Summer Cigars

 Friday, August 22, 2025

Cigar in the back yard yesterday. 

Cigar in the backyard today. 

The cicadas are out in full force. As a kid I thought the buzzing sound they made was electricity surging through the power lines. 

I'm also seeing and hearing the grasshoppers. It's just that time of school again. 

Dale mowed the lawn today. Josh from next door lets us borrow his electric mower. 

I watched lots of planes come in today. Dale said there's a closed runway so they're bringing all the planes in from the north. One flew by just about every 4 minutes or so. I didn't see a single plane taking off. 

Been doing lots of trimming back lately. Lot's is getting a little overgrown. 

Have a few books I'm working on. Read a little while out in the yard. 

Backyard Visitor

This grasshopper was perched by the grill this afternoon. He let me get surprisingly close. What a great sport!

Grasshoppers

Gorgeous fall day today. Saw quite a few grasshoppers.

Deb's Other Grasshopper

Another grasshopper hanging out at Deb's house.

Deb's Grasshopper

Deb and I were both out in our respective yards this afternoon. As I was planting some ornamental kale that Dale and I had picked up earlier at Bachman's, I heard a scream. "Deb?", I said as I jogged over to her side of the yard. She was laughing by the time I got there and said, "Oh, sweetie, it was only a grasshopper." She had been weeding and it had jumped out and startled her. Of course I had to get a photo and I think it turned out rather well if I do say so myself. (P.S. Don't fret over the peeling paint on Deb's basement window as the painters are coming tomorrow. I actually think it adds some rustic charm to the photo.)

Even MORE Grasshopper

I photoshopped one of the grasshopper pictures I took yesterday to make it look like an oil painting. I think it turned out pretty well.

More Photos of the Grasshopper

Grasshopper

Found this little guy on the spigot as I went to turn on the hose to water the flowers. He barely moved as I turned on the water and, as you can see from the photo, he let me get pretty close to take his picture. He jumped onto the side of the house as I turned the water off.

Found this little guy on the spigot as I went to turn on the hose to water the flowers. He barely moved as I turned on the water and, as you can see from the photo, he let me get pretty close to take his picture. He jumped onto the side of the house as I turned the water off.