“Weekend planning is a prime time to apply the Deathbed Priority Test: On your deathbed, will you wish you’d spent more prime weekend hours grocery shopping or walking in the woods with your kids?”~ Hal Borland 🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼
Category: Nature
Night visitors 🦇🦇
Yes! We have bats visiting our hummingbird feeder. Not only do we have hummingbirds, finches, orioles and woodpeckers at our lovely feeding station, we can now add bats to the visitor’s list! I’m sure we’ve had them visit in the past, but we have not kept our feeder filled each night to entice them back….
Love ’em or hate ’em, we need ’em!
With all the rain and all the plant growth, bugs have multiplied by the gazillions! They are everywhere, and we’ve got the bug bites to prove it! But, we need our bugs. They are amazing and fascinating creatures. And although they can be creepy, for the most part they seem to leave us alone. Purdue…
From caterpillar to Sphinx
Previously I posted photos of caterpillars that have emerged all over our area. This is due to the beautiful green foliage growing from our near record breaking desert rains. Today I discovered the beautiful White-lined Sphinx moth that these fascinating caterpillars eventually become. I was more that thrilled to discover several hovering in the flowers…
Ragged Wings
I am amazed how life can beat a creature up, and yet, he carries on. Ragged but not defeated. 🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡 There is such a love, a love that creates value in what is loved. There is a love that turns rag dolls into priceless treasures. There is a love that fastens itself onto ragged little…