I had heard some time ago that old mountains (and in mountain years, that's a lot of years, centuries, millennia and aeons) are lower in elevation, eroded and rounded while new mountains tend to be taller with sharp and jagged peaks. I live along the eastern seaboard of the U.S. and within the 480-million-ish year-old Appalachian…

For those concerned and/or interested, you can count the Columbia Newburns in for having killed at least 50 adult spotted lantern flies -- a prolific breeder and invasive-as-heck bug -- in the last 72 hours. And we're only just beginning! As we have a grape vine, and spotted lantern flies in the nymph stage just love…

I don't know where your domicile resides, nor the specifics of its elevation, whether you have western-facing exterior walls, or whatever other details are relevant to your home's location. BUT, over where I live ... The stinkbugs have begun their annual sojourn into homes, mine included.