Dragonfly Days

Dragonfly Days

I sprayed the Bees again...  These Yellow-jackets are tough!

The raccoons are sharing with the deer in the yard, they tolerate each other mostly.

Rose painted the first coat of burgundy on the shutters Wednesday

Who remembers this stuff?
 

We took a rotted window out of the back of the barn managing to not break any of the panes, we'll probably get a piece of plexy or glass to replace the 4 pieces in the current frame as the muttons are rotted. 

Rose cooked up corn on the cob and some summer squash

The deer were out Thursday evening before dark

Both of the fawns were out with the doe

We stepped outside Thursday evening to catch a glimpse of the Space Station flying over the house, yup a white blip cruising across the sky. 

Rose and I went to Hampton Beach Saturday evening, we walked the beach, and the boardwalk it's not the same though the shooting gallery is long gone, and the glassblower was missing. We had a nice dinner at Mcguire's on the main drag, the Sea Ketch was swamped with folks trying to get in.  Google can be frustrating at times, she took us 30 minutes out of our way before we realized it...

Rose noted the pond level is still high so at least we're not worried about water this year. We're finally going to get some much needed rain on Sunday.

Deeryard time lapse transition through the day

 

Sprayed the Yellow Jacket again Sunday night, frustrating.

The Blueberries are done now, the Raspberries looked finished as well.

We've got a bumper crop of mushrooms out in the field from that little bit of rain Sunday.  

Bumblebees are plentiful this year so many on the clover you can hear them buzzing. 

The Fawns were out Sunday evening

The Fawns are losing their spots fast browning up

It's gonna be hot the next 3 days in the mid to upper 90s 

Monday evening before it was dark I checked the yellow jacket nest, I saw no bee activity!  Win! We'll still be careful when we work on removing the two remaining boards and putting in the new boards to surrounding the bed.

Monday evening in the Deer Yard with the kids.

Wednesday morning Rose said the trumpet vines were absolutely covered in bees!  Great to see, maybe, just maybe they are recovering!  I know the bumble bees love the clover in the field.

We're gearing up for another scorcher Wednesday. 

I worked on the DR String trimmer, the air filter was full on dust and chaff, and a throttle spring was disconnected.  Running better now.

There was a tiny sparrow sized downy woodpecker eating the fruit cake I'd put out for the birds Thursday morning. 

It's supposed to be cooler the next couple days.  We finally got a nice all day rain!

James stopped by Thursday evening, we had pizza!

Friday Rose saw the bees were back, ugh! 

Saturday was a work day, I eradicated 3 patches of invasive Purple Loosetrife, while Rose weed-wacked the side of the workshop leaving a single stand of Black Eyed Susan. I mowed the cove, back corner of the field, then down to the pond finishing over where Rose was working and then the back hill behind the house. 

 

Put air in the Tucson tires Sunday, dinner was hotdogs, beans, and pickels.  We went for ice cream later.

I sprayed the bees yet again Sunday night, then put a brick over the entrance. Fingers crossed.

Failed with the yellow jackets again, they moved their entrance.

Saw the first flying grasshoppers of the year and a katydid.

Every year usually the second week in August 4th a Monday was a dragonfly day, 500 or so of the winged terrors of the air swarmed the field gracefully zipping to and fro catching white flies and gnats 6" - 12" above the grass.  Eat'em up boys

Rose and I took down the screen house roof today, were going to take the frame down too.

The Perseids are an annual meteor shower that started in July, but astronomers expect the light show to be at its best between the evening hours of August 12 through to August 14th.

We saw 3 twin rotor military helicopters flyover the house Sunday

Monday Rosie ran hoses down to the workshop in preparation for pressure washing before we paint.  She took down the frame of the screen house today too!

We've noticed the quiet lately, one of us will say "Listen" silence, no cars, all the birds all the bugs went silent!  

Wildfire Smoke Chokes Canada and U.S., Triggering Air Quality Alerts. Canada is battling more than 700 active wildfires across the country, roughly two-thirds of which are burning out of control, according to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Center (CIFFC). Smoke billowing from the blazes has blanketed central Canada and the northern U.S., prompting widespread air quality alerts.

Fawns came out Tuesday evening

Saturday Rose and I pressure washed the workshop, we trimmed the battens so the 10" flashing could go on. 

Sunday we're off to drop off some groceries for Mom & Dad. We hit the grain store, gave the dogs a bath in the pool and scrubbed down the glider.  We had an amazing dinner, steak, packet sliced potatoes, onion, and coleslaw YUM

96+ for the next 3 days, Ugh! Rose is working on the workshop prepping for paint in the early mornings.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

86 Percent Of Americans Feel Stressed About The Cost Of Groceries, And Many People Are Starting To Really Flip Out Emotionally

62 percent of Gen Z Americans have no emergency savings at all…

    62% of Gen Z have no emergency savings, nearly double the rate of baby boomers.
    51% of Americans would use a credit card for a $500 emergency, with usage jumping to 70% among students.
    Two-thirds of consumers have six months or less in savings, with Gen X the least prepared.
    76% lack a credit card set aside for emergencies, relying instead on everyday-use cards.

Most of the country is living on the edge financially. 

Democrats hate democracy — at least when they don’t get their way. 

Imagine that...
 

 

The True Legacy Of Barack Obama Comes Into Focus As His Deadly Treason Against The United States And The American People Is Fully Exposed 

Tulsi Gabbard Releases Reports PROVING Barack Obama DIRECTLY Gave the Order to Publish Russia Collusion Hoax Knowing There Was NO EVIDENCE to Back It Up 

Since reality is hitting them hard right now, Democrats have retreated into fantasyland to live out their political dreams. You can hardly blame them.

Following President Trump's rollicking comeback in 2024, conservative media can't stop asking Democrats, "What happened to you guys?" Meanwhile, left-leaning outlets continue to dangle what they see as their last hope of defeating Trump: the Jeffrey Epstein case.

It's as if the Dementia Democrats forgot that the previous Democrat administrations tried to oust, imprison, and bankrupt that Russian secret agent called Donald, Donald Trump 045. Democrats came close to vanquishing their orange object of hate. Their conspiracy -- involving the intelligence agencies, political leaders, and the Obama and Biden White Houses -- succeeded in removing Trump's attorney-client privilege, stealing his executive immunity, debanking his companies, attempting to bankrupt him, trumping up felonies where none existed, and trying to imprison him for 100 years in an accounting case run by a judge best suited for a kazoo band.

They also sent goons to go through his wife's underwear drawers and staged photos of TOP SECRET DOCUMENTS at Mar-a-Lago. I know this because that's what the cover sheets read in font big enough for the FBI cameras to capture in their staged photos suitable for the 'Gram.

The moral of the story, dear Democrats, to the extent you have morals is, that if Merrick Garland, Lisa Monaco, Susan Rice, Norm Eisen and Marc Elias thought that vomiting up all the Epstein intel would help them and hurt Trump,THEY WOULD HAVE DONE IT when they tried and convicted Epstein's sidepiece and procurer of underaged girls for her sick boyfriend.