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  • An orchard in the eastern corner of our county held it's annual peach festival this weekend. We had a peachy time! This shot wasn't set up (not by anyone we saw, anyway) But the asian pearwith the bite was r…

  • 2 little birdies sitting on a fence...(this morning around 7am) They are still around! I see them in the morning, and occasionally at sunset, somewhere in the backyard. They must be roosting in the shadows i…

  • tye-dye! Our hands will be tye-dyed for at least a week.... Another art class today! Can you believe I got ds to go to another one? And dd, too! This was a tye dye class...a part of a series of summer ar…

  • Learning to fly.. There they are! Roosting in the tree near the nest, in the backyard. They've been in the backyard at one place or another all day today. Mama is still feeding them. (I think it is M…

  • empty nest empty open sky somewhere out there the fledglings fly Yay!!!!!!! I came back at 7pm to check on the family last night (July 25th) and they were gone. Good luck!!!!

  • Last nest picture... Taken at about 6pm on July 25th....

  • t-minus....4 days? Why Cling Why cling to one life till it is soiled and ragged? The sun dies and dies squandering a hundred lives every instant God has decreed life for you and He will give an…

  • Morrganna mentioned The Red Tent in a post awhile ago. I found it in a used bookstore shortly afterwards. Now I have the space in my line of library book requests, and can finally start it. I've read the prologue, …

  • Morning meditation? Or is it a tired Mama...with her preening babes? I have to chuckle...DrTiff commented on how the idea of splitting the babytending between parents (parents in general...human or otherw…

  • A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings becasue it has a song -Chinese proverb The babies are acting very much like grown birds...preening themselves, picking at the seeds in the n…

  • "take over, Daddy!" I just happened to catch the morning shift change...when Dad comes to relieve Mom. It happens mostly between 8:15 and 8:30 every day. I walked into the bathroomcam, and noticed Mama wa…

  • the rhythm of the day... Morning coolness gives way to noontime heat, followed by afternoon thunderstorms and relief from the heat. There are tImes to hide under Dad, times to come out and look around, times to eat! …

  • hot, hot, hot!.... Can you see both youngins there? This was taken this morning at about 7:30. I was hoping to get another picture of both babies later in the day, when they were out of the shadow of Mama. B…

  • shift change.... Ds and I got to witness the parental shift change yesterday morning at around 8:15am. I was in the kitchen at that time, and noticed a dove standing on the swingset. Back at the bathroom windo…

  • a postcard from the art class lady.. I got a postcard from the art class lady today. SHe wrote to tell me that she needed my phone number, and that all of her future classes are filled. So I made up my own postc…

  • DoveCam sunrise... Yawn! Good Morning! Here's Mama and Baby watching the sunrise together. I enjoyed it with them from the swingset: THis is just a few minutes later...when the golden light burst out fr…

  • Got crop milk? Very blurry, ay? I had just walked into the bathroom and noticed that a feeding was going on. I didn't have my tripod (it was outside by the swingset) But I had the film camera. So I did the …

  • Hey Baaaaaby! There's one little peeper! Do you see it there ...black and white-striped feathers contrasting with Mama's smooth gray ones..too big to fit under Mama's tummy any longer!! This shot was taken fr…

  • Kiss me in the rain.... Something is happening! Hello, Daddy Dove! (taken from the far corner of the yard through the binoculars) update: Yes, they are feedin' chicks! 2 chicks, to be exact! Yippee! …

  • Is today the day? Mama Dove's attention seems to be right under her nose, in her nest. She shuffles from side to side...in constant motion. She looks down and moves the eggs (or babies?) around with her beak a lot.…

  • the art class.... The art class, overall, went very well! Ds liked the experience of painting, (he really likes painting on canvas witht he bright acrylics) was happy with his work, and even roamed the gallery…

  • Wah! I just don't seem to be getting in here this week. I haven't been reading any of you, either. Not exactly sure why...but dd is up at all-hours again, and isn't content to keep to herself late at night...she wa…

  • aye, aye, aye!

  • Happy birthday to youuuuuuu Happy little birthday to youuuuuuuuu Happy birthday dear B_____, Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday, B! I may be 37, but.... now you are, too! Haha! This is my bud of 25…

  • pumpkins.... We rediscovered this book at the library just at the right time...when the pumpkins are out there doing their thing. It's called Pumpkin CIrcle-the story of a garden. The kids and I read it…

  • Waiting.... Mama still sits. It's been nearly 14 days since she laid her eggs..and they should be hatching soon. This is a view through the binoculars from on top of the swingset. It might be a good plac…

  • this and that... I really enjoyed all of the input on approach to art with children! Thanks, Mamas! Art classes age generaly run by artists...who have knowledge of technique. So it seems that most art teachers…

  • Art for art's sake? ds' drawing, entitled, "spitting snake" I signed up ds for an art class scheduled for Tuesday afternoon. Usually he doesn't like the idea of classes...refuses to take any class, because, …

  • last week's bella luna through the telescope... A parting quote from Being Peace: (just finished the book) One day I suddenly saw that the sun is my heart, my heart outside of this body. If my body…

  • garden update: The flying saucer squash are fruiting, the sweet corn is silking, the indian corn is just growing, the alien cukes are growing flower buds, the sunflowers are crazy with flowers. The beans are growing …

  • a colorful day... We visited nearby funky town Patagonia for their 4th of July parade. There were old-fashioned firetucks, the Shriner's mini funnycars, clowns, a guy playing Stars and Stripes Forever on a bar…

  • A lovely wheat-free feast... We went to a Vietnamese restaurant yesterday . This was a rice noodle dish with a bit of chicken broth, pork, crab, shrimp and green onions. It came with this heaping pla…

  • And now...from the guest blogger of the day... My funny friend, Melissatulip, composed this poem the other day. I think it is the mantra of all mamas! Bibbity-bobbity-boo. I am tired, too. I played all day-- …

  • busy bee, busy mind... busy bee in the garden... Here's a quote from the book I am reading: Guarding knowledge is not a good way to understand. Understanding means to throw away your knowledge. You have …

  • My girl turns 4.... And she really *looks* 4 to me in this picture. How does the song go? "Turn around and you're two turn around and you're 4 turn around and you're a young girl going out the door." …

  • Wow!!!!!!!!!!! Unbelievable!!! Isn't she gooooorgeous? This is a *real* mosiac photo of Saturn! THis isn't a computer-drawn image. It is mosiac, because they needed to piece several pictures together from e…

  • my boy's drawing We were reading and attempting tongue twisters from this book last night, having a good ol' time. There is a section for making things with paper, jump rope games, street games, card games, et…

  • deep thoughts... Well, I am saying good-bye to my violence in religion book from the library, but before it leaves the house, I wanted to type in something from the end of the book that is a quote from the book I am…

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