If angels dare tread
Fallen, sent, or otherwise
There’s no going back
Hollyhocks
Lily
This California Root Borer Beetle wanted to hang out in the house with us, but I was afraid we would step on him. He was not happy about me putting him back outside. He said, “But the Angels get to stay!” He had a point.
Off Center & Not Even 
I’ll be sure not to attempt a U-turn by driving backwards.
Not a good idea. Thanks, Liz.
You’re welcome, Tim.
The sign does look upside down. 🙂 I like your Timku for it.
Beautiful flowers, and a handsome beetle, Tim. He may not want back out, but he is safer there.
He is much safer outside. The top screww few out or was taken out of the sign. Thanks, Lavinia.
He’d only get bored hanging around
at my place too, Timothy 🪲😎
It’s amazing how boring we humans can be. Thanks, David.
No smiling, either.
Nope. Thanks, Susan.
It is brilliant. The ‘logic’ of signs. As for the beetle, angels only get to stay cos yoiu don’t tread on them.
You hae a good point also. “Signs, signs! Everywhere, signs!” Thanks, Shey.
Indeed, signs everywhere. And not a a sing making sense…
So many people look for signs, but signs make no sense. As the Pharisees were told in Luke 17:20, “The kingdom of God is not coming with signs to be observed…” And we still see no sign of sensible signs.
Aye well, you can say that again Timothy, despite looking hard.
Love the Timku and the Beatle is beautiful:)
Thanks, Janet.
Gorgeous beetle… And he’s much better off outdoors, in his natural habitat. 🙂
He certianly is. Thanks, IM.
Hi Timothy, what a splendid beetle. The flowers are magnificent.
Thanks, Roberta.
Why would that sweet beetle wish to leave?!
I hope the angels will take that sign seriously!
Love your Timku and Tuesday beauty.
He didn’t want to leave. It’s like angels beware it’s hot as hell out here. Thanks, Marina.
…and the good company!
Dear Timothy
great picture of that beetle.
We live here in an area with hollyhocks everywhere right now. At every border, in all gardens you find hollyhocks here. Most liked are the very dark violet ones.
We love this senseless traffic sign.
Thanks & cheers
The Fab Four of Cley
🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂
I think the hollyhock in the photos is supposed to be dark violet, but our intense sunshine bleaches them. Thanks, Fab Four.
I think I’ve made U-turns like that in the past.
I did in my motorcycle days. Thanks, Brad.
you are so sweet with your outdoor life Tim… i love it
Thanks, Cindy.
Wow, that beetle has some whiskers. You can go ahead and keep those down there.
It has a nice set of choppers, also. Thanks, Brian.
…. and when they can’t go back, they leave their litter!
I adore Hollyhocks. I tried to grow them years ago, but it’s so humid in Toronto that they mildewed before any buds appeared.
What would the cats do if they found the beetle? xx
I think the cats brought the beetle in, although they were ignoring it when Laurie saw it and told be to pick up before one of us stepped on it. Hollyhocks like it dry if they get watered. Thanks, Resa.
Its quite the ugly insect. Still, you guys were kind to it. There’s something good in that.
Yet, if you were a farmer and it was destroying crops, there would be a different lesson.
I like your lesson. xx
The info on it said its larvae can kill trees, but I don’t think they are much of a threat out here compared to the dryness.
Good point.
Norman found horn worms in his tomato plants. They are quite devastating.
However, they glow in the dark with an infrared flashlight, so he’s manually plucking them and putting them in a pail of water with a lid on it.
Last year it was rats.
The year before it was racoons.
He said he always pants 15% extra for nature.
Horn worms turn into hummingbird moths. He should simply mover them to pesky plants if he can find pesky plants.
Either the sign crew ran out of screws or the homeless guy living under the screw lost one.
Most likely the latter. Thanks, Danzig.
Don’t you love it when auto-correct starts correcting your grammar and your spelling. I told my wife to remove Grammarly … it’s making me sound I’m stupid. She said that’s the point. LOL.
The auto-mistake, as Resa calls it, made perfect sense to me. Homeless do live under the screws, metaphorically speaking. The guy who works that light was on break, I suppose. Even panhandlers need a break.
I saw the guy who works the lights a mile north at Walmart the other day. He was actually buying groceries. He did not have alcohol it is cart, which I found surprising. When we were downtown, the panhandlers would be at the groceries store every afternoon buying booze with their proceeds.
I would buy the downtown beggars food, water, soft drinks, and coffee, if they would accept them. Some said they only accepted cash and I told them they were SOL.