Bird’s Nest

...onto our patio every night, as we steadily lose our war with the nocturnal creatures for our grapes. But that is the subject of another post. Anyone have any guesses about what kind of bird made this nest? The bowl is about 3 inches (7.5 cm) across. ETA: I’ve been looking at this great page of bird nests–it’s heaven for the bird nest enthusiast. So many types of nests! Wee little eggs! Baby birds! One bird even made its nest in a sweatshirt hangin...

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Weekend Links: We’ve Gone Crazy!

...sake of the Audubon Society, fabricated 9 new rat species among many other creatures https://t.co/VBXG9aBRDs — Zardulu (@iamthemythmaker) April 22, 2016 Video : Recipe : Chocolate Coconut Peanut Butter Cups https://t.co/86McidnXDa — Root Simple (@rootsimple) April 23, 2016 Firing Linda Chalker-Scott? Wrong is Wrong | Garden Rant https://t.co/a54CsH0ieI — Root Simple (@rootsimple) April 23, 2016 Plant Shopping Dos and Don’ts | Garden Rant https://t...

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Front Yard Update: Welcome to Crazy Town

...ut I just can’t do it. I like them, and as I said, they’re feeding lots of creatures. These sunflowers are not native sunflowers. The native sunflower is shorter and better behaved. I might try to swap those out for these guys next year, though these guys may be hard to dissuade. Some of the wildflowers earlier this spring: The pink are clarkia, the white is yarrow, the orange are Nasturtium (not wildflowers), the purple are Phacelia tanacetifolia...

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Tolkien and Trees

...g to consciousness of themselves. The Old Forest was hostile to two legged creatures because of the memory of many injuries. Fangorn Forest was old and beautiful, but at the time of the story tense with hostility because it was threatened by a machine-loving enemy. Mirkwood had fallen under the domination of a Power that hated all living things but was restored to beauty and became Greenwood the Great before the end of the story. It would be unfai...

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