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In the past four days we managed to set aside some time for dinner at El Harissa, a wonderful little North African market and restaurant that’s only a 15 minute walk from home. Now that the garlic has been harvested (more on that later), it’s time to plant pole beans. Some of the herbs haveContinue reading “A busy few days”

I just finished The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller. This is the second book by Miller that I have read recently. The previous book was Circe. The Song of Achilles was not as good as Circe, but it was still and interesting read. The book covers the life of Achilles from when he wasContinue reading “A book review”

We spent yesterday morning on Embury Road where we had quite a few colorful dragonflies and butterflies. This is an Eastern Pondhawk. Widowed skimmer and Spangled skimmer were both quite common. Whitetails were also common. But I only found two Halloween pennants. Butterflies were abundant, but less colorful than the dragonflies. Delaware skipper on theContinue reading “Fourth of July drangonfest”

While the day started with what looked like another day of poor air quality, it was actually a foggy morning. When the fog cleared we headed off in search of another interesting orchid. Of course our hike stared off with a snowy urola moth on butterfly weed. As we walked the trail to where theContinue reading “Another orchid and some moths”

Some day I’ll have to learn how to use photoshop. A nice take on Dali. But wait there’s more. A funny take on artists rendering a roundworm. And then how to paint mouse-ear chickweed, by selected artists. Air conditioning is very important on hot days. Just some funny weather related humor. That’s what we hopeContinue reading “July art humor”

Susan started diging up the garlic this morning. Then I took the first basket and trimmed them getting them ready to dry. Over 200 heads of garlic threaded into an old baby gate. When I was done threading them in I moved the gate into the garage. Wow, it was heavy. Now onto other newsContinue reading “Garlic harvest 2023”

I hope that all of my family and friends are safe from fires and smoke on this Canada Day. It’s almost hard to believe that my mother was born in New Brunswick almost 100 years ago. Yesterday we met Mike and Linda at the Northside for breakfast and we took the opportunity to walk overContinue reading “Happy Canada Day to family and friends”

Another Sonic Lunch, complete with the bubble machine. What an amazing and fun time. We enjoyed the opening act, but went there for the main performers. For today, because of War and Treaty, the main performers the stage was moved and Liberty Street closed. The place was packed! We managed to find some seats quiteContinue reading “More live music”

This caterpillar is a Hibiscus sawfly that was happily munching on a hibiscus. A Hollyhock weevil. Milkweed lead beetles, making more beetles. The spectacular find with a wing-span of over six inches! It’s an Imperial moth (Ecles imperialis). This is only the second one that I have ever seen. The other was close to 30Continue reading “Finding an uncommon and spectacular moth”

We spent yesterday at the Eddy Discovery Center in western Washtenaw County. There’s a small prairie between the parking lot and the trail that leads to the bog. Butterfly weed and spiderwort were the dominant flowering plants there. Then we headed into the bog to find some orchids that should be blooming. Grass-pink and RoseContinue reading “More orchids and plants”