Observations from Pearl's pool

[Pearl]

Hey Pearl, do you have one of those floating pool coolers for drinks? Just curious.

YES!! But it's too small! I have a better one I set on the deck, keeps the beer nice and cold!!

 

[Sourdough]

YES!! But it's too small! I have a better one I set on the deck, keeps the beer nice and cold!!

WOW........A "Cathouse" with a beer bar.

 

[Tootsie]

 

[Curmudgeon]

WOW........A "Cathouse" with a beer bar.

Meowzers,

 

[Tootsie]

Osage orange trees started this spring. Not common in western NY apparently. We picked up some fruits last fall and my daughter started these. Each fruit has probably hundreds of seeds. She started maybe 2 dozen and improper care (me) has claimed a few. We want them because of the beautiful wood and to make a good fence. Sorry, couldn’t type words with the picture.

 

[Pearl]

WOW........A "Cathouse" with a beer bar.

 

[Pearl]

Osage orange trees started this spring. Not common in western NY apparently. We picked up some fruits last fall and my daughter started these. Each fruit has probably hundreds of seeds. She started maybe 2 dozen and improper care (me) has claimed a few. We want them because of the beautiful wood and to make a good fence. Sorry, couldn’t type words with the picture.

A lot of people down here slice the "fruit" and put it in their cupboards to deter pests!!

 

[Pearl]

So I got Hubby to join me for night pool!! No meteors or space junk, but a beautiful sky tonight!! Lots of bats! Linda the deer is all settled in for the night by Buddy's water trough! Nice frog and cricket music!!

 

[Pearl]

Great moon last night, very few fireworks!! Yesterday afternoon some t-storms popped up to my south and west. It is always neat watching the storms develop!! Another chance today! Tonight should be a busy fireworks night!

 

[winds-of-change]

Fleas & ticks don't fare well in arid climates... and guinea fowl are great for killing bugs, my brother in the Ozarks has some of those birds, and they really help keep the bug population down. Chickens also help, but my bro said the guinea fowl are stone cold bug killers, lol.

Yes, I heard they are, too.

 

[winds-of-change]

So I got Hubby to join me for night pool!! No meteors or space junk, but a beautiful sky tonight!! Lots of bats! Linda the deer is all settled in for the night by Buddy's water trough! Nice frog and cricket music!!

My Hubby saw a local deer with a fawn. I wasn’t with him so I missed it. At night, here, the land is LOUD with bugs and frogs. I love it.

 

[Pearl]

Watched fireworks from the pool. Too cold for Hubby , he went inside! It was a busy fireworks night! Volunteer fire department was busy too!! Every time the sirens went off ( fire dept is close) coyotes would go off. So would Bert the peacock down the road, AND a bull in distance!! Everything is quieter now!

 

[Magus]

YES!! But it's too small! I have a better one I set on the deck, keeps the beer nice and cold!!

You need one with a remote control like an RC boat. make getting that next Mickey's fun!

 

[Pearl]

There were so many hummingbirds yesterday!! Had to put out extra feeders!! There were many birds enjoying the bird baths too! Cardinals, Mockingbirds, Wrens, and Bluebirds!

 

[winds-of-change]

There were so many hummingbirds yesterday!! Had to put out extra feeders!! There were many birds enjoying the bird baths too! Cardinals, Mockingbirds, Wrens, and Bluebirds!

I have hummingbirds at my feeders, too. But they don’t share very well. There is only one at a time at the feeders as they chase each other off all the time.

 

[Patchouli]

@winds-of-change we had a hummingbird that would sit in a nearby tree and make a mad dash to any other hummingbirds to prevent them from eating. I’ve seen others share, when there are just too many to fight with, I suppose.

 

[Wingnut]

Hummers are territorial and downright greedy when it comes to feeders... having said that, I can remember each hummingbird feeder at my brother's house in central Missouri (Lake of the Ozarks area) just teeming with hummers, there'd be 8-10 hummers circling each feeder like some aerial ballet, it was crazy! My bro had a second-story deck out back, really nice with feeders set up along the rail and in nearby tree branches... great place to sit and watch all the birds while having a cold beer. We'd BBQ out there too, it was a primo deck with a nice view down the sloping lawn to the wood line. In the yard, there were three trees: oak, hickory & cedar, with the green lawn below, it was really pretty.

