I've been keeping an eye out for honeybees lately, what with corporate America's vendetta against them. Two showed up to get as much nectar as they could from our Rose of Sharon. It was good to see them.
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A couple more
Apparently, the sparrows are living in a Rhododendron out front...
Somewhere close to the nest.
Here's the Mom (I guess) about to feed her chick.
The Albino Sparrows
I never even knew this was possible. Hanging around today I saw a white bird. Looking again, I saw TWO white birds, hanging around with a pair of sparrows in the apple tree out back. My guess is that these guys were recently hatched and were being shown around by their parents.
The best shot I have of the two of them..,.
self assignment
Wanted to create a dynamic looking, somewhat macro shot of this drill bit that I had just used for something around here. The 100mm macro lens didn't 'pull' enough, so I went to the 24 with a couple of extension tubes. The interesting part was silhouetting the thing, since everything but the point of it was fading out of focus, so the edges couldn't be sharp, the way a 'normal' silo is.
The deer out front
Last night around dusk, a few does came through the neighborhood...
Honeybees
I'm worried about the honeybees. I hope I see some of these guys this year.....
Luigi Makes 'The Bread'
My friend Luigi - who is from Italy - showed some of us how he makes his homemade bread. And by bread, I mean pizza, focaccia and such. I took a few pictures.
Yeast has just been added to the flour mixture
6-ish pounds of flour has been measured out...
Just a little salt
While the dough rises, it's time to prepare other things.
Garlic, rosemary, olive oil...
The risen dough is ready....
....and it gets folded into the flour on the table.
Into the mixing bowl
and through the kneading machine
It must now rest to rise again...
Meanwhile, out back......
Now ready, it can be cut....
...and weighed,
and kneaded
and rolled
The olive oil, garlic and rosemary