tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29527857384915928212024-03-13T08:56:24.021-05:00BIRDS & DAFFODILS
Nature Talk by Nature Lovers
Lynda Bergman Decorative Artisanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08849271278750525374noreply@blogger.comBlogger387125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2952785738491592821.post-47570679223465313282024-03-01T12:07:00.000-06:002024-03-02T10:21:17.408-06:00MY BEAUTIFUL LARKSPUR ~ MY GARDEN <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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MY BEAUTIFUL LARKSPUR ~ MY GARDEN</h2>
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Last fall I planted lots of larkspur seeds.</div>
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These are in my front yard. Lots more in my backyard.</div>
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The colors are so beautiful and vibrant.</div>
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Lynda Bergman Decorative Artisanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08849271278750525374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2952785738491592821.post-24795237808151204862024-02-25T18:02:00.000-06:002024-02-26T07:48:06.705-06:00I AM A HOUSE SLAVE BORN AKIWA ~ OYA, AUTHOR<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I AM A HOUSE SLAVE BORN AKIWA ~ OYA, AUTHOR</h2>
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<span face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif" id="yiv9933574026yui_3_16_0_1_1443955382428_6093" style="color: #666666;"><span id="yiv9933574026yui_3_16_0_1_1443955382428_6092" style="font-size: large; line-height: 12.864px;">My fairer skin</span></span></div>
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<span face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif" id="yiv9933574026yui_3_16_0_1_1443955382428_6309" style="color: #666666;"><span id="yiv9933574026yui_3_16_0_1_1443955382428_6308" style="font-size: large; line-height: 12.864px;">So they don't know I'm Their mother</span></span></div>
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<span face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif" id="yiv9933574026yui_3_16_0_1_1443955382428_6171" style="color: #666666;"><span id="yiv9933574026yui_3_16_0_1_1443955382428_6170" style="font-size: large; line-height: 12.864px;">or their beautiful history</span></span></div>
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Lynda Bergman Decorative Artisanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08849271278750525374noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2952785738491592821.post-28635182002508727992023-08-26T09:47:00.001-05:002023-10-08T07:22:05.087-05:00MY GARDEN SHED<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;">When I was designing my studio I knew I needed a place to</div><div style="text-align: center;">move all of my garden things that were in one big cabinet on my patio.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> Gus is the guy I always call when I need help with a project.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> I just wanted a little boxie shed over to the side of my yard.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I told him what I wanted and this is what he built!!! </div></div>
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Not a little boxie shed, for sure!</div>
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When I was planning my garden shed I wanted to find a stained glass piece to go in the front. </div>
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I hand painted vines on the shed and hand painted a big blue plumbago. </div>
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Loving birds, I had a big collection of birdhouses and hung lots of them on and around the garden shed. I've seen the wrens going to them at night. It is a safe place for them to be.</div>
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All of my bird seed is in here, too. Everything stays dry.</div>
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Lynda Bergman Decorative Artisanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08849271278750525374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2952785738491592821.post-10159260870001295182023-04-15T13:45:00.000-05:002023-04-16T06:27:17.545-05:00HAND PAINTING STRIPES & A PLAYHOUSE, PICKET FENCE & FLOWERS IN A LITTLE GIRL'S ROOM<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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One time a family was moving into a new home.</div>
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The little girl's room was blue and the mom asked me to paint stripes for her.</div>
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I drew and hand painted the yellow stripes and green ivy as a border.</div>
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Then, I asked if I could paint her a playhouse. </div>
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So, I drew and painted the outline of a playhouse. Then, I painted the picket fence and flowers.</div>
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They placed a little table and chairs in the corner with the playhouse.</div>
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I found this picture in a stack of pictures of my work and thought it would be great to share it with you just before Christmas, in case it might give you some ideas for a little girl or boy's room. The playhouse can be any color. Maybe it could be brown and they could play like it's a fort or a cabin.</div>
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I bet they would really love that!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span> 12/15/15</span><br /></div>
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For many years, I have saved eggshells to give to the birds. Eggshells are a good source of calcium, which they need for their bones and to help their eggs have a stronger shell. When I'm cooking with eggs, I place the eggshell back in the carton and save it until they've all been used. Then, I place them on a piece of foil and put them in my toaster oven at about 350 degrees. I bake them for only a few minutes, until they are slightly browned. Be careful not to overcook.<br />
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Then, I put them in this wrought iron basket and the birds and the squirrels, and not sure who else, love pecking and eating them. Maybe the squirrels are eating the part of the egg white that is still in them. And, there are lots of bugs on the eggs for the birds and squirrels. If you don't want to bother with hanging them in a tree, you can crumble and place them on the ground in your flower beds and any place that is easy for the birds to find.</div>
