backyard – A Look At Yesterday

Dragonfly Stop Over

I just had to share with you… My friend, Bill, sent me this picture. Bill comments, “If u view close u can see Dragonfly drying wings in breeze. These are interesting insects. Wings are very delicate, gossamer thin, segmented.”

Grape Barber

Where I grew up, there was one type of landscape that appeared in many of the neighbors’ yards – the grape barber. However, today when I google the term, Grape Arbor appears more often than grape barber. Back in the day, many of our neighbors had the grape barber located right outside their backyard door.Continue reading “Grape Barber”

Hummingbird – Can you See Him?

Hi Everybody! The other day while walking about my backyard, I saw something that flew in FAST…then it flew away just as FAST! I was puzzled about what it could be. So I went inside and sat by the window with my camera and look what it was— a beautiful hummingbird! According to my source,Continue reading “Hummingbird – Can you See Him?”