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i've been going out about this time each morning the past week or so watering the oaks and red buds around our front deck. was spraying up into the trees to knock some of the dust off the leaves and give them a little moisture directly, and noticed that the cardinals would fly into those trees and take the opportunity to 'shower.' a few of the other birds will do so as well, but the cardinals really seem to enjoy it.

so this morning i'm doing the same thing and about 20' out on the jet of water i'm spraying, a little hummingbird appears. he stays about a foot off the main stream, downwind of the light breeze, and getting a good bath in with the very fine mist that's blowing off. pretty cool, when i moved the stream left or tight, the hummingbird was moving right with me.

amazing how mindless an exercise that is and yet, still nowhere as mindless as one of casper's threads. go figure.
 
Bay Bud
the dung beetle, my favorite of the local insects. that poo ball these two little fellows are pushing around is about twice the size of your average marble.
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What critters shit marbles?
 
Bay Bud
i've been going out about this time each morning the past week or so watering the oaks and red buds around our front deck. was spraying up into the trees to knock some of the dust off the leaves and give them a little moisture directly, and noticed that the cardinals would fly into those trees and take the opportunity to 'shower.' a few of the other birds will do so as well, but the cardinals really seem to enjoy it.

so this morning i'm doing the same thing and about 20' out on the jet of water i'm spraying, a little hummingbird appears. he stays about a foot off the main stream, downwind of the light breeze, and getting a good bath in with the very fine mist that's blowing off. pretty cool, when i moved the stream left or tight, the hummingbird was moving right with me.

amazing how mindless an exercise that is and yet, still nowhere as mindless as one of casper's threads. go figure.
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:up: Very nice.
 
Bay Bud
i've been going out about this time each morning the past week or so watering the oaks and red buds around our front deck. was spraying up into the trees to knock some of the dust off the leaves and give them a little moisture directly, and noticed that the cardinals would fly into those trees and take the opportunity to 'shower.' a few of the other birds will do so as well, but the cardinals really seem to enjoy it.

so this morning i'm doing the same thing and about 20' out on the jet of water i'm spraying, a little hummingbird appears. he stays about a foot off the main stream, downwind of the light breeze, and getting a good bath in with the very fine mist that's blowing off. pretty cool, when i moved the stream left or tight, the hummingbird was moving right with me.

amazing how mindless an exercise that is and yet, still nowhere as mindless as one of casper's threads. go figure.
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'gang buck' is down a couple from the start of the summer, and the big bull of the group will not make it through hunting season. big, wide rack, 10 points, nice dark coat to the boy. group started summer numbering six.

four of the five fawns born to our primary herd of does are still around, which i consider to be a success story. the original twins are still alive and probably rank among the largest/healthiest of 2011 fawns in this area. one of the does was lost, which left 'tiny' orphaned, but the herd has at least kept the little fella' going. a yearling (2010 fawn) from the group was also lost.

the coons are regular visitors anywhere from 9 at night to 6 in the morning. hummingbirds still around, but not as many and it's about time for them to move south. should begin to see a lot of ducks and geese flying overhead in the next 2-5 weeks.

as for trees and vegetation, it'll be at least a year before we really know what fell victim to this past summer. there are definitely going to be a lot of dead trees. red oaks/spanish oaks i think will take a hard hit. east of here 100+ miles, they're expecting to see a huge chunk of pines go down.

great summer for basil and some other herbs, worst loss there was my spearmint. we're getting a second round of blooms on the pepper plants, also have cucumbers and cantaloupes coming in right now. bad spring/summer for our tomatoes, but we have the fall plants in the ground and hopefully by late october have one more batch or two of home-growm 'maters.
 
Bread
Man oh man, Shannon's 100th post is going to be an event. I'm giddy thinking about it!
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Hi Bread,

Will try to think of something truly clever for that milestone. Am guessing I have about 4 months to do so. The pressure, man, the pressure. Can't imagine anything more disappointing than leaving you non-giddy.

Best regards,

Shannon
 
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