This is a holiday weekend in Ontario, celebrating a Crown Vic but not the '50's Ford by the same name...Who was Vic anyway??
So here's a seasonal quiz of things popping out of the ground. Which of these photos are forsythia, vinca, Dutchmen's Breeches, tulip, and trillium?
The pond is also flowing back to life. The Girl threw in 60 water hyacinth. The Guy slid in 12 pieces of gold. And there are several clusters of salamander eggs --- how can that 3" amphibian pump out those hundreds of jellied eggs??
Pat cleaned up the thyme zone. Meanwhile a Tobermory tour boat passed by, knowing it's time to get back to its zone. Got that?
Birds are still passing through, as hungry as a blogger on a Sunday morning. They're going through about 8 pounds of sunflower seed, a pound of nyjer, a quart of hummingbird sugar water, and 4 oranges --- every day! This week's dazzling attractions are the Baltimore Oriole, indigo bunting, pine siskin, and American Redstart.
Meanwhile, other winged wonders are nesting. The robin is in the same nest at the barn for the umpteenth time. The phoebe is a little shyer but stays near her nest, same place on the other side of the barn. But new this year is a pair of mallard ducks who are setting up in the watery ditch about five feet from traffic!
Also new this week is another point-and-shoot camera. You may have noticed some of the pictures have dark edges --- the lens on the old Canon wasn't opening fully. That camera has done some hard trips.The full-size cameras are OK but they're too bulky, so another SX620 gets the call...
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So here's a seasonal quiz of things popping out of the ground. Which of these photos are forsythia, vinca, Dutchmen's Breeches, tulip, and trillium?
The pond is also flowing back to life. The Girl threw in 60 water hyacinth. The Guy slid in 12 pieces of gold. And there are several clusters of salamander eggs --- how can that 3" amphibian pump out those hundreds of jellied eggs??
Pat cleaned up the thyme zone. Meanwhile a Tobermory tour boat passed by, knowing it's time to get back to its zone. Got that?
Birds are still passing through, as hungry as a blogger on a Sunday morning. They're going through about 8 pounds of sunflower seed, a pound of nyjer, a quart of hummingbird sugar water, and 4 oranges --- every day! This week's dazzling attractions are the Baltimore Oriole, indigo bunting, pine siskin, and American Redstart.
Meanwhile, other winged wonders are nesting. The robin is in the same nest at the barn for the umpteenth time. The phoebe is a little shyer but stays near her nest, same place on the other side of the barn. But new this year is a pair of mallard ducks who are setting up in the watery ditch about five feet from traffic!
Also new this week is another point-and-shoot camera. You may have noticed some of the pictures have dark edges --- the lens on the old Canon wasn't opening fully. That camera has done some hard trips.The full-size cameras are OK but they're too bulky, so another SX620 gets the call...
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