Sooo, this happened...
We have had a lot of activity in the Monarch Caterpillar department!
It's funny how they all bunch up. (The loner was taped in place.)
They also social distance, keeping the length of their body apart.
Today, the first chrysalis was clear, with butterfly markings showing through.
Then, voila!
However, this one hatched out at 4:30pm in a rainstorm that won't let up completely until morning, and with a night on tap just a tad too cool for flight. So, we have given her private accommodations for the night. She is safe in her habitat, but out on the screened back porch until temps warm to 60ºF around 9:00am.
Miami Beach Mayor Rips Ron DeSantis As ‘Pied Piper’ Of COVID-19, Leading State ‘Off A Cliff’ [Click]
ReplyDeleteFruit baskets from fourth century BC found in ruins of Thonis-Heracleion [Click] Evidently a huge funerary site, used but once, sealed, and left undisturbed for millennia.
ReplyDeleteListener? Remember my saying I discovered new things every time through G? This time, 27, I noticed for the first time, a brief "scene" right after Elizabeth had yelled at the Nazis, and Amelia is yelling at the local police, there are two shots of the guy that Dawsey attacked. One quick, as usual, the other full faced and relatively long, and he's staring at Elizabeth as if marking her for the future. . . .
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DeleteAs I read your description, the very face of that actor popped into my mind, with that very expression. Thanks for the insight!
The Big Money Behind the Big Lie [Click] “Donald Trump’s attacks on democracy are being promoted by rich and powerful conservative groups that are determined to win at all costs.”
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Delete[Somewhat Encouraging News] You Probably Haven’t Read About the Delta Variant [Click]
ReplyDeleteOh, I love those words: "within a few weeks"
DeletePlease, in the name of all that is holy, may this be true!!
Jihadists flood pro-Trump social network with propaganda [Click] Who would have thought ISIS had a sense of humor?
ReplyDeleteYouTube bars Murdoch-owned news outlet from uploads over COVID-19 misinformation [Click]
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DeleteWant to make Jim Jordan sing about the Capitol attack? Ask Jefferson Davis [Click] “The Ohio Republican admits he spoke to Trump the day the Confederate flag flew in Congress. Aptly, the investigation of John Brown’s raid sets precedent for what must happen next.”
ReplyDeleteHow the Bobos Broke America [Click] “The creative class was supposed to foster progressive values and economic growth. Instead we got resentment, alienation, and endless political dysfunction. By David Brooks” A long read about social disruption of the US; I’m not sure how much of it is valid, but certainly some is. The point of view that generated it is foreign to me, but that seems to be the point.
ReplyDeleteAs Brooks halfway admits toward the end, some of this is generational. I have tended to identify as "academic class" but, as someone pushing 60 when the internet boom started, alwaus assumed that academics and quasi-academics were not rich. (We do tend to have higher social status than our income would otherwise suggest.) Brooks' "creative class" shows academic proclivities but is more broadly defined and assumed to be rich. I don't doubt the group exists, but can't say I recognize it.
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ReplyDelete25,038-24,889 = 149 new cases since Friday, including 42 today
566 active cases
4 hospitalised (still none in ICU)
The Testing and Recovered numbers were not yet updated today
Positivity rate has jumped (by .4%) to 2.1%!
‘Substantial’ Covid spread places Chittenden and Essex counties under new CDC masking guidance
https://vtdigger.org/2021/08/02/substantial-covid-spread-places-chittenden-and-essex-counties-under-new-cdc-masking-guidance/?utm_source=VTDigger%20Subscribers%20and%20Donors&utm_campaign=53df47912b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2021_04_13_02_00_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_dc3c5486db-53df47912b-405965485&fbclid=IwAR1IWxiUg1V_nHyCHJepqXcLCVLbrJbcUXGNDIYARbDCe9K-jK2CDXVCZ9g
Note: I'm in Chittenden County. Heh.
The same CDC map shows Fresno County has risen to the "high" transmission category. I hope the Delta variant surge quickly runs out of steam, as it seems to have done in some other countries, as reported here. [Click] Our local problem is that vaccination rates remain rather low albeit variable across the county and region.
Delete'I should have gotten the damn vaccine,' woman says fiance texted before he died of covid-19 [Click] At the end of the article there is mention of the responses she received after going public and asking for help. Many of them are from downright monsters—the same sort of denials the Virginia nurses tell of.
ReplyDeleteOlder Kindles to lose cellular connectivity. [Click] Will still work with WiFi. I haven’t used my Kindle(s) for a long time, but will still have WiFi. Another workaround is to download books on a computer (might need the free Kindle reader, but I don't think so) and transfer them to the Kindle using a cable. The browser on my old Kindles is rather primitive, and was becoming less and less useful; maybe I should fire one up again and take it out for a spin. Upgrading seems rather expensive.
ReplyDeleteI read my Kindle books on my desktop computer. That's the easiest was to make the font easy to read. Don't even hae to hold anything. I've never had a Kindle reader. A long time ago I had a different type of e-reader, but soon gave it up in favor of the more convenient desktop.
DeleteI discovered that the batteries in both my old Kindle Keyboards were dead. Went on YouTube and found instructions on how to replace them (very easy) and ordered one. I have long neglected them (one was a spare, purchased because it was a good price), and figured I would re-investigate them. I think the (very minimal) browser will probably work for downloading books via my home WiFi; the batteries are said to last for a very long time compared to the modern fancy Kindles (color screens etc.). The back is a press-fit; no need for special tools, although they come with the battery.
DeleteLindsay Graham has tested positive.
ReplyDelete(He was vaccinated.)
For COVID? It sure as hell wasn't for brains.
