First Watering
Aug. 5th, 2004 10:28 pm~
A patch of the front lawn has started browning. While Monk went to water the Neumanns' plants, he watered that area. The birds were a big factor. This is the first watering of the summer. With this being August it's not so bad, but...
These are brutal days. These are centigrade days when you go by the heat index. Last week, we had a couple of only the lightest and briefest showers.
It was nice to see a couple of birds availing themselves of this oasis, watching one swooping into the fountain of water. Whether this actually helps the latest generation of baby birdies in the nest is doubtful. It would be nice to see this smaller batch at least make it to adulthood, like the previous batches...
A patch of the front lawn has started browning. While Monk went to water the Neumanns' plants, he watered that area. The birds were a big factor. This is the first watering of the summer. With this being August it's not so bad, but...
These are brutal days. These are centigrade days when you go by the heat index. Last week, we had a couple of only the lightest and briefest showers.
It was nice to see a couple of birds availing themselves of this oasis, watching one swooping into the fountain of water. Whether this actually helps the latest generation of baby birdies in the nest is doubtful. It would be nice to see this smaller batch at least make it to adulthood, like the previous batches...