I get excited over fresh homegrown tomatoes. I can't wait until the first ripe one hits my plate! I like cucumbers, green...
Nature
mr pesky has a new pet cat
The neighbor down the road from the barndo has a trail cam. On that cam, he captured a bobcat near his home headed back...
what 6:00 AM looks like in Indiana
I drove a school bus for decades. Of course, that meant at certain times of the year I'd already left home before daylight....
my bowels can’t handle a parasite right now
I'm sure y'all have read about the explosive diarrhea parasite, right? Well... I don't want it -- and I doubt you do...
scary replaces boring: not what i had in mind!
We actually had sun yesterday without a dome of heat overhead. The weather was perfect. I put on my bathing suit and...
poof! 1,000 insects gone… just like that!
Did you know that toads eat around 1,000 insects every day? That includes flies and mosquitos, etc., so in rural Indiana in...
Rain is over: excessive heat incoming
After days of rain, the latest severe weather threat for my slice of the world is a heat advisory. I’m good with about...
when dogs think they’re abstract artists of floor decor
It started raining overnight. I heard it begin. And... it's rained off an on so far today with more in the forecast. I...
it’s a sad day at the barndo… maybe
Just yesterday, I head incessant chirping coming from the wren's nest hidden in the plant on the deck. I took a quick photo...









