Posted in animals, birding, dogs, nature, pets, photography, walking on May 29, 2010| 7 Comments »
I’ve been keeping an eye on this little tree during our morning dog walks. It’s in an abandoned motorhome park on the former naval air station, which military personnel, mostly retired I guess, used before they closed the base.
And as I mentioned earlier, every so often I felt and heard a buzzing presence. The tree has a hummingbird who guards his tree jealously; that’s him on his perch. (more…)
Posted in dogs, e-scrapbook, gardening, nature, pets, photography on May 26, 2010| 6 Comments »
We’ve been in the process of converting our front yard from thirsty grass to drought resistant plants. Our tiny patch in front is separated into three parcels by sidewalk and driveway, and here’s part of the section we’ve tackled so far. The reddish blossoms at top are called kangaroo paws.
Posted in gardening, nature, photography on May 25, 2010| 6 Comments »
And it ain’t just bloomin’ outside. The orchids are happy this time of year, too.
Posted in gardening, nature, photography, Uncategorized on May 24, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Posted in gardening, nature, photography on May 24, 2010| 3 Comments »
The nasturtiums are going nuts in our raised bed. We ought to pick the flowers more often to spice up our salads. At far right is our margarite (in shadow) and a very happy rosebush in the upper right corner. We finally got the tomato plants in cages, and they’re pretty happy, so far. (The copper coil at lower left is for cooling beer when I brew.)
Posted in gardening, nature, photography, Uncategorized on May 23, 2010| 6 Comments »
Posted in gardening, nature, photography, Uncategorized on May 19, 2010| 4 Comments »
Our yard is blooming. I spent a bit of time with the camera last weekend, and will crop and post some of the results when I can. As an early taste, here are a couple blossoms from one of our rosebushes.
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