about the Family

This is a pic from the lost blog/post.

A delightful story killed by the Unknown.

about honesty

Nature likes honesty.

I have to talk about it since I like honesty too as being part of Nature.

Today 3 times I made 3 posting about my little story of the Canadian Geese. Had photos freshly shot in the Enchanted

Garden where these geese live as permanent residents.

It was 5 pics picked to be in the post,- but after 3 pic downloads I lost the entire posting. And this happened

3 times.

Honestly I was really discouraged, because

what is enough is enough.

Here is my honest talk by Nature

that I do not understand

why turns

blogging suddenly

so disgusting some times??????????

The truth is:

when you work hard

you like to see positive results.

Right?

Wrong.

In blogging powered by Google hard work does not mean success.

This is honestly the truth as I am learning while trying to work with blogger run by Google.

I wrote this

so that you my dear Reader

should know about it.

Magic Month of May end.

On a beautiful sunny day in England

Argo our British photographer took these pictures

as the sheep were happily standing there

to tell the World:

Life is good!

Peaceful grazing side by side

An other photo exclusive from Argo.

My comment to the existence of sheep

is

" I am very greatful

to Nature

since these sheep can make wool

that wonderful material

what keeps the naked human body

warm to bear the brutal

winter freeze."

REMEMBER:

NATURE IS GREAT:

PROVIDES

FOR ALL CREATURES.

One of those days

No image upload today! Thanks to the technical difficulties as it comes more often than is desirable in Google blogger.

url: http://bluebirdstuff.blogspot.com

is an experimental blog: the next post for Nature Talks was done first on BLOGMARK and

the images are there from yesterday

when the G. blogger was cooperating:)

For couple of hours I tryed to post to my main blog but no IMAGE download as of now.

wildlife

"This picture alone is worth to make a post in my blog where Nature Talks to us"

I don't know who made this photo but certainly is a lucky and talented individual.

It was sent to me with E-mail

by Argo

who is able to make

a photo like this, but

being so honest:

he said : he did not do it at this time.

But in previous post

Nature Talks

has equally nice swan photos from Argo.

Thank you very much.

Walk in my garden in May

The "Dogwood" tree is the tree of New York State. It is just beautiful when in early spring is covered with flowers.

This thermometer is outside of the window.
On one side
reads the temp in Fahrenheit
on the other side
reads in Celsius.
On this day was really warm
about 78 degree in F and 25 degree in C.



This is time when the Ferns weak up
and makes you smile
with funny
enfolding of the leaves.



The most delicate flowers of Iris is coming to bloom.
Used to have many more
some years ago, but
the changing surroundings ( shady trees)
cut down on the numbers of blooms.






Incredible construction of Nature.
I believe is a relative of
the Orchids.







A close up is so beautiful
it is hard to believe
this is just
growing like this
all by itself!







Finally here is my beloved bird:
the Cardinal
this is the male
sitting on the feeder
where his favored food
the Sunflower's seeds are waiting for him.

Family Fair in the Garden

This is the Enchanted Garden Fair on this beautiful Sunny Sunday in May 2010

All kinds of ideas come up to raise money to keep the Garden beautiful and to pay for the building of the hothouse.
The GREEN ELEPHANT SALE
comes from donations.
See next pick:


All kind of stuff just bringing in from every bodies home for sale
to use the money
for the Garden to keep Enchanted.





Certainly there is a big flower's Sale also from donations.
These flowers are the best quality for sure.
Mostly perennials.




Pick-nick is there
to keep the people happy
with good food
and delicious drinks




The tents are there for various reasons.
One is that the fair would go on even in rain!
But Mother Nature understood
and helped in the efforts
of good willing people.

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The day was just full of fun
like it should be in
THE ENCHANTED GARDEN
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Back to Enchanting Garden

Here is Rhododendron time

Relative to the azaleas acid loving plants

This color of this plant I have never seen

It's truly amazing as the color changes while the bloom matures: from pink to a peach color

My walk ended on this day when a group of Canadian Gees

showed up with their elegant walk of

their majestic appearance

Positive end to mosquito control

To bring this controversial issue to a positive end: I suggest to do the research for your best protection if you live in an area where is proven to have some chance for infection from the West Nile Virus

what can be carried by mosquitoes.

I use mostly Google search and just few key words are needed to lead you to a great amount of information, remedies and what ever you can think about for protection while enjoying the great outdoors or at night inside your house with proper nets if you sleep with open windows.