 

[LadyLocust]

I have hummingbirds at my feeders, too. But they don’t share very well. There is only one at a time at the feeders as they chase each other off all the time.

I call them buzzards because that's what they do.

 

[winds-of-change]

Hummers are territorial and downright greedy when it comes to feeders... having said that, I can remember each hummingbird feeder at my brother's house in central Missouri (Lake of the Ozarks area) just teeming with hummers, there'd be 8-10 hummers circling each feeder like some aerial ballet, it was crazy! My bro had a second-story deck out back, really nice with feeders set up along the rail and in nearby tree branches... great place to sit and watch all the birds while having a cold beer. We'd BBQ out there too, it was a primo deck with a nice view down the sloping lawn to the wood line. In the yard, there were three trees: oak, hickory & cedar, with the green lawn below, it was really pretty.

I have a feeder outside the dining room window so we can watch a bird show while we eat. To hanging off the eaves of the back porch near where I sit to watch them. They do not play well with each other.

 

[Pearl]

Great critter watching day yesterday, was cooler with low humidity (101°)! Animals were out and about more than they have been. There are so many different colors and sizes of Dragonflies. I saw some I have never seen before. I need to do some homework on them, very interesting!!

 

[Wingnut]

Lotsa wild birds enjoying this slightly cooler weather, my yard is full of 'em... might hafta toss some extra cracked corn out there later, or maybe sacrifice a loaf of sale bread from the freezer (after thawing, lol).

The way I see it, some of those doves & quail might be food items later when things go downhill...

 

[Pearl]

A lot of critter activity the past two days, been a little cooler (105°)! Many hummingbirds and dragon flies. The deer have been more active, lots of little ones playing around!! Noticed a few are losing their spots! Also a lot of bluebirds enjoying the birdbaths every afternoon!! We are getting closer to full moon. That with the really hot temps coming=night pool this week!! I have a low end pair of night vision binoculars, can usually see coyotes and hogs in the pasture behind me!!

 

[Magus]

I had this idea for a pool accessory, an IV stand with an upside-down gallon thermos and a rubber hose just sit and float while you sip ice-cold margaritas.

 

[Pearl]

DUST DEVIL! Hit the place next door. 6 acres, the guy doesn't live there, just a big metal building and starving cows! Anyhow, a big dust devil stirred up and blew through, picked up a bunch of junk he had stacked next to his building. It's all over the front of the property and in the road! He'll have a fit. One time hogs tore up about a half acre and he called the Sheriff's dept thinking someone came in and did it. They pointed out the hog poop and tracks to him!! So back out for more 'observing'!

 

[Patchouli]

@Pearl you're hilarious.
I have been seeing fawns at the one park near me the past couple of weeks, and in people's yards ().
Been trying to keep the water fresh for the birds and squirrels, raccoons or oppossums are using it too in the night I imagine. Part of the area around a tree I water down so the squirrels can lay there at the hottest parts of the day in cooler soil.

 

[Pearl]

Beautiful night tonight!! Moon rises late, awesome sky!! Tons of various birds lately. Saw mom turkey by herself today. Guess she weaned the little ones. Amazing quiet days and nights!!

 

[Peanut]

I've seen deer for 3 straight days. I thought it strange, moving during the day and crossing roads. The odd deer sure, but every time I drove somewhere I saw doe's moving.

 

[Supervisor42]

Beautiful night tonight!! Moon rises late, awesome sky!! Tons of various birds lately. Saw mom turkey by herself today. Guess she weaned the little ones. Amazing quiet days and nights!!

You need me to send you some more cicadas? We got plenty!
They can completely fix those pesky quiet evenings.

 

[Wingnut]

Throw in some peepers, Supe, for that true "Wall of Sound" effect!

Can't sleep for some reason, so I'm having a beer after midnight...

Already ate hours ago, but I might make a snack before I lie down again...

 

[Magus]

Same here. no rest for the wicked.