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Inspired by Dogs & Nature
This morning, there was quite a bit of Hummingbird activity at the feeders on my patio. If you turn up the volume, you’ll be able to hear the Purple Martins chortling in the background. You’ll see them soaring in the sky, too. You’ll also… Continue Reading “Hummingbirds!”
Yesterday, the first water lily of the season bloomed. The day prior, the aquatic Japanese Iris presented two first flowers. I’ve planted a few herbs and hung a couple of Begonias. The Impatients that I planted last week are beginning to take hold. Soon,… Continue Reading “First Water Lily”
Yesterday, which happened to be my birthday, was the first time in two weeks that I was able to go out and about the property with my camera to check out what’s happening here, now that Spring has finally truly arrived. So much had… Continue Reading “One Lone Cattail”
There’s a reason why you are limited to one carry-on bag during flight…else the craft could be so heavy that it could skid off the end of the runway upon arrival. This E. Bluebird’s grasshopper “baggage” was nearly too heavy for her landing pad!… Continue Reading “Check Your Landing Gear”
Several days ago I hung a single hummingbird feeder in anticipation of the season’s arrival of Ruby-throated hummingbirds. One never exactly knows the exact date they will return from their winter grounds in Central America. It’s a long, arduous migration for these tiny birds,… Continue Reading “In Preparation of the Hummers!”
The Purple Martins in our growing colony are building nests inside their community housing options. We have a variety of nesting areas including apartment type houses, and gourds of various styles. What makes one pair decide one type of nest site over the other… Continue Reading “Purple Martin Love?”
Work, household projects and the weather all place constraints on my ability to travel around our property to observe the the rejuvenation of life which is occurring, now that Spring has finally stepped up to the plate and shown herself. Over the weekend we… Continue Reading “Bluebirds Abound!”
Our first Spring in our new house (2017) we used an old 400 gallon poly stock tank to create a patio pond. We bought eight feeder goldfish at Walmart. They were about the length of my thumb. We added a “toss and grow” boxed… Continue Reading “The Patio Pond is Coming To Life Again”
While mowing around our property yesterday, Robert found this antler that was shed by a White-tailed deer. From his perspective, it was an incredible hazard that I might have run over when out on the golf cart, possibly destroying a tire and leaving me… Continue Reading “What a Neat Find”
