Sometimes these posts are going to be short, and they always will be random. Whatever hits my eye will go up here!
I've just found an amazingly adorable little dog named Thistle, on A Striped Armchair. When you see Thistle, you will understand how perfect the name is for him/her. The blogger owner is a very good writer who also reads, a lot. (Well, of course!) She also does very good reviews of books she's read.
I just found her blog so am going to put it on "Some of my Favorite Blogs" so as not to lose it! You can find it there, probably near the top of the new Reader's List. (in a couple of days)
Garden and Torts Report: The early spring garden is rampant with multicolored greens, just glorious and lush! Outside of the garden, this is the best time for viewing hillsides and the verges of roadsides in California. It's the Green season of our state's famous epithet, "Green and Gold". The "Gold" Season is every other time, when the State pyromaniacs try to burn everything down.
The tortoises are out and about, taken from their winter boxes and soaked very well last weekend. When I was filling the birdbath shell, Poko Ono, the Mama, came to me for a big muddy drink of water from the hose. This is the time of year that the wild Tortoises will all pile into any muddy water hole made available by abundant rains of late winter and early spring. They soak and drink and soak and drink until they have replenished the fluids from their winter hibernation.
You will love THIS PAGE with many pictures of California Desert Tortoises in the wild. Because of a disease, young urban raised tortoises cannot be released into the wild, and wild ones should never be brought into captivity. It's against the law for very good reasons. Two of ours are very old, and I think they have enjoyed their lives. We certainly have enjoyed sharing life with them.
I've just found an amazingly adorable little dog named Thistle, on A Striped Armchair. When you see Thistle, you will understand how perfect the name is for him/her. The blogger owner is a very good writer who also reads, a lot. (Well, of course!) She also does very good reviews of books she's read.
I just found her blog so am going to put it on "Some of my Favorite Blogs" so as not to lose it! You can find it there, probably near the top of the new Reader's List. (in a couple of days)
Garden and Torts Report: The early spring garden is rampant with multicolored greens, just glorious and lush! Outside of the garden, this is the best time for viewing hillsides and the verges of roadsides in California. It's the Green season of our state's famous epithet, "Green and Gold". The "Gold" Season is every other time, when the State pyromaniacs try to burn everything down.
The tortoises are out and about, taken from their winter boxes and soaked very well last weekend. When I was filling the birdbath shell, Poko Ono, the Mama, came to me for a big muddy drink of water from the hose. This is the time of year that the wild Tortoises will all pile into any muddy water hole made available by abundant rains of late winter and early spring. They soak and drink and soak and drink until they have replenished the fluids from their winter hibernation.
You will love THIS PAGE with many pictures of California Desert Tortoises in the wild. Because of a disease, young urban raised tortoises cannot be released into the wild, and wild ones should never be brought into captivity. It's against the law for very good reasons. Two of ours are very old, and I think they have enjoyed their lives. We certainly have enjoyed sharing life with them.
So glad to hear The Tort Report!
ReplyDeleteHey there, Fuzzy. Thanks for the visit. I've been trying to find good Orchid trees and hope today is the day. I know one more place to look where the Jeep isn't roaring by at 65 mph. lol
ReplyDeleteGlad you liked The Tort Report. They are usually out and about very near the first day of Spring. So I guess that makes them a good Harbinger, eh?