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Beardy Guy Musings

Experimenting with ways to live a low impact life in a tiny house in the woods. Graphic and web design at Beardy Guy Creative . I often write about the Climate Emergency, Apple and the iPad. Living on the traditional territory of: O-ga-xpa Ma-zhoⁿ (O-ga-xpa) (Quapaw), Očhéthi Šakówiŋ, Kaskaskia, Kiikaapoi (Kickapoo)

Photography

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    A beautiful yellow slime mold! I love the details of the little ruffles and the threads attaching to the leaves.

    Yellow slime mold growing on fallen brown leaves. The yellow mold viewed close up is ruffled and where it is growing onto the leaves it creates a network of threads.
    Yellow slime mold growing on fallen brown leaves. The yellow mold viewed close up is ruffled and where it is growing onto the leaves it creates a network of threads.
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    A bowl of small pink plums sit in a mostly white porcelain bowl Guessing I missed out on all the snarky bullshit the Apple nerds have been cleverly spouting for the past few hours. No, wait, actually, I didn't miss it. I spent the time more wisely, harvesting plums from the fruit tree in my yard. Far sweeter than the sourness I would've been subjected to.

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    Caturday morning coziness with Rosie.

    Image taken fairly closeup from an iPad front camera of a brown haired beardy man. He sitting in front of wood shelves and a long haired gray-brown cat lays across his chest and right arm looking at the camera. She is laying across his arm and his hand barely reaches a keyboard at the bottom of the image.

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    If I’m in the cabin my favorite place to work is the futon and Rosie’s favorite place is my lap. A stand to suspend the iPad above her provides a partial solution though I still have difficulty positioning the keyboard and trackpad. 🤣

    A brown cat is curled up on a pillow. An iPad is suspended above the cat. On the screen of the iPad Affinity Publisher.

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    I rearranged and refreshed the hugelculture beds in my garden a few days ago and found these under a half rotted log. Not sure about the white ones but the other is Sarcoscypha coccinea, commonly known as the scarlet elf cup, or the scarlet cup. A cluster of very tiny, bright red-pink-orange cup shaped mushrooms growing from rich soil and organic matter.

    Very tiny white mushrooms growing in soil and organic matter
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    The scene around my tiny house in the woods yesterday was one of flowers sparkling in raindrops.

    An iris flower covered in morning rain drops. The flower has dark purple lower petals and pale purple upper petals. Centered in the dark purple petals are yellow portions that are feather like. A small cabin surrounded by trees is blurred in the background.
    Green foliage surrounds a tiny green house in the woods. In the foreground are a mix of tall flowers and grasses. The green cabin is set back and is surrounded by a mix of tall mature trees.
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    Soft light and morning raindrops

    An iris flower covered in morning rain drops. The flower has dark purple lower petals and pale purple upper petals. Centered in the dark purple petals are yellow portions that are feather like. Two yellow iris flowers covered in morning rain drops. They are a nearly solid, bright yellow with barely noticeable darker yellow lines at the center of the lower petals and stretching to the end of those petals

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    A speckled king snake cozied up in a rotting log in a hugelculture bed in my garden.

    A black snake with very small pale yellow to white speckles. The snake is nestled in a small open space in a log.
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    It has begun! I found this year's cicadas in my garden this morning. Magicicada septendecim, sometimes called the Pharaoh cicada or the 17-year locust, is native to Canada and the United States and is the largest and most northern species of periodical cicada with a 17-year lifecycle.

    A black bodied insect with bright orange eyes and clear wings folded straight back covering part of the body.
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    Salt Marsh Caterpillar found in my garden this morning.

    A dark brown caterpillar that is covered in brown spikes. The spikes connect to the caterpillar in groups of 8 - 12 with an orangish bump.
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    I never noticed that when magnified some of the Calyptra (oval ends of sporophytes) look a little bit like long sharp teeth!

    A new-to-me moss, Plagiomnium cuspidatum. Very pretty with smooth, thin leaves.

