What’s Yellow Dog got in that tree?
Meow. Continue reading
Fresh okra 2018-08-10
Picked this morning (2018-08-10), plus a previous day’s pickings: fresh okra.
Yellow Dog and Brown Dog helped.
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Passion Fruit 2018-07-16
Halberdleaf Rosemallow 2018-07-16
Each bloom last only one day, but you can see another coming along.
Hibiscus laevis All. Halberdleaf Rosemallow, Rosemallow, Halberdleaf hibiscus, Scarlet rose mallow, Swamp mallow, Swamp rosemallow.
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Wren nest inside screened porch
Some weeks back we saw a pair of Carolina wrens (Thryothorus ludovicianus) flitting about inside our screened porch. We thought they had wandered in and were trying to get out. But soon it became obvious they knew not one but two ways in and out.
Then we noticed they had built a nest in the pot of a hanging plant. That seemed silly, and they seemed to have abandoned that quest.
But today I saw the mama wren going in that nest. And here’s what’s inside the nest:
Francine the softshell turtle laid some eggs 2018-05-30
Gretchen was working at the potting table under the end shelter when she noticed something odd right by the table. It was Francine, our friend the softshell tortoise, in from the woods, laying eggs in the same under the shelter.
So we fenced the dogs out until she politely asked to be let out. Then I put Continue reading
Turkey egg shells 2018-05-28
Did these turkey eggs hatch, or did something get them?
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Telephone conduit ditch 2018-05-24
Note to self: when using dirt bucket to remove fire ants, remember where telephone cable is buried, or….
Ditch dug, Cable
Conduit in ditch, Cable
Dirt over top, Cable
Fortunately, Gretchen had cable-repair tools.
The dogs did not approve of these shenanigans.
The fire ants are not gone.
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Pond with dogs at dusk
Icy Pond 2018-01-03
Snowmaggeddon was a good day to stay off the roads, so I took a kayak on our pond. Saw buzzards, heard some ducks and probably a beaver. Lots of plants looking very strange.
Icy boats, Put-in
Ice on pond, Put-in
Clear spot under log, Put-in
Frozen, Put-in
Movie: Ice breaker (18M), Starting out
Ice, clear, snow, The pond
Snow behind, The pond
Ice floe, The pond
Two ice, The pond
More ice ahead, The pond
Ice on top, Floating bottom
Various plants, Floating bottom
Tree limbs, Floating bottom
Snow drift, Floating bottom
Frozen, Floating bottom
Siberia, Floating bottom
Detail, Floating bottom
Grass, Floating bottom
Heron tree, Floating bottom
Lily pads, Floating bottom
Slant tree, East Shore
Mistletoe, East Shore
Ice mistletoe, East Shore
Slant to mistletoe, East Shore
Spanish moss, Center
Water colors, Center
Ice and fluff, Center
Ice tuft water, Center
Floating bottom edge, Center
Lily and bladderwort, Center
Lily pads, Center
Near and far, Center
Old dam, Beaver houses
Movie: Wind and ice (16M), Beaver houses
Video
Beaver mansions, Beaver houses
Closer, Beaver houses
Closeup, Beaver houses
Lily with ice, Between dams
Movie: Icy beaver dam (20M), Between dams
Video
More ice below, Between dams
Along the beaver dam, Between dams
Sky, Between dams
Shiny ice, Between dams
Shiny shore, Between dams
Ripples, Catface
Paddle and shore, Catface
Shore, Catface
Way out, Turn back
Lily ice, Turn back
Lily, Turn back
Ice, Turn back
Reflecting, Big beaver house
With banana boat for scale, Big beaver house
East slope, Big beaver house
Top, Big beaver house
Point with paddle, Yellow jessamine
Two flowers, Yellow jessamine
Beaver house, jessamine, Yellow jessamine
Lily pads, East shore
Ice, East shore
Ice encroaching on lily pads, East shore
Ice pad closeup, East shore
Across the ice, West shore
Cypress, Northwards
Cypress portrait, Northwards
Far shore, Northwards
Video playlist.
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