DeleteHe has reportedly said publicly that he is very glad he has been vaccinated, since for that reason he is not as sick as he otherwise would be. Talking heads on CNN this evening were blathering on about his speaking out having a positive influence on vaccine hesitancy. Personally, I doubt it. Anti vaxer, anti masker types are probably not influenced by Lyndsey Graham.
DeleteOur next door neighbor is going to Florida tomorrow to visit his ninety-seven-year-old mother, who still lives alone. Needless to say, Dad was rather impressed with the old lady's spunk.
ReplyDeleteAfter a moment I said diffidently, "I hope he doesn't get Covid. It's running rampant down there."
"That's just propaganda, Cat," Dad said earnestly, "to detract from Desantos. He did such a good job the first time."
"Oh, did he now?" I said, but Dad didn't hear me.
"It is worse," he allowed, "but I don't know if it's any worse there than anywhere else."
That made me see red! This is the same Desantos who just put out an executive order making it very difficult for municipalities and school districts to impose mask mandates. I realize the news sources I read and listen to have a slant, but they do report something recognizable as the truth. They don't spin lies out of whole cloth and create an alternate reality!
listener, did your lady flutterby get launched safely?
ReplyDeleteShe did! I set my alarm to go off just when the temp was expected to make it to 60ºF (70ºF is ideal, but they can fly down to about 60ºF). Only, she was still just hanging there quietly. So I waited until it got to the mid-60s and took her outside. I set her on the potted plant out front, but she was still cold and when she tried to take her first flight she landed on the porch floor. So I offered her a forefinger that she was only too grateful to accept, and I set her on top of the Black-Eyed Susan (currently the tallest plant in the Pollinator Garden). She hung there for a couple of hours, exercising her wings. Then she simply flew away! Hurrah!
DeleteListener, thank you for the lovely sympathy card. ♥
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DeleteYour Mom was clearly very special to you. My heart aches over your loss. I'm glad you had her for so many years, and got to be close with her. I never had that joy. But I think I've given it to my own children.
We received Mom's ashes on Tuesday of last week. You would think that was pretty final, but I'm still having difficulty coming to grips with the fact that she's gone. Wearing the ring and some days also the bracelet is a comfort, if still a strange feeling. And yet, it still seems like she's just out and will walk back in the house any minute.
ReplyDeleteCat--I imagined that I saw my father out of the corner of my eye, or passing by, for months after he passed away. And with decreasing frequency over decades he came to me in my dreams. Now, fifty-odd years later that happens rarely, maybe not even once a year. But yes, it does happen.
DeleteThere's a reason that in the olden days, mourning lasted a year. In fact, the missing of the gone one lasts a lot longer, but you are mostly acting normal by then. HugZ, Babe.
DeleteThanks, guys. ♥
DeleteI have pointed out to Sis that very thing, Puddle, that there is a reason mourning lasts a year. Of course, it's easier to give advice and comfort than to take it. *sigh*
Still chain reading Star Trek novels. Hey, it's better than chain drinking fifths of vodka!
Probably better than partaking of what passes for Pangalactic Gargleblasters on this planet, for that matter.
DeleteGermany Will Offer Vaccine Boosters [Click]
ReplyDeleteGraham [and the coronavirus were] at Party on Manchin’s House Boat [Click]
ReplyDeleteSchumer Weaponizes August Recess [Click] Gee, gettin’ pretty rough there, all right.
ReplyDeleteThird police officer, Gunther Hashida, dies by suicide after defending Capitol during riot by pro-Trump mob [Click] Then there was Officer Sicknick, who died of two strokes, cause not known.
ReplyDeleteCuomo Grilled by Investigators for 11 Hours [Click]
ReplyDeleteGiven his normal demeanor, after eleven hours (under oath and being videotaped) he must have been in notable condition.
DeleteThe surge in coronavirus cases seems to be spurring more vaccinations [Click]
ReplyDeleteSpanish cave art was made by Neanderthals, study confirms [Click] Over a range of 10,000 years!
ReplyDeleteWell Neanderthals' time span was close to 400,000 years, so sure. Doubt we will get anywhere close to that number.
DeleteWhy Is COVID-19 Declining in UK? [Various] Theories Behind the Surprising Fall [Click]
ReplyDeleteSix Other Senators Were with Lindsey Graham on Joe Manchin’s Houseboat [Click] Chris Coons (D-DE), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), and John Thune (R-SD) [number 6 would be Manchin, for a total of seven]. Chowderheads.
ReplyDeleteI was invited by my alma mater (The Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation, where I took a two year spiritual guidance program, 1996-1998) to be a contact for four members of the new class. I was to write an introductory letter to each of them by July 28th. I wrote a solid draft of the letter on July 12th, planning to send it within a week. Then VT*Grand came for a few days, then we had the three younger grands here over the next weekend. And on the day I had planned to finish the letters and mail them, our DIL had a crisis and emergency surgery ~ in the midst of trying to move. So we helped more with the grands. And I have been cleaning out their house this week. And suddenly tonight I realised that I never sent the letters! They need to receive them before the new class begins on August 10th. I got the deed accomplished tonight and will mail them in the morning. We were asked to send them SnailMail. The three going to Massachusetts will get there in plenty of time. But the one going to Nova Scotia will be cutting it close. I think I will also send that one via email, just to be sure. But it's intended to be a 2 year + relationship, so I guess all will be well.
ReplyDelete"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans." ~ John Lennon
"If it weren't for the last minute lots of things would never get done."
DeleteTwo flying from US to Canada fined $32,000 for fake vaccination cards [and other misdemeanors], officials say [Click]
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