#Drainage Ditch

[inthecityofgoodabode]

January 2025: Sunday Snow Walk

The view from the high grassy field overlooking the way to The Vedge:

The way to the woods showed signs that the Orcs of the Eye had been there:

The pools were fairly dormant but I did see this fellow swimming about:

I think it is a damsel fly larva:

I continued to follow the serpentine tracks left by the orcs' foul steeds:

As I suspected, the orcs had laid out bait for the local deer. I "marked" it to warn them off:

The orcs had built an idol to the Tangerine Tyrant they serve but the forces of nature had already saved me the trouble of toppling it:

Into the woods:

Downtown Dagobah on ice:

Old great blue heron nests from 2024:

I wonder who uses this little hole access the iced over oxbow:

Crappy pictures of a mystery bird:

At first I thought it was a female cowbird but its beak was sharp like a robin:

Lost or left here for later:

My lifelong appreciation of drainage ditches continues:

[teddy-bear-naps-and-random-snaps]

[pargery]

3 frogs

[frommylimitedtravels]

Fall is getting ready to turn into winter

[squeakadeeks]

reuploading from yesterday since i didnt like how it looked and i had to do some tweaks, but heres my toy besties seam and pupet 🧵🪡

also by "tweaks" i mean annihilating poor Stitch from the picture since i wasnt happy with how he turned out but here they all are individually

[scp2337]

i cant believe she looks like this

[spiderman2-99]

[kinda considering doing all the fancy shmancy indie blog rp stuff even though I'm Old and dont know how to make things look pretty and am usually too lazy to upkeep anything that does miraculously look nice, even if only to force myself to like this account again. decisions, decisions.]

[vqpn]

Fields flooded so much it created a temporary lake.

[bibleofficial]

wallpaper is insane like u find a product w an ugly print ? wallpaper it. just multiple uncoordinated things put together ? wallpaper it. ugly door ? wallpaper it. ugly wall ? landlord won’t let me wallpaper it

[aquatic-insects-enthousiast]

Howdy!

I’d like to potentially start making some more informative posts with more compilations of like, where you should go to find this bug, what to do/look for to catch it, what makes this bug distinct visually, things I find cool, diet and behavior info, range info, etc. I also am thinking of making a guide on what qualifies as an aquatic insect and what bugs I cover. Would y’all prefer I do like a big pinned guide to the list of aquatic orders and families now with a full list, or that I start the list with only what I’ve already posted on and update it as I make a post about a different aquatic insect, starting smaller and working up to the full list? Either way I’d like to make a nice master post about each order (ex. As many mayfly families as I can possibly discuss) one day anyway, which I imagine it would link to.

Also, I’m running into the issue of my knowledge on aquatic insects being extremely regionally specific! My experience is limited as well, making it difficult to know what I’m missing! If you have any advice on how to make my posts more informative or include more variety of bugs, I’d love to hear it.

A third, final, and more personal note…. Anybody got conservation entomology grad school advice? Where are you people..

[inthecityofgoodabode]

April 2024: Saturday Wasteland Walk

I spotted these irises growing wild along the drainage ditch bank:

I showed my queen the photos of the irises & asked her if she wanted some. The answer was seven. Fetch quest accepted:

Great blue heron & a hawk in flight:

Those clouds looked really stormy but it was all bluff:

[teddy-bear-naps-and-random-snaps]

[cowboyviolence]

I know it seems small in the wake of Everything but please learn to grow shit from seeds and forage it's easier than you think

[mercurialmalcontent]

This would be a beautiful, cozy winter day… IF IT WAS DECEMBER.

[horsebeast]

bug river

[robthepensioner]

This ditch in Blackpool is usually dry, but we have had a bit or rain recently.