A is for Animals . . . from Apes to Zoos :-) This week’s letter assignment is the letter A. I am an animal lover~ All these wonderful animal photos are courtesy of the NC Zoo~ that I shared with a recent review of a great book, Zoo Story , and you can find…
Category: Animals
Zoo Story
Zoo Story ****.* by Thomas French I’m joining Jain with my Edible Review at Food for Thought, a delicious blog for readers with an appetite for the written word. I loved this book~ animal lover that I am, I found it heart warming and heart wrenching in equal measure. Written by Thomas French, a…
Birds of a Feather
I’m joining Susan at Between Naps on the Porch for Tablescape Thursday. Thank you, Susan, for hosting such a fun event & providing dishaholics everywhere with a weekly fix ~ My inspiration this week came from a new bird dinner plate, bowl and oversized mug I found at Home Goods a couple of…
This Little Piggy Went To Market
I’m joining Susan at Between Naps on the Porch for Tablescape Thursday. Thank you Susan, for hosting such a fun event & providing dishaholics everywhere with a weekly fix! My Fitz & Floyd French Market Pigs went to the Farmer’s Market and were the inspiration for this week’s tablescape. I have…
Zebra
Z is for Zebra This week’s letter assignment is the letter Z. OK, so I wanted to go the NC Zoo, about an hour drive from where I live. My inner 5 year-old really, really wanted to go. I also wanted to take my own photos. It didn’t happen *sigh*. I guess…
Things that Make Me Smile. . .
This Red Swing is one of the things we spied boating this past weekend that made me smile, along with. . . Water Dogs~busy with a tennis ball. . . A Frog Watchman. . . A family of Geese. . . (I confess, I smile a lot more…
Nesting
N is for Nest. . . I’m joining Alphabe-Thursday ~ this week’s letter assignment is the letter N. This the first Alphabe-Thursday I’ve participated in~ I saw Sarah monkeying around last week at Hyacinths for the Soul and it looked so much fun, I wanted to join in. I…
No Muskrat Love
What did you do this past weekend? We trapped muskrats (one a night). . .it is Operation Relocate Muskrat(s) in our cove at the lake now. I’m afraid it is pointless, but it seems to make my husband feel better. We are trapping them with nothing more than an apple cut in half, that we put in the trap overnight. The next…
Birds of a Feather
A few bird sightings while boating over the weekend. . . Herons are very patient fishermen :-) Read more about Blue Herons Here. This island on the lake is restricted for nesting April thru August– there are over 100 nesting Blue Herons during this time. We only spotted a couple in the tree tops while…
The Elusive White Squirrel
This is the elusive white squirrel that I have been trying to photograph for 4 months now. . .I finally managed, through a window, so the photos aren’t great. We have a heavily wooded natural area behind our house in Charlotte, NC. The canopy of trees in our backyard is essentially a gymnasium for dozens of…