fireflies

[just strum]

Getting back to nature, I forgot about something that happened a few years after we moved in to our house.

I was out in the yard around 5:30 - 6:00 AM with the dog we use to have. He started getting excited about something and then broke into a steady stream of barking. Finally a doe comes out of the high grass that surrounds a little wooded section on our property.

Well this doe is pissed and she's snorting and stomping her front hoofs. I put the dog in the house and she is just staring at me and continues her snorting and stomping, but eventually wanders off. So I'm standing by the garage and I can see the grass moving around near where she had been standing. I walk over to a little foot bridge we have and cross over to investigate. Out comes this wobbling fawn, still wet from birth and cleaning, followed by a second. The doe had just given birth to twins.

A few photos of the birthing center.

From near the back of the yard looking to the front.

A little closer in and slightly different angle

Here is a shot taken from the upstairs window - you can barely make out the deer and the geese in the center of the tree ponds. Just beyond the tree line there is a back road and then Tinker Creek State Park

The downside, it can flood.

 

[thearabianmage]

There are so many things about the area I live in that I love - some natural and some not. In the summer, there is a ring around the moon that is only visible in this part of the country.

The fog is probably the coolest, though. In the south (of England for anyone who gets confused on where I live and take things I say about the south the wrong way) we have fog that moves with a mind of its own. I call it the Creeping Death, even though it's not harmful (just a cool name, huh?)

You will be standing around, and without warning you are surrounded by thick thick fog. The air cools around you and you can barely see 5 feet in front of you. The fog is so thick that you see it move against your breath. And as quickly as it came, without warning, it is gone. The air returns to normal, and ring around the moon is visible once again.

Most other things I love about this area are not natural, but man-made or is a consequence of man's actions. There is not much wildlife in these parts due to most of it having been hunted in the 2500-3000 years since the Romans first arrived.

 

[Algonquin]

hence, my question. what, in your part of the Galaxy, makes you happy with nature? what phenomenons are peculiar to your neck of the woods that just catch your breath and make you say 'Life is OK'?

CB... thanks for this thread. I went off canoing this past week for a few nights on my own. I've never solo tripped before, so I was a little apprehensive when I was first on my way. About 30 minutes on the water was when I heard the call of the loon and I thought of this tread, and this place with all the nice folks who post here. It brought a smile to my face, and a comfortable feeling inside.

David

 

[Childbride]

CB... thanks for this thread. I went off canoing this past week for a few nights on my own. I've never solo tripped before, so I was a little apprehensive when I was first on my way. About 30 minutes on the water was when I heard the call of the loon and I thought of this tread, and this place with all the nice folks who post here. It brought a smile to my face, and a comfortable feeling inside.

David

i've actually enjoyed this thread immensely, myself. so many beautiful pictures, actual and mentally painted... thank all of you for sharing.

got off the phone with gram a bit a go; it's official. have to go soon to see the rabbit.

 

[Spudman]

One of my last firefly experiences was on the Blackwater River in Missouri. (remember the Doobie Bros. song?) I was 8 or 9 years old.

I had just shot my first bullfrog with my BB gun and my dad was cooking it as the sun was setting. The fireflies came out and I remember tasting that frog for the first time surrounded by the twinkling of the fireflies.

 

[just strum]

One of my last firefly experiences was on the Blackwater River in Missouri. (remember the Doobie Bros. song?) I was 8 or 9 years old.

I had just shot my fist bullfrog with my BB gun and my dad was cooking it as the sun was setting. The fireflies came out and I remember tasting that frog for the first time surrounded by the twinkling of the fireflies.

1) Don't fist a bullfrog, people will think you are weird.

2) What does frog taste like? I know, chicken.

 

[Spudman]

Picky picky...and then you try to make me feel bad.

Just for that...Peavey Generation Teles carry the Ebola virus.oke:

 

[just strum]

Picky picky...and then you try to make me feel bad.

Just for that...Peavey Generation Teles carry the Ebola virus.oke:

Great!!! It's on e-bay for $1,200: Peavey Generation Ex - one of a kind.

Man this E-bay is great, now to get a cigarette and put it behind the strings on the head. Peavey Generation Ex - one of a kind and includes cigarette burn $12,000

 

[thearabianmage]

Great!!! It's on e-bay for $1,200: Peavey Generation Ex - one of a kind.

Man this E-bay is great, now to get a cigarette and put it behind the strings on the head. Peavey Generation Ex - one of a kind and includes cigarette burn $12,000

Don't forget to jack the price up more for the exclusive access to the Ebola virus!!