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Jim
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That's creative
Jim
Very creative...I want one
Jim
Dang Jim, I didn't know all this. My prayers are with you guys now and forever. Stay safe.
That is a lot of years work. I've saw a tree that fell over in between 2 other trees very close together. They are jammed 20-30' off the ground. THe 2 supporting trees started growing around the fallen tree just like the rail, they just hadn't got that far yet.
Been living with it for 23 years, you adapt, learn what you can do , and how to do it.
SLOW.
Jim
Jim
I'd like to see this.
Sycamore? Birch ? ???
Jim
My heart wouldn't take it..
Jim
Hmmm Mobook..
Jim
Family protection..
Jim
Pretty picture. The Darwin bait in the foreground enhances it.
Help! My home is being over run with June bugs! And it isn't even June!
I counted 53 on my porch tonight (forgive the project). They are getting into my house, they are everywhere! A royal pain is what they are! They are about 1/2 inch long and almost as fat as a sharpie marker. The last pic is a stock photo of what I think I have.
I counted 53 on my porch tonight (forgive the project). They are getting into my house, they are everywhere! A royal pain is what they are! They are about 1/2 inch long and almost as fat as a sharpie marker. The last pic is a stock photo of what I think I have.
Those aren't June bugs. June bugs are green/blue.
We got tons of those down here. Always called them "street-light' beetles because they would swarm the street light at night and the ground would be covered with them the next day after they went blind and became 'walkers'.
They don't last very long and don't eat anything.
@Supervisor42 That's what I used to think also... I saw a few of these bugs last year and learned "June Bug" is a blanket term for a whole family of beetles. Depending on where you live in the country...
This is what I always called a june bug... Now I know a lot of different beetles go by that name.
This is what I always called a june bug... Now I know a lot of different beetles go by that name.
Well fine.
I will call them 'crunch-crunch' beetles from now on because that is the sound they make under my shoes when I walk down the street.
We always called the brown ones June Bugs back in Texas. I've never seen a green one. I don't think we have them here in Colorado. They were everywhere in Texas. Along with roaches (can't say I've seen a roach in Colorado either). I guess most bugs must like humidity ... something that is in short supply here.
We have had then stupid lady bug type all winter, and still have them...they won't leave.
Jim
Jim
You need to collect those Ladybugs. You can sell them on Amazon.
https://smile.amazon.com/1500-Live-...id=1585411300&sprefix=Ladybugs,aps,243&sr=8-5
3, 4 & 5 years ago we were plagued with lady bugs. Winter before last the numbers dropped remarkably, more than 60%. This past winter there were fewer still.
They were replaced by stink bugs, especially since christmas. I'd rather have the lady bugs than the stink bugs or these june bugs...
They were replaced by stink bugs, especially since christmas. I'd rather have the lady bugs than the stink bugs or these june bugs...
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As I recall, all those annoying bugs that look like ladybugs aren't the ones people want/like. They're some invasive species that are nothing other than a pain in the ass. I have them too (along with the stink bugs).
Asian Lady Beatles. The sucky version of a lady bug.
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We have some ladybugs sleeping in our fridge, waiting for the weather to warm up next week. We do get those orangier lady bug fakers...they bite and drop from trees.
I cleaned up my old shoe shine kit this evening, a little lemon oil goes a long way. I made this box in high school shop class, cheap pine and plywood, amazed it's lasted all these years. One of the few things I have from that time.
I have a couple of shop class projects from the late 60s. I gave them to my Mom and she kept them otherwise, they would have been long gone. A cedar chest and a bookcase/nicknack shelf.
She also kept a ceramic dish I made in 1965. I took a big leaf from a tree and pressed it into clay, molded the sides to form a dish, painted it in autumn colors and fired it in a kiln. Mom carried that thing in her lap from Seattle to Honolulu and back when we moved over there. My wife keeps it in her china hutch.
She also kept a ceramic dish I made in 1965. I took a big leaf from a tree and pressed it into clay, molded the sides to form a dish, painted it in autumn colors and fired it in a kiln. Mom carried that thing in her lap from Seattle to Honolulu and back when we moved over there. My wife keeps it in her china hutch.
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Good choice of happy place!
