Gutters and Downpipes
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Took this near Fillmore Utah. One of those pictures that has always stuck in my mind, just didn't know which SD card it was on. Figured I better post it now before I lose it again.
This fresh House Sparrow was peeking through my kitchen window. She and her mate have a messy nest in the curve of the second floor downspout. It's been fun watching the nest, and their antics while trying and retrying to build a nest in the precarious location.
With the window and screen raised, I was nervous that she might want to come in for a visit : )
The Australian green tree frog is a species of tree frog native to Australia and New Guinea.
Larger than most Australian frogs, the Australian green tree frog reaches 10 cm or more in length. Its average lifespan in captivity, about 16 years, is long compared with most frogs.
Green tree frogs are little troubled by the presence of humans and often live in close association with them. They sometimes stray inside houses and are found in such places as sinks and toilets. They can also be found on outside windowsills at night, eating insects attracted to the light, and they may gather under outdoor lighting for the same reason. They sometimes occupy tanks (cisterns), downpipes (downspouts), and gutters, as these have high humidity and are usually cooler than the external environment. They may be drawn to the downpipes and tanks during the mating season because the fixtures amplify their calls.
Due to its appearance and behavioural traits, the green tree frog is a popular exotic pet throughout the world. The skin secretions of the frog have antibacterial and antiviral properties that may prove useful in pharmaceutical preparations and which have rendered it relatively immune to the population declines being experienced by many species of amphibian. (Wikipedia)
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This was the only frog we saw in Australia. He came to bid us farewell as we packed up the bus to return to Darwin, before heading onto Cairns. He is clinging to the side of our cabin, just above a rain collection tank.
Pine Creek, Northern Territory, Australia. October 2022.
Eagle-Eye Tours - Tropical Australia.
You want to stand out
in it, perhaps drink
the first downpour
from a silver cup
and let morning’s
grey wash fill
the streets, maybe
until evening
when the sky
clears and leaves
its garish aftermath;
but now it falls
and falls and foams
the gutters, fountains
downspouts, soaks
the fields turning
summer and all along
Main Street, past the café,
feed store, grain elevator,
hound in his soggy kennel,
we upturn our faces
to receive its thousand kisses.
--Miguel de O
The downspout pipes are absolutely huge in St. Petersburg. We're never going back to Russia. I asked a local tour guide how she liked Putin. (A dumb question.) She said, "He is my hero." I wonder how she's faring with the loss of tourism.
Human nature is like water. It takes the shape of its container. ~ Wallace Stevens
Taken in our backyard.
Smile on Saturday: Let it Flow
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'Pink Lawn' iceplant. Nottingham Dr. Cambria. One of the hundreds of Delosperma cultivars.
Since my last 'Pink Lawn' post was well-received, here's the more common, darker-pink Delosperma that people use here. It is spectacular on a sunny day! This planting is on a corner lot, and I think the rocks you can see in the top left are a a drainage, likely from a downspout. We got something like 35 inches of rain this winter, and maybe more here, since this planting is maybe 200 ft from the ocean. I'm sure these plants are good at fog-harvesting too. Our signature Cambria Pines get at least half of their annual water from the fogs!
As do the Redwoods a few miles north, up the coast. They make it to just about the Monterey/SLO county line, in our current climate. When I last visited this southernmost grove, it was visibly struggling. Not this year! At least the ones that weren't swept away in the floods . . .
I don't know what this thing is; looks like a dispenser of some kind, or maybe rain downspouts. I just like the shot.
Milpitas, California.
Lots of rain out West this past week, too late, and now maybe too much too fast, but still welcome and much needed.
Pulled over Saturday just South of Yreka California (while on my way to Kent Washington) to take some pictures of this ominous looking storm.
Right now, I'm waiting in SoCal for I-5 to reopen due to snow over the "Grapevine". I managed to find parking at the Lebec Rest Area. Being Southern California a few inches of snow is like a few feet in other areas. Ridiculous.
Anyway, heading to San Diego, then hopefully home for a couple of days, Monday Tuesday maybe?
Not great internet here, usually better but suspect with all the traffic stuck waiting folks are all on the net. Gonna post this and try to visit as many of you as I can.
for the group Smile on Saturday - "celebration" theme of December 15th, 2018: One Hundred Smiles
a smiley graffito on an exterior wall - seen in Bregenz, Austria.
I don't know, whether the house owner is smiling too!?
HAPPY ANIVERSARY !!
Thank you Maria and mod-team for this lovely group and your commitment !!
Happy Smile on Saturday, everyone : ))
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für die Gruppe "Smile on Saturday" zum Jubiläum (100 mal Lächeln)
Smiley Graffito an einer Hauswand in Bregenz, Österreich.
Ob der Hausbesitzer darüber genauso lächelt??