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Today lets talk about the Wagtail and the link below will give more info… There are two subspecies of Motacilla alba. The pied wagtail (M a yarrellii) is a UK resident bird which is both common and widespread. The white wagtail (M a alba) is more of a is a common passage migrant in both […]

Russian President pointed out that Moscow was ready to open the borders to foreign nationals seeking to receive Russian coronavirus vaccines Source: Putin offers gas to Europe, COVID-19 vaccination to foreigners in SPIEF address – Business & Economy – TASS I got mine free and am glad I did….I have had multiple inquiries about how […]

Update: June 14th, 2021 Benjamin Netanyahu will be leaving the Israeli prime minister’s post after 12 years in power as the country’s legislature voted to swear in a new ‘change’ government on Sunday. Source: Netanyahu removed from power after Israeli MPs support ‘change’ government coalition — RT World News Original: Got to be better than […]

Обращение главного врача ГБУ РО “Сараевская МБ” Павла Шейдорова к жителям Сараевского района. (Appeal of the chief physician of the State Budgetary Institution of Regional Development “Saraevskaya MB” Pavel Sheidorov to the inhabitants of the Saraevsky district.) Sveta sent me this video link and a note with it… The chief physician of the Sarai hospital […]

I wrote about Wrens that stole my gate in the front….Well,I blinked my eyes twice and the babies are gone and flying all over the yard. A Wren it seems, lives on average about two years old….I guess that is better than a mouse that lives to be on average one year old? Well there […]

I had to hand out little blankets to all the baby birds and give little coats to the mosquitoes and horseflies. Plus I had to fire up the heat for a bit… Heck the sunflowers are all in a tissy this morning….yelling about, “Where is the sun?” Two days ago it was 30+ C and […]

I am enjoying learning about sunflowers… We will have to wait to see if I can grow them or not. I am planning the way to support them against the high winds we have here and I know that the birds will be very happy if I am successful… Life should be about learning and […]

When I get up bright and early my sunflowers are all facing east and when I go to bed late, they are all facing west… According to researchers only young sunflowers will follow the Sun. These flowers are following a natural circadian rhythm to receive the most light for photosynthesis. However when they mature the […]

Installed twelve new bricks, three heavy steel braces, four corner flat steel pieces to hold the thing together and mixed so far about 25 kilos of clay fireplace mix, good for 1600 degrees temp… I also installed  an old car one leaf spring to help support the main body of the upper bricks. I seriously […]

      I took a long walk yesterday and went to what is called bald mountain. It is not bald, but I am to easily believe that many many years ago it was a huge sand dune and very bald. So, I believe that is where it gets its name? It is the highest […]