Good morning from a Carolina Wren chick fresh out of the nest. Apologies for the photo quality, it was barely dawn and I was just out to walk the dogs so only had my phone. It was flying (clumsily), and the parents were around so it was ok.

Mica/quartz-feldspar mashup found on the bank of my favorite local river.

I took this a few years ago at a coffee shop i go to. Crappy quality but I love that you can see the chunks of wood flying

Humbly suggest it may actually have been to trap this thing. Kidding, but in that light this jumped out at me

Last night I remembered this gem my gen z kid shared with me a while back. No idea who created it.

Mabel and Trooper

It’s been rough here where we got slammed by a hurricane, but the trees still standing are doing their thing.

First frost last night. Not a great tomato and pepper year where I am, but they came on strong. And I’ve never seen the squash and peas as happy as they were this year.

It’s monarch migration season here.