In joy or sadness flowers are our constant friends.
~ Okakura Kakuzo, The Book of Tea
The art of life lies in a constant readjustment to our surroundings.
~ Okakura Kakuzo, The Book of Tea
Just a quick post to show you a little of what’s happening here on the ranch lately. All kinds of flowers are in bloom. The formerly Bare Meadow is no longer bare. Yesterday we had two Great Blue Herons approach the lagoon. The first one landed in the water, the second one chased him or her off. The first decided to hang out in the meadow for a little while, maybe in hopes that the second heron would soon leave the lagoon. I have never seen a heron sitting in the meadow before. He stayed a while, and seemed perfectly happy sitting out there with the Black-eyed Susans and daisies. While he took time to smell the flowers, the second heron was chased away from the lagoon by a Green Heron who then decided to chase the one in the meadow for good measure. Hard to believe the big birds let the little one chase them away.
Have a great weekend! For those of you celebrating it, Happy 4th of July!
Be good, be kind, be loving. Just Be. 🙂
breezes at dawn 
Heron hierarchy. I heard the green herons here, and saw 3 of them at the end of May, but haven’t seen them since. I hope they are around here somewhere, they usually nest in the woods behind our property. They are pretty cool birds, and apparently fearless. And they make a horrible squawking noise. I can see blue herons just moving on, they seem much more laid back.
Have a great holiday weekend!
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Thank you, Dawn. 🙂 The Green Herons are noisy creatures. We have a pair of them living near the lagoon and they are always squawking at us. They think they own the place. lol!
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Out here the Great Blues almost seem to play a game of chasing each other around. Back where I got my series of shots of them, they chased each other from one side of the lake and back. Green herons are much harder to find out here. I’ve only seen one so far.
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We rarely see more than one GBH at a time, Gunta. This is only the second time I’ve seen two around the lagoon. The last time that happened, one perched high up in a tree watching the other until it was his/her turn to come down and fish.
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Your photos are always so smooth, yet sharp. How do you do that?
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Mostly Photoshop, Carol. I’ll do a little tutorial sometime soon. 🙂
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I would like that!
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I have not been able to work out the hierarchy of birds either, but they are always interesting to watch. Happy 4th of July to you and your family, Robin. 🙂
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Thank you, Joanne. 🙂
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Ah, once more it’s just a deep relaxing experience to see your pictures!
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Thank you so much, Lisa. 🙂
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Beautiful flowers and Happy 4th!
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Thank you, Eliza! 🙂
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Beautiful Robin, and a wonderful weekend to you!
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Thank you, CM! 🙂
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With all the recent rains, we’ve seen more egrets, ibis, heron stomping/sloshing around fields than usual. It is very green right now ( and hot)
That’s the perfect sunflower picture. (and lovely quote about readjusting to your environment…which is constantly changing…flexibility must be important?)
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Thank you, PhilosopherMouse. 🙂 I liked the reminder of readjusting to your environment, too.
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Never heard the quote about readjusting to your environment. An interesting thought. Love the sunflower! As for herons, I’m always extra pleased to see a green one. It doesn’t happen often.
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