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| Barn Swallow Babies
Son Bly and his wife Angie took a tour bus up through New York state, and at one point visited this brick structure. As Bly said, "I don't see how all those babies stay in that nest without someone falling out!" Those barn swallow babies certainly look like they're about ready to fly the nest to me!
mama swallow must be ripe to see her babes fly! ~~~ xoabb expect anything! |
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| Lemna minor, commonly known as duck weed, has plagued our usually beautiful pond hugely this year. This doesn't happen every year, and, matter of fact, the last time this occurred, our pond company sprayed the entire pond surface with Round Up because, at the time, it was considered ~a bio-chemical that was environmentally safe and very friendly~. We were told that after a very short period of time, it would break down to nothing and leave no traces behind. HA! (We also had the aerators installed after the RU application.) Considering all the damning evidence that's come to the front about Round Up's lack of ~good for the environment~, that wasthe first and last time that remedy was used. Now our pond company has told us the only good way to remove the duck weed is either skim it off (really???) or cover the pond with a black sheet to block out all the sunlight (really???). So very practical, those two solutions! So this year we live with a very green pond and hope that next summer the duck weed is in ~remission~. (sigh) |
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| Flowers for the old folk |
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My brother and his son are visiting our parents in COMO for the next week. Of course, they're both nature nuts
and even though they arrived late at night, my nephew needed to go exploring.
He found this lizard that was - tho it was perfectly safe as said nephew would never ever hurt any creature
unnecessarily as he is of the mind to ~live and let live~ - thinking it was fighting for its life!
(The photo is my brother Bill's; caption is my mom's (well, Mary).)
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| We've lived in in this home of ours for nigh on 40 hears, and at some point, we planted this beautiful rose bush. Rosa Bonica...it's my very favorite rose...well...outside of the Rosa Peace. And, of course, the old heritage roses, which are the only roses that have any of the wonderful rose essence left to inhale. (sigh) |
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Mom and Dad have been hanging hummingbird feeders for the, oh, last 30 years or so. With no problems.
Apparently, those days are over. For the last several weeks, they were perplexed to find the feeders completely empty of sugar water every morning. Enter our cuz who came over and set up a motion camera, complete with flash. First night, the culprits were captured! Well, at least on film. Now to find a solution to stop the little crappers... |
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| The heritage daffodils that are found around our home and are the remnants of former homes that have been here over the ages. No longer bulbs you can buy, but to be treasured for their old souls. Food for my soul! |
