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This has been my best bud for the last few years. She's on my bed snoring right now and she isn't as active any more, but neither am I. This was taken at my favorite campsite in the Dinkey Creek campground. As you can see, Violet is very proper while she is watching over me making sure I don't get into trouble. If you notice she doesn't have a leash on, (which is a no no), but she is the only dog I have owned that I never have to worry about leaving camp. One of my fellow campers called her a "velcro" dog and that is exactly what she is, stuck to your side.
Another great memory to share while we are social distancing. Stay safe and we'll all be taking adventures again soon.
Day 317 of 365
These violets seem to enjoy my south facing windows. I'm tempted to purchase a lot more to keep this plant company :)
This lovely swallow was a delightful surprise for me to see. As I sat on my stool in the midst of a Barn Swallow fest, I noticed a few Violet-greens swooping around me, one of them coming in closer with each pass, as if to check me out. At one point, one of the swallows flew right across my arm and I could feel the whoosh of air as it did. Sweet!
"Doing what you like is freedom.
Liking what you do is happiness."
Frank Tyger
The viola is a large family containing 500 species, they are on record in Greece from the 4th century B.C.
Later in Europe, it was discovered that a plant similar to a viola grew in open areas.
The plant found mostly in fields and amongst rocks in the Alps, hence Alpine.
It became known as a wild pansy (French: pensée). It might have been a romantic Frenchman who 'named' it...
A pensée can be a thought or a saying, short or it can be as long as a paragraph, a page, a poem!
Maybe he thought of his loved-one, dried one amongst some book he carried? Juste une pensée... lol.
These delicately fragrant flowers come in a wonderful variety of colours.
The dark centres in some flowers are thought to resemble little faces.
These are a smaller variety that I have in the garden, I could not resist photographing them in the studio...
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A simple shot of my 2 girls. Enjoy and thanks for stopping. Much appreciation for my favs and invites.
Paton Center for Hummingbirds, Patagonia, AZ - December, 2019
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Tucson Audubon - Vermillion Flycatcher Magazine - January, 2021
My favorite couple is back.
Spring is truly here.
After helping them to defend the site against Starlings for a week and a half, these two finally decided it was time and took up "the post" a number of mornings ago and have been doing so ever since. They remember me and, unlike the first year I watched them 3 seasons ago, they let me come right up to them now. It's an earlier start than usual so I'm hoping we may get two broods. Just glad to see them again. Violet Green Swallow time of year is here. Even better, my landlord, for the first time ever, agreed to allow me to put up an additional nest box (these two current nest in the eaves, just inside the attic via the single vent that hasn't been covered).... And we already have another couple checking out the digs. Salud.
For anyone unfamiliar with this amazing species, learn more here: www.sialis.org/vgswbio.htm
and here: www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Violet-green_Swallow/overview
And if you're in an area where they frequent, consider managing a nestbox during breeding season. They eat bugs around your house, and are beautiful and entertaining to watch, and they need our help as they're in decline.
American lifer #545 is the violet-crowned hummingbird, a member of the emerald family. From wiki: It is found from southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico south into Mexico to Michoacán and Hidalgo and possibly as far as the states of Puebla and México. In Arizona and New Mexico it occurs almost entirely between 1,200 and 1,700 m (3,900 and 5,600 ft). In Sonora it occurs between 200 and 1,300 m (660 and 4,300 ft) and extends its elevational range further south. It inhabits a variety of landscapes including riparian corridors in thorn scrub, deciduous and pine-oak forest, fields, orchards, and urban and suburban parks and gardens. Photographed at Patton's in Patagonia and Miller Park.
Campylopterus hemileucurus
Our only encounter with this striking large Hummingbird, was at some feeders in a rainstorm!
My favourite flowers: Violets. I just love their scent and usually can't wait for them to show up in early spring. These ones crossed my way last weekend. :-)
Common Dog Violet / viola riviniana. Stanton Canal, Derbyshire. 15/04/20.
Over the last few weeks it's been a real joy to see Common Dog Violets gradually increase in number locally. I find them growing at the edges of footpaths and on the bank side margin of a small wood. The wood is adjacent to a former industrial site and offers me a wild haven in which to connect with nature during Covid-19 lockdown restrictions.