Blondie and Bobby, who used to spend time in my yard and whose shared motto was "Why be normal?"

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A 2-photo collage of a dark blue metallic dragonfly poised on a tall flower going to seed. The left photo shows the dragonfly from above and behind, with bushes in the background. The right is in clear silhouette against the driveway.

A new friend outside!

#Bugsky #YardCritters #Dragonfly

A collage of 2 photos, both closeups of a Very Big Beetle on worm brown wooden stairs with a white kickplate. She's a light dull yellow with an asymmetrical scattering of black spots and grey shading on her carapace. She looks like a buff oval tank with a lil black head, and brawny spiked black forelimbs. Her back and middle limbs are twiggy in comparison to the rest of her. She does not have the iconic horn of the male Hercules beetles, but still looks like she could throw a bug if she wanted.

Bug Friend!

Hub sent me pics of this lil lady from our porch. Hercules Beetles are one of the coolest things. This one is an Eastern, I think.

#Bugsky #YardCritters

A zoomed in video screenshot labled Garage Drive, Today, 6:22 AM. It shows the lattice wall under the raised front porch, shielded by a thick hedge on the other side. A brown rabbit sits, inquisitive, a few feet away on the concrete driveway, staring under the gap in the lattice that the stray cats use to wander in and out. He looks like he's about to taunt them out of sleep, if they're not up and about yet.

So, y'all know our house came with a bunch of stray cats that live under the front porch, right?

Well, did I show you the Rabbit yet?

He likes to come by around 6 am and test whether the cats are still under there, or ready to race.

They have not replied to his taunts yet.

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What does the fox say?

Well. It's less pleasant than the song, especially at 3:45 a.m., but it's certainly more coherent.

A rough translation:

We. Are. Using. Your. Yard. To. REEAEUR! REEAEUR! REEAEUR! Pro. Cree. ATE.

#YardCritters #🦊

A collage of 3 video screenshots, showing a red fox exploring Enber's back porch. It scoped out the entry, closed cat door, AND camera.

...well, hello

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