Leaves are really starting to show change. For wedding anniversary this weekend (14th!) we are thinking about loading the inlaws into the car and going for a local leaf peep, maybe a few sugar maples will jump us into the autumnal halloween spirit.
Let’s see, critter counts were low, but I did see Panda cat, about a half dozen squirrels, a v formation of maybe 20 geese (not as large as last night’s 32)
Three black vultures, but no sea birds. Where are the osprey and the gulls?
So many spiders today. I would guess that I saw at least 4 varieties, maybe a total of a dozen before I lost count. Mostly the fuzzy little wolf spiders but a couple of weirdos in the mix, too. (See other posts from today)
No neighborhood dogs in the yard either, weirdly quiet.
Saw my first carved Jack-o-lantern on my block, a batman logo at the kettle bell family’s place. I wonder if the eagle is still behind that house, I have not seen or heard from it in a while.
The gas station up the road opened last Monday, after being closed for renovations since last December. I wonder how it is inside, but I don’t think I will break my streak of only being inside two building streak (my home primarily and the inlaws once or twice) and risk catching anything for the sake of a milky way bar and a glance at what they have on offer at the newly set up hot food counter. I wonder how long the renovations would have taken in noncovid times? Even dec-March seems like a long time, but they did literally knock over the building and replace the gas tanks and pumps.
I need to get a picture of the chicken chef sometime on walkabout. Maybe next time I will head to the bay for my morning leg stretch.
Another spider from my #swampwalk, this one was a beast. Web was immense and the round part was maybe 75ish% the size of a dime. Very spindly legs too… translucent yellow – orange with very little visible hair, made them look like it lived in a smoker’s house(I prefer fuzzy spiders)
#bogsafari #orbweaver #ithink
Trying not to walk through the spiderwebs was tricky this morning, thankfully sunlight and dew helped to spot them for the most part. https://instagr.am/p/CGpdHK5AyNE/
Cerulean Berserker probably should have put a warmer outfit before going on a #swampwalk though #eternia with Greenie Cyclops. Love makes folk do silly things sometimes.
from @paula_schultz 21. today’s word is yokai. I had a hard time choosing which yokai to draw because there are so many amazing options. I chose the Gashadokuro because its a giant skeleton which wanders around in the countryside at night and i love drawing skeletons and i loved visiting the japanese countryside! had to include a train in this one from all our times training around Japan.
