Category: Just because

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Wild times on a Friday night

I am extremely excited to report that we have the first baby moon and stars watermelon!!!
Same fruit. The other side is almost half yellow.
A wasp mimic robber fly! Love finding predators in the garden.
Butterfly milkweed in rainbow garden has grown quickly.
Dog and I came back inside. Briar promptly sat by her little brother.
I don’t think he minded, but her settling in seemed to remind him he could go places.
Abandoned for kitty snacks.
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Tiny snake!

My hand for scale.
This is probably a baby Dekay’s Brown Snake.
It was moving along on a sidewalk near the OU campus. So not actually the garden. But I have seen this species in the yard before.
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Weekend things

Texas mallow might bloom soon?
Goldenrod from Abby thinking about blooming too.
A pupa! I bet the Black Swallowtail.
Side view.
Tepary beans begin!
New crystals from Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge!
Closeup of two fancy selenite crystals.
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Thursday (yesterday)

Mom sent us seeds and Gracie hair from home!!
Gram wants to know what it’s about.
Briar focus on family smells again. Gram prefers dog ear.
Dog pleased. Cat interested in dog interest, would like dog food to be served though.
A geometrid moth sitting on passionvine leaf.
Left to right: New Kuroda, little finger, and Uzbek golden carrots. I picked the tiny one too early but it had a good taste.
Paula took her plants home so I decided to see if the basil from the plant window prefers this spot where her houseplants were so happy.