PHOTO PROMPT © Trish Nankeville Harald lived with his family over the fence. Wise Queen Martha chose Gene’s yard. Gene was a gardener who enjoyed bringing new cultivars home. He squeezed them into the already overflowing beds from spring until fall; a dazzling array of colors and fragrances. When Gene planted cushion hakea, Harald went…
Category: fauna
Doodads — yardpics from September plus one video
The video is of a cheeky chipmunk climbing about in the newly planted houseplants. Gotta give the little bugger credit for fearlessness.
dVerse Haibun Monday and earthweal weekly challenge — (river) bed’s graveyard
Algae in a water sample from the St. Croix River, magnified about 200x. (Photo by Aiden T., student from Lee & Rose Warner Nature Center) Just as a forest provides a specialized ecosystem that includes shelter for its inhabitants along the food chain, so too does a river. Having grown up and lived my life…
Pictures from the past week 062322 to 062922
The following pics have been taken over the last week. I made the hair appointment close to 2 months ago as at the time it was unthinkable my mom would be dying. Since I hadn’t been to the salon since last fall and didn’t want to wait another 2 months for another appointment, I went. …
Doodads — The Highlands Park in Grand Rapids
Per the website: The Highlands is a collaboration between the Land Conservancy of West Michigan and Blandford Nature Center to transform a former golf course into a healthy and thriving urban natural area. I met up with my two sons, my daughter in-law, and my baby granddaughter at The Highlands on Saturday. Located in an…
Doodads — pics from the week
Click on captions to see full-sized image. Looking at a web page, it might be a Dobson fly
Doodads — busy week, pics of this and that
It’s been a whirlwind week. Monday I met with former work friends for lunch and did a lot of catching up. I also hosted at dVerse for the prompt about Uvalde victims. Finally, I called and had a lawn service nearby come out and mow the tall, tall grass, as the mower will be in…
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