The Gorey Beetle Casts a Long Shadow

Gorey Beetle 2013, No. 1

Knowlton 2013

I will never tire of Knowlton . . .

Brown Recluse at Midnight

Found in the closet Friday night as I was taking off my shoes. Time to clean out the dang closet!

Spider Tunnel in the Yucca

 These spiders live in tunnely webs among grasses and bushes and, in this case, a yucca.

I didn't see the second spider at the top of the tunnel until I looked at the photos . . . now that I've looked more, I think it's dead, and the other spider has taken up residence.

There is another one of these in the yucca by the front porch . . . the spider is recently gone, so now I'm waiting to see if someone else comes along and moves in.

 

The Black Wasps

These guys are all over this hanging plant on the porch . . . they might be living in it, for all I know. And they favor that one particular stem more than any other stem. What gives? Who are they? What do they like about it?!?

Hamilton on the Arch

This is more like a Maxfield Parrish painting than any photo I've ever taken. Thank you, beautiful evening.

Porch Cats II

Porch Cats I

Tufty Jess: After

Tufty Jess: Before

Here is Jessie, post-yesterday's-bath & pre-brushing.....

Beer, Book, and Candle

(What's with the wonkyness resulting from emailed posts these days? Sheesh.)

Fritz & Tree

Moth, Where Did You Come From?

Ruby-Crowned Kinglet, October 27

 

I got an amazing number of bad photos of this little ruby-crowned kinglet—the gray day & a dirty window were not conducive to good photos. Photoshop could help only a bit, but still, these are better than none!

The mister has the ruby crown. The missus does not (see the second photo). They came in a pair. He was furiously attacking the bathroom window; the noise drew me in to see what was happening. They stayed for two days, then left.

I Trained It Myself

Pearly Moth II

Pearly Moth

Who Lives in Here?

A new tiny hole in the path up our hill.

Frit