Glide Over Here and Give Me a Moment! by:brendasue

" I've Got To Let You Know:  Your One Of My Kind"  


And Welcome to Everybody. Hope you are having a good day.  If you are having a bad day, I hope you find some good in it for yourself.  I remember as a child if I was to in to how bad everything was, Mom would say:  Get Outside and Play until you change your attitude.  It always worked then as it does now. In fact, I just decided to stay outside all of the time!  When you get to the point in your life that you live alone as everyone close to you has died or gone, It doesn't matter what kind of attitude you have as nobody sees or cares. The essence of all life is in the struggle to survive. Today, my trees survived because it finally rained.   Yeah!
Okay, let's have a mini nature class. Enjoy!
A special HOWDY to Garden Friends Share Group on Yahoo!

Picone                    by:  brendasue


Faves in my Garden.

Althea                      by:  brendasue


This small flowering tree does great in Texas and blooms throughout our hot summers. This is an old favorite you will see in older areas of Houston. People older than me (yes, there are some) referred to this tree as Rose of Sharon. You can look it up under both names. The one shown here is a single purple/red eye. Bees and hummingbirds love them. They love my shady yard and do well as an understory tree.

Rose of Sharon     by:  brendasue

Kandy Kane                   by:  brendasue

My favorite summer flowering tree is the Crape Myrtle.  The hummingbirds love them also.  I will have many photostudies coming up of this tree. The flower shown above (Kandy Kane) is a miniature crape that will grow to about 10 to 12 feet tall.

Ten points to the first one to comment the name of this creature!        by:  brendasue



Let The Class Begin!

My Square of Sky              by:  brendasue

Kates Cabin has a small sundeck off the back porch.  It is just large enough for a table & chairs and one hammock.  This is the skyview from the hammock. (I know, it is a hard job but somebody has to do it.) Our photostudy today will be on this square of sky and the Silent Gliders that pass above me.

This concludes our photostudy of things that glide by silently in the sky. (My kind of air show, a quiet one!)

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Don't get Fenced In  (always carry wirecutters in your back pocket)     by:  brendasue




...this is brendasue signing off from '77 Sunset Strip' in Texas. Goodnight All.


Here is a little video to remind you to be good to You:

From Rainbow Creek For You







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Photo Friday Night Special by: brendasue

Warning:  You may find some of the images disturbing in today's photostudy.  Enter at Your Own Risk

       Yellow Iris on Rainbow Creek                      by:  brendasue


Welcome Everyone to peaceful Rainbow Creek. I am not presenting any disturbing images, only my usual Nature Photos of Rainbow Creek.   If you are disturbed by anything, it will be coming from within your own imagination and not from my images!


In the present time (month of July 2010),in Houston, Texas, a rare event occurred that made the world headlines:  Corpse Flower Blooms. Indeed this is a rare event.  I do not have a Corpse Flower, however I have one almost as rare and in the same family--The Dragon Lily (or Black Arum), sometimes called Voodoo lily.  My flower is not as fat as the 'Corpse', but I believe it was taller. 


Anyway, they had a video camera on the one in Houston documenting the opening and bloom. As I am always entertained by human nature, I had to laugh when I heard that two people were going to get married standing next to the blooming Corpse Flower (which has a stinky period for about 24hours). To me, this just seems absurd!


In honor of this world event of a blooming Corpse Flower in Texas (and to the new married couple), I have elected to share my Dragon Lily in today's photostudy. Enjoy! 

       Purple Iris Bud on Rainbow Creek                                    by:  brendasue



This Iris is growing on the banks of Rainbow Creek. A beautiful Bud. We will be heading up to the roof shortly, where Kay Lonnie is waiting to give the signal to open the class.  We will sneak up on her and see if she is sleeping on the job again.


Somebody gave me a weird looking bulb and I planted it down by the creek not knowing what it was. I forgot about it as no growth came from it until the following year. A big single stalk just shot up out of the ground and one day when I ventured out to the creek, this is what I saw:

                           The Black Arum                       by:  brendasue

     Hickory Horned Devil                                            by:  brendasue


Everybody, this is turning out to be a very strange Friday Night. Very Special.  This is a Green Alien that has dropped in to give the signal to open Our Class today. (Kay Lonnie will be upset). Oh  well.


Let the Class Begin!


Thank you little green alien named Hickory Horned Devil. Who would believe you transform into a beautiful big silk Moth? (Yes, I know, you were the original transformers).


I guess we better go to the Roof and find Kay Lonnie.

There she is. Hey Kay guess what? The Hickory Horned Devil already opened the class.  Kay Lonnie?   What is the Matter?  You look like you saw a ghost!  Cat got your tongue?  What's wrong?

Kay Lonnie?  Are You smoking up here on the roof? What is that smell?

What do you mean you started smoking Cigars with Holly Denslow?
Some nice man taught you the 'art' of smoking cigars?


No one is going to believe this!

I am sure you do feel a little dizzy. Be careful not to fall off the roof.
I am going to have to consult with a dog therapist to see what to do about Kay Lonnie sneaking up to the roof to smoke cigars. 
This could be a stepping stone to smoking Pot or Banana peel.







No more distractions. Let's get to the Photostudy of the Dragon Lily or Voodoo Lily:

There you go. This concludes our photostudy of my rare black Arum.  Now I know things can be strange. Dogs can be strange. And for sure people can be the strangest!  I simply cannot imagine what man would ask a woman to Marry him and say her vows to him while she is looking at a part of a flower, symbolic of a type of 'hugeness', such as the Corpse Flower in Houston. Texas.


