With everything in bloom, I decided to get out my macro lens and take some photos of the flowers in the garden. It’s a very sweet lens, I should do macro more. John likes his yard to have native plants in it. So I didn’t have to twist his...
One day we had new friends over for dinner, this was the first time they had been to our house. One quick look at the front yard and Pauline said, “Hey John, you have your own private bush-land right here.” I was rather touched how she just noted and stated...
In Australia, they refer to the first day of September as the first day of spring. Kinda hard to get my head around, but I just think they’re being over optimistic sometimes. 🙂 But perhaps spring was indeed in the air as we’ve been quiet around here for days and...
All the fun was followed by good food cooked on the grill by Yaya. She’s feeling a lot better!
Rubi is just so fascinating to watch. Her hands, her gestures, she is so expressive. Here, she is putting me ‘in charge of the wind.” Later I figured out she wanted me to tell her when the wind was going to blow next.
 Rubi: You know something? Bring them an ice cream. it’s kinda showing them that they love the person. ….and flowers!
Unlike the treecreeper, which only moves up the trunk of a tree, nuthatches will move both up and down.
Sturnus vulgaris All the European Starlings in North America descended from 100 birds set loose in New York’s Central Park in the early 1890s. The birds were intentionally released by a group who wanted America to have all the birds that Shakespeare ever mentioned. It took several tries, but eventually,...
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