The cold, the snow, the heat...
Jun. 23rd, 2007 06:28 pmOooh! Jeff Corwin does Alaska. *makes note on calendar*
I don't know why I pay so much attention to TV and books about the Frozen North. Perhaps it's the pleasure of not living there. (Although right at the moment, a little frozen tundra would be a nice change from the heat. Also the drought. The grass crunches under your feet now. Usually we don't hit that stage until August.) I'm totally into the History Channel's Ice Roads miniseries now too, although I'm sure part of the attraction there is the tension over whether one of the truckers will crash through the ice into the lakes.
In other natural news, a couple of Carolina Wrens managed to hatch out an entire nest and get them all flying without predator-induced mishaps. At least, I assume they didn't have more than four. They did better than the neighborhood robins usually do, anyway. Anyway, the babies have been flying around the yard, and they are the cutest baby birds I have ever seen. Little tailless brown and white puffballs! So cute!
I don't know why I pay so much attention to TV and books about the Frozen North. Perhaps it's the pleasure of not living there. (Although right at the moment, a little frozen tundra would be a nice change from the heat. Also the drought. The grass crunches under your feet now. Usually we don't hit that stage until August.) I'm totally into the History Channel's Ice Roads miniseries now too, although I'm sure part of the attraction there is the tension over whether one of the truckers will crash through the ice into the lakes.
In other natural news, a couple of Carolina Wrens managed to hatch out an entire nest and get them all flying without predator-induced mishaps. At least, I assume they didn't have more than four. They did better than the neighborhood robins usually do, anyway. Anyway, the babies have been flying around the yard, and they are the cutest baby birds I have ever seen. Little tailless brown and white puffballs! So cute!
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Date: 2007-06-25 03:06 am (UTC)On the patio in the back, we have this canopied tent-like thing that's mostly just a roof, no sides. Anyway, where the canvas hangs down, it's gathered into little bundles at are apparently wren-shaped, because every night we have a couple that sleep in them. They're adorable.