    A mound of various species of vibrant green mosses. Thirty to forty orange sporophytes grow from the center. These are thin tendrils with hollow, oval shaped ends that disperse seeds.
    A mound of various species of vibrant green mosses. Orange sporophytes grow from the center. Close up these are thin tendrils with hollow, oval shaped ends that have a perforated end that has the appearance of sharp teeth..
    A close-up photo of vibrant green moss with tiny, thin, semi-translucent leaves.
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    Seen on the trail today, a zebra swallowtail! Saw a red spot purple on the walk yesterday. And the small flowers are starting to pop up above the leaves.

    Rue anemone A light pink flower grows near a leaf on the forest floor and is sunlit from the back

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    I opened photos to look for a photo and ended up at some older images.

    A tiny house in the woods in the evening. Several lanterns light the porch and a flower garden in front of the cabin. My cabin in the evening.

    A Beardy guy with glasses looking at a small deer as he reaches out with both hands, scratching the deer's cheeks and neck Giving Petunia a neck scratch.

    A sunset lights the clouds over a lake A sunset over the lake.

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    A perfect afternoon visiting the bees as they collected pollen from a flowering plum tree.

    A honeybee collecting pollen from a white flower. in the background a branch of blurred flowers is on the right side of the image and a bright blue sky behind the bee and flower.
    A honeybee is collecting pollen from white plum flowers.
    A honeybee is collecting pollen from white plum flowers. A bright blue sky is visible in the background.

    #nature #bees #spring #flowers

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    A variety of bees, flys and butterflies were busy pollinating the plum trees today - the western honey bees especially!

    A closeup of two honeybees, one is flying above white flowers, the other is resting on a flower as it collects pollen
    A honey bee gathering pollen from white flowers set against a blue sky
    A macro image of a furry honeybee collecting pollen from white flowers
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    With the recent rain the moss and lichen are looking very lush.

    A close-up image of green moss that consists of cedar-like tendrils with an orange tint.
    A mix of various species of moss in a very close-up photo. At least 3 different species are visible.
    Cups of brownish green are set against a larger mass of pale green lichen on a branch.

    #moss #mosstodon #lichen #lichensubscribe

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    An interesting patch of moss and lichen near the trail on my morning walk. The lichen appears to be taking over the moss.

    A patch of moss and lichen. A small purplish leaved plant is growing in the bottom right corner.
    A patch of moss and lichen, the lichen seems to be covering the moss, growing over it
    A patch of moss and lichen, the lichen seems to be covering the moss, growing over it
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    Trying to sleep with two dogs and a cat. Last night was particularly fun. At 3:30 Cosmo (dog on left) decided to move closer. Annie in middle on her back. Cosmo's plan was to use Annie as a pillow. I was trying to take photos without waking.

    Two black dogs and a person trying to sleep

    Annie is now a pillow Two dogs nestled closely to a human trying to sleep

    Rosie on top of my arm. a brown cat sleeping on a human's arm

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    A gall induced by Atrusca quercuscentricola, Spotted oak apple gall wasp. An egg is laid and after hatching the larvae signals the tree which produces a protective gall which contains a nutritious food source. At maturity in late November to early December it cut's a tiny hole and exits the gall.

    A small, light orange sphere with many dark red circles sits on a brown leaf in a forest. It is made by a gall wasp. The sphere has a small hole in the top right that reveals that the sphere is a very thin material.
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    Seen on my morning trail walk. From top to bottom: The gall of a Atrusca quercuscentricola Spotted oak apple gall wasp.

    Cladonia portentosa Lichen

    A small, light orange sphere with many dark red circles sits on a brown leaf in a forest. It is made by a gall wasp. The sphere has a small hole in the top right that reveals that the sphere is a very thin material.
    pale green lichen with many very tiny branches that looks like a kind of sponge. The lichen grows atop a darker green patch of lush moss on the forest floor with a background of winter woodland
    pale green lichen with many very tiny branches that looks like a kind of sponge. The lichen grows atop a darker green patch of lush moss on the forest floor with a background of winter woodland
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