What put me onto this quirky subject was a recent foggy morning walk with Ernie. We were out in the pastures and into my nostrils wafted a noticeable scent of celery. Celery? It has been growing in my raised test-bed since March, and doing very well. However, over twenty-five years have passed since I first started it from seed and
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I opened the door to the Shack as I always have. The difference this time was that something hopped in just before me: a greyish praying mantis. Since it wasn’t green as I have come to know them I assumed it wasn’t yet mature. Being a bug lover [but there are exceptions] I had no reason to kill it so
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Visiting College Station last week on business I took the opportunity to stop at a Petco. They have everything imaginable for dogs. Ernie is a connoisseur of a certain type of toy that I knew would be a good present. Shelf shopping up and down the aisles I found the small fuzzy ones that have an embedded small balloon-like device that squeaks when bitten
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For two weeks I feared something untoward happened to these Gulf Coast Toads; most notably missing was one on my doorstep. As previously reported one or another has been there nocturnally since 2009. I surmised that a series of torrents blew or washed them away, despite my providing no-mow sanctuary. So seeing a littlest one there again tonight gives me
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