Cicadas Brood II in Saugerties, NY 2013
Well, the news of the Cicada apocalypse has come true in Saugerties, NY, or at least some parts of it. My home is an old property, the house itself was built in 1882 and I’m sure a few of the trees around here are at least as old as the house. I, like most people, […]
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It’s House Centipede Season Again
It’s once again house centipede season. Every year at about the same time I see a huge increase in interest in these ‘bugs’. This particular centipede gets referred to a lot as a ‘fuzzy centipede’ and while I don’t think it’s fuzzy, it’s long wispy legs can perhaps give the impression that it’s fuzzy. After a […]
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Tags: House Centipede, Spring
Something’s Been Eating my Plants
I’ve been noticing as the flowers in the planters have started to sprout that something has been nibbling the tops off of them. They’re still growing, they’re just a bit mangled. The other day I was looking out the window and saw the culprit so I took some photos of it. You can see in […]
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Strange Problems with Your Car? It’s probably Gremlins
I’m sure some of us have experienced leaving your perfectly working car over-night then coming back in the morning to find that there’s some strange problem with it. Perhaps the electrical system isn’t working right, or your brake fluid is leaking or something else is leaking. Perhaps there’s a rattling inside your engine compartment or […]
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My Mice vs Ortho Max Kill and Contain Mouse Trap and Humane Traps
Okay so here’s my mouse trap story. I’ve known for a while there were mice in the basement. If you’re a reader of my blog you know that my basement is just a hole blown in the blue stone/shale big enough for giant spiders, the water heater, furnace, oil tank and mice. It’s about 5 […]
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