California Gardening: What's happening in your late summer garden? , 1 by SingingWolf

SingingWolf wrote:
I saw that bird again today, and was grateful. Been trying to do some clean up and was seeing the flies around the patio. Not out front or around the chicken pen, just on the back patio, where it was cooler.
I still think it was almost a foot tall.
I guess I could use an algebraic formula to measure it's size using the tree for scale, but can't remember the formula. I'm not about to ask Mr. Twyman to come measure the bird for me. LOL!
(He did measure how tall Gma Oak is using a stick and the angle and that algebraic equation.)
The Salton Sea used to be a great place to take your canoe for birdwatching.
In the old days, CatSmiling, we used to take a lot of film photos, then Dad would develop them in his own darkroom (I got to help), and even then he'd be sad when he ran the proof sheet and saw photos that were blurry or didn't capture what he had hoped. He mostly worked in Black & White because it was cheaper. Colors processing is a lot more involved and uses a lot more chemicals. It weren't much fun. Dad also liked experimenting with different effects. He loved his photography and his darkroom. Truth to tell, I was a lot more interested in my boyfriend, and the band.
Thanks for the trip down memory lane. : - )
Here's something you don't see every day. Doodle bug nests. My son tells me that the Doodle bug is the nymph stage for damselflies.
I always wondered what made them holes. Now I know! Always some new to discover out in the yard.
From what I've seen so far, I really like the WhatBird.com site. Told a friend about it.
Now CatSmiling what exactly is a life list, and how do you do it? I've asked on the birding forum and no one was forthcoming with any information. At least not yet.
Digital photography was new and exciting toy when it first came out, and now even your phone can take photos. To think that my Dad was a self-taught engineer, who beat out the guys with the fancy diplomas to work for NASA in the 60's and early 70's, and all he wanted was to be a Nat. Geo. photographer. He sure made up for it with his posts here at DG. Sorry, my Dad's been on my mind today.
WIB!
SW