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Sunflower
Sunflower (Helianthus). The happy flower. You bet. Today would have been my Dad’s 96th birthday. He LOVED sunflowers. He loved to grow huge sunflowers! This post is a salute to my Dad’s favorite flower. A flower that’s popular with many creatures including bees. A flower that brings on the butterflies. A flower that inspires artists.…
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Tufted Titmouse
A bird that doesn’t migrate. Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) is a bird that comes to my feeders during all seasons. Well, all seasons that I have those feeders out. Bears think the seeds I put out for the BIRDS are for bears as well. During many months of the year I must consider the pluses…
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This Wondrous World
Perhaps you’ve noticed. I tend to anthropomophize. A lot. Rocks have thoughts. Trees reach out to greet me. The wind speaks to me. And on this particular evening, in this particular photograph there is a lovely Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis). A female enjoying the incredible beauty of the ice storm we had a few days…
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Tufted Titmouse Ballet
I wasn’t expecting to be so entertained. I’m sure the Tufted Titmouse didn’t have any ballet training. But it danced a dance that had me transfixed. The only thing missing, an orchestra playing a entrancing classical piece. The incentive? A simple mixture of three ingredients. Smooth peanut butter. Chunky would not have worked. Smooth Jif…