Jun29
A few pics
Nonconformity: An unwanted sunflower spreading its wings amongst the lettuce. Who knows how it got there?
Survival: Mrs. Downy flew hard into the window and landed in a heap 2 stories down, beak bloodied, wings akimbo. At the sight of me she fluttered under the shelter of our swing and, over the course of an hour or so, revived enough to fly away.
Audacity: This little guy stayed on the path till we were almost on top of him yesterday.
Summer salads: We planted lettuce, carrots, tomatoes, cukes, zucchini, summer squash, corn, and green beans this year. The only real flop has been the corn; we’re eating our first lettuce of the season now.
Peace: Yesterday we took a walk at a nature sanctuary...
Afoot and lighthearted, I take to the open road
Healthy, free, the world before me
The long brown path before me leading
wherever I choose…
(Walt Whitman)
I’m glad the bird recovered enough to fly away. We had a similar event with a sadder ending a few years ago.
I learned — actually in a children’s book I was reading to my kids, so I don’t know if it was just “story” or accurate — that rabbits do stand stock still when something is after them, at least for a while. I am not sure why — maybe most predators notice movement more than shape? I’ve noticed that since, though, with the ones that scamper through our yard. When we pull in the driveway, particularly at night with the headlights on, they’ll freeze and stay that way until one of us gets too close.
Whenever I see them sitting like that, I have a fleeting vision of them wrapped in gold foil and in an Easter basket. (I never see one in an Easter basket and picture it out in the grass, though. Tells you something about my relationship to chocolate…)
Beautiful pictures. Our lettuce is all done until fall- it got too hot. I smiled to see your rouge sunflowers- I love sunflowers! This is the first year I’ve planted them, and they grow faster than anything else in the garden.
I’ve been enjoying your pictures, and I especially liked the last ones in this set. I love to walk in the woods.