Tuesday, January 21, 2020

Roadside fare


Some time ago, on my usual egress to the W&OD bike trail, I came across something interesting.



It was a couple of months after Halloween, and the pumpkin hadn’t been carved. I wondered if perhaps it had been put out there for squirrels, woodchucks and other critters, but if so, they hadn’t been particularly interested. Viz. the half-hearted nibbling.

Well, a few weeks on—and a couple of snowfalls, freezes and rain—and here it was yesterday:

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Still not clear to me whether anyone’s actually eaten it, but I’m guessing it has far fewer seeds than it should have, so maybe…




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