Nature and Feline Friday by Chelle our Belle

Nature Friday host LLB Gang  

 

Featuring Chelle (a very good buddy to Kit and me aka HiC)  and her 2  traveling buddies.  I have permission from Chelle to use these photos but I gave everyone smiley faces.  I wanted to show those who are not familiar with Banyan trees a reference for their size.  Chelle (in the middle) is 5'5"

I found some info on the St. Pete Banyan trees below 

The trees are a type of ficus called a Banyan.  Based on their size these trees may look hundreds of years old, but in actuality those at North Straub Park are probably less than 100 years old.  Native to India, a 4 foot tall banyan was imported to Florida in 1925 by auto tire businessman Harvey Firestone as a gift to Thomas Edison at his Fort Myers winter home.  Edison, Firestone and Henry Ford were on a quest to find an alternative and less expensive source of natural rubber for use in making tires.  Today that same tree has grown to over an acre in diameter!   

      In the US, banyans are found mostly in South Florida and Hawaii.  The trees in St Pete are able to survive this far north because of the "peninsula effect" (the water surrounding Pinellas creates a temperate/sub tropical climate).    There are other massive banyans by the Mirror Lake Library and in around the Bahama Shores neighborhood of South St Pete.

   Exactly when these two trees started growing in North Straub Park remains a bit of a mystery but they certainly are impressive.  There's a possible reference to one of them on a postcard from the 1930's.  So while we don't really know exactly when or how they actually got there, over the years they've grown to be a terrific source of entertainment for kids and adults. 

Chelle, my Belle, as always I thank you for taking time out of your fun weekend excursions to share so many lovely photos.😍💝

If you would like to read more about this amazing Banyan tree, click here

Click here Hostess Miss Mimi

Feline Flashback with Madi the magnificent

July 17, 2017​

If you had a loving kitty who sat behind your head

and was entertaining you with acrobatics and agility

Mom would be impressed....

but she moved so I grabbed the prime real estate

(teeee heee I love it when a feline plan comes together)

Thoroughly Poetic Thursday #271

  Today we join

Angel Sammy and brudder Teddy

Two SPOILED CAT 

at Sammy's Poetry Corner

Here is our fun photo challenge

Title of my poem

Girl Dads

Go daddy go

Incredibly easy going

Ready for any fun

Look pretty in pink

Devoted to daughters

Adaptable

Daughters create fun

Seem oblivious to being teased

 

Words of Boo and Hiss Wednesday

 We thank our Hostess Sandee at

 Comedy Plus  

Dear Auntie HiC,

I had to go to the vet last week (Boo! Hiss!) for my regularly scheduled allergy shot! 🙀

But when I returned, I had a brand new Yeowww catnip banana 🍌waiting for me! Mom knows how to make me forget about a shot! 😻

❤️ Rocky 

Dear Nephew Rocky you are a monkey in ginger cat furs.

OMCs When Marlu was a toddler her daddy used to say this to her

Monkey see, monkey do, Monkey named Marlu...she giggled

Lovingly Auntie HiC

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UNEXPECTED SERVICE CALL TODAY BY PLUMBERS

I APLOGIZE FOR MISSING YOUR BLOG WILL CATCH UP TOMORROW

Happy Tuesday Teapot #6

   

 We thank our Hostess Sandee at Comedy Plus  

 

Title is Teapot of two faces...the bird is the spout.  The eye and all the critters on both sides were spooky

These were both very delicate a pretty shade of green

Needless to say I kept my distance from this one.  It looks as if a slight breeze could topple it.

Each of these in the display cabinet were all amazing

Awwwwww Monday sunset St. Petersburg, Florida

 Hostess Sandee at Comedy Plus 

Thank you

  

Kit and I are two of a trio of good buddies

Chelle makes up our trio.  She recently took a weekend trip to

St. Petersburg, Florida..

she shared a most gorgeous sunset over the Gulf Coast