My Favourite Bird and Earth Day

Carolina Wren

 

The birds seem to love the blue feeding dish in the cedar tree.

Especially when it snows...and it was snowing last week at this time (April 15).

 

 

Five days later (April 20), it was warm enough to enjoy the beach on Lake Huron.

A little shell heart for Earth Day!

 

“In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.” —John Muir

 

Happy Earth Day!

 

sharing with...

NATURE NOTES

WILD BIRD WEDNESDAY

GUEST HEART THURSDAY

 

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I Want Candy

I found this cute heart bowl at the dollar store.

I like the way it "flattened" and the details popped when I photographed it in my lightbox.

It will be filled with heart candies for Valentine's Day!

Love hearts? Take a look at some found hearts HERE @ Clytie's RANDOM HEARTS

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Floating- Guest Heart Thursday

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Love hearts? Take a look at some found hearts HERE @ Clytie's RANDOM HEARTS

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Creepy Beauty

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What is it?

See the little heart shape?

Did you guess right?

I am arachnophobic, but this spider had such beautiful markings, I had to photograph it!

It wasn't that big, the body was about 3/4 of an inch, and it's not poisonous.

PS. It's a Cross Spider (Araneus diadematus), common in Europe and North America. The basic colour varies between different species, from light yellow to brown/red to dark/grey. The thing they all have in common is their cross-symbol located at their back. The cross is actually formed by white dots which are closely attached and shaped into this perfect cross. (thanks for identifying it squirrel)

See more great Macro shots from around the world HERE at Lisa's Chaos

Take a look at critters from around the world HERE at CAMERA CRITTERS

See other found hearts from around the world HERE at Clyties blog, Random Hearts

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Pear-shaped Puffballs

A post for ABC Wednesday/Guest Heart Thursday

Scroll down to the second photo for the heart.

P is for Pear-shaped Puffballs

(Lycoperdon Pyriforme)

One of the several species of smaller Puffballs, is the Pear-shaped Puffball. Huge masses of hundreds of these puffballs can cover the length of well rotted hardwood logs. Individual fruiting bodies are 2-5cm tall, shaped like a pear, with the swollen end up. They are smooth with fine, mealy grains. As the spores ripen inside, a small hole develops on the top of the fruiting body. Raindrops that land on the puffball, tap the thin skin and force out a cloud of spores that will drift away in the wind.

Small Puffballs can be eaten safely, but it is important to identify them well. They should be cut open from top to bottom, to be sure there is no eveidence of a developing stem, cap or gills. The button stage of the deadly Destroying Angel mushroom resembles a Puffball.

The letter P was brought to you this week by ABC WEDNESDAY

This shot is for Clytie at Random Hearts! A heart in a puff.

See more Random Hearts @ Clytie's Blog RANDOM HEARTS

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I Love Pizza - Guest Heart Thursday

I usually hand toss my pizza dough, but this batch was a bit stiff.

I had to roll it out before tossing, and when I saw it. I knew it would be great for

 GUEST HEART THURSDAY over at Clytie's Random Hearts blog HERE

Stone Hearted - Guest Heart Thursday

 “Love is not written on paper, for paper can be erased. Nor is it etched on stone, for stone can be broken. But it is inscribed on a heart and there it shall remain forever.”

~Unknown

Love hearts? Click on over to Clytie's RANDOM HEARTS blog to see more found hearts. 

Leaf Heart - Guest Heart Thursday

In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures.

For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.

 ~Khalil Gibran

 Click on over to Clytie's blog Random Hearts to see more found hearts,

 or add your own for Guest Heart Thursday

A Sacred Heart - Guest Heart Thursday

In the centre of Australia lies a huge monolith know as Uluru (Ayers Rock). It is a large sandstone rock formation in the southern part of the Northern Territory, central Australia.

Uluru is a huge tourist attraction, and many people climb it. Uluru is sacred to the Aṉangu, the Aboriginal people of the area. The local Aṉangu do not climb Uluru because of its great spiritual significance, and they request that visitors do not climb the rock. 



The Aṉangu lead walking tours around the base of the rock, and visitors are free to explore most areas on their own. They request that visitors do not photograph certain sections of Uluru, for reasons related to traditional Tjukurpa beliefs. The areas prohibited from photography are well marked.

Walking around the huge rock I took heaps of photos.

I was pleased to find this one with the heart. 

 And...this was not taken in a prohibited area.

Click on over to  Clytie's Blog and see lots more Random Hearts

Uluru is;

862.5 metres above sea level

348 metres (1141 feet) high

3.6 km (2.2 miles) long

1.9 km  (1.2 miles) wide
9.4 km or 5.8 miles around the base (that's walking)

covers 3.33 km (1.29 square miles)
Uluru is primarily composed of coarse-grained arkose, a type of sandstone characterized by an abundance of feldspar.