Winging it Again on Creative Arts Three Day Weekend
Osprey, Brigantine, New Jersey
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Cormorant Taking Off
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Tern Spots Fish Activity on Ocean Surface
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Let's fly!
up up and away, amac ...
have fun. catch fish. take pictures ...
I won't ever fly again, but I will post one that did.
Probably the only actual bird in flight photo I have:
This guy's TRYING to be a bird:
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Is it a bird? Is it a plane? For sure it isn't Superman.
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This is one of YOUR photos, A.Mac.
Morning... shortest day of the year here and it's 3C this morning...heater on and having a cuppa..
Magnificent sunrise though and the birds are going full bore carolling and squawking as they do here in the gumtrees..
Three cold fronts are going to hit Southern Australia this week-end, thunderstorms not sure where the warm air is and much needed rain..so fingers crossed we get it..but unfortunately expecting gale force winds as well...and snow on the Alps down Eastern Victoria..so our mild Winter so far may end with a thump...
But I just stocked up on Vegemite bought a bigger jar so all is well in our World down here..so bring it on...🐨
>gag<
Heaps better than that brown muck you call peanut butter..
You could use that gunk to concrete...😁
Bigger is best...
The only proper way to start the day...
dogs like peanut butter, but I've never seen one eat vegemite ...
My dogs when I had them and cat love it...
Use to give my Collies Vegemite toast all the time...
My cat loves it..it's a good way to get them eating again if they have been crook and been off their food...triggers the taste buds I think..
... damn, I shoulda said dogs that weren't in oz ... I've seen your cat, there's no way she would stoop to that ...
For you, Shona, but for me, this morning, orange juice and a mug of fresh brewed Tim Hortons coffee, a cheese omelette, sliced bagel with strawberry jam and marmalade and 5 fried cherry tomatoes.
Today is Summer Solstice here, and fortunately it's cool but a bit dreary so far at 6:30 a,m.
Perfect morning here...blue sky, sun and dead calm...so have to make the most of it as it will all hit the fan soon..
Heat wave the temperature has gone up to 7C now....
caw ... caw ... caw ... caw ... caw ... caw ...
Click, click bang..
Only good crow is a dead one..
Looking really nice there, Shona.
you bloody ripper ...
A mobile pic. To much motion so I went with it
©TomEArtSite "Pretty Water Petal Wings"
Nice. I never saw anything like that before.
Here's my new bird bath setup. It's closer to the house and much easier to see from the kitchen.
Catbird.
Hummingbird.
Wren.
Bluebird.
New kitten, Gracie.
This cracks me up. Here she is trying to jump up onto a kitchen counter. She's still too small, so this is as far as she gets. Then she just hangs there like that for a while, lol.
Exploring flowerbeds.
Worn out and sleepy.
Looks like the crazy spring rain has finally stopped and now it's all hot and humid. I'm just now able to put in the garden – on the summer solstice, lol. The corn is going in tomorrow night. It's awfully late, but I hope it works out.
Now watch a drought set in for the rest of the summer.
Isn't that bird bath a bit cat-accessible? LOL. Love the photos of Gracie - they actually caused a tiny ping in my heart because they made me think of my long lost buddy Fidget. I enjoyed the fresh corn my wife grew just a couple of days ago. As I'm sure you know, picking it an hour or two before you eat it is a much much better experience than eating corn one buys at the grocer.
No more than it was before. It's clear all around so the birds can see things coming.
Sorry about the Fidget pang. I guess Gracie does look a bit like a tuxedo cat. Kind of like a tabby tuxedo.
Glad to hear you got some fresh corn over there. It's hard to beat. I hope mine grows as late as it is. I'll be planting as soon as the evening shade gets on the garden.
Fidget - gifted to me as a kitten by my neighbour and friend Gale Garnet, who wrote and sang the song "We'll Sing In the Sunshine". Fidget was my loyal buddy for 17 years, and I cried my eyes out when we had to put him down.
That's a great story about Fidget. It's also great how you've never forgotten him. Did you never want to get another cat after? I don't think I'd want to live without one anymore.
Just got in from planting corn and watering it in. I was standing there thinking about all the rain that fell in the past 2 months, and yet there I was with a hose, watering. Probably gonna be doing a lot of that from now on, lol. That's usually how it goes. Gotta keep the soil damp around the shallow seeds, with all the sun and heat now.
