When others did this
I snickered and said: Gimmick!
I should stop that now.

When others did this

I snickered and said: Gimmick!

I should stop that now.

Tags | A700 | backyard | food | hypocrisy | macro | haiku |
Week 25 #4.
Today I learned that
the barbeque grill cover
makes a great backdrop.

Week 25 #4.

Today I learned that

the barbeque grill cover

makes a great backdrop.

Week 25 #1.

Caterpillars say:

Ba chomp. And: Ba chewy chomp.

Then: Ba chewy chomp.

            *****

The garden was shocked

by how much dill it takes to

make a butterfly.

The lady bug is
-though poorly focused, damnit-
eating an aphid*.
(*I think. I hope. I pray.)

The lady bug is

-though poorly focused, damnit-

eating an aphid*.

(*I think. I hope. I pray.)

Tags | backyard | macro | haiku | A700 | insect | bugs |
Week 23 #4.
Bold mockingbirds love
taste-testing young tomatoes.
Will they fear fake snakes?

Week 23 #4.

Bold mockingbirds love

taste-testing young tomatoes.

Will they fear fake snakes?

Week 21 #2.
Silver surroundings
fail to hide unopened blooms
from butter and salt.

Week 21 #2.

Silver surroundings

fail to hide unopened blooms

from butter and salt.

Week 18 #2. Goodbye, Marge. I’ll miss your honey, but not your stings.

One of the backyard beehives Africanized itself, so Karl got a lesson in packing up a beehive full of thousands of very, very angry bees for transport.

Fun fact: The best time to move a beehive is at night, which is also the time when successful bee rustlers go to work.

Week 17 #3.

Week 17 #3.

Week 16 #3. In my backwards garden, the carrots are teensy and the radishes are gigantic.

Week 16 #3. In my backwards garden, the carrots are teensy and the radishes are gigantic.

Week 16 #1. The first beehive checkup of the year ended on an unexpectedly painful note.

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