There’s one thing River likes even better than mudholes: her very own bathtub.
The other dogs sometimes use it, but River goes in there almost every time she comes back from a walk.
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There’s one thing River likes even better than mudholes: her very own bathtub.
The other dogs sometimes use it, but River goes in there almost every time she comes back from a walk.
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River really likes mud.
Sky and Blondie like to get their feet wet.
Honeybun cools off by sticking her head underwater. Continue reading
Beautyberry fruits are setting: the flower petals are falling off and revealing the berries.
Not only are the flowers and berries pleasing violet colors, the leaves repel insects and ticks, and you can make jelly and wine from beautyberries.
Beautyberry fruit setting, 2025:06:15 10:36:03
Once the berries get some color, you’ll see why it’s called beautyberry. They’re a pleasing violet color. The flowers are an even lighter violet. Also, the whole plant smells good. Continue reading
Twenty one species in a thousand feet down the Not-a-Driveway from piney woods through seepage slope to beaver pond.
Plus Canis familiaris and garden variety human. While we did not see any beaver, Castor canadensis, there was quite a bit of evidence of them.
Species identifications are by Seek by iNaturalist, which is usually pretty reliable. I do doubt a few of them.
For example, what seek identifies as Pineland hibiscus, Hibiscus aculeatus, sure looks to me like halberd-leaf rosemallow, Hibiscus laevis.
Far more species than these live in our subtropical paradise. These are just the plants (and fungi) I happened to focus on today.
Ten-angled pipewort or bog button, Eriocaulon decangulare, 2025:06:15 09:52:26
But Sky Dog is not in the picture.
River, Honeybun, Blondie, Gretchen, Lucky Peggy’s north field, and the sky
Sky was behind me, on the golf cart.
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She covers them up after she catches them.
River and her buried armadillo
And she grumbles if any other dog comes near.
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Sky and River howled like something horrible was happening.
Movie: Sky and River howling (30M)
Actually, they saw me walk into the woods towards the garden, and they heard me calling them.
Blondie ran back to get them, and explained to them how silly they sounded.
Video:
https://youtu.be/Jyljdi-sHQk
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Blondie picked up this box turtle. She hadn’t harmed it.
Gretchen took the dogs elsewhere. I put the Terrapene Carolina back in the grass by the field. Continue reading