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Thursday 20 June 2024

It's a heat wave!

We wait all winter for spring and summer. That said, here it is June and 6 Canadian provinces have declared heat warnings. It is moving east, and wildfires continue in California. Climate Change deniers are insisting that this isn't unusual.  <SNORT>


Monday vs. Tuesday vs. this morning, we are having a hot week! This morning, at 6:30, it is 26℃!


Tuesday morning a beautiful cloud.

Our lawn tractor is back with a new battery. This rural life isn't cheap! I spent over an hour doing the lawn, the meadow, the back and front. I missed spots, but needed to clear it out. The bugs are horrid.


Here is the doe I spotted. You can see the sorry state of the lawn.

doe June14 from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

Ta da! Fred doesn't seem to mind my mowing down their food trough!

You can see Fred down there,

 I reviewed and curated 182 videos of the Hops Vine. It kept triggering the motion sensor. You just have to laugh! It is a common problem for many trailcammers.  


I realized I couldn't figure out what was growing in the planter. I didn't plant the green stuff, which Cinnamon is inspecting. It doesn't look like last year's plants (below, left). It is a mystery until it blooms.


I was right about phoebe. Four eggs as of Tuesday. If they do a second brood, they often only lay four eggs. 

Can you smell it? The milkweed is ready.

I've a funny story. JB came home from town, he spotted a turtle down the road. You can barely see it in the distance. He guarded it as it crossed the road, but it wasn't moving well. It's rear hind leg wasn't working, either. Too big for him to lift, and snapping at him, he came home for help. 
I donned a bra, and street clothes, and off we went. We couldn't find it anywhere, not in the ditch where he'd seen it heading. I hope someone rescued it. Our local vet takes in turtles. I phoned and they didn't have one brought in.  

Snapping turtles are endangered, as with most of our turtles. Habitat loss, road incidents, etc., but people are really good around here about rescuing them. It is heartwarming.


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15 comments:

  1. David M. Gascoigne,20 June 2024 at 07:31

    I really detest this oppressive heat. I am already longing for the first frost!

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  2. Val Ewing20 June 2024 at 08:56

    When I worked at a power plant along the Mississippi, we just helped all the turtles cross the road to where they were going to lay eggs and then watched for them to cross back to the river.

    Turtles like that will go nearly a half a mile or so from their water to find the right spot.

    Our Milkweed is just starting and it is early! I think!

    Mowing! It takes time! Ours can be hours or days....depending.

    Have a great day.

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  3. Jeanie20 June 2024 at 09:25

    We're in the heat dome, too. I need to get out for my walk NOW! I'm glad JB tried to save the turtle. I hope it made it safely across the road.

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  4. Barbara Rogers20 June 2024 at 09:25

    There's almost nothing worse than having to wear clothes to keep the bugs from biting on hot days when you definitely don't need to feel clothing all over! I always get a kick out of common weeds that seed themselves in garden areas, (or pots) and don't look like anything I planted!

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  5. Yvonne20 June 2024 at 11:23

    Our June weather reminds one of August, mostly in the low and high 90's F. Our garden was planted for the Tennessee weather 35 years ago when we only watered twice, once in July and once in August. Now we must water much more to keep it presentable to the neighbors. It is very tiring. I often cannot identify a new plant until it blooms. Here's hoping it will be a keeper. It must be difficult in your heat to do all that mowing, so I hope you do well with it.

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  6. tz_garden20 June 2024 at 12:26

    I'm glad to hear you rescued the turtle, even if you had to wear a bra for bit, haha. Your land is looking beautiful this time of year!

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  7. Yamini MacLean20 June 2024 at 12:28

    Hari Om
    Turtle waited till hyoomon was gone so it could use it's turbo boost! YAM xx

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  8. Anvilcloud20 June 2024 at 12:34

    Poor thing. Good of you to try.

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  9. Cloudia20 June 2024 at 12:35

    Thank you for caring for the turtles and for all of nature. You certainly live in a beautiful place. Of course, country tasks are never done. Pace yourself. We love you. Aloha

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  10. RedPat20 June 2024 at 13:05

    Hopefully someone else rescued the turtle.

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  11. DrumMajor20 June 2024 at 13:47

    Wonder if it's catnip growing in that little garden. Stick a helium balloon on the next turtle! Those big ones do look mean. Linda in Kansas

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  12. Yogi♪♪♪20 June 2024 at 13:59

    My fellow people in the oil and gas industry are almost all climate change deniers. Their big kick now is that heat is good because we can grow more food and besides co2 is at historically low levels. I'm so tired of them.

    Kudos to your area's residents for saving snapping turtles!!

    I mowed the yard this morning and it about killed me!!

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  13. Divers and Sundry20 June 2024 at 14:38

    It's hot here, too, but we expect it. I've never heard of plants triggering a trail cam 🤣

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  14. Red20 June 2024 at 18:46

    It's really all about climate change. We get extremes.

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  15. Bleubeard and Elizabeth21 June 2024 at 02:05

    It's been uncommonly hot here, too. I am not a denier. I KNOW it's climate change.

    Loved the photo of the snapping turtle.

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