It was sort of a lion, tiger and bear day here. When Mom and I went to the little store in town this morning, we discovered that our big trash big had been knocked over and a bag of trash open in the yard. This is the first time this has happened so we're not sure what could have caused it. Jim later put new batteries in the trail camera and set it up to watch this area.
The next issue is cicada killing wasps - yes, that's a thing! We started noticing these piles of dirt in the yard and giant wasps going into holes they've dug.
It's hard to get a good picture that shows scale - this is one Jim killed so it's curled up but you can see how huge it is!
This is really hard to see but this is actually one of the wasps carrying a cicada! Apparently, they sting them which paralyzes them and then they bring them into the hole to feed the larvae. Ugh.
Jim put his small strong nozzle on the end of the hose and flooded out the holes and flattened them. He probably did this to 25 different areas!
Some dead bodies...
The nature lesson is over and it's back to the pole barn! Jim started putting up the siding and incorporating it into the existing building...
Figuring out all the angles and making the cuts...
Looking good...
We were one piece of siding shy. It would be expensive to get just one piece so Jim is piecing the last one together.
Putting up the next piece - just one little piece to go!
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