I don't usually do insects, but Halloween is in the air

after our first reasonably cool day and night here in a long time and this photo has a bit of the trick or treat to it. It was taken on my door jamb when I arrived home tonight. Didn't see it earlier when I was cleaning Casa Grande. The entire group is about the size of a quarter. My camera could not focus any better in the available light. I've sent this and another photo off to my bug loving sibling for identification.

Update later!

Before the Santa Anas

What you see depicted is a small portion of the hack back in progress here at Casa Grande. Madame Alfred blew off her arbors last year, and she's about half again that size this year. Three trash barrels plus a few bags worth of lacing and crown reduction, and there's more to do. Donned my full body armor for the task. Virginia Creeper!! Aaaiii! Why did I plant that? Can't wait to see the smile on the Mow and Blow's face today as he maneuvers the mower easily through the side yard for the first time in months.

First Sign of Autumn

No, not the Angels of Anaheim (as I prefer to call them) desperately trying to make the playoffs after a dismal five months of baseball bloopers. Today was the first harvest moon of the year. Soon the hundred degree weather will drop into the nineties and eighties and we can begin the big fall planting season. Of course, I have not a square inch of soil that needs planting, so I'm going to turn my itch to dig to south county, while pruning back my jungle here in Fullerton.

Harvest moons. Ah. Harbingers of all that is autumn. Halloween, Thanksgiving. My impending birthday. Ugh.