A visitor to my yard yesterday is all gussied up in velvet.
Just as a reminder, the Staghorn Sumac gets its name from the velvety coating on young stalks, reminiscent of the stag.
Someone was running big equipment out back today, so I went to see if the railroad was being worked on. Nope. It's on the next property south- behind trees, so I don't know what they are doing.
But recently, new ballast has been added on the tracks. I think they are going to replace the regular rails with welded rail (as discussed in the link below), but not yet. Actually, thats why I went back to check out the noise- I'd love to see this process in action.
The only other interesting thing was that I noted the tiny boxelder tree back there is starting to look like a real tree. Not a high quality tree, but hey.
I worked well on all my projects again, and started the second weed-through of the rock garden. It's looking shaggy. A lot of things need trimming!
 | See Welded Rail Sections |
5 comments:
That stag photo is incredible catching them when their antlers are still in velvet is such a neat sight, and it's a perfect tie-in to the sumac. I completely get why you ran out to check on the railroad noise, because watching them lay down welded rail would be absolutely fascinating to see live. Hopefully you catch them in action next time, but in the meantime, good luck tackling that rock garden before it completely takes over.
I hope that visitor to your yard wasn't there to snack on your rock garden plants. Nice capture of him.
I thought of you the other day when everyone was posting all their videos of Big Boy coming through our part of Pa.
Ann- I suspect he and his two lady friends would have been very happy to eat my gardens. But they don't like the netting fence and it's all back in place.
Lulu: "Deer butt!!!"
Lulu- 3 deer butts, but the velvet was more interesting.
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