Heh, not sure why I’m channeling R. Crumb this afternoon. I’ve fond memories of his work from my years as a pothead but I ain’t been that kind of dope since the 1970s. Except for that trip to Amsterdam, but that’s another story.
Anyway, today’s story doesn’t amount to shit but that won’t stop me from telling it. Hey, it’s what I do! Let’s get started.
I picked up my darts for the first time in months yesterday afternoon. Practiced for an hour and scraped off some of the rust. I don’t deem myself ready for competition just yet though. One of the issues I have is the tourneys start early afternoon and I just don’t like to drink beer that early in the day. What was that? Play without drinking? Seriously? Thousands of comedians out of work and you’re trying to be funny? Ain’t gonna happen.
Although when I went out at my preferred time of 5:00 p.m yesterday and settled down with my first beer it occurred to me that I only had a bit more than an hour before I’d have to make my way home in compliance with the 7:00 curfew. Damn, that’s barely enough time to catch a buzz. It looks like 4:00 will have to be my new normal starting time. Ah, the sacrifices one has to make to fight this damn virus.
I’ve been anticipating an invasion from China but was pretty surprised when I witnessed this on my morning dog walk:
I don’t recall seeing these critters in these numbers before. I have no clue what will become of them, what they eat, or what eats them. For sure I’ve never seen them turn into butterflies. Weird times. At least none have made their way into my house. Yet. My neighbor Heidi posted this on Facebook today:
The Wednesday walk was more low key than usual. Scott wanted to keep it light and easy, so we just walked the streets of Barretto and Baloy. We got 9K in that way but it was boring.
It’s bound to get better soon, right?
If I’m not mistaken, you’re looking at good ol’ tent caterpillars, which are all over northern Virginia. Fry ’em up and see how they taste! or at least look up in the trees to see their tents/nests.
Thanks for link. Never seen anything like this. Must have all been born on the same day.
“Tent caterpillars exhibit boom-or-bust population dynamics. The most notorious of the outbreak species is the forest tent caterpillar. During outbreaks, the caterpillars can become so abundant that they are capable of completely defoliating tens of thousands of acres of forest.”
Sounds about right. They do love themselves some leaf action.