Labor Day is here and we are still mowing the grass. The season is changing and fall will officially be here in September. It’s a fun, brisk time with it’s urgent needs to gather the harvest and prepare for winter. The hunting gathering time of year. It is a great time.
The monarchs have been very numerous as they congregate for migration. It was good to see a noticeable increase in numbers and having raised a few on our milkweeds there is a little pride. You and I can change the world. This is also the year of the toad. I have seen a lot of them when mowing. Big ones and a lot of small ones. Given half a chance they will get out of the way and they do herd well. Those bug eating creatures can have all the mosquitoes they want. The little ones are hard to see but they do move about three feet in front of the mower. They are a welcome addition to my yard. Usually have a few toad houses tucked under bushes around the yard. They are mostly clay flower pots that are broke on the rim. Turned upside down they provide a sheltered cool, damp, dark spot to there liking.
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My Old Aunt says –
“If you want a shoulder to cry on,
Pull off to the side of the road.”
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Back in my hippie college days, a professor came up to me in the cafeteria and asked me, “Ya dig?”
I thought to myself, this guy’s pretty far out. I answered, “Yeh, man. I dig!”
That’s how I got hoodwinked into joining his archaeological expedition.
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Have a good week.
