for the tiny tree frogs.
EDIT 7/30/21: Paths outside have been mowed, but no large areas. In most of the yard, the grass is calf-high and soggy from dew, the ground underneath it muddy. :/ So it will have to be mowed and raked in small amounts to catch up from all the time it couldn't be mowed. We walked around together and I pointed out a couple of other places that would be helpful to connect.