The mighty blossom set

Is getting pollinated. Unfortunately a calculated attrition patters on my windshield as I navigate the many barrens in WashCo. (Last year’s blossom set was inhibited by cool gray wet. Quite the opposite this year. Will the pollinated blossoms get enough rain?)

Mere minutes into my Monday morning I had started a (rental) hive count when a big SUV sped past me (replete with the ME wildlife plate) only to cream a deer moments later. I watched it play out, they didn’t see shit, typical idiot…