More bugs and weeds

No matter how you plead.

June in Review

I can’t believe I made to the end of June without skipping a day in the blog. Sorry about writing so much about bees and weeds. There’s so much getting away from me, just in my own backyard. No, I’m not sorry. I like the bees. And the bold chickadee who stared right at me. […]

Losing the war on weeds

First the good news: the lilies are flowering. It really is summer. And the other way you know it’s summer is that’s when you start to lose the war on weeds.

Re: Chimpanzee Politics

The first in a series of books by Franz de Waal about chimpanzees, bonobos, and humans, Chimpanzee Politics is a very readable account of the power struggles in a small troup of chimpanzees at the Arnhelm Ape Colony in the Netherlands. While de Waal is sometimes controversial for how quick he is to draw parallels […]

Sunflowers are sprouting (I think)

Remember the potato in the worm bin? Today, I uncovered the latest batch of compost only to find these huge seedlings cheerily hoping for a bit of sun. They’re so big, they’ve got to be sunflowers. At least I hope so.

Readercon Is Coming

My favorite SF convention, Readercon, starts three weeks from tonight. It’s a wonderful little con that focuses on the written work. So it’s full of books, and people talking about books, and people reading books, and of course, the people who write the books.

Betty the Bee and Veronica

Finally, a plant that I actually put there on purpose is attracting bees. This bumblebee likes it so much, she’s going after the fallen bits.

Closing the 2007 list

Hi, I’m Pam, and I’m a Getting Things Done addict. I just haven’t blogged about it here, as so many others are doing a better job explaining GTD than I could ever do. Instead, I’d like to talk about the things I’m not going to do.

Re: The Collapsium

When you’re reading something that’s so aggressively bad it makes your stomach hurt, it’s no great act of courage to invoke the 150 page rule. But when the book merely fails to entertain you, you can only set it aside with a twinge of regret. For example, I’m sorry that I gave up on The […]

Buzzapaloosa

I finally found the bees! In fact, it’s been Buzzapaloosa around here. The honeybees have been hiding in the bladder campion. Nice to see I was remembering correctly that it’s a popular flower with them. The bumblebees are a lot easier to spot, naturally.