Safe to cross?
I found these ladies hanging out by my garden. They didn’t really care for the camera pointed at them. Smart birds!
Being different is beautiful
Freak of nature or just a survivor? I have a stand of cattails growing beside my garden that I have blogged about in the past. They are just getting ready to blow their seeds and yesterday I noticed one really…
Welcome to the party!
I can’t help it. I think these birds are neat. They are called the New World Vulture and they are what naturally clean up our streets and fields when an animal dies. A friend of mind said these animals look…
Last light on a leaf
As I leave work at night the sun like to cast long shadows through the building. I love how this leaf seems to be waving goodbye to the sun
Bits from our trip
We had an eventful trip overnight to Yosemite yesterday and here are a few photos. One of the things that was interesting was to harvest some wild elderberries. I have been looking for them because it’s been said that my…
Garden social networking!
A friend of mine told me about a new social networking site that I had to check out. It seems to be pretty new and still in beta mode but has an interesting concept behind it. Trading produce with neighbors…
Keeping fresh basil at hand
Alternative to cut flowers I recently learned a great way to keep fresh basil at your fingertips. I’ve tried growing it in the house with an aerogarden and found that to be too expensive and produced very little – not…