Friday, October 3, 2025

Just Sayin'


Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia

Thursday, October 2, 2025

Wednesday, October 1, 2025

Hackberry Emperor


I believe this may be Asterocampa celtis, also known as the Hackberry Emperor, even though the latter sounds a whole lot like an oxymoron. According to that single source of all human knowledge, otherwise known as Wikipedia: "It gets its name from the hackberry tree (Celtis occidentalis and others in the genus Celtis) upon which it lays its eggs. The hackberry tree is the only host plant for A. celtis and is the food source for larvae."

Tuesday, September 30, 2025

Pail

"The primary meaning of the word pail as defined by the OED is 'An open-topped vessel with a hooped carrying handle, typically of slightly tapering cylindrical shape, used esp. for holding or carrying liquids; (now more generally) a bucket.'  Various dictionaries from the 17th through the 19th century also support the notion of a pail as a vessel for carrying liquids often specifically mentioning water and milk as the liquids specifically carried by pails." -- Bonhams