It’s been one year since Grizwald passed over the rainbow bridge. I miss him every day.
Every night as I go to bed, I look out my bedroom window to see the little light I placed by Giz’s grave and say “Good night Grizwaldie”.
He always had this attentive and knowing look when I was talking to him.
Found this moth on my screen door this morning. It’s huge! The wing span is about 6 inches.
The cecropia moth is North America’s largest native moth. It is a member of the family Saturniidae, or giant silk moths. Females have been documented with a wingspan of five to seven inches or more.
Sorry, I have been neglecting my blog. I have quite a few photos to post from the past couple weeks, and I promise to get to them very very soon.
Yes, he came around again last night, but this time he didn’t stick around quite a long. He did peek into my bedroom window again though…Perv.
Buddy Bear came around again last night, and this time he’s captured on cam.
This cam is right beside the house and right next to my bedroom.
You’ll see him a few times in this video, wandering around, laying down, running off, and… looking in my bedroom window.
Mr. Prickles came by for a visit this morning.
I had to keep talking to him to get him to turn and look at me, he’s a little bashful.
Not really much going on lately, though I did get out on the trails this past Sunday.
I got quite lost Sunday, lost in the Herman Hills area, between Herman and Mt. Arvon. I did the ol’ right turn, left turn, repeat over and over. It’s a great way to get lost in the woods. I did run into a few dead-ends. I really enjoy being out in the woods among the trees and rivers, just wish I enjoyed it as much as I use to when I had someone to enjoy it with and when I could walk/hike more.
The wildflowers are just starting to come out, though most are still a couple days away from being in full bloom.
This is the only Spring Beauty I saw that was opened in bloom.
Spring Beauty
Dutchman’s Breeches
Marsh Marigold
Pea Can Falls
Baltimore Orioles – Male and Female
Baltimore Oriole in the rain
Baltimore Oriole
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Brown-headed Cowbirds
Once again the time has flown by without me posting.
Quite a few of the spring/summer birds have arrive as of yesterday. The first Baltimore Oriole is here. The first Ruby Throated Hummingbird is here. And, the first Rose-breasted Grosbeak is here. I enjoy the birds, it one of the few joys I really have.
The other evening I was out watching the birds, then swoosh, all the birds flew off as a hawk came down. This Hairy Woodpecker didn’t fly off, he hid on the underside of the feeder peeking over with an ever watching eye. It was quite funny to watch.
Tuesday I had my Subie worked on. New tires (Falken Wildpeak A/T Trail) that should help on the trails. They fixed my exhaust at the back that was leaking. And the biggie was my front brakes. They replaced the pads, calipers and rotors on both sides. This whole repair job was NOT cheap, in fact more than I thought it would be. It all came to just under $1,000.00, (OUCH!) but at least I know all the stuff is fixed and working properly.
Hairy Woodpecker hiding from a Hawk
Baltimore Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
