Naturefile

Welshman1952 said:

If the drop in temperature, absence of sunshine and constant drizzle have depressed you, then hopefully these images taken a day or so ago may remind you of sunnier times.

Male banded demoiselle

Young swan

Assorted wildflowers

Hopefully the sun will return in a few days .. meantime, I am going to wring out my sodden birding clothes.

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Galja said:

They are more or less blind, so they jump on you and other things you own, like to live inside houses and chimneys and basements. They force you to turn on lights instead of doing things easily done in the dark. They have squishy bodies and you are liable to accidentally step on them. And, because they jump so high, they end up, say, jumping in and out of a purse or a shopping bag or in a car. We do, of course, cause our own shrieking noises, those are not their fault, and the primal fear part of it can probably be overcome but

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Galja said:

to be vanquished by soft hoppy things when I happily spent a year of childhood catching frogs on Guam at recess to stealthily put them in peoples' pockets unawares. They who seek to engender a screech, live to have their schreeches engendered.

By the way, the local wild bird food shop has emailed us the eastern US sightings of Ruby Throated Hummingbirds, about finished now as they are all the way up to Canada, and our new survey as we are on the lookout for the beloved Baltimore Orioles. Looking forward in expectation. Will sit on my porch, look out the glass and not move much....

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Galja said:

I have a camera that is digital, however do not have directions, do not know how to load it with the microcard thingie, do not know how to take that thingie and somehow get it into computer.......need help

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13lizanne said:

Here is a walk which started at the hill behind our accommodation 1st pic the beginning of walk 2nd pic half-way up and 3rd pic view from the top - hope that you enjoy them

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13lizanne said:

We have holidayed there many times over the past 25+ years - it suits us very well. Gorgeous scenery, quiet roads, no internet and only patchy mobile reception, and for me -trees!!! We look for the opposite in a holiday from most folks i.e. peace and extreme quiet. It's good to be back though, hope that all is well with you Debra?

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