A prolonged drought.
The streets are flooded, so it’s an inconvenience, but today’s rain is so welcome.
We’ve been so dry
On the wall
Below the television.
We got the fireplace.
Warm and cozy.
Common ground dove
Cute little thing. Even smaller than an inca dove. About the size of a big sparrow.
Not migratory, they are permanent residents in the southern U.S. and Mexico. Rich chestnut wing patches when they fly. Hardly any tail.
Jesse doesn’t always smile
She does usually, unless she wants something. Then she looks like this.
Or this, if she has to explain it more than once!
Long-billed Curlew
A shorebird that likes dry land too.
Usually, we see them on the beach, probing the sand. We found this one 60 miles from the ocean, grazing for bugs in the grass.
Getting ready for the summer diet, I guess. They winter here in South Texas and Mexico. In summer, they migrate up into the plains states to breed out in the grasslands.