location: Mississippi
Before Patty’s Departure 9/9 thru 9/15
Between Patty’s Packing and appointments, we worked on a few birding explorations. Patty is off to meet up with her birding buddy Hap, with a brief stop to see sister Sally in Nashville, then up to Murray, KY, for the annual KY Ornithology Meeting, travel to South Carolina to another Birding event, and meet prominent…
Old Shell Landing Road
Blue Dog & Butterflies After our Sunday morning breakfast at the Blue Dog Bistro, the kids, Patty, and I headed to Old Shell Landing to see what we could find. Patty saw and heard a good variety of birds, but unfortunately, her photographer got a bit distracted. There are quite a few pictures, more than…
Old Fort Bayou Sunrise
Sunrise & Breakfast at Phoenicia’s The kids and I headed to Phoenicia restaurant in downtown Ocean Springs for breakfast this morning. I really like their pancakes and bacon. It was too early to arrive, so we pulled underneath the Ocen Spring bridge, which is often a pretty spot to greet the sun rising above Old…
Our Yard and Beyond
Making the rounds: Buzzy’s, Back Bay Blvd & Old Beaver PondStory This morning’s Sunday breakfast with the three kids was on the enclosed and cooled back porch of Buzzy’s Breakfast Downtown. After breakfast, Patty and I did a little birding at Back Bay Blvd and The Old Beaver Pond on the way home. With the…
Flower Bed Hummingbird
Unexpected Visitor We have had a lot of cardinals around our birdfeeders lately, and I hoped to get a few close-ups. We have a bunch of Indian shot, canna lilies growing behind the bird feeder and I set my tripod and camera up just to the side under the porch of our outbuilding. Well, I…
Ward Bayou
Ibis A quick trip out to Ward Bayou was quiet until we encountered some Ibis and Yellow-crowned Night Heron. “The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.” Carl Gustav Jung Click any image to view full size and browse the gallery.
Bluff Creek to Round Island
There are times for solitude, Quiet, and Nature Yesterday morning, at daylight, the kids and I launched the Bird Barge at the Barge Landing Boat ramp, Vancleave, Mississippi, near the headwaters of Bluff Creek. It was a gorgeous morning; the river, though flowing pretty well, was like glass. We had no particular destination but a…
Butterflies next door
“Butterflies are self-propelled flowers.” ― Robert A. Heinlein A few days ago, our neighbors, Anita and Mike, called to ask if I’d noticed all the Swallowtail Butterflies in the field between our properties; I had not. What a delightful surprise, dozens of Swallowtails and numerous other pollinators were collecting nectar from the blooming Spiritweed (Lachnanthes…
Our Back Yard
Alive With Color Our backyard was alive with color this morning. We are very excited that our Frangipani, named Margo, is in full bloom. She will create new blooms daily for several weeks to come! “It’s a funny thing about life, once you begin to take note of the things you are grateful for, you begin to lose…
Our Yard Flowers
Colors, Colors, Colors I originally intended to send these flower/plant pictures to Patty. She is coming home tomorrow, and I thought she’d enjoy seeing, at least partially, what she is coming home to; let’s not talk about the condition of the house! I know many of you enjoy flowers and growing things, so I am…
