Walking, pruning

 I think the insects must be carb loading at the end of summer. Suddenly there's a mass of clearwing hummingbird moths all over the butterfly bushes, literally couldn't count them. They were fearless, landing inches from me. 

I did a big prune of the butterfly bush and they went right on feeding, even when I was cutting branches. Just switched to another branch. 

There were even a couple of aerial battles fought. In among them several kinds of bees, monarchs, tiger swallowtails, lbbs -- little brown butterflies -- all feeding like there was no tomorrow.

And at the pond there were several small turtles swimming, frogs sitting up at the water's edge

Near the leaves there's a frog, then look further up for the little turtle.  

Across the pond were ducks, which means either the turtles weren't snappers or maybe they were too young to bite the ducks' feet.

And the morning glories are beginning to set seed.

I think I'll let the seeds fall naturally and see if they self seed next year. I'm definitely up for letting nature get on with it, aside from a bit of pruning when I can't get past the butterfly bush.

This is all offsetting the grinding constant fear we're all living in with this so called government. Nature and art will save us all. And good food. Resistance wherever I can, and self care.

Speaking of which, it's over two months since I had a microwave and I find I'm not missing it at all.  I thought it was vital but I manage the reheating,  baking potatoes, all that, in other ways. So maybe I won't replace it.

Happy day everyone, play and have fun, or the bad guys will have won sez Ted and Big Ursy, rhyming neatly.

And Fluffappalooza agrees