Regarding my video posts on Sunday, my friends at Friends of Ladd Marsh tell me that these are tent caterpillars – the larval form of a moth. And they enclosed the following PDF, attached, for further edification and reading pleasure.
Category: walkabout / local
rDay Thirty-Nine, Nature Observed
We saw these curious sights during our Deal Canyon trek this morning. Not knowing what it was that I was seeing, I am bringing these to the attention of Cathy, an old customer, friend and our local state ODFW (Oregon Dept of Fish & Wildlife) wildlife biologist, to see if she can enlighten me.
rDay Thirty-Nine, Kim’s Photos
rDay Thirty-Nine, Deal Canyon
This morning we made a three-hour hike up the relentlessly uphill Deal Canyon Trail to its end then made our jarring return back down. Even Charlie made for the shade and a reclining position as soon as hit home.
rDay Thirty-Seven
And on it goes …
rDay Thirty-Six
Catching Kim in a rare moment when she is not in motion …
Later on, I walk down to my old workplace to do some consulting, where I also see my old colleague and friend, Lucas, a visual artist and film school grad who does wireless installations and troubleshooting as a day job. I also take a look at the company’s latest field vehicle for accessing mountaintop internet wireless towers and installations. Walking back, I take in some of the local residential architecture and meet Kim and Charlie midway for the return home.
rDay Thirty-Five, Evening Walk
Charlie visits his favorite street sign and inspects a dead squirrel. While checking out neighborhood landscaping, we see that someone in a fit of redundancy has affixed to one of their trees a faux squirrel. (And we encounter a 944 worthy of posting on my Porsche blog.)
rDay Thirty-Five, On the Way to the Chiro
rDay Thirty-Four, Walking the Devil-Dog and Mowing the Past-Due Lawn
rDay Thirty-Two, GrandView Cemetery
A few more from this morning’s visit to Charlie’s favorite romping grounds.