(I know......and they think I am the bird brain; Go Figure).


To see photos of a Corpse Flower visit the link below.




http://pages.videojug.com/pages/1477

Other News to Report on my Toad Post.  A friend  of Kates Cabin in Bastrop commented that I had misidentified the above toads. I said (incorrectly) they were Houston Toads. They are  really named Gulf Coast Toads. Thank you for letting us know, and please anyone add comments at anytime as I will be the first to say:  The more I know, the more I discover there is that I will never know.


Anyway, it is now perfectly clear to me why the toad did not turn into a Prince. (Of course I kissed him just in case it was true.)  He was not the kind of toad that turns into a Prince. It must be only the other kind that turn into the Prince. All I know is I sure have kissed alot of toads. No Prince yet. Starting to think that may not be true.

Great News to Report.  Scout, the first hummingbird is here!  The rest will begin arriving in a few days. I am cooking the sugar water!
This is a Great Time of Year as the summer will melt into fall.

Off I go into the wild blue yonder. Trying to catch a ride with this guy!  I will be back on Monday. Guests coming to Kates Cabin This Weekend.

Here is King Buzz (my buzzard that is in love with me). He wanted to close the class.


Let there be a Great Sunset

And there was a great sunset.       Goodnight All.     Look Up!

This Blog, the photos, Me, You  and everything was made possible
all because Once Upon A Time Someone said:  Let There Be Yellow Light and Purple Haze.

Actually, I can't remember the exact words, but you get the idea.

.....this is brendasue signing off from Rainbow Creek

katescabin@gmail.com

Come out of your sadness every now and then and just laugh.  b

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CABIN IN THE TEXAS WOODS AVAILABLE TO GUESTS APRIL1, 2010

CAMPING OUT WITH THE BIRDS!
Welcome People of Earth (okay-And Aliens, Too)
Come on in to our World Class of Nature Studies & Photography Ideas.

Look at This:  Another dead stick pops out with New Life!
This is called a Purple Leaf Plum Tree. One of my personal favorite trees, it is also a fave to the summer hummers. (hummingbirds).
Before we go any further into Class, let me just clarify a few things for the new people who are just joining the class.
You have reached the page of Brendasue's  Nature of Rainbow Creek Class. If you thought this is a scientific site, go ahead and click off now as it is nothing about science here. In fact,Latin is not even allowed on the site.  Go see my friends at discoverlife.org if you are looking to identify anything as that is where I go.
If you thought this was the site of a professional photographer, wrong. Go see my friend Dougbox@aol.com for classes as that is where I go.
Now if you have come here to just hang out and see what kind of life is living on Rainbow Creek, Bingo, You have arrived at Kates Cabin, A Bird Sanctuary in Waller County, Texas, USA, Earth!
We have a mini photostudy story about what is happening here.
We have an animal give the signal to begin the class. (Usually, it is Kay Lonnie Wray, a star redbone hound, who is asleep and can not be disturbed right now.) (Must be nice)

Let the Class Begin!  (Thank you, King Buzz)

Here is another shot of the purple leaf plum tree that just popped yesterday. The new pretty purple leaves will remain that color until next fall. It's fruit is a little red plum. Yum, Yum, Yum!

The bees must come pollinate the flower before a plum can be made.

The camp cabin is not even officially open and we have more guests today. These tall pines are behind the cabin on the creek. Our guests are at the top of the tree in the center of the photo.  I can't see them either. That is why I got a zoom lens on my Canon Powershot SX10IS. (which I love as my grab & go camera).

Can you see him now?

If you are ever in the woods and feel like there are 100 eyes watching you, let me just tell you There Are at least 100 eyes watching you!  Everywhere in the woods.

Fortunately, in Texas, I am not likely to run into any Lions, Tigers or Bears (oh my).

These guys are Texas Turkey Vultures and they live in these pine trees in the winter months. Down here, we just call them buzzards. They know and watch me and I know and watch them. I do not feed them, although I did accidentally run over a little squirrel last week. This is called hanging out with the buzzards.
They do this on pretty sunny days late in the morning when they are not out hunting for lunch.

He is missing a tail feather. I found it on the ground. They have big feathers.

Here you can see they have big wings also. They fly very high in the sky and spend most of their flight time gliding on the breezes. They seem to play with each other.

I will name this shot:  Reach Out and Wing Someone!

How about:  Don't Wing Me if You Don't Mean It, Sweetheart! (yes I use alot of American slang words and period song titles as that is what happens when your life goes to the birds!)

Between A Wing and a Prayer?

How about:  Winging It?

You are the Wind Beneath My Wings?

A wingawet, a wingawet, a wingawet.......In the jungle, the mighty jungle, a lion sleeps tonite! Okay Okay

Here is my fave buzzard:  King Buzz.

He is a very big and grand bird.

Turning on a branch

To say to all the People of the World:

Hello from Rainbow Creek!

Goodnight King and Goodnight Kate.  Goodnight to Everyone, Everywhere
Go Shoot a Bird (With a Camera, Never a Gun)

..................brendasue signing off from Rainbow Creek.  Happy Buzzard Day!

Questions? Topics? Answers? Tell Me At:  katescabin@gmail.com