BDFB Sex

We are awash in Bird, Dog, Flower, and Bee Sex. After a week of non-stop humping, we scheduled the girl dog for surgery next month:

The Bee sex is less bothersome. It causes the carpenter bees to hover, just long enough for me to get an in flight photo:

The bird sex causes the birds to get a little confused. This one ended up on the wrong side of the window trying to find love first from a glass donkey and then with a WiFi repeater:

Then he looked at me eye-to-eye, correctly concluded I was not a bird, and moved on:

And the flower sex! Those flowers know how to strut their stuff:

I used a trick from Mom and Dad and brought a few inside for easier portraits:

These guys happened to stroll through the portrait studio:

I’m back outside, digging out new trails. I found an interesting rock with a 2' ring embedded in it. I think it is something called a “Liesegang rings” or “fish eyes”. Origin theories abound, I’m thinking a giant spent too much time watching TV and petrified his eye.

A couple of before and after shots of some trail work:

Nick posted some great photos of Clark and Max on his blog:

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I did a video on my new trail cameras:

Closing with one of the creatures I dug up:

Bruce

Coyote hunting

Coyotes have moved into the neighborhood. Some of our backyard creatures are scared:

Others are defiant:

Others are peacefully oblivious:

I used the coyote invasion as an excuse to setup more cameras in the forest:

And I caught him!

Also caught some possums and an armadillo:

For catching birds, I put the camera close to the feeder:

Then use a remote control and then wait for them to smile:

I had fun with a power washer, cleaning steps and sidewalk at Irina’s still un-sold house:

Back home, we were planing on replacing some worn bathroom vanities when I discovered that you can re-surface them with a special paint:

It has embedded rock chips that give it a quartz like finish:

I wired up our creek fountains so I can talk to them:

Closing with one more bird photo. I don’t think he liked me.

Bruce