Wordless Wednesday: Too Hot To Fly
by Ogee
Categories: Nature • Tags: Anna's Hummingbird, Bird on a wire, Nature Photography, Wildlife Photography
Category Archives: Nature
The Truest Things
by Ogee
I had a friend I thought I would grow old with, but the friendship was false. I had a title that I thought fit me until it did not. I thought I knew the heart of my country – but lately, I am less sure. Life unfolds in mysterious and unpredictable ways. The truest things I know are found in what comes forward from the earth, in the miracles of the natural world, the connections of two souls adrift, and […]
Categories: Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue, Nature, Nature Photography, Photography, Thought • Tags: Nature Photography, Photography, Truth
Some Bunny To Watch Over You
by Ogee
Some of the bunnies at the dog rescue don’t stand much of a chance (yes…this is a toy!). But these little ones are strictly off limits. 🙂 “Some bunny” is watching over our newest additions.
Categories: Nature, Nature Photography • Tags: Baby Bunnies, Nature Photography, Newborn Bunnies
Whoever Makes A Garden
by Ogee
To my wayward gardeners (one excused for her good work with the dogs)… I understand your spring fever, but while you are away, the weeds grow wild and tall. The garden and I carry on without you – because a garden doesn’t make itself. The roses have been fed their poo tea and the narcissus tied back. The paths have been freshly laid. The weeds have been are being pulled and the beds mulched. And the new entry has been […]
Categories: Gardening, Nature, Nature Photography • Tags: California Poppy, Ceanothus, Cherry Blossom, Garden in Spring, Golden Retriever Garden, Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Memorial Garden, Lavatera, Lilac, Nature Photography, Rosebud
Mac-aroni’s Going Home Day
by Ogee
You don’t have to look at the garden to know that winter is giving way to spring. You can sense it. You don’t have to envision the flowers and trees in bloom. You can smell them. You don’t have to behold the sun to know that it is shining. You can experience its warmth. You don’t have to observe the birds to know their delight in fresh worms and tiny buds. You can hear them. And 10-year-old blind Mac-aroni does […]
Categories: Dog Rescue, Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue, Nature • Tags: Blind dog, Ceanothus, Dog Adoption, dog rescue, Gardens Golden Retriever, Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue, Spring Garden, Tulips
At the Water’s Edge
by Ogee
I returned to the river Thursday after the rain finally subsided. It had been a week of almost non-stop soaking in three waves of powerful downpours and winds. Go here for a bird’s-eye view. The Sacramento River is at its highest point since 1997. At the water’s edge, I usually find all sorts of wildlife and birds of different feathers – most were still burrowing someplace warm and dry. And there was very little edge! The crows, however, are opportunists; […]
Categories: Nature, Nature Photography • Tags: California Drought, Northern California Storm, Sacramento Flooding, Sacramento Flooding 2017
Our Cup Runneth Over
by Ogee
They call it a Pineapple Express. An atmospheric river. A once in twenty-five year event. We call it water. And lots of it. This was the river just a year ago: This year, Winter announced itself, first with a hard frost, and now, rain. Lots and lots of rain. After five years of drought, the water is welcome – but the height of our rivers and streams is downright scary. This is a warm storm off the Pacific, so the […]
Categories: Nature, Nature Photography • Tags: Bird Photography, California Storm 2017, Nature Photography, Sacramento flood, Snow Geese
Wordless Wednesday: Raindrops
by Ogee
Categories: Nature, Photography • Tags: Garden Golden Retrievers, Nature Photography, Photography, Raindrops
Finally Fall
by Ogee
The rain came – and with it fall. Finally, fall. Signaled by merry frogs, and colored by asters, sage, and Maria’s festive decorations. We caught the tail end of the horrible storm wrecking havoc in the Pacific Northwest. The best part. Even the poppies are reborn with cooler weather and a fresh drink. I’ve been hard at work on the creation of a new bed: an extension of our entry way gardens to replace a section of weedy grass and […]
Categories: Dog Rescue, Gardening, Nature • Tags: CNM Labrador Retriever, dog rescue, Fall Garden, Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue, Homeward Bound Memorial Garden Sacramento, Megaesophagus
