forlorn meow
Aug. 21st, 2025 01:40 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
not_funi think audrey's anti anxiety meds may finally be having a small effect. that, or she's just really REALLY happy that it's cooled off and rained a little. i mean, same. but i wish i could soothe the spirit of this nervous little kitty.
got out to the woods asap today because i wanted to see how it felt following a day and night of gentle but mostly consistant rainfall. we're still obviously in drought, but the moss was just LUSH. the air smelled great, kind of like a cup of tea? that dry leafy smell that's just come warm and moist. the ground is still really dry so i didn't see any tracks but my own and one deer print. think that's the second deer print this summer, meaning they must still be around, but they're really not as active as they were last year. maybe its' the time of year, or the drought, or the EPA work done downstream that's made them cautious to return as a herd.
but what was out in force today was one of my fav animals, the red efts! tiny little orange salamanders all over the abandoned traintracks, just one every 5 feet. it's been years since i got to see them in the wild. i've also always read they're most active after a rainfall but have never seen it. but they sure were busy today. probably hunting, i'd think? i thought about carrying one or two home for the terrarium, but because i'd also just been wrestling with myself about spending money on coffee and decided not to, i also decided i probably don't have the spare funds just right now to buy a jar of flightless fruit flies to keep them fed. so, alas. but i got to see them all crawling around outside which was still very exciting and very nice.
i only really heard crickets singing today, the birds seem like they're more afield right now forraging. a neighborhood bird feeder was being swarmed with goldfinches, and a cardinal was hanging out in the giant wild rosebush near my house.
i was super sore yesterday, though not entirely sure why. i guess cumulative workouts and the wet weather preventing a walk that day? i've been wearing weights on my arms when i go out there cuz why not. but damn my back ached when i lay down to sleep.
emailing doctors, running laundry, trying to get some art done. paying monthly bills as quickly as i can. i am about as ready for PCCC as i'm gonna be at this point. i sure hope this year i can make table money back though!!
should really try to cut back on my caffeine intake, but it seems like my only hope making it to 5pm working most days now x.x
and gotta do grocery shopping tonight too,, yeesh
later
got out to the woods asap today because i wanted to see how it felt following a day and night of gentle but mostly consistant rainfall. we're still obviously in drought, but the moss was just LUSH. the air smelled great, kind of like a cup of tea? that dry leafy smell that's just come warm and moist. the ground is still really dry so i didn't see any tracks but my own and one deer print. think that's the second deer print this summer, meaning they must still be around, but they're really not as active as they were last year. maybe its' the time of year, or the drought, or the EPA work done downstream that's made them cautious to return as a herd.
but what was out in force today was one of my fav animals, the red efts! tiny little orange salamanders all over the abandoned traintracks, just one every 5 feet. it's been years since i got to see them in the wild. i've also always read they're most active after a rainfall but have never seen it. but they sure were busy today. probably hunting, i'd think? i thought about carrying one or two home for the terrarium, but because i'd also just been wrestling with myself about spending money on coffee and decided not to, i also decided i probably don't have the spare funds just right now to buy a jar of flightless fruit flies to keep them fed. so, alas. but i got to see them all crawling around outside which was still very exciting and very nice.
i only really heard crickets singing today, the birds seem like they're more afield right now forraging. a neighborhood bird feeder was being swarmed with goldfinches, and a cardinal was hanging out in the giant wild rosebush near my house.
i was super sore yesterday, though not entirely sure why. i guess cumulative workouts and the wet weather preventing a walk that day? i've been wearing weights on my arms when i go out there cuz why not. but damn my back ached when i lay down to sleep.
emailing doctors, running laundry, trying to get some art done. paying monthly bills as quickly as i can. i am about as ready for PCCC as i'm gonna be at this point. i sure hope this year i can make table money back though!!
should really try to cut back on my caffeine intake, but it seems like my only hope making it to 5pm working most days now x.x
and gotta do grocery shopping tonight too,, yeesh
later
