heard a noise in the yard as i was heading out last night and i turned my light, thinking it would be the deer who sleep below my window. instead it was a family of raccoons, with one especially feisty one considering charging me. (it didn't!) squirrels live here too, using the deck railing as a runway while they jump from one kind of oak tree to another. all kinds of birds. woodpeckers. hummingbirds. crows. turkey vultures. small finches. house sparrows. owls. heard a red tailed hawk the other day. squawking jays. lots of little moths and tiny flies and crickets and beetles and worms and ants and termites. many kinds of spiders. little lizards. mice. redwoods and bays towering over sages and lilies and lavender and oleanders. some native ground cover mixed in with yuccas and juniper and bamboo and pampas grass. huh? what a crazy ecosystem. little clover coming up in the dirt and mushrooms and a whole patch of annual flowers planted by my land neighbor. climbing ivy. endless houseplants. this beautiful gorgeous earth herself and rocks from this place, and those brought here from other places. water from the russian river, treated and delivered in pipes to us. humans and cats and dogs and all the insects and microorganisms we don't even really know about.....
cell links:
go bacteria! cells are so cool. where's the enlarge button so we can blow one up in 3d and play with it? i think the animal cell would make a very nice temporary pet.
2 comments:
thanks for sharing your environment with us Jenny! You make it all sound so beautiful!
I want to live in your neighborhood, Jenny! The variety of life sounds very similar to where I grew up, in Pacific Grove. City life seems to limit my bird and mammal experiences, sadly.
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