Over the Hedge by T Lewis and Michael Fry for May 20, 2024

Hopefully Hammy will lose weight cause they’re going to be fewer and fewer

Or however many happen to be around when they’re needed.

I love Hammy and his butterflies.

He should join them on their migration.

How many ya got?

Even just one can lift my spirits.

‘leventy-seven.

Always go all in when it comes to butterflies.

We have no butterflies here, even though we have planted part of our yarden just for them. Four years, none.

When I was a kid my cousins thought I had magic powers because I could get some of the larger dust devils to lift me off the ground. My grandma even took a picture of it. Sadly, I was just a little guy who wanted to grow up to be Pecos Bill. Eventually I got too big. West Texas has the best dust devils for launching little kids into the air.

First time I saw a blue swallowtail caterpillars eating my parsley, I freaked out when its orange retractable horns came out.

“I don’t know many [bouncers] it woulda taken to whup [me], but I know how many they was gonna use … and that’s a handy piece of information to have, right there.” — Comedian Ron White, after getting kicked out of a bar in New York City

So West Texas is the Tornado nursery? That’s astounding!

Lucy squirrel.