Attacked by a Butterfly

My Hooman was attacked by this butterfly. It stalked her through the yard, landed on her shoulder and stayed there while she went inside to talk to the other Hoomans. One of them took the butterfly off of her shoulder and put it on her finger. It just sat there for a while so my Hooman got her camera and took this picture of the butterfly on her finger for you.

Surrender to the Bobcat

 

My yard surrendered to a Bobcat after the Hoomans surrendered to the water lines.

The yard had little flags all over it after our plumbing problems. Then one day my Hooman said we were going to have a Bobcat in the yard. Well I waited for a bobcat all day because cats are NOT allowed in my yard. It turns out that my idea of a bobcat & my Hoomans idea of a bobcat are two different things.

 

This is what the Hoomans brought into my yard. It was just as scary as a real bobcat!

 

So all the old cast iron pipes were replaced with new PVC ones and that made my Hoomans happy. Now all of the outside work has been completed, we just need inside work finished and the plumbing problems will be over!

Too Tired

I was too tired to blog last night before I went to bed. There was a loud fireworks display that my Hooman made me watch. It was pretty but too much excitement for me. I took my turtle and went to bed. I will blog for you today!

Skeleton Key

Look at what I found! My Hoomans were removing trim and other things and I found a real live skeleton key! It even fits the doors in the house.....hhmmm.....Cyclops Spiders, Vampire Coffins and now a Skeleton Key.......creepy.

Wild Strawberries

Oh wow! I found wild strawberries in my yard. Y'know the best part? My Hooman doesn't care if I eat them!

Field of Flowers

Here is a picture of my Hooman refers to as "a mess of pretty". She loves the Sweet Pea and Lilies just growing free out there in the field. There is a creek, one of the 2 we have, down there and the Hoomans decided that they are going to selectively harvest the area to keep the flowers, get rid of the weeds and plant things like Corkscrew Willow, Red Twig Dogwood & Paw Paw Trees! My Hooman owned a flower shop once. I think she's trying to create her own wild flower shop!

Bramble Berries

We have an abundance of berries that I get to eat! My neighbor called them Bramble Berries. So I looked that up. It turns out that Bramble Berries include blackberries, raspberries and logan berries. Finally, I am starting to discover some edibles!

Ginormous Spider Tree

 

This is our Spider Tree. It's HUGE like a monster sized Oak Tree and it has these funny Spider-like growths on it. My Hooman has no idea what it is but told me to ask my friends. Do any of you know what kind of tree this is?

Mimosa Tree

This is a Mimosa Tree. We have them on our land. Apparently it is from China but has been here in the states since 1745. I think it is a pretty tree. I bet now my Hooman will be searching for Margarita Trees and Daiquiri Trees. We already have strawberries growing......next I suppose will be the limes.

Sweet Pea

This is Sweet Pea. It grows all over our land. My Hooman is in love with it. Thanks to her genius wino friend wine loving friend in the big state, now she knows what it is! I like it too, although I am only allowed to smell it not eat it. Sounds familiar huh?

Cyclops Fishing Spider

This is not just a Fishing Spider. It's a Cyclops Fishing Spider, seriously...click on it & see. It is a pretty big spider as you can tell by the 1inch garden hose next to it. Cyclops lives in our well and comes out every night to stare at me. Gross. Did you know that they can walk on water to catch their prey?

I think my Hooman picked this house on purpose. Think about it. It was owned by Freddie Mac from Nightmare on Elm Street. There is a Potato box Vampire Coffin in the basement and now a Fishing Cyclops Spider lives in my well.

Lightning Bugs not Ginger Bugs

I have been calling this bug a Ginger Bug for days now because of its red head. Come to find out it is a lightning bug. Who knew?

I have them all over the yard. So many in fact that every night looks like the Sydney New Years Eve fireworks celebration! Ok, maybe not as cool as Australian Fireworks displays, but very cool. I will say it is very hard to photograph them. Here are a couple with my Elusive Bunny!

Sea Shell

So the other day when I was in the basement I found this sea shell. Surely it's positive proof that my house must have been at the bottom of the sea 14.6 billion years ago.

My Friend the Fly

This is my friend, the fly. We had a long conversation today while my Hooman was drinking her coffee. My Hooman got mad at this little fly because he wouldn't leave her water alone. She has this thing about water having to be filtered. He wasn't trying to be a pest, he simply needed to stop and rest. He was a well traveled fly and like me, quite the adventurer.

Slate Walkway

This is the slate walkway to my front door. It is original to the house from 1942. My Hooman is in love with it. She sat today for an hour sketching out different landscape designs for it. She could design around a statue of me. I would make a great focal point.