the elegant perfect exit holes from a last year's gall. Two galls from a branch of the tree i pictured the other day....new. This year. Larvae inside. The branch had been pushed to the ground. I read and read, did not see if the gall needs to remain on the Oak branch for the cycle to continue? We will keep safe and hope.
in the bottom of the back pasture of the Place across the way is a Very large old Fig. Waiting. Readying.
in some places humanity is ravaged by War
here, some pretend and murder at a grocery store people the color of some of my family
the phone just pinged. The black onyx wrist Mala for prostration and protection that i ordered on Etsy....my first purchase there, so long ago i had lost hope and forgotten, has shipped from Kathmandu, Nepal
the gall wasp continues the Oak trees receive the figs will be pollinated
and for the first time in 100 years, there are Otter in the Detroit River. Detroit, where i was born. The first in my lifetime have returned. NPR All Things Considered
