The storm just past, a bald-faced hornet flies back and forth over the flattened stiltgrass. The crickets pick up where they left off.
The view from my front porch every morning, in 140 or fewer characters
Tag Archives: Japanese stiltgrass
The storm just past, a bald-faced hornet...
Also tagged bald-faced hornet, crickets, thunderstorm
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Overcast and cool. I pull a few clumps...
Overcast and cool. I pull a few clumps of stiltgrass and my hand starts to itch—chiggers? The high, strangled calls of a raven.
Also tagged chiggers, raven
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Coffee mug in one hand, I’m weeding...
Coffee mug in one hand, I’m weeding stiltgrass from the herb bed. Such a delicate invader, so easy to kill! And yet so tough to eradicate.
One of the autumn grasses beloved of...
One of the autumn grasses beloved of Basho blooms an alien red at the edge of the yard. Sudden jumbled music from a V of non-migrant geese.
Also tagged Canada geese
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