Category Archives: Weather

Boots, Sketch 138

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Sketch of rubber boots

I have had to wear my boots in my yard most everyday for almost a month. When the heavy rains started some weeks ago, I came home one day to discover that my driveway was flooded. I left my vehicle at the end of the driveway and waded to the house. The running shoes I wore through the water didn’t survive being submerged. I sent them through the washer and dryer but I couldn’t get out the moldy smell; into the trash they went.

Now my rubber boots come with me most days when I leave the house, due to the forecast of a repeat weather pattern.

Rubber boots

Sketch 138: Rubber Boots

Baby Bird Watch, Day 7

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We had yet another 3 inches of rain yesterday, so I went out to check the nest. There were only two baby birds in it and I didn’t have my camera with me. This morning, camera in hand, I checked the nest again. It was empty!

What is going on? Then, out of the corner of my eye, I saw a grey glob: a baby bird on a tree branch just to my left.

Oh. I backed away slowly, trying not to scare it any more than I already had. Then I noticed a second grey glob. Goodness, that’s a lot of growing each and every day.

Baby Mockingbird on a tree limb

Baby Mockingbird on a tree limb

Second baby Mockingbird

Second baby Mockingbird

I have no idea how long it will be before they start flying, but these might be the last photos I manage to get of the baby birds.

Baby Bird Watch, Day 7