#cucumber #gardening

(This is a another repost from July 2022, but never before seen on CoSo.)

Me: "As we know, #cucumbers are long and thin, and don't look anything like a bowling ball dressed as a plague doctor."

The Cucumber: ...

#cucumber #gardening

(This is a repost from July 2022, but never before seen on CoSo.)

Me: "As we know, #cucumbers are long and thin, and don't look anything like a cactus crossed with a jellybean."

The Cucumber: ...

#cucumber #gardening

Me: "As we know, #cucumbers are long and thin, and don't look anything like #Bert's nose."

The Cucumber: ...

As we know, #cucumbers are long and thin...

*blaaargh* I DO WHAT I WANT!

#garden #cucumber

I've gotten behind on my #dragonfly #photos. Here is a Male Blue Dasher.

#insectPhotography #insects #insect #dragonflies #dragonfly #wildlife

Dear, #HOA,

I have received your kind note of July 10, and it did not seem passive-aggressive at all.

Thank you, however for reminding me that I am not letting my #grass grow high enough. Since 3 inches is apparently too short, from now on I will only cut my #lawn to a height of 9 inches, as you suggest.

ex oh ex oh, {heart emoji} luv mike

Another #tomato lost to my mortal enemy, the #squirrel. This was a Roma tomato, and it was found 7 yards from the nearest Roma plant.

I suppose it's my own fault for trying to have something nice.

#garden #gardening #PlantsVsSquirrels

My Pink Easter Lily Cactus, /Echinopsis oxygona/, has bloomed!

These flowers have brief lives, so I used a real camera instead of my phone. (#canon EOS M50, all 15mm f/3.5, except the overhead shot, which is 34mm f/5 for DoF)

#plantPhotography #plant #plants #cactus #cacti #flower #flowers #bloomScrolling

Behold! The first #tomato of the season. I have conquered #Nature!

#birdPhotography #birds #wildlife

#Woodpecker Has a Bad Day, a story in 4 acts:

Act 1: Woodpecker arrives (white blob, upper right)
Act 2: Woodpecker examines the menu.
Act 3: Woodpecker drops his lunch (note red circle)
Act 4: Woodpecker loses a fight.

(2023 #Canon EOS M50 with 1980 Canon FD zoom lens 70-210mm 1:4. Distance: 23y. Manual focus, manual aperture, ISO too high, and it was raining. Photos taken in a 10 second period using the M50's drive mode.)

Normally we think of #sunflower #plants as having one giant #flower, but that's not a rule in #nature. Store bought varieties like the Mammoth Sunflower are bred to be tall and have only one flower,, but there are other varieties.

This sunflower was planted by a squirrel from stolen bird seed, and developed one big flower, and 3 smaller flowers. If you think this is somehow four separate plants in the same spot, photo #4 will show you the truth.

(Photos from July 2022)

#photography #hummingbird #bird #wildlife

I am new at bird photography, but here is one of my better attempts.

She is a ruby throated hummingbird. One of the pictures is a bit blurry,. but I left it in because I love how she's giving me the stink eye.

(Canon EOS M50, zoom lens 15-45mm 1:3.5-6.3)

(2/2) "May we at least know what your species is called?"

"The people."

"Isn't that a bit uncreative?"

"What are you called?"

"Humans."

(flip, flip, flip) "Human: (noun) a bipedal primate, a person. Plural, people."

"Also, we're called Homo sapiens."

(flip, flip, flip) "homo" (flip, flip) "sapio... 'wise man' huh?"

"Yeah."

"Sounds like someone's uncreative *and* full of themselves."

#microfiction

(1/2) "Hello. We are from far away. What do you call this planet?"

"We call it: the #ground."

"The ground? Really?"

"Why? What do you call your planet?"

"Earth."

"Let me consult Webster's."

"Hey! Where'd you get that?"

"Earth: (noun) The solid footing formed by soil. Ground."

"It's also called Terra."

"Now my Latin dictionary."

"What?!"

"Terra: (noun) land, earth, ground. Got anything else?"

"Uh, no."

"Ok, then. Visitors from the other ground, welcome to the ground."

#microfiction