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12 minutes ago, Kay said:

Thanks for the link! I might have to get both your and H20's suggestions, you can never have enough.

Check out S’well. As today is national hydration day, I can highly recommend. Great products and good company.

Such a gorgeous day

Poltergeist like storm. F’ing awesome.

1 hour ago, Hank Scorpio said:

Totally agree. So many bugs out there, and so many that I've either never seen before or don't see often. 

This thing was crawling on a wall the other day and must have been 3-4 inches long. No idea what it is, but it looked like something that shouldn't be messed with. 

Nice fishfly.

Lil’ guy or girl emerging  on my porch tonight. Absolutely fascinating. I too am gonna miss ‘em.  My windows are down until then.

And thank you all, what a fun thread.

37 minutes ago, H2O said:

It is stupid loud outside. Loudest since they started singing

Yelling at them to get off your lawn won’t help. Even at your advanced age.

Nice! I’m deliberately putting off yard work until I can gauge the emergence at my crib. Or so I’m telling my wife...

(And per a few pages back, firebugs were late last year in my neck of the woods as well. Not a long season either. Butterflies too.  )

Finally saw my first ‘cada Fri. At work (Vienna, VA). Brought tears to my eyes.

On 5/7/2021 at 12:28 PM, rclab said:

Good afternoon, FX, loved the photo. When you run out of names ( should be in seconds ) which alphabet can you go to? As always ......

Ty! No Greek alphabet once I run out of names. Too confusing.

Think I got it covered...

Haven’t heard any singing yet, but just found my first shell. His name is Andy.

Wouldn’t want to offend anyone with such foul language. Being good. At least until the puck drops later this eve.
 

Eta: It’s sunny and breezy. Forgot this was the obs thread.

17 minutes ago, H2O said:

Had a downpour roll over the house around 3. Not sure how much fell but 20 min later the sun came out and got breezy. Grass dried enough and bailed bay before it got butthole tall

So want to post a Pulp Fiction clip because I have no idea what your last sentence means...

Patience, y'all. They will be here soon. 

23 minutes ago, H2O said:

They don't have iPhones.  They def don't know better than us

Your imbedded microchip says otherwise.

34 minutes ago, Kmlwx said:

Wonder if the coming cold morning this week will slow/delay things. 

Delayed but not denied, imo.

Raised and released a couple hundred butterflies the past few years. These critters know better than us.

Yep, the amuse-bouche have started to hit the table. Plat principal upcoming.

@mappy @BlizzardNole

Thanks for the info on the hummingbird feeders! Didn’t think about color, ant moats, gaskets, etc. All very helpful, very much appreciated!

Amazon kindly delivered a package today. Hope to have a pic of the contents soon.

9 minutes ago, H2O said:

Better than no vax and running MS-DOS

C64 ftw.

@mappy @WxUSAF @BlizzardNole  @toolsheds

Can any of y’all (and others I may have missed) kindly recommend a good hummingbird feeder? And your nectar ratio? Wanna try to add more pretty flying things around mi casa. Thanks!

36 minutes ago, WeatherShak said:

Think you guys are right. Nothing today. Could have been the IPAs I had. Sorry for the false alarm!

Heard something similar to the ‘cadas last week while mowing the lawn. And then found this. (IPAs were def involved here too...)

Huh. That was cool.

4 minutes ago, H2O said:

I think that Pfizer shot messed with your head. Microchip made by cicadas

Wait ‘till I start (hopefully) posting butterfly pics in the garden thread. Not happy with last year, like most of us. Game. On.

And now my Dad (born in 1949) is playing the game. Got his new plates today after ‘threatening’ to steal mine. This wx and all things related hobby is silly. Think we all have a defective gene...

3 hours ago, WeatherShak said:

The app is pretty handy. Should be fun to track was they start to emerge.

The leaderboard cracks me up. So gonna play.

3 hours ago, Stormfly said:

It's pretty amazing they take 17 years when you think about it.  Most dogs don't live that long!

My asshole dog will live twice as long. Hopefully.

2 hours ago, Kmlwx said:

Predator satiation theory as well. Fascinating - albeit kind of creepy looking creatures. 

Fascinating for sure. Lucky to see this a third time imo.