Watch and See

I find nature entertaining and so......like many others...

I like to "watch and see" .....

This photo, from last summer, I believe is of a baby

Wood Thrush or Brown Thrasher.....but I'm not sure!

My favorite bird is the Carolina Wren.....always present on the

porch or near by with it's cheerful song. I think of them as

polite and friendly little birds.....

but.....

...this one seems to have a vicious little frown .......

and this Finch seems to be giving me the evil eye!

This Carolina Wren is drying in the sun...

after being in the birdbath.....note the water drops on the railing...


and...

..... this squirrel is getting some sun time too!




Our grandsons were the first to see this swarm of bees

in the trunk of an old cedar tree by the drive.....

-click to enlarge-

None of them managed to get stung.....

as far as we know anyway!


This brings me to other visitors.....

I can't help feeling some things in nature are slightly

.....less welcomed than others.

I don't know which makes me cringe more...

this turkey vulture, which we know

only eats dead carcasses.....

or this bat, that tried to

-"move in" -

right above the glider on the front porch!

I know they eat mosquitoes at night... while circling

around the light out back, but

they should sleep in the barn.

Then these skunks.....are giving me concern.....

with their occasional sleepovers under our shed.

So far they seem more afraid us than we of them

...but still...

there's concern!

Groundhogs are different.....they stay mostly near the barn or hillside.

We just get glimpses, as they run from one to the other.

Chipmunks.....you couldn't keep away.....

even if you wanted to...

so might as well give them a snack!

Life is always somewhere to be watched and seen.....

even in the clouds!



See if you can spot a little boy

...with his arms out stretched...

...and his dog running toward him...

That's what I see!!!

What Grandsons do!

Our Grandsons have some serious snowball fights-

and they all camp out - deep in the woods - at night.

Some are content - to just stare at mud.

Some have built numerous forts in the woods they love.

They carve their names in the bark of the trees-
some initials are hard like the letter G.

They climb grapevines and swing in the air-

and sometimes pretend they have fallen from there.

They can choose the field to ride their dirt bikes -

- be in the woods -

or just down the driveway, if that's what they like.

Sometimes they look guilty - conspiring - what to do next-

-a quick walk on the fire pit and then on to the rest-

look for some mud -when riding those bikes-

leaving their "tracks" - is what they like.

Very often they venture -over to the wood pile-

and maybe throw some hickory nuts - if only for awhile!







Winter finds them caked with snow-

or just letting off some steam - before they actually blow!



"Grandsons"
Dustin, Nathan, Grant, Nick, Andrew, and Dylan!!!!!!