Every Day is a Gift!
Although my backyard bird feeder in coastal Georgia attracts many varieties of birds, my favorites are the Painted Buntings. I keep the feeder filled with their favorite seeds all year round.
I enjoy watching the Ruby Throated hummingbirds as they dart between the three hummingbird feeders and the flowers in the butterfly garden.
Thanks you Lisa. for this challenge at Bird Weekly Challenge #8 – Birds at the Feeder
The morning after our anniversary celebration, Henry slept in while I got up early to watch the sunrise at Driftwood Beach.
A Brief History of Jekyll Island and the Jekyll Island Club:
Here are a few images from around today’s Jekyll Island Club Resort. Click on an image for a closer look.
We took some scenic drives around the 7 1/2 mile long and 1 1/2 mile wide island. At the fishing pier on the north end of the island we had a great view of the Sydney Lanier Bridge and the Golden Ray cargo ship.
We came across some birds as we wandered around the island.
On September 8, 2019 the Korean cargo ship the Golden Ray left the port of Brunswick loaded with cars shortly before it ran aground in the St. Simons sound. The ship caught fire and thankfully, all of the 24 crew members were rescued. Since then, a special response team has been working to remove the ship. Recently, the team has put the efforts on hold because of COVID-19 and hurricane season. For more information go to St. Simons Sound Response.
This week, Amy has challenged us to show photos we have taken at home.
During this almost six weeks of sheltering in place I find myself spending more and more time outside appreciating the natural beauty all around me.
We’ve had many birds at our feeder this spring – chickadees, house finches, cardinals, hummingbirds and others. My favorite is a pair of painted buntings that come by every day. So far I’ve only been able to get photos of the male.
The cardinals hang around under the feeder in hopes of finding fallen seeds.
Monarch butterflies are continuing to come through the garden. I haven’t found any more caterpillars and the milkweed they stripped is coming back strong with new growth.
I first spotted a Monarch Chrysalis in my garden about three weeks ago. I’ve been checking on it several times a day and after 14 days I realized this one was not going to make it.
Being at home for six weeks has made me realize how much I have to be grateful for. I am so grateful to live in a home where I can go outside into my yard to enjoy the natural world. I’m grateful I can keep in touch with friends and family who are far away. I’m grateful for my health and the health of my family and friends. I’m grateful I am physically able to get out and exercise in the fresh air.
Many thanks to Amy for this weeks Lens-Artists Photo Challenge – At Home
Inspired by Discover Prompt Grateful.
This week Ann-Christine has chosen Chaos as the theme for the Weekly Photo Challenge.
I experienced chaos first hand this week when I made a routine trip to the grocery store. I wasn’t there for toilet paper, hand sanitizer or cleaning supplies but apparently every one else was. It was a total mad house with not enough cashiers to handle the crowd. I was glad to get out of there with my few groceries (and wine)!
So, to bring a lighter note to this post I chose some photos of chaos in the animal world.
Many thanks to Ann-Christine for this weeks Lens-Artists Photo Challenge – Chaos
This week’s photo challenge is from our guest host Miriam. The theme this week is Reflections.
As I browsed through my photos I found a few with reflections off the surface of a body of water.
Many thanks to our guest host Miriam for this weeks Lens-Artists Photo Challenge – Reflections
Wandering Dawgs 