Slow lazy week...

So it's a new week...and it's getting into mid August...who knew time would speed up like it has?  I am  already thinking of my winter "crops" for the garden pots and I just planted some Cilantro seed  for early sprout while it's warm, and I need to find some Lettuce seed, Carrot, Onion, Broccoli will be other winter crops I'm planning to grow.  I actually have some onion I sprouted from seed that I need to transplant.

WHAT'S FOR DINNER

A good salad with some fresh home grown Banana pepper, and lots of pumpkin and sunflower seed, is a really easy no cook meal to close out a hot day.  A piece of toasted flat bread makes it extra special.  That Green Leaf lettuce is from the grocery store.  I'd like  to grow some green leaf.. 

One evening I cooked up a whole pan of Brussel Sprouts added them to some potato  and carrot and what a delicious meal that was.  It made 3 meals actually. 

with one homegrown red jalapeno tossed in for seasoning 

WHAT YOU BEEN UP TO

...you ask?  I know it looks like a pile of dryer lint...but it's actually 

Annie's Undercoat that  is shedding, I just combed this much out in a matter of a couple minutes, she has lots more but she is not a huge fan of the shedding comb. 

In other news I sold the Nikon after  friend Dave spoke of the FZ82 Lumix, I want one of those,....So I listed and sold the Nikon in the same day it shipped out today so as soon as I get paid from Ebay I will be looking for a Lumix FZ82, its the newer model of my current camera, and I love the ease of use of it so much this will be my third Panasonic when I get it..

 Goodbye Nikon and hope your new owner falls in love with you...I tried but just didn't bond with this one..

WHATS IN THE SKY

I stopped at the race track because I saw a lot of Mississippi Kite flying around...

Here is a wide shot I tried to get as many Kites as I could in the shot, that's the Grand Stand of the race track in the background.  

There was 21 Kites in all....13 in this shot as far as I could see...

The clouds were nice that day...

BEES KNEES

and big eyes.,,,The Spice Bush has the sweetest smell if you ever get a chance to take a whiff you won't be disappointed, and that sweetness is not lost on Bees...I tried to get some clear shots but they won't BEE still 

Big Eyes

                   Lots of Pollen on those guys...Hope you all have a great weekend. 

PEACE

Every day is a new Adventure.

Summer on notice...

Monday I did began to feel the cold ease up some, talking about the cold in my HEAD...it's been dragging on a while now.  So I got out my yard blower and did some pine needle clean up on the old brick patio...felt I could do a little more so I opened up the mower garage pulled it out and rode it around the yard.  I must add that on that morning the humidity was a tolerable 44% and there was actually a breeze.  

One thing I like about riding the mower around is I feel content, it's a time to just go on auto pilot and circle around as if I'm in a labyrinth, it def has healing power. A little noisy tho! 

the Moon wants more Zen sounds

The Male hummingbirds left on July 30th.  The females are not as eager to leave  and some extra ones showed up as well...I saw 5 at one time dive bombing and a couple times they did share.  Soon the feeder will be taken apart for the last bleaching and stored away for another year. 

Wednesday I went out and found  one of the wren chicks on  the ground, the other two not in the nest, I picked him up put him in the nest little bugger jumped right back out so I guess it was time... the adult was calling this is one reason I wish they had not nested so close to the house...I could have spooked them walking around,,,the pot was only 4 ft from my porch door.

Has it been 10-14 days?  I think this is a little early but it's not up to me...

The parents  were rounding them up when I gave up and went inside I was doing more harm than good at that point,,, 

Mom

  I found this click bug in one of my empty watering containers he found himself in a place he couldn't escape but I heard him making clicking so I turned him out on a fence post top,,,,

He hugged his legs in tight and went into play dead mode...sort of like a turtle, his head is hinged and even it is clamped down tight. 

So I rolled him over and I was surprised to see he is actually covered in a stiff bristle of hair..

The flower pots and beds are slowly coming of age and the Red Sedum is about to open, to me  it is the last of the summer bloomers and then the fall bloomers begin to make a bud...

Sedum on the far left

Im about to pick my Butternut Squash and another flower or two are trying  a last ditch effort but I don't think there is any hope for more fruit this year.  The eggplant is giving it one more try also...

I did enjoy the one I got to eat! The Squirrel took the other 5!!

And this out of control indeterminate tomato  bush finally has some tennis  ball sized fruit...

I tied mesh around them after taking this photo because I found one on the ground chewed up but not eaten...Squirrel AGAIN!

she is keeping her eyes alert for an attack from a sister hummer...

 it rained and the little hummers got wet...just another day in life to them...

 We take a walk around the yard on  good days Floss finds a cool spot to watch from under the spice bush

Annie and I  found this feather it's about 4 inches long Hawk, Owl? I really don't know 

Im not a big Parsley fan, so I saved this for any Monarch Caterpillars, so far none have shown up..

