It has been one cold week, one night with snow and two nights below thirty. I had to take off the wraps the night it rained; that would have been too much weight to trust safety pins. You can see, they had a rough week, but they made it. They know where they live.
The alium is no more pleased with the weather. I've done nothing for this poor fellow; it's taller than my bucket. I feel like it's a chick, pecking at its egg shell. And wait, there's more. For the dullest life I know of, I come across some interesting sights.
Directly across from my heron pond, these three fellows set up more lens that I ever dreamed of, and were shooting straight into a green thicket. I didn't have the nerve to ask them what they were shooting. I'm fairly confident it is not an eagle, because those lenses are shooting straight into the same kind of greenery as is behind them. If I see them again, I'll be braver and ask. After all, it won't be like it's the first time.
And finally, I am one bobbin past a quarter done with the purple. I won't need to leave home several times tomorrow, and may get more done. Thursday is the dentist...
Well, now I need to know what the spotters were spotting. Something nesting, I'm guessing. Do you have sandhill cranes or some iconic bird like that?
ReplyDeleteNo, the only "cranes" are herons, and their rookery is down on the river. I'll call around tomorrow.
DeleteMy dentist has opened back up too but I'll be damned if I'm going to risk everything to go get my teeth cleaned. It's only been six months.
ReplyDeleteI, too, am curious as to what those guys were shooting. Let us know if you find out.
I'm glad your plants survived. I'm sure they will give you a lot of pleasure over the summer. We are back to rain here which is fantastic because my little garden was getting dry.I'm nervous about over watering as it my habit and the newly planted seeds at the community garden were just planted so the rain will do it good. It looks like those photographers are shooting birds or eggs and birds of some kind. The purple towel looks great.
ReplyDelete* typo..."do them good", not "do it good".
DeleteThat makes me curious about what they were looking at. It's plenty warm enough here, but I don't know where to (safely) get plants/flowers, so I'll wait a while. I love that mandevilla! Such a beautiful color!
ReplyDeleteGood luck at the dentist. That's my least favorite thing to do and I have an appointment in a couple of weeks. I am a bit nervous about it with the Covid and all but there is no guarantee things will get better any time soon.
ReplyDeleteLet us know if you find out what those guys are photographing. It looks interesting! Your mandevillas are hanging in there so you are doing good as their plant mama. That purple on the loom looks so good!
So glad to hear your Mandevillas are doing ok...It''s been a challenge. I am also curious about what those photographers are looking for...Let us know. And keep on with the beautiful purple.
ReplyDeleteExcellent frost tenting in your previous post. We're down to one bougainvillea that needs to be protected with sheets and blankets, and a cactus we put a hat on. Weaving looks like a dark art to me. Very mysterious.
ReplyDeleteI glanced over at the closet tonight and said, "You dummy, you could have buttoned a coat or jacket or zipped a hoodie around them."
DeleteThat's another great idea!
DeleteNow THAT would be a picture!
DeleteHari OM
ReplyDeleteit's turned nippy here, too. Payback for an unusually warm April. I do hope those guys are there tomorrow so we can all have our interest resolved!!!YAM xx
I always have the pleasure of bringing plants inside so that I don't lose them from frost.
ReplyDeleteI remember when we lived in Montana it was said it was safe to plant outside after May 15th. Do let us know if you find out what the guys were aiming to shoot.
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Those are big lenses — at least 400mm and probably 600mm. Lens hoods can make them look even bigger than they are. They could possibly even be using tele-extenders too. I would love to now if you do encounter them again.
ReplyDeleteVery glad that your plants survived.
ReplyDeleteThere must be SOME kind of fascinating animal in that underbrush!
ReplyDeleteHOORAY for tough plants. I think they recognise a kindred spirit.
ReplyDeleteAdd me to the list of those who would love to know what the paparazzi were focusing on.
I thought we were done with the cold too but it's going to get chillier for the next few nights. We were in the mid-80s over the weekend. I can't put the hooded sweatshirts away yet. Take care and best of luck to your plants.
ReplyDeleteLuckily we seem to be past frost!! Love the purple color you are using!!
ReplyDeleteI love the warm smooth look of that wood with the bobbin in it, I love the way wood does that with much use, like the arms on my favourite dining chair, now 36 years old and satiny smooth.
ReplyDeleteWe don't get much frost here where I am, too close to the city and built up areas and surrounded by hills on one side, beach on the other. I do see huge black clouds from my window right now, so there will be rain tonight.
Maybe they've discovered some 'celeb' ignoring the rules and hiding out in a shack in the woods when they should have been at home. Stay home - Stay safe!
ReplyDeletePurple is the in colour at the moment:)
All our dentists are closed due to lockdown. You are lucky.
ReplyDeleteMoving heavy plants seem to be the thing with May's mercurial weather.
ReplyDeleteGlad you flowers made it through the cold.
ReplyDeleteMay 24 is the date we always have in mind for outdoor plants, but you can always cheat a little with primula, pansies and hardy stuff like that. Stay well!
ReplyDeleteGood that your plants survived the cold and are looking very good.
ReplyDeleteWe had our last frosty overnight yesterday, so today or tomorrow I will venture to my favorite pop-up nursery for a couple of hanging baskets for the deck.
ReplyDeletethat purple is luscious. and yeah, curious what the heck they were trying to photograph. getting hotter and hotter here though this morning is pleasant.
ReplyDeleteOur grandson had an apptmt on April 28 to have two small cavities filled. Dentist office is closed. Son-in-law apparently cracked tooth during hair-raising hospital stay (pre-Corona emergency surgery) the first of March. Didn't bother him until this week, when he also noticed a small chip in front tooth that's annoying. Dentist office is closed.
ReplyDeleteNow I am deeply curious. What are those young men watching?
ReplyDeleteI looked at the Ohio Rare Bird Alert, and the only thing I can find for your county, and it seems right in your neck of the (literal) woods is a Kirtland's warbler. They would be in the bushes, and need a big lens if you're photographing them since they're a small bird. When I was in Indiana, I used to make pilgrimage every year to bird the Lake Erie shore just west of Cleveland to see the warblers; it was heaven for a birder!
ReplyDeleteI hope you find out what is so interesting in those woods that they have such camera equipment to take photos of it!
ReplyDeleteWe don't leave any plants out until early June and still have to watch the nighttime forecasts until late in June. It makes for a short growing season. I guess that's why I like perennials so much. They come up much earlier than that, and if it snows, why, they just pull in their heads and come out later when the sun does :)
Those lenses can see into next week.
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