Have you seen an October 2016 monarch butterfly yet? This is the peak week for migration along our 30th latitude. If you’re not seeing some, try looking up. On MonarchWatch.org, an observer in Dripping Springs reported on the 14th, ”The leading edge of a cool front just arrived and riding on the wind with it, dozens and dozens of Monarchs. They are at altitudes of 50 to 200 feet above ground level. Some are pointing to the North but just drifting lazily with the southward wind. None are flapping their wings.”
I saw one drifting lazily across my backyard a few days ago.
“Experience” millions of Monarchs through the 3D movie “Flight of the Butterflies”. It’s showing at the Bullock Museum this month.
The “hog” (large pot-bellied pig, grandfathered in to Mountain City) that lives on Live Oak at Live Oak Court got reported to the sheriff’s department last week after he lazily drifted more than once onto Live Oak and on across the street. In Council meeting, an alderman gave word that a short fence now contains Wilbur.
Last week’s Montage alluded to Beth Smith tending to some strange circumstances when she served as mayor. John Hatch (now in Buda, running for a council position) provided me with details on a doozy that occurred when he lived years ago on Live Oak, about where Wilbur wandered last week:
”Think Ray Stevens ‘the day the Squirrel went berserk’ video. We had a squirrel come down the oven vent pipe, but couldn’t climb back up. So it was trapped on a bend in the pipe right above the microwave. We called Beth for help. She called a man who was a retired TPWD Game Warden. He came over and after several attempts failed to coax the Squirrel out of the vent. So we started to take the microwave down. We got it about half way down and we’re taking a break. The back door was open. Next thing you know the Squirrel bolts out of the microwave and proceeds to bounce from wall to wall like a ping pong ball before finally bouncing out of the room and out the back door. The day the Squirrel went berserk in the Hatch Household Kitchen.”
Last month, the Council selected DisposeAll as Mountain City’s exclusive trash and recycling provider, starting January 1st. Quite a few showed up, with one citizen after another speaking in favor of DisposeAll. Greg Hicks endeared his service to hearts when he reached out to the City in June offering a one-time free pick up of trash when aging trash lined the streets.
Nothing costs extra with DisposeAll. They’ll provide extra bins. They’ll provide a valet service for residents on vacation and the elderly. They pick up recycling weekly. They’ll accept additional bins of trash from any household any week.
Drive along Maple Drive at night to see some spooky Halloween décor.
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