Easy Sunday morning

in Town Square11 days ago

Chippy

Taking it easy this Sunday morning. A fearless chipmunk was quite comfortable with getting his picture taken on our morning walk.

Tiny tree frog

I usually lead with my best photos even it doesn't work well with the story line lol and this photo is great 🙂 this is a tiny grey tree frog. He is maybe one inch long. For scale check out the green bean behind him in the photo!

Coffee

Back to easy Sunday morning, I usually start the day with coffee. This little coffee bar was in our house when we bought it (honestly probably a liquor bar but works nice for coffee). I'm drinking some french roast Pete's right now from a cheap Mr. Coffee. With the heavy mineral content in our well water, coffee makers don't last too long 🙁 Even with an occasion cleaning cycle with vinegar and water.

Tea

Sometimes I have tea. I've been drinking a mix of green tea and hibiscus which supposedly have some health benefits. But I usually have it cold in the afternoon. And this started out as a post about Sunday morning...

Boots

So after or sometimes with coffee, I slip on some boots and head out to check on things. Boots are nice for many reasons, getting through the swamp, heavy dew, ticks, plus slip on easily 😉

Yellow jackets

I post often about the garden and flowers and fruit trees so I'll cut to the bad news of the day. Yellow jackets 😅 I've used old logs to build some of my beds and yellow jackets log them. I stood an watched a steady stream of yellow jackets enter and leave the space under this log. As long as you know where the nest is and don't disturb them they usually aren't a problem. There was a nest in this same place last year until a skunk dug it out one night. I need to look up that skunk and invite it back.

Flowers

I brought in some flowers and put them in the kitchen which we don't do very often. Hope you had a good weekend.

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Loved this snapshot of your morning. But I especially liked your tree frog.

I had yellow jackets in the ground in one of my flowerbeds. I'd get up really early while it was cool/cold, boil a couple huge pots of water and pour it down the hole. That took care of it.

I was sitting in the car with my friend on Saturday and we watched the chipmunk jumping up on the raspberry canes to eat the raspberries....sigh...

Thanks. I think that chipmunk had a flower in its mouth 🙄 good thing they are cute lol

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Beautiful photos with the chipmunk and the mini frog...
For me, morning coffee is essential; it's the only non-negotiable budget item 😀 Only quality beans, I'm peaky on this point.

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Thanks. My oldest son is a coffee enthusiast. I have an expresso machine he left at home when he moved out. I like the idea of having an expresso machine but don't use it often. Niether did he lol I guess thats why he left it.

I don't have any machines... everything is done by hand with a grinder, then either with an Aeropress or a French press. The little pleasure of the morning, taking my time for the first coffee.

That sounds like a nice coffee routine. Honestly, its not the time with the expresso machine its the cleanup. I like you simplier routine. I worked with a guy once that was addicted to his French press.

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Darn yellowjackets at least they aren't those meat bee wasps that feed on carrion and make horror movie nests underground and under logs.

Yep. It could always be worse. I've been stung a couple of different times and survived but no desire to experience it again 😅