Wish you a great trouble free summer.

who could love mosquitos?

Wow that is a strange question.

In fact in this suburb on Long Island of

New York State

has been

many times

terrible actions taken with chemicals

to spray large areas

to kill

mosquitoes

No need to tell how many

useful creatures

got on the list

to be victims killed by the

undiscriminating chemicals!

There are no more

butterflies

in this part of the world.

Useful creatures like the

Praying Mantis, Lady Bugs,Beatles,

many useful Spiders are all gone.

Even birds get hurt and killed

and for the humans

better stay inside

your dwelling

when the deadly spraying comes.

There are countries

on this Globe

where the mosquitoes

are the major food

for the lovely Bats.

They are night animals

and can consumes

very large amount of

mosquitoes

as their

main and major diet

like the mice for the owl.

Are here Bats?

I did not find one yet.

But in Europe

many places where I stayed

when the Sun sets on the horizon

the silently flying bats

makes the dark night very lively

when they are feeding

on Mosquitoes.

Bats can become very numerous

mainly in warm climate

however

they survive cold winters

if they find

a hiding place.

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Besides the help of the Bats

are other harmless

way to protect your self

from mosquitoes or

other bugs.

Just take into consideration

the birds they live on insects!

When I go out to relax

in the shade of the oak trees

I carry a little bucket of

Citronella candle

and the fine smell does not agree

with insects.

The fire of the candle and

the little smoke

harmlessly chase the bugs

from your spot

where you want to relax.

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I just wonder

how would those

humans of authority

react to this note?

Bats????

Stop the use of chemicals?

Those chemical makers have a lot of power to keep their business going.

But even so: Nature is more powerful than any human.

For the wrong doings

Nature is there

to stop it

as an ancient Latin saying:

Naturam explells furca tamen usque recurret.

about Balance in Nature

These are Mice living in the Field.

Not the same like those

coming

in to your dwelling.

They are very timid animals

and

dare to move only

in the dark.

It's an owl living in the wild.

A night hunter

with incredible fine

eyesight

capable of flying

in total silence.

From here on anybody can guess, that the

Balance in Nature

comes from the arrangement that the owl's

food is almost only mice.

And Nature provide plenty and wisely.

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Up until the humans come about

and stupid as they can be

upset the order of Nature:

It is a true story:

a block away from my house was a very nice little meadow

with wild Flowers and with not much human interference.

In the tall grass was wonderful to take a rest,

look up the sky

and see the clouds playing around.

But one day a "wise guy" in the local

authorities got his eyes on this abandoned

piece of land.

They decided to "improve it"

No need to tell the destruction they created for months to come.

The vegetation was totally destroyed with bulldozers,

and the animals who lived there

were chased out and away.

So the mice came to my house and garden,

the owl was crying at night on the lamp poles

the rabbits ran a little further

and were other creatures not even to mention.

After months with noise and dust upsetting the entire

neighborhood

the project was finished

and the

improved land was dedicated

in a ceremony to a war hero.

After the crowd left the place got empty

and remained empty:

nobody wanted to go there

where actually was

not much to go for anyway.

This happened couple of years ago

and as wise as Nature is:

the wild Flowers started to grow back,

the mice went back also and the owl followed them.

About the humans?

no, not many. Some times

you could see somebody

bringing a dog for his/her daily walk.

And

Yes, I can hear the owls

at night: hu-hu, hu-hu

Life is gooooood.

Busy bee,bug,butterfly

The sweet honey time is here!

After all the miseries

of a harsh winter

Mother Nature gives us the reward:

feeding us

with sweet nectar.

Lady bug is loved by everybody

Not only for the pretty looks, but with

her beneficial habit:

to eat insects harmful for our plants.

The beauties of the garden and everywhere

where the humans did not kill them yet.

These are harmful

by the judgment of some authorities

who are able to order

to kill with chemicals

( the beauties of Nature)

Ultimately

the poison comes back to them

"wise guys"

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The photos are the busy photographer's works :

Argo from England

and

Blue bird from USA.

APOLOGY

MAKING A BOUQUET FOR MOTHER'S DAY

Dear Blog Friends: my utmost apology to Everybody:

did not get to write a new post the past week, but will make up for it.

( I was thinking a lot of you though! :-)

ANYWAY:

WELCOME TO THE MONTH OF MAY 2010.