Boardwalk at Oak Orchard, Delaware- 1930's
Month: June 2012
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Cruising Somerset County on a hot day
This little deer was nearly lost in a sea of wheat
Have you seen my mama?
The biggest magnolia tree we have seen on Delmarva. Looked 40 to 50 feet wide.
Underneath the canopy of the tree
A magnolia bloom
We are told this is a rhododendrom. Haven't seen this one before and don't know what it's called.
6/26/12 note: We have been advised that this is a lace cap hydrangea.
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This is a commercial, and a brilliant and beautiful one at that!
http://www.youtube.com/embed/auSo1MyWf8g?rel=0
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Delmarva farmers are busy planting and harvesting
Barley harvest is underway. Wheat harvest will follow in likely less than a month. Corn is basically all planted, and soybeans are making good progress.
The preliminary harvests look pretty good in most areas.
When I was young (few years ago) the saying was "Corn knee high by the 4th of July", meaning that was a good goal. This field pictured is nearly waist high and and it is about a month before the 4th of July. Farming technology has steadily improved dramatically over the years. That's a good thing, too, with all the extra mouths to feed across the world in the last 50 years.
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Amazing!
Whether you're a bird person or not, this is amazing. In practical terms, how many trips would a bird have to make with that tiny little quantity of mud/clay it could carry? And how far from the nest is the source?
If you take the construction of a circular bowl in your stride as instinctive how does the bird come up with the windbreak and entrance design that shields the eggs and chicks from the elements and at what point in fashioning the bowl do they start to construct it?
Even if you think you could build this… Try it without using your hands!
Consider this:
Where did the knowledge to do this come from?
TRULY THERE HAS TO BE A “MASTER CARPENTER”?
