A flock of split-tailed kites wheeling above where I just cultivated the okra.
Here’s a movie of these Elanoides forficatus, also known as swallow-tail kites: Continue reading
A flock of split-tailed kites wheeling above where I just cultivated the okra.
Here’s a movie of these Elanoides forficatus, also known as swallow-tail kites: Continue reading
A sure sign of spring: Treat’s rain lily.
Zephyranthes atamasca var. treateiae these days is classified as an amaryllis.
This is a special native variety of Atamasco lily, Zephyranthes atamasca, that only grows in counties on either side of the GA-FL line, plus maybe some in Alabama. According to Flora of North America (eFloras.org), Continue reading
Peachy grand-niecey Margaret in the banana jungle.
Margaret, Graden, Patrick, Ann, Bananas
And her brother Graden, her great-uncle Patrick, and Ann.
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Interpret this, facebook AI! Pair of dogs, ten years apart.
Yes, they are all Carolina Dogs. Continue reading
Nothing happens out our front door on a foggy morning except birds sing, owls hoot.
It was with much sadness that we said goodbye to the Brown Dog.
A quick moving cancer took her from being her delightful brown dog self to a mere shadow. Her personality, “don’t look at me while I am eating” was true to the end and when she was ready, she told us it was time to go, January 11, 2021.
Arriving as a pup on October 16, 2008, She-Ra consented to keeping the two upstarts. Our veterinarian, Dr. Ruff, said the dogs were about a year old. When asked what were their names we said “Brown Dog and Yellow Dog”. That is how we had been calling them while we decided if they would stay. After a month, they knew their names and so they were, the Brown Dog and the Yellow Dog.
Through adventures of snake bites, gopher tortoise escapades, controlled burns of forest management, gardening, snow, hurricanes, boat rides, and river adventures, Brown Dog lived a full and wonderful life.
Brown Dog is survived by her pack that includes her littermate Yellow Dog, acolytes Nellie and HoneyBun and her humans and predeceased by her mentor She-Ra.
Note to self: oven timer is merely advisory; does not turn off oven.
Ingredients, Oven, Baked Cornbread
Gretchen didn’t mention that in the recipe she gave me. Here are the cornbread ingredients, including our own Okra Paradise Farms blue corn flour. Continue reading
Gretchen left these plants locked inside, but while she wasn’t looking they escaped.
They’ll have to go back inside tomorrow; freeze predicted. Continue reading