Went earlier this morning to keep cool. It was still muggy as heck, and there were some mosquitoes, but not as difficult as it would be if I went for walkies after 10am.
Saw one other pedestrian doing a morning jog, and we both had masks.
Maybe a half dozen squirrels, and panda the cat was relaxing comfortably in her yard. Small assortment of birds, mostly grackles, a handful of robins, one cardinal, two blue jays, a yellow finch sort of guy, no water birds or eagles.
One weird mushroom that I photographed badly enough to make it unidentifiable.
A few brown moths with yellow “eyespots”
Aforementioned mosquitoes were only problematic right by the water, so no frog or turtles seen, but I imagine they are eating quite well. Where are our purple martens to take down these biters?
10. “Unleashing the Doombots”
9. “Ruling the kingdom with an iron fist”
8. “Extending the power of Doom”
7. “Mastering the diabolical”
6. “Allying with the Sub-Mariner”
5. “Demanding total, blind obedience”
4. “Incurring the wrath of Doom”
3. “Penetrating the invisible force field”
2. “Paying for this effrontery a thousandfold”
And Doctor Doom’s number one euphemism for sex:
1. “Besting the accursed Richards”
Though Wikipedia dates the oath “Sakes alive” from the 1930s to the 1950s, here it is in 1918. Sakes alive, Wikipedia! From Doctor Rabbit and Ki-yi Coyote by Thomas Hinkle, 1918
I’m not sure that calling otherworldly beings “macrobes” (opposite of “microbes”) ever caught on. From Tico Times (San Jose), via UFO Newsclipping Service, 1994.
Swamp walk report – alien black cat and panda were both seen, as well as an osprey with a fish (or something shiny) in talon, a cardinal, and a couple of squirrels. No sign of the swamp rabbit we watched last night.
