This & That

 

Yesterday it rained on and off . Miggs and I managed to get our walk in early in the morning , then it rained , so we puttered inside for a bit but then the rains stopped and we went back outside again . I was taking photos as usual just because that’s what I love to do lol !

                   My Hyacinths are all doing well and showing signs as you can see here of blooms forming !

Mr Robin always keeping and eye on us when we are out in the back yard , or being just plain nosey lol !

Mr Chippy was digging in to the seed here looking like he may fall in lol  no the log is slightly burrowed out and I put seed in it for the birds and critters  !

                                              My goodness Chippy sure you cant get any more in there ? lol !

The sky’s weren't clear yesterday more like over cast ya know the white washed sky look but then holly cow big dark fast moving clouds rolled over and WOW ! I mean fast so fast I had a tuff time photographing them  but I managed to . I love clouds especially  deep dark cloud like this with layers to them soo creepy , mysterious yet beautiful !

As  these clouds were rolling over the winds picked up hard and fast and I could see some of the lower layers of clouds starting to swirl , but I stayed out there and took more photos of them . I knew there wasn’t to be a tornado cause with them there is a jet engine sound as the winds are soo fast and with these clouds there wasn’t any of that  I have been through tornados before and one gets to know them after a while lol .

Then they went right over our house me standing in the middle of the yard photographing as much as I can and they all went north east and as they traveled away from us it was an  amazing sight .

          WOW !! that was awesome !! Some where some one got heavy rains as the cloud just let loose and the winds were strong  … oh Yeah Papa when he was picking up groceries in town on his way home from work lol !

Then I came in and took photos of my Geraniums as they look soo pretty . I have 4 in bloom but this colour the Salmon pink is my favourite !

               I cant wait to put them out on the patio ! But still a bit to chilly at night so I will wait till May .

                     The sun has risen for this morning the air is chilly and dark clouds still hang in the sky’s and possible rain again later this afternoon . Miggs and I are off for our walk whilst we can !

                                                                                    Until next time !

                        Country Gal

Gotch Ya !!!

 

  The Brown Thrasher I had mentioned a few posts back that I have been chasing all over the place to get his photo .  Mind you he seems to stick to the out side of the fields in the tippy tops of the trees  but oh he sings and chats so wonderfully and he finally came close enough for me to at least tempt to get his photo all though still a bit farther away then I would of liked but hey ya cant have everything now can ya lol .

                          Not the clearest shots as he insists on staying out of range but heck I will take these !

                       This bird is a member of the Mocking bird family and can sing up to 1100 different calls . Brown Thrashers skulk in shrubby tangles or forage on the ground below dense cover. They’re most obvious when they sing their loud songs from shrubs and treetops. The song is a complex string of many musical phrases (many copied from other birds’ songs, with each phrase typically sung twice before moving on). They also make a distinctive, harsh tsuck note . Their habitat is  scrubby fields, dense regenerating woods, and forest edges are the primary habitats of Brown Thrashers. They rarely venture far from thick undergrowth into which they can easily retreat.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmPxm-aKNUk  This is a video of the Brown Thrasher I got off of YouTube so you can hear what I have been hearing for a few weeks now in our area  , he sings and chats wonderfully  as it echoes through out the fields and valley . I would love to do my own video of the Thrasher but he just doesn’t want to be on camera at all lol .

                  It is a rainy on and off day here today but the temps are pleasant at 10C or 50F  and warmish winds  and Mr Brown Thrasher has been chatting and singing up a storm of his own so far today high in the tree tops !

                                                                                  Until next time  .

                           Country Gal