Two summers ago, we had a lot of visiting cowbirds, but last summer, we barely saw a single one. This year, though, they have shown up in force. They have become possessive, territorial, and aggressive to all the other birds…. Read More ›
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GREENING OF THE OAK TREES
I said sometimes around the second week in May, the oaks would grow leaves and suddenly, it would be spring? Last night, the oak trees went green. When I looked out the window this morning, spring had arrived.
WILD STRAWBERRIES BLOOMING
FOTD – May 6 – Wild Strawberries and Day Lilies Long ago, when we were first planting the front garden, I bought a couple of pots of wild strawberries. They actually make strawberries. Very tiny, very sweet, and usually the birds… Read More ›
TULIPS
FOTD – May 4 – Tulips Although the pictures of tulips will come, I wanted to start out by telling you that tonight I actually saw a real, live flying squirrel happily munching on the big suet and mealworm bar in… Read More ›
FLYING BIRDS!
BIRD WEEKLY – PHOTO CHALLENGE – BIRDS IN FLIGHT I love when I manage to catch one of my birds in the air. I have a very small amount of area in which to shoot, so to get them in flight… Read More ›
#FOTD – FULLY BLOOMING ORCHIDS’
FOTD – April 30 – 7 Orchids in Bloom I have 2 new yellow tulips blooming outside. If it isn’t raining tomorrow, I’ll take a few pictures of them. We’ve never had yellow tulips. I’m not sure where these came from… Read More ›
TOYS IN MY ATTIC
CBWC: Toys for All Ages These are all monochrome sepia. Kind of medium to dark sepia because for once, I decided to try using the monochrome function on a camera. This is the oldest of my Olympus OMDs. Later ones have… Read More ›
NATURAL OR ELECTRIC? LET THERE BE LIGHT!
CFFC: Natural Light vs Man Made Light I pretty much always prefer natural light if I have a choice, but sometimes, you don’t have a choice and you have to use flash or some other kind of electric light. I used… Read More ›
THESE ARE BETTER DAYS
SQUARES – BRIGHTER TIMES These are brighter times, at least compared to a few months ago. The problem, really, is that it isn’t the same world we went into more than a year ago. What we’ve come out into is better… Read More ›
SPRINGTIME AT RIVER BEND
Bright under a brilliant blue sky I’m hesitant to declare it officially, but I think it’s finally spring here in the Valley. The weather is inconsistently warm and it still freezes at night, but the days are mostly pretty warm… Read More ›
NOTIFICATIONS OR THE LACK THEREOF
I get tons of notifications from my computer. I was getting so many notifications I finally turned them off. Now, I only get “urgent” notifications. Apparently the minor detail that my hard drive is full was not considered urgent because… Read More ›
COLD SPRING, BRIGHT SPOTS
Bright Spots Even in the darkest years, there are bright spots. Birds and flowers and sometimes great big moons, and sunshine. I hope the snow is finally over for the year, but it might not be quite yet.
