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Friday Photos

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After weeks of rain, yesterday was a bright sunny day. I enjoyed sitting outside capturing some critters and plants in the bright sunshine, like this Harris’s Antelope Squirrel.

The bees were buzzing in the fairy duster and honeysuckle plants.

Our large croc sat in the sun and shadows filtered through our pergola.

A Curved-Bill Thrasher lands on a barrel cactus.

Curved-Bill Thrashers are the bully birds of the backyard. My husband commented that it’s a good thing they aren’t the size of German Shepherds or we’d be shredded.

Mama quail finding a snack of birdseed. Quail scratch the ground with their feet hunting for food.

This is called a Blue Potato Bush. I liked the light on these blossoms.

A House Sparrow landed on an aloe vera plant.

We have a bouquet of glass flowers by the outdoor fireplace that was left by the former homeowners.

Which photos are your favorites?

What are your weekend plans?

Birds and Bees

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A juvenile Harris’s Hawk stopped by for a visit. Mostly he was behind leaves in our Mesquite tree so I only got one photo that worked.

I’ve had a stressful week and I’ve found the way I’m keeping sane is being out in nature and photographing my birds and plants. I got a call two days ago that my dad was taken to the hospital by ambulance. The staff at his assisted living found him unconscious in bed in the middle of the day covered in vomit that was black. In case you didn’t know, that’s not a good sign. The second day in the hospital, the doctor gave me a more promising update on his health. He’s coherent and conscious.

Here are a few of my photos from this week:

Harris’s Antelope Squirrel in the morning light.

A Lesser Goldfinch enjoying Honeysuckle nectar.

A Gila Woodpecker likes to eat Cactus Barrel blossoms.

A couple of bee photos.

Which photos do you like and why?

Friday Flora

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Happy Friday! I was excited to see a few plants in bloom. Because it’s so hot — it will top 100 degrees today — I had to snap photos before the blooms wilt. I was especially excited with this red bottlebrush that was attracting multiple bees.

This will be something else when all those buds bloom.

More busy bees on the bottlebrush!

On another note, I was scheduled for a colonoscopy Monday. I had a referral from my primary to a specialist. When I made the appointment, I asked the scheduler about prep. I’ve done this before and there’s more to it than just showing up for the appointment. She said she’d text me the instructions. Well, I was texted the name of the doctor, address and phone number.

I tried unsuccessfully to send a message through their patient portal. It asked for an office location from a drop down menu that said “no location found.” Without that field, I couldn’t send the message.

Since it’s fast approaching my appointment, I called and left a detailed message explaining I never received any instructions for colonoscopy prep. I got a call back. I learned that I was scheduled for a consultation PRIOR to the colonoscopy. I asked why did I need a separate appointment since I my referral spells out the procedure requested by my primary. Consultation cancelled. Waiting for my colonoscopy date in April. Medicine these days!

Here’s the bottlebrush bush from a few steps back. I can’t wait to see this in full bloom!

And a photo of Red to go with the red bottlebrush photos.

Have a great weekend! What are your plans?