3:00 snapshot #1810: Friday

Take a bad boy and make him dig 5 feet,
The dirt in these shovels will give us a beat

Self-portrait with almost-identified moth

This moth by my porch light is one of two species: either a winter moth, Operophtera brumata, or a Bruce spanworm O. bruceata. Bruce spanworm moths are more likely to be flying in autumn, but there's a chance that this is a winter moth flying early. The field marking that distinguishes them is a small spot on the underside of their hind wings.

This is a male moth, by the way, females of both above species are flightless.

3:00 snapshot #1811: Saturday

Alex is under there somewhere, with her dog Jim, and my dogs Charlie and Maggie (in case you're new here).


Alex brought over a little Victory in a bottle, which gleamed like liquid gold in the sun.


The Norway maple in the front yard decided this weekend was the right time to drop all its leaves.


Look, it's foster puppy Pocket! She looks cute in the leaves, but she kind of looks cute everywhere.