It's butterfly season! If you ask His Majesty nicely, he'll show you more pictures...

We released eighteen butterflies this morning: nine male, eight female, and one that flew off before we could find out. This is one of the males...

I bought Kelly three more laundry baskets a few weeks ago. I think she gave one to a coworker. She's currently running four with different sized caterpillars in each...

I'm down to the last of my apples from last year. I went through them two weekends ago and sorted them into three piles: me, chickens, and compost. The chickens gobbled theirs up. The small ones survived the longest...

When chopped up, they look fine...

You wouldn't mistake them for fresh anymore, but they are fine when they are covered by a couple pancakes, cinnamon, and syrup. The centers are a bit brown and mushy, but they cut out easily...

The gardens got a late start, but they're doing well. We had a dewy morning this week and the asparagus looked like it belonged in Jurassic Park...

In other news, I've been working out of the office about half-a-week for a couple months. I'm working on GPSing driveways for Emergency Services. I've been having lunch at a different boat landing most days. This one is at Du Page Lake...

I get to see more wildlife than I normally do on my highway-drive to-or-from work. Here's a doe and her fawn...

You'll have to take more word for it that the brownish blobs below the trees are turkeys; a couple hens and a bunch of chicks...

And when I'm back at home adding all the points to the map, if Kelly is out in the woods, the dogs mob me...

Kody will be at my feet blocking the TV-tray I have my laptop on, so I'm stuck there for hours at a time.