Some days are just low-energy days

Today was a low-energy kind of day.

The screen of my phone went black. It is a Samsung Galaxy 5, one of the last phones you can change the battery on. Maybe it is a Juneteenth thing. To be continued.

Something ate a third of the cabbage plants I put out. I sat out in the garden this evening so I could issue a stern lecture to the miscreant.

Sitting in a chair and only moving my eyes matched my energy level perfectly.

I can vouch that I have a great plentitude of song sparrows and wrens in my orchard. At least one set of song sparrows appear to be nesting in the asparagus. Robins forage longer into the evening than most other birds. Bumblebees were working the Motherswort behind me. Orioles are fond of Illinois Everbearing Mulberries. 

There are some swallows in the neighborhood that enjoy slumming on my property near sunset. The swallows fly about 24 inches above the tops of the grass in the pasture. I suppose they are trying to flush insects. I don't know why they don't buzz the calves. They always have flies on them.

It was interesting to see the moths wake up. It is easy to underestimate the number and size of the moths because I never see them during the day.

It was less interesting to see and hear the mosquitoes.

According to the bucket I left in the middle of the yard, we picked up about 1.5" of rain over the weekend. More is on the way with Friday-Saturday predicted to yield significant amounts. That means I need to till late Wednesday or on Thursday because the weeds are  taking off.

Various grafts that were sitting in a state of suspended animation "pushed". Lehman's Delight persimmon and Barbra's Blush that were grafted last year set persimmons so I will get to taste them.

A larger number of my seedling filberts set nuts. I will get to assess them for kernel percentage and productivity.

Just another day in paradise.