I'm reminded of this album when I look at the sky this morning. open.spotify.com/track/3E2xvV...

From time to time, adjacencies in timeline do this

20 on one 40 minute walk. A A personal best. Peak deerfly season.

When I was a city dweller I thought midsummer was the best time of year, and while these sticky strips do a pretty good job, the deerfly have taken some of the shine off of July for me. Personal best/worst on a 40 minute walk: 17.

Kawartha getting pounded. 2" per hour, sideways, sky lit up.

Straghorn Sumach is a poppin and a buzzing rn

Same.

I won't be buying another phone if they kill me.

Like an idiot I snap that picture and the damned shutter sound is on, so it sees me. Starts walking towards me. I wave my arms in the air, and for some reason make a loud FFFFFFFTTT sound. It works.

So I'm quietly identifying plants outside after sitting quietly for some time and this one shows up 30 feet from me. Doesn't see me.

#birds

Kinda nuts, really.

Eight-spotted Forester moth (Alypia octomaculata), a daytime-flying species commonly mistaken for a butterfly.

"They said at The School of Acting that he was lovely as Peer Gynt"

Yup. Same guy.

Yeah, not good enough. Should be clearly identifiable at a great distance by their format. And have lights all the way around. With our without wipers.

Heliotropism in Tragopogon pratensis

This is impossible.

Mrs BB has been sitting on a clutch for a few nights now, and spends the days in and out of the box sustaining everyone. Mr BB has not been seen in days, which is unusual for him, but the web says males can disappear during incubation. Still, seems like a dick move. #birds

#birds

"The scene... shows a female Eastern Bluebird dragging a Tree Swallow from a box."