Here's the butternut one more is on the vine it needs to get a little bigger so I will leave it for now..

I will be sure to save the seeds for next year. 

Another cycle is about to complete.

PEACE

Every day is a new Adventure.

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Once again I found little fodder for my blog post...it's smoking hot right now and I'm not motivated to go out and sweat.  Heat index is 104 -109 range.  And I have a new head cold who knows maybe I do have Covid again!  Our state jumped back up to 17.4% positive rate of those tested...and hospitalizations have risen by 400%.  

I took a walk around Goodale lake last week and so I will share some of what I saw there...

Had a Great Blue Heron poking around I snuck up on him  he thought he heard something....Hello there!  We actually had bad air quality as the westerly winds had brought us some smoke for the fires out west...could barely make out this Great Egret over in the reeds...not far from the heron

Can't swim in this lake it has gators... 

There was quite a few dragonflies out but I got no stills of them I did a snippet of video...

Life by the lake is moving slowly except for those guys.

So still all you can hear are the cicadas singing...

The Cyprus tree reminds me of an Elephant Foot with some extra toes..

And more swift movement in the water...

Back at home this bug has less toes, 

I guess he can get by with 5 legs....I tried to find  out what this is, and the closest thing I found was a Conifer Seed Bug, 

So now there's 3 very small and fragile baby birds in the hanging plant...hope the parents are ready for this!

I think some of that Grey hair in there is mine...

In the dearly departed dogwood, the hummers rest

...lastly the Green Anole hunting inside the screen porch..

Very slow and sultry week for me...

There was a mountain so I climbed it, 

A river and I swam it, 

A desert and I crossed it, 

A cliff and I scaled it, 

A rock and I  tossed it, 

A seed and I planted it, 

A falling star and I witnessed it, 

A thought and I shared it. 

PEACE

Every day is a new Adventure.

This is US

Summer breeze makes me fine, Blowing through the Jasmine in my mind....

Some of you may know Im a huge Seals n Crofts fan...I listened to the old LP's I have till they barely play and it makes me sad, cause it's like  another part of my youth gone...I enjoyed those days  with my mind full of Jasmine and not in 2021...
can it to be 1972 again PLeASe???

  Yes I want to go back to 1972, an old favorite song can take  you right back there to the Jasmine in your mind. So I worked on a craft project this week and I sat at the table painting and I put my Summer Breeze 33rpm on the old turntable...and as I painted I replayed all these wonderful memories. 

Welcome home  Ladies!

  Im still listening to Summer Breeze as I type and I can't help but go back to that time in my life...my husband and I went not married yet but we were a couple and these are some of our Summer Breeze memories...

                                                         Husband John
              
                                              Sweet days of Summer, 

                                              Me,   Jones Beach NY 1972

... comparing people of these days to people of those days, I see  most of the people looked fit and they were up DOING something no one was lounging in a chair, they were swimming, playing in the sand, interacting with the surroundings, not cell phones!

John was a jockey in the 60's in England where was born and lived until 1963, This is his first winner, Spring Brough. 

Here in my hometown there's 2 Racehorse Training Centers that is where we met, I was an exercise girl and he was training at that point... That meant I exercised race horses 6 days a week...That is the crowd John and I hung with we were part of that scene back in 1972, so we attended lots of dinner/cocktail  parties, notice the decor in our old Apartment, and the clothes we wore..

this was in the Fall of 1973

  
Sorry there was not much I could do with editing these photos since the originals are 49 yrs old...half a freakin' century.  His tie was a bright mustard yellow, and my outfit was  big legged bell bottomed pants with a matching fitted button up top.  We always "dressed"  when we out anywhere except to work at the Track. 

                                                                    SC 1972


                     One of my favorites horses, Belmont Park, 1973 Summer

We went to the Hunt Ball in 1973 and we got married in the same outfits Valentines day of  1974..

Here we are Christmas, Notice my Flower Child hair and my paisley Bohemian outfit, this is how I dressed at home most of the time...we had fondue parties, we drank rum, and laughed a LOT! 

 I used this wallet for MANY YEARS. 

John on Christmas Day, a Tuxedo shirt, and a Bow Tie, carving the Ham!

 our first dog together Lucky's Diamond, a Toy Fox Terrier 

Our Apartment Elmont NY 1973

US 

John had never had a dog in his entire life, me I spent my whole life with dogs...these 2 became inseparable. 

My Maid of Honor, Sis on the left, our best man John's BFF Nick from Ireland on the Right

1974  I do and I did ...
for 40 years

Our Foot Prints in the sand...on a day filled with Summer Breeze.

PEACE

Every day is a new Adventure.