Muri (born after so much rain, she was practically born muddy) born today, June 10
"The only thing...more expensive than education is ignorance."~Ben Franklin
"We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light." ~ Plato
More babies, though these are neither livestock, nor planned - but, I *have* appointed myself guardian, ensuring that these "deck babies" have sufficient water, and are protected as much as possible, from predators, in their little homes on my deck. We will start with the baby birds - either tufted titmouse or wrens, not sure, because I've not seen the parents move slowly enough for ID.
20250723_135723.jpg
Whazzat clump in my Thanksgiving cactus??? (July 23, Day 1)
20250723_135749.jpg
It's a tiny nest!!
20250723_135825.jpg
With a tiny egg!!
20250725_104944.jpg
Day 3 - Three tiny eggs!!
20250727_104407.jpg
Day 4 - FOUR tiny eggs!!!
20250810_133307.jpg
Aug 10 - They're hatching!
20250814_122006.jpg
Aug 14 (today) - four napping baby birds!
20250814_122011.jpg
Oops! Photo shoot woke 'em up!
20250810_133413.jpg
Baby frog - about the size of my pinky fingernail, with a tadpole behind...
20250810_133429.jpg
Closeup!!
20250814_122050.jpg
Zoom in - how many tadpoles can you count? (Hint - go in super close, around the detritus, where they live to hide!)
"The only thing...more expensive than education is ignorance."~Ben Franklin
"We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light." ~ Plato
Eastern bluebirds build their nest and have two batches of babies each season!
Growing a big watermelon is kinda like growing a baby!
And best of all, my daughter in law & niece in law are having babies!