Nature in my own backyard

The weather finally provided me with a day warm enough to get oustide and do yardwork. This was good. Only now I am sore because all my weed pulling muscles atrophied over the winter. The highlight of the day was finding a hornet’s nest the size of a bowling ball. Fortunately it was abandoned. The nest itself was beautiful. Howard posted pictures of it: http://howardtayler.livejournal.com/159863.html It is hard to see in the picture the the entire thing is a swirl of differing shades of brown and gray. It is amazing to look at and unnerving to touch.

More yardwork tomorrow. I’ve got to get things under control before the busy hits.