Some of my early-spring flowers.

Created with fd's Flickr Toys

Taken in my backyard.

A little snow on the roof!

Theme: Where I am, pic by NJ

May 21, 2008

My first attempt at a backyard rink

New to our backyard visitors that come to dinner. This one obviously enjoyed a meal of over-ripe cherries. When my daughters were young I would stop anytime I saw a box turtle on the roadways and pick them up to take home to the safety of our backyard. Now I'm not so sure it's all that safe since we have a pool and these guys don't swim. This one I didn't bring home - it came hunting me and dinner. Far more welcome than the raccoons!

I'm going to be missing for at least a couple of weeks - no travel this time.

Nikon N80

Spot the twins.

I live in a rowhouse (not as nice as brownstones). The backyards are connected, and I often walk through them looking into people's gardens.

I like the way they looks at night, it an attempt to get it, I got this apocalyptic photo.

Backyard, Wilmington NC

A returning White-throated Sparrow, hanging out under my feeders.

Backyard

backyard

A selection of vegetables picked from my backyard garden, including green beans, tomatoes, basil and peppers.

Backyard flowers taken on my Canon Digital Rebel XT with 50mm prime lens at f/1.8

Backyard flowers

Koala in the backyard Panoram SA

Renovated backyard from the garden; Willow in amongst the flowers (don't tell Heather!)

WHAT ARE ALTERNATIVES TO GOOGLE AND FACEBOOK?

Digital Backyards Japan | International Conference

January 10th-12th at PORTO | Sapporo/JAPAN

berlinergazette.de/digital-backyards/

www.smal.jp/en/news/page.php?id=65

Are there any alternatives to an increasingly centralized internet landscape as cultivated by Google and Facebook? It is hard to imagine, but there are. The resources for such alternatives lie dormant in Japan’s diversity itself: tinker garages, corporate hotbeds, grassroots hubs, institutional labs, hacker bedrooms, editorial outposts etc. In those digital backyards innovators have been silently pursuing their work. Now they come together from all over Europe & Japan to explore synergies and common interests.

The conference is partitioned into a semi-open „Networking Lounge“ and „Public Talks“ that are accessible to a broad audience.

Credit: Yasuhiro Yamaguchi, Mayer Planning Office/ City of Sapporo, SMAL

I don't really want to move them.

Rainbow Lorikeet

My first attempt at a backyard rink

Our backyard is better than yours... This Roosevelt Elk bull came closer to our house than I have ever seen. I walked downstairs to do laundry and saw him munching on our apple trees.

WHAT ARE ALTERNATIVES TO GOOGLE AND FACEBOOK?

Digital Backyards Japan | International Conference

January 10th-12th at PORTO | Sapporo/JAPAN

berlinergazette.de/digital-backyards/

www.smal.jp/en/news/page.php?id=65

Are there any alternatives to an increasingly centralized internet landscape as cultivated by Google and Facebook? It is hard to imagine, but there are. The resources for such alternatives lie dormant in Japan’s diversity itself: tinker garages, corporate hotbeds, grassroots hubs, institutional labs, hacker bedrooms, editorial outposts etc. In those digital backyards innovators have been silently pursuing their work. Now they come together from all over Europe & Japan to explore synergies and common interests.

The conference is partitioned into a semi-open „Networking Lounge“ and „Public Talks“ that are accessible to a broad audience.

Credit: Yasuhiro Yamaguchi, Mayer Planning Office/ City of Sapporo, SMAL

Taken in Harlingen, TX

My first attempt at a backyard rink

Unedited 35mm Ilford XP2.

my stashbuster of a quilt. blogged here: hungiegungie.com/2013/04/29/backyard-patchwork-quilt/

Spring is here and the trees are filled with lush green leaves.

Compare this panorama to the one I took in Winter

You might also recognize this backyard from this video on You Tube... Drunk Guy Lights His SUV On Fire And Tries To Drive

A beautiful Desert Rose beside out pool in the back garden of our old house in Key West Florida. It was a beautiful secluded tropical garden looked after by a gardener

backyard planter. For more information, see thehumblenest.com/

A small sparrow rests on a bare, wet tree limb during an overcast day. Tiny droplets of water cling to the dark branches against a pale sky.

More photos from my yard a couple of days after 9 inches of snow fell, with a little freezing rain before hand.

Another shot of my bench with the icicles.

Sharpened and slight adjustments were made in Picasa.

Added to Monthly Scavenger Hunt April, 2008 - Under the Weather

My first attempt at a backyard rink

Backyard

Backyard planter. For more information, see thehumblenest.com/

pattern: Backyard Leaves

yarn: Karabella Aurora 8

color: green #716

4 skeins

needles: Fiddlesticks bamboo #7US

pattern source: Scarf Style