We couldn’t believe our eyes.  A raven was in the veg garden, brazenly pulling up a large veg tag, and flying off with it!  Ravens routinely pull up all my labels, but usually leave them there.  What could it want with a veg label?  The raven landed on a nearby fence with the tag in its mouth and just sat there, as I indignantly stalked after it like Farmer McGregor, demanding it drop it!  After eyeing me for a moment, it finally did, with a “braak nevermore” attitude.  Seriously.  Sorry I couldn’t video it, it was hilarious.

Soon after, I discovered what I think is a small tree frog on the back porch table, amongst my seedlings.  It sounds routine, but it was the first one I’ve found near the house, so I was excited.  I liberated it to a shady, damp part of the garden.  While I’m on herping (herpetology, the study of amphibians and reptiles, not an STD), skinks (lizards) have begun their seasonal basking.

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Also, chipmunks have discovered the “cat TV” birdseed saucer, which has Misu quite agitated.

Totally unrelated, E upgraded my Thorny Badlands sign to a taller post, so now you can see it.

Also she made this excellent everything pizza from scratch, dough and all.  I mean even anchovies, because we’re cool like that.

Yes, this is a really random post.  Deal with it.  Happy m-day to me.