Yesterday I posted about the wild dogs I spotted over the weekend and mentioned all my own dogs Except I forgot to include Sarge, our miniature dachshund who is 12 years old and in great health. He prefers to stay home with the teenagers when we take our trips down south. I image he does what they do – sleeps late (or all day) and stays up all night! I am glad he prefers that since his roaming in the country fields would not be a good idea! So I apologize for not including him in the family dog pack .. he does have status after all …
The Luffa plants are taking off, no flowers on them yet, but I bet next trip they will have plenty. I hope my homemade trellis for them holds up. I had inside window frames which we never used (I felt they distracted from the view looking out the window), so I stained them and used them to help the Luffa. I did anchor them in the ground with some thick wire poles.
I spotted this white fungus growing – may be some type of mushroom? I wouldn’t dare eat it, but it sure looks cool …
Of course I didn’t stop there with the camera and I have to say this orange bird was remarkable … much bigger than the robin we have up north – I would say about 3 times as big!
I notice many of the bugs down south are bigger also … this big spider is dining on a horsefly and those horseflies were ALL over the place. You do get used to the constant hum and Augie the dog is very good at hunting them down and making history of them! It’s rather amazing actually.
I bet this green grasshopper can do some damage to the crop and lastly, a fancy white moth …
Leave a comment