Tag: washington
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November 05, 2008 12:22 PM EST --
I leave tomorrow for the trip to Washington D.C. for work. I will be brining my laptop, but I will be VERY busy every day, so I won't be able to check out gather until evenings - if I'm not too . . .
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November 11, 2008 06:41 PM EST --
I finally got around to cleaning out my large bird apartment house. There was only one apartment used this year. A pair of House or English Sparrows reared three broods of three fledgings each. I . . .
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September 08, 2008 04:52 PM EDT --
I saw it fly into my yard and land in my mountian ash tree. I rushed inside , well as rushed as I can get with this bum knee. Got my camera and put it in macro as I hurried ( Vivian pace ) and started . . .
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October 20, 2008 01:05 PM EDT --
My sister-in-law got herself a new bud, a Yorkie with an unusual name. He took to her right away becoming her little shadow. Right now she needs a little friend with her husband of over 50 years terminally . . .
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July 28, 2008 02:48 PM EDT --
I love watching the birds, one of the most interesting things to watch is the males mating display. English Sparrows can raise four broods a years and that makes for lots of mating displays.
When displaying . . .
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August 08, 2008 01:36 PM EDT --
I have no idea what it is about a body of water that we humans find so soothing. Perhaps it stems from a primitive past where the search for water was essential for survival. What I know is . . .
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August 15, 2008 04:05 PM EDT --
Shot him with a camera that is, one of the little Red Breasted Nuthatches that frequent my feeder. I finally got a couple of good shots as I ate, or tried to my lunch just minutes ago. These little birds . . .
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August 18, 2008 01:44 PM EDT --
I got so busy I almost forgot to post these.
This is this morings sunrise from my front porch.
Here it is from the upper edge of my property.
If this is any indication I am . . .
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October 15, 2008 02:23 PM EDT --
Finally I got out to the pond, oh the fresh air and the sounds, sights and smells of nature. It was Sunday and I was itching to be out. I love the fall the air smells crisp and the colors . . .
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October 30, 2008 03:40 PM EDT --
The Yakima River that is. Just off Ringer Road outside Ellensburg is a public fishing spot the kids use to call " The Land of Oz". Now you need a parking permit to be there. It comes free with . . .
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November 03, 2007 09:21 AM EDT --
I know some of you have told me how much you like reading the jokes both of my grandmother's send me through email.
Well, one of them is now publishing online. She has been through . . .
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July 30, 2008 02:17 PM EDT --
I know, I know it doesn't take much to get me excited. But I love wildlife, and I get excited when it comes into my yard. Which is why my neighbor and I feed the birds. This morning we got a . . .
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August 02, 2008 06:54 PM EDT --
First let me state that I am not a redneck. I don't even care for country music. I was raised a city girl and I listen to rock mostly.
But I have discovered after living in Ellensburg, the home . . .
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September 01, 2008 08:13 AM EDT --
Oh to go back to August 9th....it was a beautiful in Washington DC
I had almost finished putting all the pics in here enlarged...then I lost them...so this batch will stay small!!
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September 05, 2008 01:59 PM EDT --
All photos were taken September the 5th 2008 with my Olympus C-2500L camera most in macro. In my yard in Ellensburg, Kittitas, Washington State. The first several pictures are all from my flowering . . .
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September 05, 2008 03:31 PM EDT --
As I was eating my lunch out back on the deck I noticed the gourd shaped bird house had fallen in the wind. Upon closer inspection I saw it was broken and I remembered the horents nest in it. I do realize . . .
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September 10, 2008 05:35 PM EDT --
Just some photos I'd like to share
Not sure what this is but it was on a flowering plum leaf yesterday.
A close up of a flowering plum leaf.
More leaves.
The following photos . . .
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November 15, 2008 09:36 AM EST --
Last week I was in Washington D.C. for work. My company take adults with deveolpmental disabilities on vacation, I was along as a volunteer to help.
While there, I saw many wonderful monuments, museums . . .
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April 02, 2008 06:20 PM EDT --
I got to met our friend Als new pup. He named him Scooter so now theres two dogs by the same name in our group. We often go camping together so it's gonna be fun.
AL lost his best friend Buster . . .
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November 28, 2008 02:00 PM EST --
As the Obama transition team announces their appointments of people to run the government in the next four years, I note with dismay and a shiver of jealousy, that the preponderance of his picks are mostly . . .
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