When my friend and I drove into the spacious parking area back of the garage in which my jeep was undergoing repairs, we arrived just in time to see the Lone Ranger step up to a low tractor, take a couple of turns with his reins
This week we’re going to revisit a crawly we met briefly 10 years ago. Reacquaint yourself with the ranchman’s tiger moth (Arctia virginalis).
A few days ago a mutual posted a pic of two Ty Beenie Babies on social media. She declared victory! at finding them because – she wrote – her mom had thrown hers out when she was a kid declaring she was “too old” to have Beenie Babies.
I really hate dealing with modern technology. It is supposed to make life easier and yet it seems to complicate things exponentially. I have cell phone service through U.S. Cellular simply because it was the only provider that gave me service north of Shady Cove.
This week we’re going to stick close to home and explore some of our area museums! We could subtitle this week: All Things Oregon – Museums – they aren’t just for field trips anymore!
Salal is a shrubby evergreen plant related to Manzanita and other members of the Ericaceae Family. The species ranges from Southeastern Alaska south through Washinton, Oregon and into Northern California. Found mainly in the Cascade Mountains to northern California where it stays mainly in the Coastal Mountain Range. It is mainly an understory plant though it will tolerate sunny areas, especially as a restoration plant after fires or other disturbances. The plants prefer a dryer soil under partially to open stands of conifer trees. Though at times they may be found in partial shade especially near moister areas. The plants spread by underground rhizomes forming thickets in the understory.
Being happily old-fashioned and with a mind that comes readily unstuck from the world’s woes, and focuses easily on its delights, has distinct advantages which, seasoned with a generous pinch of imagination, can make life seem pretty exciting and worthwhile even when helza-poppin all over the globe.
Longtime Crawlies readers know that 99.99% I write about local crawlies who I have seen – and photographed. Occasionally I’ll use a second photograph from a friend or iNaturalist – but always include at least one of my own.
So. I was leaving Walmart the other week—
Okay, with the amount of bird seed I buy, I’m entering or leaving Walmart every week, but I digress.