with color

Calla Lily

Night-Blooming Cereus

Queen of the Night ~ Deer-Horn Cactus Peniocereus greggii (Cereus greggii)

There is just something rather special about

Morning dew & Sunshine

Happy 4th of July

Box turtles

Ann wants to tell you about ME - You can call me Carolina

I learned something today that I would like to share with you about the

Eastern Box Turtle

(Terrapene carolina) is one of two species of box turtles found in the United

States

Do you know what to do when you see a turtle crosses a road?

I did not know this until early 2009.

UMMMMMMMMMMM wonder who belongs to those shoes?

Moving or relocating such turtles will only result in tragedy.

If you see a turtle that must be relocated you must first be SAFE!

Pull off the road in a SAFE PLACE.

Move the turtle to the far side of the road

BUT in the direction the turtle was heading.

BE CAREFUL of traffic…your life is more important.

Sometimes land that is being cleared for development will disrupt the turtle

habitat.

Move the turtle to the nearest woodlot or pasture.

Best bet is to work to reduce urban sprawl.

I am free now to rejoin my family.

But remember!

Support the protection of wild areas and habitats where box turtles might

live.

Habitat loss and fragmentation are both severe threats to box turtle

populations.

As their habitat shrinks, the turtles will have a more difficult time finding food,

shelter, and mates.

By helping to protect their habitat, you are giving these turtles a place to live,

as well as helping other species that share the same habitat as the turtles.

Here is my story about Turkeys and Flowers

Hi there it’s me ANN

With a true tale about Goldie and Slate

The Flower Bed A Blue and White Iris Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh she is Nesting

Bronze turkeys are the product of crossing domestic turkeys brought from Europe by colonists (which had been exported to Europe years before) with the Wild Turkey. These matings produced a bird that was larger and more robust than the European turkeys, and tamer than wild turkeys. Though the Bronze turkey type was created in the 18th century, the actual name was not used until the 1830s, when a strain developed in the U.S. state of Rhode Island was named the Point Judith Bronze. The name later spread to be used in reference to the breed as a whole, and was in the process simplified to just "Bronze".[2] In the British Isles, the Bronze was associated with Cambridge, and was called the Cambridge Bronze, but again this name has been simplified to just "Bronze".

But you may call me ”GOLDIE”!

Do you see SLATE?

See Slate? Blue Clematis

The Blue Slate variety is thought to have been derived from the black turkey

known as the Spanish Black in the United States and the Norfolk Black in

England.

The Slate was accepted as a standard variety by the American Poultry Association

in 1874, incidentally the same year as the Spanish Black. You may call me SLATE!

Orange Azalea

Yellow Iris

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh she is Nesting

In Stillness there lies beauty

I have not blogged much lately and I will not be able to until I return from a trip.

So see you all early April!

Snap, Crackle, Crunch [pop]

I walked outside today and heard the snapping and crackling under my feet this OLD Commercial popped [hee hee] into my mind.

Snap-crackle-pop---old-rice-krispies-commercial

So beautiful outside

Just imagine

Snow outside, but this day and all of these flowers it was SPRING!

The beginning prep Line the concrete container with plastic, as the H2O would otherwise leak out

mine after the first flowers, Hydrangeas

My finished product

Are the flowers not beautiful?

It was wonderful with the sunlight streaming in and the smells of SPRING were TOTALLY in that room

Hee hee Hydrangeas with no BUGS wonderful

From the Love of my Life

Ponderings

Taking time to SMELL the Roses…metaphorically speaking

~~

OR

This Quote seems to say it all!

"Plenty of people miss their share of happiness,

not because they never found it,

but because they didn't stop to enjoy it."

William Feather

1889-1981, Writer