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They learn to trust you. They will go to the end of the earth, if you ask them. We train everyday with them. Definitely the best partner I have ever had. See what’s in my hands? Those are split reins; not whips, they are 6 feet long. They are split for when we go into the brush. If we go through thick brush and a tree branch gets caught, it will just slip right through. The reins are connected to the bit. The bit is in their mouth and the last thing we want to do is hurt our partners by tearing up their mouths. </div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">You have seen the video of the agent spinning the rein when noncitizens get close to the horse. It’s to create distance between the horse and the person on the ground. Our horses easily weigh 1200 pounds, they can step on someone and break a bone or kill a small child of a person gets to close. We also spin them if someone attempts to grab the reins because the last thing you want is someone who doesn’t know a thing about horses, to have control of the horse you are on. (If noncitizens attempt to gain control of our reins it is considered deadly.) The horse can freak out, jump up and roll with you on them. Us as riders can be killed if a horse lands on us. 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The mud dauber/dirt dauber is your friend and collects spiders to feed it's larvae. Among those spiders are black widow and recluse. If you leave their little mud nest alone, they will rid your area of a lot of spiders. The post below this picture tells you about the dirt dauber. They're a little black wasp. I've never noticed them being aggressive.</div>
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<span face=""helvetica" , "arial" , "lucida grande" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">"A Mud Dauber nest fell onto the porch last night, spilling the contents of several brood chambers. The large maggot looking larva is the baby Mud Dauber (wasp) and the spiders strewn all about are its food. The mother goes around collecting spiders, her sting paralyzingly but not killing them, and seals them up in a mud chamber along with a single egg. Once hatched, the larva begins feeding on the still living spiders! So cool."</span></div>
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"PLEASE DON'T THROW MY LEAVES AWAY"</h2>
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Your trees are begging you not to throw their leaves away.</div>
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Their roots are deep and bring up the minerals and good things in the earth for nourishment.</div>
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Those minerals go straight to the leaves. In the fall as they flutter to the ground, they are putting those minerals and good things back into the soil to nourish the roots.</div>
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Those leaves are organic matter and as they decay, all is returned to the soil.</div>
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Healthy soil is what makes a healthy garden.<br />
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Most of the leaves in my yard are soft and will decay pretty quickly. I don't mind the look of the fallen leaves. If they bother you, you can mow over them to break them up. Then you can rake over them and they will settle to the ground and be a good mulch, then compost for the grass and your landscape.</div>
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If you think you have too many leaves for your grass, rake them into the flower beds and extra piles around your trees. Or, you can share them with your neighbors.</div>
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FALLING LEAVES IS HOW THE EARTH REPLENISHES ITSELF.</div>
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Lynda Bergman Decorative Artisanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08849271278750525374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2952785738491592821.post-65917496802647663682019-06-23T07:19:00.000-05:002019-06-23T07:19:02.065-05:00BEAUTIFUL FACE ~ LEOPARD OR JAGUAR?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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SAN ANTONIO ZOO ~ REMEMBRANCE OF THE DEATH OF SUDAN ~ THE LAST MALE NORTHERN WHITE RHINO ON EARTH </h2>
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"On March 19, 2018 the world lost Sudan, the world's last remaining male northern white rhino. There are only two females remaining on earth.</div>
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Those who wish to bring flowers may lay them at the base of our "The Last Three" sculpture on this day in remembrance of Sudan."<br />
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A tree that looks at God all day</div>
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And lifts her leafy arms to pray</div>
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A tree that may in summer wear</div>
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A nest of robins in her hair</div>
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Upon whose bosom snow has lain</div>
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The birds are always planting redbud trees around my yard. On two of them I twisted the branches from the time they were very small. I love the way they look.</div>
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This picture is my red bud tree many years ago. It is about 30 years old now and sadly it is slowly dying.</div>
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When it was a tiny tree, about two or three feet tall and before my picket fence was built, there was a huge old ash tree growing in the middle of my yard. It had to be cut down. The tree trimming people piled a HUGE!!! pile of those limbs and tree trunk pieces right where this little redbud tree had started growing. I didn't know if the tiny tree would survive, but when the city picked up allll of those limbs and trunk pieces my tiny tree was still there like it had never been at risk.</div>
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It still blooms in the spring. When I'm driving down the street to my home, I can see it from a distance. It has been so beautiful and welcoming.<br />
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