On my walk yesterday I found several new plants. Here’s what they were:
Conyza canadensis, Verbena urticifolia , Potentilla norvegica, Prenanthes sp., Leontodon autumnalis, and Lespedeza capitata. I guess I could post some pix I took of them, but I don’t feel like it. My neck-ache is back. I had this same pain a little while back just before we went on our camping trip, and I was dreading what I feared sleeping on the ground was going to do to it. To my surprise, my back felt much better the first morning, and I felt completely back-to-normal when we returned home. Maybe another campout would fix it again, but I don’t have one planned all that soon. I do plan to go backpacking with Beth at the end of this month. I’m going to take a day or two off work and we’ll go to Lincoln and see how far she can go.
The other day Beth asked me how puzzles are made. “Jigsaw puzzles?” I asked. “No, the kind you put together to make a picture.” OK, so that IS a jigsaw puzzle. I think I already posted about this, so I’ll just summarize today’s progress – I made another cut. But my neck/back pain was quickly moving into my arms, so I threw it in without much progress
I checked out the frog pond tonight, and there were half a dozen green frogs hanging out there like they always do. Green frogs sometimes let out a little bark before they leap into the water, and I’ve been trying to capture that. My camera can record a sound memo, so I turn it on every time I walk up to the pond. Nothing yet, but I’ll keep doing that until one barks into my microphone.
