Tyranny at the hummingbird feeder!

Tyranny at the hummingbird feeder!

Tyranny has been occurring at the hummingbird feeder!    Those who are bigger and more powerful than the little hummingbirds are taking dominion of what belongs to the hummingbirds.   It began with the bear raiding the hummingbird feeders back…
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Lift up your eyes.

Lift up your eyes.

Hubby and I went blueberry picking recently.   It was great fun!      As I stood in the berry field, concentrating on all the ripe blueberries hanging heavy from the bushes, I paused to lift my eyes  …    Immediately…
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Salmon Run!

Salmon Run!

My son is going to be participating in a 5-K next Friday.   In anticipation of the event, the Salmon Run mascots have been making appearances to get everyone pumped up about running!   Whoo Hoo!    Here you can see…
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Lunch with a red dragonfly

Lunch with a red dragonfly

A red dragonfly decided to join me for lunch today.    It was very exciting!    I have never seen a red dragonfly before.    I was calmly sitting at the picnic table enjoying my salad when the red dragonfly flew…
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A shrew!

A shrew!

I had just started walking loops for exercise this morning when I noticed a little dead mouse on the ground in the middle of the path where I was walking.     I must stop for a closer inspection.     That…
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Red, White, and Blue … we’ve got a job to do!

Red, White, and Blue … we’ve got a job to do!

Yesterday I had the excitement of bunny-sitting.   The complex where my daughter lives was having the fire alarms tested yesterday.   A maintenance team, along with county fire authorities were going from building to building testing the fire alarms…
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Red, White, and Blue … I’m blessed by you!

Red, White, and Blue … I’m blessed by you!

Red!   Red-rock landscape in the desert of Arizona.     Magnificent!     And stunning! As individuals, and also as a country we go through dry “desert” seasons.   But even in the "desert" there is beauty!    Even in the "desert" God is…
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