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— Chick, drugged up and in laborMeta
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Tag Archives: SITY
SITY: Hairy Solomon’s Seal
If you can only recognize a plant by its flowers, then you can only identify it for a short period of time each year. I want to do better than that. I want to be able to recognize my favorite … Continue reading
SITY: Reminders
Back in April I spotted some flowers that I hadn’t seen in the yard before, at least not that I could recall. It had to be a dogwood flower, I thought. Nothing else has quite that look. It puzzled me, … Continue reading
SITY: Sassafras
Sassafras is such an exotic-sounding name that I was surprised to find the plant growing not only in the woods nearby, but in my own yard. It’s only April right now, so the sassafras hasn’t leafed out yet for the … Continue reading
SITY: Early Tachinid Fly
Check out this bug that I spotted in my yard today. After consulting my field guide, I believe that this bug is an early tachinid fly (Epalpus signifer). Tachinid flies are parasitoids that are sometimes used as a form of … Continue reading
SITY: Stealth Violets
A few days ago I spotted some violet buds that looked like they would open soon. I kept my eye on them, because I thought they would be the first violets of the year. Meanwhile, some downy violets opened in … Continue reading
SITY: Reason to Sneeze
My allergies have been kicking up. At first I wondered why, because there aren’t many flowers blooming yet. Then I looked up, and it all made sense.
SITY: $#@%!
I hate finding ticks. At the same time, I’m grateful when I find them, because it’s not the tick you find that’s the problem, but the tick you don’t. Plus, there is a first tick every year, just as there … Continue reading
SITY: Daffodils
The first daffodil bloomed today. It was pretty. The picture I took of it was not, though, so please accept this replacement picture of some daffodils on the cusp of blooming.