The Natural World Haiku: April Nest

Peaking, protecting
Bluebird mama made her nest
Spring is moving fast

bluebird house
Bluebird house

Haiku by PamelaWLucas 4/16/17

Photos by PamelaWLucas in Irvington, VA 4/16/17

Golden Brodie fetches Shelter Doggy Easter Egg Hunt

Here you go and a golden big thanks to the Austin Animal Center…  for their annual Shelter Doggy Easter Egg Hunt.  It rocks for the shelter pups…they get to be outside…search for good treats in decorated eggs with a volunteer at their side.  Puppy seekers are welcomed to join in the fun and see the dogs in action and learn as much as they can about potential take home pets!  This is a win-win…

Happy Golden Easter to you!

Golden retrieve rolling in yellow flowers
Golden retrieve rolling in yellow flowers

Brodie brings a golden history nugget: Immigrant squirrel sponsored by Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin loved Eastern gray squirrels…loved them so much that during his diplomatic services (1770) in England he sent word to his wife Deborah to send some of the gray creatures across the pond to him.  He would then give them as gifts.

Portrait of founding fathers with Benjamin Franklin as the focal point along with George Washington
Portrait of founding fathers with Benjamin Franklin, representing Pennsylvania, as the focal point along with George Washington

Mungo was the treasured gray who met a rather viscous death…so loved was the furry gray that Mr. Franklin wrote a special elegy.

Golden squirrel love and paws up!

Brodie unearths Polk being dug up yet again?

Gotta golden tell you that the 11th President of the United States, James Polk…keeps moving around…his remains have been exhumed three times and still…there is another possibility of relocating him yet again.

R.I.GoldenP.  President Polk.

Golden Brodie History Nugget

 

 

The Natural World Haiku: Heart of the tulip

Nature Symmetry
Symbolic of perfect love
A spring brevity

Haiku by PamelaWLucas 4/9/17

Photo by PamelaWLucas 4/9/17

Haiku: Sweet pea

Plant early don’t wait
cool weather brings the blossoms
Fragrant and sturdy

Sweet peas and tendrils
Sweet peas and tendrils

Haiku by PamelaWLucas 4/7/17

Photos by Pixby

How to grow sweet peas from seeds.

Haiku: Wild Columbine

Wind blows tiny seeds

color spreading near and far

luring bumblebees

Bumble bee nectaring on a columbine
Bumble bee nectaring on a columbine

Haiku by PamelaWLucas 4/5/17

Photos by Pixby

Brodie sends a golden supreme nugget

Seems appropriate to talk about the Supreme Court…given what’s happening on “The Hill”.

Well, get out of the moment and go back to 1789 and the appointment of the first Chief Justice to the Supreme Court.  Know who he was?  Hint…his last name is that of a rather large bird and his initials are JJ…got him now…John Jay.

The blue jay is native to North America.
The blue jay is native to North America.

A golden good try if you didn’t know and Paws Up if you did!!!!!

Haiku: Soft blossoms embrace monuments

Delicate pink stay
Cherry softens hard granite
Wind takes your presence

Haiku by PamelaWLucas 4/4/17

Inspiring and contributing photo by Fe Caces 4/17