Nature reclaims everything in the end

Thanks for stopping by

We had about 300 robins stop by our neighborhood the other day for a few hours. They ate a shitload of holly and nandina berries, shit all over our car, deck, and drive way, then they flew off to gawd knows where.

I guess it wasn't so bad though, it could have been worse. It could have been another fucking snow storm.

Trick of the light

The late evening sun played havoc with the picture on a billboard here recently.

The wood pile...

...is it as big as it was after Obamacare became law of the land?

Lighten up

I didn't mean for my previous post to bring so many people down, I told that story because I always thought it was kind of funny, in an Andy Kaufman/The Office kind of way. So if any of you got bummed out over it, please feel free to lighten up now. To help you lighten up here's another picture of the Nolichucky river:

Some fog and a sunset

Here's some photos I took last night in our friends Snad and John's backyard as the rain moved out and the sun came out in time to set.

Fog on the mountain.

My photography skills could not do justice to the colors of the sky last night. For a few moments yesterday evening the sky was an impressionist painting.

You can't beat the colors you find in nature.

Here's some good news

It looks like were going to have a bumper crop of dandelions this year!

The bluebird of happiness...

...was at one of our parks here in Johnson City yesterday afternoon.

He was a bit shy at first.

But when I called out to him he turned around.

Well, he turned the opposite way from me.

But after a moment he turned back towards me.

He finally sat on the fence long enough for me to snap this picture of his pretty blue coat.

I'm holding you responsible for this bird post Ms. Guzman. It's all your fault.

Happy spring time everybody!

Help! I'm trapped in a National Geographic special over here!

We've got four sliding glass doors here at Monkey Central. One on the ground floor in the front and one in the back. We've also got one in the front on the second floor and one in the back. There is a railing in front of the upstairs sliding glass doors.

Some times when it rains really hard, as it did for a bit this morning, squirrels will climb up and perch on the railing in front of the sliding glass door in the room where I do my blogging. I heard the rain this morning and then I heard a thump. I looked over and I saw this through the window:
I did not believe my eyes. It was not one squirrel, it was two.

And they were "gettin' busy."

They were so engrossed in "makin' bacon" that they did not stop when I crept up and took the above picture. After they finished the rain stopped as well and as they scampered off they lit little cigarettes and puffed them happily.

Ever seen one of these?

This little critter is a white squirrel. It's not an albino because it doesn't have the red eyes, it's just a white squirrel. He/she has been hanging around our place for the past few years but this was the first time I saw it when I had my camera with me. The variety of things in nature never ceases to amaze me.