Tomorrow is trellis work, and I'll be transplanting cucumber and zucchini plants I started in pots. I managed to get my tomatoes and peppers in a few weeks ago during a break in the rain. Still, they almost drowned when it returned and the ground stayed soaked for days on end. They look good now, just not as big as they should be.
I've got another great story about Fidget. We were soon going to go on a trip to England and Wales and we let Fidget out as usual because he usually returned within a reasonable time, but this time he did not. We had to leave soon, and ran all around the neighbourhood looking for him, as we had arranged to take him to our Veteranarian whose clinic was around the corner from us for boarding. Finally, in desperation we spoke to all our nearby neighbours and asked them that should they see him to please try to catch him and take him to the Vet where we arranged for such a situation.
Our whole trip to England and Wales had a cloud over it because of Fidget being gone. We got back home in the early evening, called the vet, and spoke to the neighbours. The neighbours told us they thought they saw him now and then but never could catch him. We went to bed broken-hearted. Early in the morning I went down to the kichen to prepare breakfast, and I heard a "meow" at the kitchen door to the outside - opened it, and there was Fidget, looking fatter than we left him. He ran to where his bowls usually were, looked up at me and gave me a big meow demanding his breakfast. He brought reality to the song "The Cat Came Back".
When Fidget was older, when we had a couple of young kids and we knew his time would not be much longer, we got a Soft-Coated Wheaten Terrier puppy (hair rather than fur to make sure there would not be any allergies problem) that we called Bailey (she was the colour of Bailey's Irish Cream) because we knew that the impending loss would be lessened by having a new pet.
Bailey and me (wearing my Blue Jays cap I still wear here) in my rubber yacht at our lakeside chalet.
That's great, Buzz. Very lucky he was okay and found his way home. What a relief that must have been.
Evening Dig...well looks like little Gracie is settling in very well and it's always lovely to hear the patter of paws in the house..
Love the new birdbath set up looks top notch and if I was a bird i would certainly be in to it..
You certainly get a variety of birds at your place...
The expression on Gracie's face in the last photo is absolute bliss and that says it all...🐾🐾
I couldn't help but put some descriptive words to Gracie's poses and expressions:
1. Contentment
2. HELP!!!
3. Stalking
4. "Are you talking to me?"
5. Absolute Comfort
Yeah, no more shyness. She's acting fully at home now.
Thanks. I think I like the trellis and flower pots better than the bush it was in front of before.
But not the tropical beauties you get.
Morning...I wish we got Hummingbirds here..I find them absolutely fascinating...
Do you get them all over America or just in certain parts?
Hummingbirds are all over here, but there are different species in different places.
Is there anything cuter than a sleepy kitty?
The one of her hanging from the cabinet door is hilarious. Too small to jump that high, too stubborn to let go.
You should hear her meow when she wants food. It's one long, sustained note that goes on and on, lol.
she's gone incognito, by impersonating a dish towel ...
Umm translated too...
Ohh you mean a tea towel..glad we cleared that one up..😁
My son adopted a kitten today, and brought her by to meet me. A cute little tuxedo girl named Rey (and my son is named Ray). My dog immediately wanted to be friends. One of my cats never came out from under the bed, and the other came out only to sniff her and hiss. I guess it's a good thing she was only visiting.
They're called tea towels pretty often here, too.
Ahh I hope they have many happy years together... can't beat the patter of paws anywhere in the world...🐾🐾
Sometimes it's hard to imagine such a little body holding enough air to hold that note.
That's great. You should have snapped a quick pic. Did you send him home with a checklist, especially about keeping the litter box clean, lol?
Speaking of that, have you (or anyone else, for that matter) ever found pet waste bags that are actually odor blocking? I keep ordering different kinds that claim they are, but they never turn out to be as good as I want.
Do you mean bags that line the litter tray? Or when you have removed the "pussy surprises" from the tray?
For after removal, like small trash bags.
My trash pickup is once a week, and I'd like to be able to just throw it in the trash can in the garage without smelling it. I've been storing it outside until trash day, but I'm getting sick of that, and still there's a smell.
