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| 22 July 2013 |
Mrs. Cardinal Warming Eggs
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| 18 July 2013 |
I posted previously about the second batch of eggs and how I was not going to pry this time around - but this was a 'from-a-distance' shot.
There - You and I
There - as quiet water, smooth and liquid water
There - like a white swollen August moon
There - where human eye rarely roams
There - created to create another
You and I and life and universe exist in glorious exultation of being.
©smck 9 Feb '13
re-post of said date - I was searching through to see just what photos I had or had not posted previously as I know that I sometimes choose one that I entered before, and this caught my eye, I still like it and it was so extemporaneous at the time
Road-side In Newfoundland
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| July 2013 I plan on entering a descriptive paragraph or two to give you some feel for what you are seeing and how it effected me to see this and similar scenes that were miles from any sign of habitation - a way of living that is not familiar to our crowded streets and cities teeming with the brew of life. |
König Ludwig Weissbier
Just came in from mowing and other yard-work in 95 F/ 95% and needed a cool drink and here it was in both senses of the word - König Ludwig Weissbier.
Royal Barvarian Hefe-Weizen
Port Hood Island, Nova Scotia
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these photos are from the internet
Bumblebees Condo
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| 15 July 2013
Around the 9th and 10th July I posted the battered bumblebee nest - but other than the photos I didn't interfere with their lives immediately. However as the day was coming to a close the weather forecast was torrential rains so I tried to think of something quick that would not get me stung but would get the bees and the larva out of the weather. When I carried the coffee can and the old metal toy truck down something had already broken the nesting material into two halves. Using an ash shuttle I scooped up the best half and slid it into the coffee can. They were buzzing madly even though it was coming dusk so I left them as shown above and didn't return for a day or so. When I gently shook the can I could hear the buzzzz and saw a bee or two wandering about at the back (bottom?) of the can - so yes the make-shift arrangement had saved their chitin.
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James
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| 12 July 2013 |
With Cats, some say, one rule is true:
Don’t speak till you are spoken to.
Myself, I do not hold with that —
I say, you should ad-dress a Cat.
But always keep in mind that he
Resents familiarity.
I bow, and taking off my hat,
Ad-dress him in this form: O Cat!
But if he is the Cat next door,
Whom I have often met before
(He comes to see me in my flat)
I greet him with an oopsa Cat!
I think I've heard them call him James —
But we've not got so far as names.”
― T.S. Eliot, Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
Don’t speak till you are spoken to.
Myself, I do not hold with that —
I say, you should ad-dress a Cat.
But always keep in mind that he
Resents familiarity.
I bow, and taking off my hat,
Ad-dress him in this form: O Cat!
But if he is the Cat next door,
Whom I have often met before
(He comes to see me in my flat)
I greet him with an oopsa Cat!
I think I've heard them call him James —
But we've not got so far as names.”
― T.S. Eliot, Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
This Weeks Visiting Countries
I am listing the countries perusing this blog in the last seven days - by order of number of 'hits' - the way that 'BlogSpot' lists this information suggests that it is possible that there are more countries than shown for they always list only ten. As always I am pleased that I get browsers from outside the United States. This present visitor summary seems to be from Europe and North America. I hope that those sometime browsers from South America, the Caribbean, Asia, and the Pacific areas come again. Thank You, Himself!
Also note that there is a translator key at the upper left.
United States
Ukraine
Russia
Canada
Latvia
Romania
Germany
United Kingdom
France
Italy
Sweden
Sweden
Cardinal Nest With Eggs Redux
Walking on the side lawn this a.m. and heard a bird give that hurried-rustle noise in the lilac bush - so I peeked in at the old Cardinal nest and lo there were three new eggs - Cardinal eggs. I read once that raptors will re-use old nests but I was almost certain that other birds did not even though it makes sense as a minimal energy output. Well now I know they do - no pictures this time - let them nest in peace.
see 09 June 2013 posting 'Cardinal Nest With Eggs'
Breakdown Bumblebees
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| 09 July 2013 |
Mandelbrot, Eh?
Query: What does the "B" in Benoit B. Mandelbrot stand for?
Answer: Benoit B. Mandelbrot.
Answer: Benoit B. Mandelbrot.
Cicada - Cicadus autotirius
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| 08 July 2013 |
This is the shell-like husk of the underground life cycle of the Cicada that is left behind when the cicada emerges after 13 to 17 years from living in burrows underground.
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