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| Miracle Smith 2005-05-09, 6:45 am |
| Until recently, all we had in our area were jackrabbits.
I love them dearly, but they're far more skittish than your
ordinary cottontail, and they don't have cute tails. They do
have outrageous ears, and enormous hind legs, however,
which make them "un-cute" in a way.
About 3 years ago we spotted one lone cottontail, then
gradually their numbers have increased. I like to think I've
helped, by providing food and water for them, especially
during the summer.
I gradually moved their food closer and closer to the house,
and now we are being rewarded with visitations all hours of the
day. I saw a chance to grab a few quick shots on Friday, but
they were shot through the (tinted) living room window. Click
on the "Bunnies" button. 
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| Quixote 2005-05-09, 6:45 am |
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"Miracle Smith" <miracle@spamcop.net> wrote in message
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> Until recently, all we had in our area were jackrabbits.
> I love them dearly, but they're far more skittish than your
> ordinary cottontail, and they don't have cute tails. They do
> have outrageous ears, and enormous hind legs, however,
> which make them "un-cute" in a way.
>
> About 3 years ago we spotted one lone cottontail, then
> gradually their numbers have increased. I like to think I've
> helped, by providing food and water for them, especially
> during the summer.
>
> I gradually moved their food closer and closer to the house,
> and now we are being rewarded with visitations all hours of the
> day. I saw a chance to grab a few quick shots on Friday, but
> they were shot through the (tinted) living room window. Click
> on the "Bunnies" button.
> <http://rossandmiracle.homestead.com/index.html>
>
I miss jackrabbits. Ugly maybe, but man can they run. Watching a
jackrabbit in full stride is fun. In my part of the woods we usually have
two seasons, winter and summer, with only about a week of spring or fall.
Now some would argue our winter is really just a fall season, and I won't
disagree, although we did have that south Texas 100-year snow storm last
"fall." Anyway this year the weather has really been mild and we are
experiencing a really pleasant spring for the first time in years. We have
had daily visits by hummingbirds at the same time everyday, and bright red
Cardinals bathing in the sprinklers. Even had a territorial dispute over
the hummingbird feeder one day. All the trees and plants are really
bounding back after that snow too. I guess having close to a real season
cycle did them a little good. Even the orange trees are going to bear a
bumper crop, and the young grape vines are putting on well. The wild
grapevines (muscadine) which overtake the undeveloped lot next door (as well
as my chainlink fence) are putting on huge clusters of grapes.
Quixote
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| Miracle Smith 2005-05-10, 3:33 am |
| Quixote wrote:
quote:
> "Miracle Smith" <miracle@spamcop.net> wrote in message
> news:427f0a26_5@galaxy.uncensored-news.com...
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> I miss jackrabbits. Ugly maybe, but man can they run. Watching a
> jackrabbit in full stride is fun. In my part of the woods we usually
> have two seasons, winter and summer, with only about a week of spring
> or fall. Now some would argue our winter is really just a fall
> season, and I won't disagree, although we did have that south Texas
> 100-year snow storm last "fall." Anyway this year the weather has
> really been mild and we are experiencing a really pleasant spring for
> the first time in years. We have had daily visits by hummingbirds at
> the same time everyday, and bright red Cardinals bathing in the
> sprinklers. Even had a territorial dispute over the hummingbird
> feeder one day. All the trees and plants are really bounding back
> after that snow too. I guess having close to a real season cycle did
> them a little good. Even the orange trees are going to bear a bumper
> crop, and the young grape vines are putting on well. The wild
> grapevines (muscadine) which overtake the undeveloped lot next door
> (as well as my chainlink fence) are putting on huge clusters of
> grapes.
Ooh, muscadines..........oh my, how long has it been since I had
any of those? Good heavens, I think it was before my last son was
born, over 24 years ago, down in Albany, Georgia.
Yes, it was at Gus & Helen's home- we were there for an early
dinner and they showed us around their new property. They had a
huge mess of vines in the back yard loaded down with ripe ones.
No one out here has the vaguest idea what a muscadine is. And
kumquats are scarcer than gold nuggets. Maybe once in the winter
we'll see kumquats in the grocery, at over $4 a pound.
But we have lots of hummingbirds.
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