Hoof abscess again. Ugh.

Thursday last week was lesson, so I didn't see Bird. Friday after work he was head-bobbing lame again. So back to daily soaks for the foot. There is some drama, but not tons. And I bring extra warm epsom salts water, so if there is spillage, well, fine. He looked slightly less limpy by Sunday night, but still too limpy to ride. I think he knows we signed up for two days of DLB clinic.

Grey Petaltails, habitat for young'uns

I saw a Grey Petaltail eclosing over the weekend down by my swamp. (Seriously, it's my swamp. It's about three or four acres and it's on private property and I own the private property. Trust me when I say it's my swamp.) I took what shitty pictures I could with my phone (my real camera died, new one is en route from Amazon but cool stuff doesn't wait for the new camera to arrive, so... yeah) and posted them to the "odonate larvae and exuvia" facebook group. (Yes, that's a real facebook group. There are facebook groups for everything, including people who want to look at juvenile odes in their not-so-pretty aquatic forms.)

( Please, tell me more! This is fascinating, really. )