Another very good Praying Mantis hanging out in my front yard. 🐝
Oh cool. The exercise trigger for iOS 13.1.2 Shortcuts finally started working today.
This Preying Mantis (or others like her) has been hanging out on one of our California wild grape vines for a few days now. It’s lovely to have critters take refuge in our plants. 🐝
Using iOS 13 shortcuts & iPad home screen widget to set audio output to my airplay capable Sonos speaker and then immediately play music are all I ever needed. Using control center to change audio output is 👎
California Wild Rose (Rosa californica) flowers are incredibly fragile. This backyard plant became quite happy when I added it to the drip irrigation.🐞
This “Beauty” Japanese plum has been quite temperamental. No idea if it should be defoliated by now - happened last year too. Too much water? Sensitive to daylight time? 🤷♂️🌳
My new favorite watch face, from WatchOS 6, is Solar Dial. I’m often outdoors for work so at a glance view of the sun ephemeris is nice. Apple put a lot of effort on this watch face!
Good morning!
Piano repair in Flatiron.
This crisp very low IBU Montauk Summer Ale is what I needed this warm late summer evening on Long Island, NY.
Love how Mott Street in China Town (Manhattan) curves out of sight like a movie set.
I wanted all of the knishes.
Gorgeous day on the Brooklyn Bridge. Walked from Penn Station to Atlantic Terminal. Knishes, Lotus Seed Paste Cake, Ruebins, and Cheese Cake were devoured along the way.
JFK, New York. Scene from last night: a traffic jam in the hourly garage. Was treated to a horn serenade near midnight. Was kinda funny though the pay booth operator was clearly having a bad night w/ technical difficulties.
Snow Mountain and St. John mountain are looking pretty good after yesterday’s rain.
The audio sync feature on Apple’s tvOS 13 is 👌 Also, here’s a🌈 🌈
My almost 2 year old plum is so fickle. It’s senescing early. After digging into the soil, I think it is water deprived. So trying adding 1 gallon per hour emitter as 0.5 gallon per hour emitters are not delivering nearly enough water. I’m also annoyed at the borer bugs.
Urban prescribed fire 🔥. Provides volunteer fire department training and reduces city blight & fine fuels in vacant lots.
Epilobium canum (California Fuchsia) keeping pollinators, including hummingbirds, happy.
Mantis enjoying the accommodations of our little Blue Oak.