Our garbos only come once a week as well and have never had any issues with smell...
If the tray has been used I use actually scented rubbish bin liners..I don't use the proper cat ones...they are quite expensive for the quantity you get...
When the tray has been used I pick the whole thing up out the tray tie a knot and put inside another small rubbish bag and turf it all into the rubbish bin..never had an issue with smell even in Summer..
I am actually changing the little dears tray now so will show you what I do...with photos..
Nothing like feeling a slave to one who must be obeyed..🤣
Ordinary lemon scented bin liners.. about $2 for 30.. bargain.
One cat tray
Put rubbish bin bag in tray and use bull dog clips to hold it or clothes pegs what ever.
Put in kitty litter
When the little dear has used it, remove bag and contents tie in a knot and put in rubbish bag and then in the bin..
All this while the little culprit has a snooze..
Wow. You do that for every usage? You must go through a lot of litter. I have a big litter box and keep about 3 inches of clumping litter in it. I just scoop out the 'presents' about twice a day (sometimes more) and put it into little pet waste bags. I add new litter as the level goes down and change the whole thing about once a month, dumping the litter, cleaning the box, and refilling with new litter. Throughout the month I sprinkle Arm & Hammer litter box powder on it to keep it fresh.
I never even thought about changing litter after every usage. Kittens use it several times a day. But that sure is a way to ensure kitty has a completely clean litter box.
Btw, your little fluffball is a cutie.
Ahh yes...I tried the clumping but the dear little blue blood that came from the pound didn't like it..
She could smell where she had been and put her off..when they are little I use to leave it and change at the end of the day unless it was particularly smelly..then when required...
So yes it is changed completely everytime the precious furball uses it...a 10 kilo bag of clay litter here is $15...go through a bag about once a month...
Can get recycled paper litter and other fancy stuff mega $$ but I get the cheapest other wise the little dear gets booted out the door to go find some dry dirt..abit hard in winter but it manages...
Yes the cutie was up at 4am bellowing because it's dish was only half full and it didn't like what was in it...and it was starving to death...
She's a lucky kitty. I'd use the regular clay stuff too if I was doing that. Not so bad I suppose. It's cheaper than the Fresh Step Outstretch I use.
I should have, but I was busy keeping the dog from overwhelming her.
And no, I haven't found odor-proof bags. I have a Litter Genie, but I can't say it blocks odors well. I usually use 2 plastic grocery bags when I scoop litter, tie them as tightly as I can, and put them in the garbage can in the garage. So the garage stinks, but not the whole house.
My cats have always clawed right through any plastic bag used to line the litter box. It made for such a mess trying to change the whole litter box that I gave up using them.
no, I didn't ...
caw ... caw ... caw ... ... flappity, flap, flap, flap ...
Morning..with the bin liners there is double the plastic so that is no longer a problem.. agree the fluff ball would put it claws right through the proper tray liners...
Morning...
Croc bait..chomp chomp...fixes that problem...
I can't believe this. I just went out to the garden to put a sprinkler on the corn I planted last night to keep the soil from drying out in the sun, and a friggin mole has dug a tunnel right down one of the furrows. The seed wasn't even in for a day, and I might have already lost a row of corn. I guess I'll be going to war with that little bugger. I might try to dig it up this evening if I can find it, and haul it off to the woods or something.
The tunnel is a little hard to see so I drew a red line next to it. The arrow is where something else dug a hole in another furrow.
Not off to a great start.
Little bastard.
Casey pup is a mole murderer. Wanna borrow him?
Send him over, lol.
Polly used to keep most of the moles out of the yard, but sadly she's gone now. Maybe it's time for a new puppy.
meh, I was going to offer a pellet gun ...
Morning...well that's alright buggar... didn't realise you have moles there thought they were only in England etc...don't have them here either...
Get Gracie on to it will keep her entertained for hours...
Yup, we have moles.
Gracie's still too small and frail for trips to the garden. She's not the strong gymnast Bella was. At least not yet.
Not sure I'd want her messing with a mole in the garden anyway. Probably make a mess of the rest of the corn.
Ringbilled Gull in Flight
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Beautiful.
nice amac.
Morning..... Peaceful...
Sunday night and time to say thank you and close it down.