We were invited to our neighbor’s house across the street to see uninvited visitors in her backyard. This momma black bear and her cub had treated themselves to bird seed and then lounged about in the yard for a while. While the bears did most of the grinning, we just had to bear with it.Continue reading “Grin and Bear It”
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Planetary Parade
The Moon walked slowly along the ecliptic path between Saturn and Venus yesterday. Soon its thin grin will appear in the evening sky leisurely marching by Jupiter and Mars in the west. #moon #venus #saturn #mars #jupiter #ecliptic
Living Memories
The past cannot be forgotten when memories live on in written words, in photos, and in the hearts of those of us who remain. #memories #past #photos #writtenwords #family #eaabiplane
Taking Care of Bees-ness
Blooming flowers greet a buzzing bee and both seem to be quite happy. #agapanthus #bee #flowers
He’ssss Back!
A little over a week ago this ribbon snake was caught skinny dipping in our pool. Now it is back. This time I caught it in a deep net from which it was unable to escape before took it out of the pool area. I hope it stays away so we can get back inContinue reading “He’ssss Back!”
Soul Man
Unless, of course, a tire goes flat… #soul #soulman #kiasoul #itiswell
To Graze the Moon
The predawn sky offers momentary sights of pink and red colors on clouds and contrails in the sky. I have been on flights that flew through the colorful morning clouds and marveled at their glory. In a curious alignment recently, this pink contrail grazed the top of the moon to provide a rare sight muchContinue reading “To Graze the Moon”
A Veteran’s Wife
The recent flyby of a WWII vintage Army C-47 with invasion stripes brought back memories of a person I never met and one that I will never forget in what seemed like a different lifetime. She was an excellent nurse, very kind and caring, and it was my privilege to work with her for severalContinue reading “A Veteran’s Wife”
Outside Looking In
This moth was on the outside of the pool screen one morning. Was it wanting to get in or was it quite happy to be outside? Most likely it just needed a nice place to rest, and what better place than by a pool. #moth #screen #swimmingpool
Root Cause
The bush by a fence in our yard had some vines peeking out here and there between its leaves. I was determined to remove them but they kept breaking off, leaving their roots in the ground. Finally one stout vine held until it felt like something gave way below. Another tug, and even more seemedContinue reading “Root Cause”
