Sky Watch #45

Sky Watch Friday is doing really well. Please check out the site and link in if you wish to participate. There were 340 people last week with beautiful Sky photos. You can link in from my side bar or at the start of this post.

I do love the open shots you get while golfing. While it looks like great weather the winds blew at 40 MPH.
I sky shot from the back yard over the neighbors tree. I think there were some neat clouds.
Go out an visit some other neat sky shots above.

Wednesday Potpourri - Goslings

I will be away from the computer for a few days. I leave you a few photos of a trip.

The Canada Gosling are getting bigger and braver. Their heads still have the pretty yellow but they are starting to turn grey. They were sleeping when I found them but they soon got more active.
This one had learned how to do the goose step. My, what big feet you have.

There was a Tree Swallow that landed close so I got a photo.

It was a fun trip to see some nature in action.

What Is It XXVI - Answers

I will be travelling for a few days and will check your sites when I return. Here are the answers.

Here we have a soccer net, was it easy? Abe guessed the Nylon rope right off and here it is on the soccer field. Abe has some of the best bird photos you will see on his site.
This is a chain link fence near the soccer field. Rose was the first one to guess chain link fence and has a neat nature site. Craig added plastic coated. Check out at the end to see this man's talent plus his site for photos.
The final one is a Burr Plant, I heard it helped in the development of Velcro. Check out the hooks and the way they connect to clothing as you walk by. Did you ever hear "Don't get a burr under your saddle". This is the reason, they do attach and hurt. Warren got this one, check out his neat bird blog.

I do hope you had fun this week.

Craig and I shared some poems on Joan's site after the guesses on Monday. She had a really neat salamander with the gills showing. Here are the poems, all in fun:

This was mine:

Here I sit guessing with a smile

unlike Craig who missed by a mile.

That will teach him ever to doubt

all my guesses,to him I will shout.

Craig oh Craig, you can try harder,

to guess like Tom would be smarter.

This is Craig's answer, it is a funny one.

Ode to Tom

Although it is true,

No one guesses like you.

I have missed them all,

By a continent or two.

The thing I can say,

And this is for certain

When Joan reads my guesses

Her sides start to hurtin’.

Deep in the wilds of Africa

In the wee hours of the mornin’

Laughter can be heard for miles

Without explanation or warnin’!

What Is It XXVI

My World is below.

Here are three finds, let us see how you do.

Is this one too easy?
Go on and surprise me.

Can you get this one?

Have fun with your guess, they are all fairly common.

My World #32

This is my posting for the My World Meme. It is hosted by Klaus, Ivar, Sandy, Wren, Louise and myself. Last week there were 100 people showing their world to us. Won't you join in, I want to see where you live and thrive. Here is part of 'My World'.

The Silver Maple in my back yard had to come down so a tree cutter from the neighborhood took it down. He did a great job with no damage to any property. My garden will get full Sun for the first time in many a year. I planted the tree from a sapling 37 years ago. I had been to my daughters house for family night and when I got home it was partially down.
It didn't take long and the work proceeded quickly.
He would spring from limb to limb as he came down the tree. Every cut was controlled until he got low enough to direct the cut.

The final cuts were free to fall to the ground.

Sometimes they required a little push. It was getting dark and he had to come the next day to finish.

These were some lessons in tree cutting 101.

You see other worlds from the above link.

Today's Flowers #40

My friend Luiz from Brazil does the Today's Flowers Meme, check it out. Come and join with your flower photos. Sunday at 7 GMT is the post time.

This is a small wild flower on a bush which I saw when I was in the Appalachian Mountain foothills. I'm not sure what it is called. They were about a 1/2" in size.
This wooded valley area was filled with Trillium. The woods were filled with the flower. If you click the photo you will see it better.

These are the flower on my Ohio Buckeye Tree with a Bumble Bee working the flowers.

I do hope you check out some of the other neat flowers which are shown.