It’s warming up and the snow is melting everywhere, which means my lawn is exposed and looking hideous, and all the vole trails have been exposed.
It’s nice to think about all those little guys scurrying under the snow pack all winter long.
Pharyngula
Evolution, development, and random biological ejaculations from a godless liberal
This morning as I was walking to work it started raining… on the ice. I tripped carefully like a penguin but still ended up on my ass. The municipal bus service had to shut down.
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But on the way home much of the ice was gone and there were bare patches of ground. Great for the birds looking for food.
Speaking of rodents, some here in boreal Scandinavia carry a virus. The dust on sites where they have spent much time during the winter can spread it. Not deadly but very unpleasant.
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BTW we need a better class of hibernating top predators. The bears around here are wimps who hardly ever attack humans.
On the subject of arthropods crawling around…
Trump is going full ‘Lord of the Flies’ on his Westchester Golf Resort.
.https://youtube.com/watch?v=Yt11oE5T-OA
New rule: Dont go cheap on maintenance!
My “lawn” here in the PNW is half an acre of wet meadow grass a foot deep that, when it finally dries enough, is gonna take an arthritic old man with a weed whacker weeks to clear.