I was on my way home from dropping my daughter off at day care the other day and spotted four Turkey Vultures (Cathartes aura) perched on a fence down the road from my house. Once again I didn’t have my camera with me, but this time I went home and got the camera and went back.
When I get back they weren’t on the fence any more, they were on the silo behind the pasture. I was a little dissapointed that they weren’t on the fence, but they were still near by.
I know it’s been a while since I posted anything. I have a variety of photos to get posted.
Well, I was on my way to pickup my daughter from my parents and happened to see a sizable bird on top of a telephone pole. So of course I stopped and grabbed the camera. I have missed a variety of photo opportunities over the past couple weeks, as a result of not carrying my camera.
We decided to go to my parents house last week to go swimming. It wasn’t that hot by the time we got there, but it was still refreshing to get in the pool.
My mom has spent countless amounts of time on her flower gardens. I took some shots a couple months ago (spring). I haven’t posted any of them yet. While we were there she had many that were in bloom and simply beautiful.
This is just one of many flower pictures I took last week. Black-eyed Susans (Rudbeckia hirta).
Saturday June 14th, we went to the Seneca Park Zoo, our local zoo. We actually had most of the family with us. My mother, my brother Rick, my brother Matt and his wife, Christina and their daughter Lilly.
It wasn’t that hot, and the rain held out until we were about 1/2 way through. This was Lexi’s first visit to the zoo. We tried to take her the week before, but when we got there it was closed, so we ended up feeding the ducks and geese in Charlotte.
The zoo in general is a pretty good place for taking pictures of animals. Some animals are more cooperative than others. The Seneca Park Zoo has a good variety of animals, nothing spectacular, but definitely worth visiting.
Bald Eagles are one of my favorite animals. They always seem to have a very noble expression.
Well, this past week we trans-planted our melons (watermelon and cantelope), pumpkins, and some corn. These were all started from seeds, inside. Based on the melon section in the Stoney basic skills It stated that melons do well on a trellis. Now this is something new to me. I have always seen melons grown on the ground. Now the key to melons on a trellis is to tie a nylon stocking under the fruit once it starts to develop, to provide support. So I decided to once again use PVC.
I made the trellis, by making 2 rail type sections and then adding some uprights to help support the rails. I simply tied, lashed the rails and uprights together.
OK, so this week, we transplanted the pole beans to the garden. We started then from seed inside several weeks ago. I am hoping they make it. The reason I say this is, they grew like crazy and I didn’t give them poles to climb before I moved them outside and the wind did a number on them. If has been a few days since I transplanted them to the garden, so look like they are going to be fine, and some of the others aren’t looking that good.
Now if you are wondering what the beans are using to support them, it’s PVC pipe. This is the first year we have grown beans of any kind. It just happened by chance that my wife picked up a book a few weeks ago Storey’s Basic Country Skills: A Practical Guide to Self-Reliance. The information in this book is great. I have learned a lot just flipping through it. In the garden section there is an entry about pole beans. It recommends using a tee pee or A-frame to support the bean plants. So that is what I did. I made mine using schedule 40 PVC.
Last Friday evening we went to the Cool Kids event in Brockport. They were featuring Wild Wings, a non-profit organization specializing in birds of prey. They house and care for permanently injured raptors. They brought four of their friends, Quiver (American Kestrel), Wink (Eastern Screech Owl), GHO (Great Horned Owl), Amber (Red-Tailed Hawk).
I was hoping to get a chance to talk with them after the presentation but the weather didn’t cooperate. It did however hold out until the end of the presentation. Then the skies just opened up.
This is another picture from our weekend away. The Aquarium of Niagara isn’t that big, but they do have a nice collection of animals. This is a Lion fish. From a photographers perspective, it poses some unique challenges. Anytime you try to take pictures through glass you can expect to get some good shots and some that don’t make the cut. This one turned out OK.
Well, we started planing our garden a couple weekends ago. I have decided to keep a running log of our garden’s progress here on my blog. I am planning on posting at least once a week (about the garden), with pictures.
So far we have onions (red and yellow), bell peppers, Roma tomatoes and a couple beefsteak. We have some plants that we started from seed inside that I need to harden and then transplant them to the garden.
This a picture of my pride and joy, Alexsia. She loves to help in the garden. Every time I go out to work in the garden she is there to help. She even helped plant the beefsteak tomatoes.
Saturday June 14th, we went to the Seneca Park Zoo, our local zoo. We actually had most of the family with us. My mother, my brother Rick, my brother Matt and his wife, Christina and their daughter Lilly.
Well, this past week we trans-planted our melons (watermelon and cantelope), pumpkins, and some corn. These were all started from seeds, inside. Based on the melon section in the Stoney basic skills It stated that melons do well on a trellis. Now this is something new to me. I have always seen melons grown on the ground. Now the key to melons on a trellis is to tie a nylon stocking under the fruit once it starts to develop, to provide support. So I decided to once again use PVC.
ago. I am hoping they make it. The reason I say this is, they grew like crazy and I didn’t give them poles to climb before I moved them outside and the wind did a number on them. If has been a few days since I transplanted them to the garden, so look like they are going to be fine, and some of the others aren’t looking that good.
. The information in this book is great. I have learned a lot just flipping through it. In the garden section there is an entry about pole beans. It recommends using a tee pee or A-frame to support the bean plants. So that is what I did. I made mine using schedule 40 PVC.
Last Friday evening we went to the 
This is another picture from our weekend away. The Aquarium of Niagara isn’t that big, but they do have a nice collection of animals. This is a Lion fish. From a photographers perspective, it poses some unique challenges. Anytime you try to take pictures through glass you can expect to get some good shots and some that don’t make the cut. This one turned out OK.
