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It's a Hard Rain
May. 16th, 2018 08:52 amIt's been a very interesting couple of days at Chez P'shaw. My close neighbors on Monday had their house (technically trailer) torn down. We'd seen them working on the back part of their property lately, and a lot of crap being put to the road, which annoys me to no end because the trash pickup won't take it and it just sits there being a trashy eyesore. But I'd just finished a run on the treadmill and was making a smoothie when I started hearing loud crunching and crashing, and went to go see what was up. Then yesterday they sorted the wood, metal, and I-beams and hauled a lot of stuff off.
They still have their garden and a shed, so I'm tentatively assuming they plan to build something new. The old place was really in serious disrepair so it might have become easier and less expensive to just start over than to try to fix up the existing structure.
Anyway the loss of their hummingbird feeders means it's Hummer City at my place! YAY HUMMINGBIRDS. We have three feeders up and could probably support a fourth. The feeder on the back deck is very interesting, as we get to see the behavior of mated pairs because it offers more spots to perch. Yesterday afternoon I got to watch the male displaying for the female, which was really cool. When it comes to the front yard feeders I normally just see territorial battles where this one male tries to defend both of them from other birds.
It's also rained a lot - did any other Florida peeps get drenched? It rained over two inches here in the last 72 hours. Just over an inch of that fell yesterday and last night. My garden's pretty happy about it though.
The major problem is the road. Between all the rain and the big trucks coming to work next door the road is a nightmare. There's a washout about half a mile up from us that's a "car eater." The road is completely gone and the culvert is caved in, it's probably three feet deep and hard to see unless you're used to this place and are watching for things to dodge. I went around it yesterday but unless the neighborhood agrees on something and moves pretty fast it's just going to get worse, and it'll do it quickly. Since the location effects six families we might be able to agree on something and get it done soon before getting in and out of here is an Indiana Jones thing.
They still have their garden and a shed, so I'm tentatively assuming they plan to build something new. The old place was really in serious disrepair so it might have become easier and less expensive to just start over than to try to fix up the existing structure.
Anyway the loss of their hummingbird feeders means it's Hummer City at my place! YAY HUMMINGBIRDS. We have three feeders up and could probably support a fourth. The feeder on the back deck is very interesting, as we get to see the behavior of mated pairs because it offers more spots to perch. Yesterday afternoon I got to watch the male displaying for the female, which was really cool. When it comes to the front yard feeders I normally just see territorial battles where this one male tries to defend both of them from other birds.
It's also rained a lot - did any other Florida peeps get drenched? It rained over two inches here in the last 72 hours. Just over an inch of that fell yesterday and last night. My garden's pretty happy about it though.
The major problem is the road. Between all the rain and the big trucks coming to work next door the road is a nightmare. There's a washout about half a mile up from us that's a "car eater." The road is completely gone and the culvert is caved in, it's probably three feet deep and hard to see unless you're used to this place and are watching for things to dodge. I went around it yesterday but unless the neighborhood agrees on something and moves pretty fast it's just going to get worse, and it'll do it quickly. Since the location effects six families we might be able to agree on something and get it done soon before getting in and out of here is an Indiana Jones thing.
