Shifting currents

Pimelodus albicans Valenciennes, 1840 (common name “moncholo” or “bagre blanco”) is an endemic species of the family Pimelodidae in the Río de la Plata basin.

We live in a zone of shifting salt and fresh water. From time to time, fish are caught out of their element and end up dead on the beach. In this case, relatively few, but there have been a couple of times when the beach is carpeted with dead fish, their eyes pecked out by the birds. After three days, unless they’ve somehow washed away, you don’t want to go anywhere near the beach.

A palta for the critters

One day, a large avocado is cut from the tree, maybe 660g (1 lb 5 oz). Trusting the dogs won’t eat it – very bad for them – I leave it, instead of getting rid of it. The next day a bit more is eaten, and the same the next day. Have the possum and I reached an understanding?

Yeah, a few

Lovely day for a walk

Sometimes it happens

I picked up a fallen avocado, bounced it once in my hand, and said “396 grams.”

And then…

Hmmm.

Sun rings

Looking southeast

Remains

This was a walkway through a worn part of the dune about ten years ago. With time and wind, the dune grew back, burying the wooden walkway, which rotted away over the years.

Adapting weeds

Our front lawn has always been plagued with dandelion-type weeds. Left to their own, they will grow a foot or so high. This year, they managed to get away from me, and suddenly the font yard was a sea of yellow. I cut them down with the lawnmower before they could go to seed. Lo and behold, they came back, this time flowering close to the ground, and very rapidly going to seed.

Clever little bastards!

The wind’s early harvest

The biggest is half fully-grown size.