Great find- Cerement's ID is on the dot. They're delightfully bizarre to stumble upon for the first time, aren't they?
Loads of oddball relatives out there as well. I haven't seen this one due to the range being restricted to the west coast (US), but it's completely absurd (Allotropa virgata).
I'll be honest: regular ol' bulk Folgers. Having three coffee drinkers all working from home became too labor-intensive for my French press habit and too expensive for my wallet.
Living vicariously through everyone else's brews, here! I may have to whip up some cardamom cold brew this week. 😄
I've never been able to budget in the literal sense due to how utterly unpredictable my income is (artist sole proprietor kind of thing- don't do it, kids!), and how wildly the structure of my months vary...but getting wise to tracking all incoming and outgoing transactions on my own spreadsheet has brought such peace of mind.
It came naturally after dealing with self employment income records, so it's frankly silly that I never applied the same ideas to my personal finances.
God, they're too cute to be real (great shot!)
I ran the photo through iNaturalist and it suggested a group of flies I've never seen before- broadly Tachinidae, and more narrowly it zeroed in on the genus Adejeania. Seems like a safe guess in terms of location, too!
Yep, seconding what others have said, this looks exactly like my ground cherry plants (aka husk cherry, aka Physalus genus). 😄
I know it's practically a meme at this point to say so, but: same here! I've used their return-holey-socks-for-store-credit service twice now (carried mail; guaranteed sock killer) with zero problems and couldn't be happier. I make sure to buy pairs as gifts for friends to make sure they see new business, too.
Seems like absolutely everyone (bees, wasps, beetles) loves goldenrod when it's in bloom later in the year here in the northern US.
I'm on my phone and have no clue what hell these links may unleash, but here's the album on youtube and spotify.
...Now that I think on it, it's been so long since I listened to the 99PI episode, I can't even remember if they make use of or even mention the album. Apologies for my fanboy hat maybe being screwed on a little too tight! 😆
EDIT: As for their non-Wild-Ones work, I tend toward their first two albums since they're a bit more... moody 'n dramatic than the newest one. They're a side project of a bunch of musicians, so the discography is pretty small and easy to get through.
Aww!! I didn't expect to see this here, I'm smiling like a big dork. I'm an utter fangirl for the band behind the music, Black Prairie, so I heard about and read the book right as it was released (and may or may not own the album on vinyl lol). Just as you said, the book is a great jumping-off point for so many topics...The segment on butterfly conservation stuck with me, for whatever reason.
After all these years I think the song "Waltz for George and Tex" is my favorite. 🪺
Two newts I've found in the yard. The top-most is more recent, and the orange one below is from last October. Both are Eastern Newts (Notophthalmus viridescens), and over on iNaturalist the orange one was identified down to subspecies Central Newt (N. viridescens ssp. louisianensis)
I'm eternally delighted by them and honored that they'd stop by my garden!
This year's winter-to-spring transition in my part of zone 4b was rough and the garden is looking haggard because of it, so I took a cruise through last year's photos to find something to share as my first post. Absolutely cannot wait for this year's snap peas- something about the plants just delights me.
These are Oregon Sugar Pod II and Mammoth Melting. This year I added a few other varieties to the mix (Admiral, SS 141) as well as the Swedish Tall Red* just to see what happens.
Happy growing!
*a dry/shelling/field pea
I found it extraordinary- I'm unsure if another movie has made me feel the whole gamut of emotion like this one did, and each heartstring was tugged differently. Skillful stuff.