Lets Jump Together

I was quite upset this past month when I opened my November issue of my National Geographic magazine and found this image.
It was taken by Sharon Fullingim who could not believe what she was seeing.
She mentions that the discarded hummingbird was dropped under the feeder when the praying mantis had finished with it, and the [...]

Out of the corner of my eye I caught a sudden movement in the trees alongside the road.
He then swooped down above the car and flew with us down the road a bit.
Perching for a quick rest on a high branch, he gave us one last look and took off into the woods - [...]

Another post on hunting - but it is too funny to not tell it.
Turkey hunting in our state was brought back a couple of years ago and it came with some pretty strict rules.
We happen to live in the small section of the state that allows it, so my son shelled out big bucks for [...]

Hunting season has begun in our neck of the woods.
Time to dress in orange anytime we go near the woods.
Out dirt road cuts in between two patches of pretty good sized woods, so we have taken to wearing our orange even when we walk down it.
Except for the bird shot used for turkey and ducks, [...]

For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.
-by Judy Garland

We will be celebrating our wedding anniversary shortly, and I thought this quote was quite appropriate.
I am not sure if this quote came from her or from a part she played [...]

The first couple of days brought just two pairs of these Grackle birds.
They seemed to be quite voracious in their eating, but since they were here only a couple of times during the day, I kept the feeder filled.
By the end of the week, they had quite a number of their buddies joining them - [...]

It’s a most natural thing that every mother thinks of - providing for her child.
From the day they are born, mothers are always concerned with this.
Even when they grow up with families of their own, we still feel this need to help and nourish in any way we can.
I am soon to be a grandmother, [...]