Fandango’s Provocative Question #200 Today, Fandango wants to know how we feel about where we live. What’s right and wrong about it. Which of these four types of communities do you currently live in? Are you happy there? If so, why? If not,… Read More ›
FOTD – February 2 – Post-Christmas Cactus in Bloom Surprise! Not only did it bud, but it has more buds and one has begun to bloom! Who am I to question such a wonderful gift? Not me! Out of season for… Read More ›
The Changing Seasons, January 2023 It hasn’t been a great month for photography. Without snow or flowers, this is as dull a time of year as the valley ever gets. I’m not sorry the snow has mostly been missing, except for… Read More ›
Share Your World January 31st 2023 Valentine’s Day is on its way. It is not a holiday I celebrate. More than not celebrating it, I resent it. It’s the ultimate in “greeting card” events. For obscure reasons, it has become such… Read More ›
As a kid, if ever I thought about getting old (like “past 40”), I figured I would “age with grace.” My hair would turn snowy white, but otherwise, I’d remain the same. I would always be “me.” Maybe I’d slow… Read More ›
Downy and Hairy Woodpeckers look very much alike. When you see one without seeing the other, it can be very difficult to know which one you are looking at. We get both types at the feeder. Yesterday, I got one… Read More ›
The Morning Dawdler – 1-29-2023 I realize that Robbie doesn’t have AI. Instead, he has a battery and some kind of recording device. But I like him anyway, my all time favorite robot. Should we fear the arrival of more… Read More ›
FOTD – January 30 – SO BLOOMS THE GARDEN AT HOME One branch of one Christmas Cactus is about to bloom, four orchids are sending up shoots and two of those shoots have buds. The new Anthurium bud is very… Read More ›
A Wild Aloha To You – All about food I think Rory is the only person (besides me) who puts in pictures because he likes them and not because they have any special relevance to the story. On a scale of… Read More ›
CMMC – January Alphabet Letter A at the beginning of a word In order, they are azaleas, apple blossoms, anthurium, architecture, Aldrich Street, and Arizona.
Despite our carefully choosing feeders too small for doves or which require perching which doves find very difficult, they showed up en masse today. Not that they’ve ever been gone. They were gone from the feeders, not from the area…. Read More ›
CBWC: Fences and Gates
I’m not sure why we find ourselves in these periods where we do nothing but go from one doctor appointment to the next. Everything clumps together. On a positive note, we get everything done and then things usually calm down… Read More ›
When it snows, you can see how many dozens of birds live in the forsythia hedge in the backyard. I couldn’t get sharp pictures. This was one of the times when the autofocus couldn’t figure out where to focus. Between… Read More ›
FOTD – January 24 – The Indoor Garden Only the Anthurium and the Green Orchid are in bloom right now, but there are buds on two other orchids. They are not close to blooming yet. They need a few weeks yet,… Read More ›
When I got up and went out to feed the birds, it was pouring — and warm. Less than an hour later, the temperature dropped and a pretty heavy snow was falling. Tomorrow it’s supposed to snow and rain in… Read More ›
SERENDIPITY: SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 