I was surprised to find a sparrow sitting on a hummingbird feeder trying to decode the entry to food treasure.

Two big brown dogs with trim belly like a lions.

Walk around the park

A small lizard dead on the path. The ones that scurry. Now frozen. My husband recalled a saying that lizards are after you, even dead with the poison in them.
New shoots of eucalyptus.

The garbage truck turns around at the dead end with such speed that along with th wind, plastic bags swirl up in the air and land at neighbor's tree in the front yard.

Roly poly

This weekend during birdwatching at Gilbert Water Ranch, a kid picked up an insect in his hand. The black bug curled up.

Catty neighbourhood

A light colored cat with dark stripes sat along the patio wall compressed into itself like a sphinx. Outside is a bush hiding a shy black cat with a art green apple lying next to it like a toy that has just been dumped.

Bad at rinsing

Today while trashing old milk gallon into the recycle, I noticed traces of flourescent green through the plastic of the bottle. The liquid seemed alien with its accusing color. Wonder what bacteria was at work.

Migration celebration

A Swainson's hawk on a wooden perch. the top of the pole wound in rope. Just like the craft that simulates the caterpillar stage of a Monarch butterfly. It involves thin metal rods encased in furry colors as that of the caterpillar all rolled around a pencil.
Its surprising to find that this hawk eats grashoppers.
Poppy,Penstemon and deser blue bell seeds(porous)
Salome wilderness

Deposession

Recently I came across the following lines
People who divest themselves of their closest possessions are people who are ready to die.
in an article.
There are times where I can give away some things without feeling anything. Then some where I manipulated so I could keep mine and once where I was mean and destroyed what belonged to others. Once I defended my homework.
A book in the library that I have been thinking about 100 things challenge. Pre book blog
Contrast this with a writing exercise that asks to write about 10 things in the restroom.