Cranky (188/366)

TIME: 3:21 pm

PLACE: Backyard

SUBJECT: Baby robin

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This guy was on the ground and I had to chase the dogs away from him.

He flew up here and looked pretty cranky about the whole situation.

His parents were not happy either.

He flew away a bit after I took the photo - I think he will be fine. 

Rescued (173/366)

TIME: 3:57 pm
PLACE: Back porch
SUBJECT: Baby bird

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Sparrows have weaseled their way up under the siding on our back porch.  They built a nest and their babies are super noisy.

One fell from the nest last week and landed in a flower pot I have on the porch.  HH placed him/her back and we hoped all was well.

Today, we found another one on the porch - well, the dogs did when they went out to the yard - I grabbed him before they caused any damage. I don't know for sure if it is the same one as earlier, it could be - what a trouble-maker!



HH put him back (again), hopefully it will stay there until it is old enough to really to leave the nest!

What’s Up Chicken Butt? (042/365)

TIME: 3:23 PM
PLACE: Rural King
SUBJECT: Chicks

A Big Sunday.

Drove down to the Rural King.

They had spring chicks in the store.

I did not buy any – sadly, my town does not allow residents to keep chickens.

And I think Mulder would eat them.

Throwback Thursday (018/365)

TIME: Summer 2001
PLACE: Kitchen
SUBJECT: MonkeyBoy

One week from today, this little guy will graduate from Army Basic Training.

This picture seems so long ago, but still so recent.

A Calf and Some Gas

TIME: 11:58 AM
SUBJECT:  Meatball, a 6-week old calf

Our local historical society had a street fair and historic district house tour today.  My dad, sister-in-law and I met up to take the tour.
Meatball, aka "Belle" is an 8-week-old, black angus calf.  Her role at the street fair was to walk down a street which was once known as "Cow Street,"  In our town’s early days, this was how people used to take their cows to pasture.  She performed at 10:35am, 12:00pm and 2:00pm.

TIME:  10:38 AM
PLACE:  Downtown
SUBJECT:  Gas Meters

While waiting for my dad and sister-in-law to arrive, I took this photo of gas meters for my husband (he works in the gas department of the local utility company).
That’s the kind of thoughtful wife I am.

Triplets

TIME:  12:55 PM
PLACE:  Effinger’s Garden Center
SUBJECT:  Baby robins

A robin built a nest smack dab in the middle of the annuals of our local garden center.

I was dive-bombed by Mama Robin while taking this photo.

Small Visitor (182/365)

TIME:  3:28 PM
PLACE:  Front porch
SUBJECT:  Robin

This young robin landed on our porch.  It then pooped several times, hopped down the steps to the sidewalk and fluttered away.

DramaQueen Is Now 15 (301/366)

TIME:  ??
PLACE:  Local Photography Studio
SUBJECT:  DramaQueen – 6 months old
(one of my favorite pictures)

My first-born entered the world at on 10/27/97 at 10:47 pm.  She is the reason for my first major surgery (C-section) and quite a number of grey hairs.  Today she turned 15 and is gunning for a driver’s permit.  I foresee many, many more grey hairs in my future.

The Future Is Here (181/365)

“Who'll be chief mourner?
I, said the dove,
I'll mourn for my love,
I'll be chief mourner.”

Mother Goose (fl. 17th-18th century. Who killed Cock Robin? (L. 33-36). . . Oxford Book of Light Verse, The. W. H. Auden, ed. (1938) Oxford University Press.

TIME:  7:47 PM yesterday
PLACE:  Dad’s front porch
SUBJECT:  Mourning dove baby

I had every intention of taking photos at MonkeyBoy’s last ball game, but I didn’t.  Depending how you look at it, I am either a bad mother for not taking any photos or a good mother because I was too busy watching the game to do so.  I’m going with the good mother reason. ~*~*~ This is the same nest that was in my June 18th post.  Sadly, it looks like only one out of the two eggs hatched.

Reversible (056/365)

“The reverse side also has a reverse side.”

~Japanese Proverb

TIME:  10:54 PM
PLACE:  Dining room table
SUBJECT:  Bibs

The mother of DramaQueen’s best friend mother is having her third child (a second girl) next month and DQ has been invited to her baby shower which is tomorrow afternoon.  Tonight, we went to Target and purchased a diaper change organizer from her register and I decided to make some bibs to give her as well.  I followed this tutorial from the SewSheSews blog and fabric I had on hand.  I think they turned out pretty cute.  I just need to attach the fastener at the neck and they will be finished.  That, however, will have to wait for tomorrow morning - I’m done for the day.

Gosling (119/365)

 
“When all the world is young, lad,
And all the trees are green;
And every goose a swan, lad,
And every lass a queen;”

Charles Kingsley (1819-1875), British poet. The Water Babies (l. 20-21). . . Oxford Book of Children's Verse, The. Iona Opie and Peter Opie, eds. (1973) Oxford University Press.

TIME:  1:59 PM
PLACE:  Bellevue Park
SUBJECT:  Gosling

Forty-three.  I am forty-three years old today.  When my mother was 43, I was graduating from high school.  When her mother was 43, she was pregnant with my mother.  How’s that for perspective?
Anyway, I had a relaxed day.  I renewed my driver’s license (how exciting!), had lunch with Handsome Husband and with HH’s encouragement, bought myself a new camera – A Canon EOS Rebel XS with a 75-300mm lens.  Spiffy, huh?  This photo is the 28th one I took with my new camera and lens.  I hope I can justify my purchase with better photos.  Good gravy, why oh why can’t I just enjoy my new toy and not put so much pressure on myself to perform?  Because I’m whacko that’s why.