#smallcitylivin

And a wild turkey, just now! Pics to come. #SmallCityLivin

#WildTurkey #SmallCityLivin

Behold this magnificent beast. (h/t spouse-of-grackles) #WildTurkey #SmallCityLivin

Last weekend we were out on a stroll. We got as far as the end of the block when we saw two butterflies flyin' around. We stopped to take a photograph of them and a neighbor, inspired by us, went for it too. We chatted with her. When the neighborhood turkey came up, she told us she knew her as Mabel, & we told her we saw a drawing of her on someone's porch calling her Thelma. I don't feel so bad that I never got around to picking out a name for her, as she doesn't need 100 when 99 will do. We continued on our way, made it one more block, when who should appear in the intersection? Three guesses. Oh yes, partypeople: Thelma herself. We waved our arms to warn an approaching car, and once she was out of harm's way, we snapped some shots. On our way back, we just bumped into her at the same corner. This time we were on her side of the street. And that's how Spouse managed to get such a magnificent close-up. #WildTurkey #SmallCityLivin

This may or may not be one of the butterflies mentioned. #bloomscrolling #SmallCityLivin

Enjoy a slow thread about yer Grax’s adjustment from big city livin’ to #SmallCityLivin. I will get plant names—common and scientific—wrong and eagerly invite correction. We’ll start with some #creepingPhlox ( #PhloxSubulata ) from our backyard.

More backyard creeping phlox (Phlox subulata) #SmallCityLivin

Probably mulberry (Morus spp.). #SmallCityLivin

#GreatMullein ( #VerbascumThapsus). Apparently a somewhat problematic invasive plant. #SmallCityLivin

Probably #motherwort ( #LeonurusCardiaca ). Gardeners are laughing at me, posting these non-descript plants. Here’s the thing. We had a yard when I was a kid. But I was an indoor cat, just reading all the time. On top of that, although my mother grew up in a small city near Philadelphia and her father had an agricultural background, she didn’t seem to know anything about wildlife at all. So whatever was growing in the yard was um dandelions and non-dandelions. So yeah I’m just catching up. #SmallCityLivin

Probably a cherry plum tree (Prunus cerasifera). #bloomscrolling #SmallCityLivin

Probably an apple tree. Orchard apple or crabapple? Time will tell. #bloomscrolling #SmallCityLivin

Probably a cherry tree (Prunus subg. Cerasus), out in the neighborhood. #bloomscrolling #SmallCityLivin

#GarlicMustard ( #AlliariaPetiolata ) in the backyard. An invasive species. It’s a beautiful yard but if it belonged to us we’d try to make it native. #bloomscrolling #SmallCityLivin

A few weeks ago we noticed yet-to-open #peonies (genus #Paeonia ) in the backyard. Guess what? They're all over the neighborhood now. Turns out they're Spouse's favorite flower—a bit of luck for us that doubtless portends even bigger and better luck. #bloomscrolling #SmallCityLivin

#Lilac bush (genus #Syringa ). This pic is from a few weeks back. It never fully bloomed, probably because of the mid-month cold snap. Other lilacs in the neighborhood bloomed earlier and really pumped out their fragrance. Looking forward to next year's display. Good morning partypeople. #bloomscrolling #SmallCityLivin

#bloomscrolling #SmallCityLivin

There are a lot of wild strawberries growing out back. Will there be fruit to harvest? Stay tuned partypeople. #bloomscrolling #SmallCityLivin

Three peonies (genus #Paeonia) in different stages of their lifecycle #bloomscrolling #SmallCityLivin

RE: https://toot.cat/@amcooper/116496053901736352 As was foretold, this mook gets friggin’ huge. Good morning partypeople. #bloomscrolling #SmallCityLivin