It's a bit buggy to visit the frog pond, but I made it. The muskrat(s) have cleared out the foliage. Sadly, the invasive frogbit moved in.
This happens every few years. I appreciate their work, as it is great having a frog pond in the forest.
Since May, we've had 15 ticks. I've had 13, and Joe 2 ticks. It's a really bad year for them. Last year we had 17 between March and November. We're getting there.
I've been getting a lot of gardening done. It's been wild. The more I clear it out, the fewer bugs we'll have. I plucked another tick off my neck! Can you see it? A little black thing near my ear. I could feel it crawling and batted at it absentmindedly. I took a photo to see if I was imagining it. Nope. Off I went to the bathroom and the tick jar. Take that, you blood sucking thing!
The monarch butterflies have begun laying eggs on the milkweed plants! Here is the first one I've seen. I've a lovely crop of milkweed this year.
A/C had a question, What do I do with the deerfly on the sticky patches?
I peel the patch off my cap, wrap it around a stick, and put it in the goldfish pond. The fishies pluck them off and eat them. It is that circle of life! This was from 2022, before Percy perished.
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We've a big green frog, happily eating bugs in the goldfish pond.
Speaking of kids, my SIL Jean-Luc is off on a ski trip in Santiago, Chile – with a buddy.
This is his view out his hotel window!
Aster has been doing her online course. Caitlin and Jordan have been working on getting Jo ready for residence in September. He's booked his room at Queen's. They had ice cream at Ikea!
Joe and I toodled around Perth at the music festival. More on that when I curate my photos. That is the extent of our travels.
12 comments:
Ah, so you add the patch yourself.
You sure take ticks in stride. I’ve never been ticked, so to speak, and they scare me.
Hari OM
Wait... Percy perished? I missed that bit of sad news... RIP dear Percy, and thanks for all the entertainment! YAM xx
THose ticks! You have an ongoing battle with them. I love the bed photos. Cats crack me up!
I had to chuckle at the clever way you dispose of deer flies!
We don't have them as bad where I live as you do.
Wow. Your hat caught a ton of them!
Great way to recycle the deer flies! Ice cream seems the theme today. I have some in my freezer.
This is such a great idea of letting the fish eat the deer flies. Wow...that is a lot of ticks. do y'all spray out and about for these things? Hopefully as you do get the area all cleaned up, you will be able to go out without any deer flies or ticks surrounding you...
Wow, that is a lot of ticks! It is buggy here too.
Cute photos of man and his cat. The Chile ski trip sounds awesome, what fun. Take care, enjoy your day and have a great week!
I always enjoy seeing what is going around your place and all the wildlife is always so interesting to see. Be careful with those ticks. I heard they can carry Lyme disease and other things.
Life is busy for your family. all the best to Jordan on this part of life. Ice cream is a great way to celebrate.
You have a thriving land and a thriving family. It's beautiful to see. Thank you for sharing with us dear
...ticks sound kind a sick!
Those are sweet photos of Jo and Nutmeg. Looks like Nutmeg is enjoying playing musical pillows :) Clever on those deer flies and I also missed that Percy had perished. Dear Percy!
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