Saturday Symmetry

 

Nature and Feline Friday

 Nature Friday host LLB Gang   

Mom Beth and the Girls made a beautiful new 
Nature Friday Badge honoring the Memory of our friend Gail

Seen on a recent EMW outside 

Finally the worst of the pollen has gone I can take walks in the great out of doors

before the HOT HAZY HUMID days arrive

This portion of the Crabtree Creek, it meanders behind Crabtree Vally Mall

We jokingly call it 'mighty' but it really is very important.

The Crabtree Creek Watershed Project (CCWP) was built under the authority of the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act of 1954. The CCWP consists of approximately 90,750 total acres located in Wake and Durham counties and contains 10 flood control structures, which include engineered components, flood pool and flood easements. They were assembled on behalf of the federal government for the purpose of preventing loss of life and managing sediment, erosion and property damage caused by flooding within the Crabtree Creek Watershed.

Lovely new area recently added to the front yard of a home not far from us

Lavender Azaleas Rhododendron about 2 blocks from home.

Click here Hostess Miss Mimi 

Feline Friday Flashback May 2012

THE SIGN BELOW MADE US

MOL

AND  LOL

WE HOPE IT TICKLED YOUR FUNNY BONE

TOO. 

MADI AND MOM

Thoroughly Poetic Thursday #209

    Today is Poetic Thursday hosted by our pals Teddy and Angel Sammy at

 Two Spoiled Cats

 

This week's photo challenge  

OMCs Girl

Curls and curves

It takes lots of nerve

to walk the runway

no arms, no hands

to balance

If you fall, I hope you bounce

Wordless Wednesday

Thank you to our Hostess

Sandee at Comedy Plus 

Snapped this photo in the 'loo' at my Dentist's office. 

First Watch Cafe has their silver ware wrapped with funny

sayings.  I 100% agree with coffee before talkie

Wall decor at First Watch you might see this again on Symmetry Saturday
Interior of First Watch

Happy Tuesday Rocky's 5th gotcha day

 Dear Auntie HiC,

I can’t believe it’s been 5 years since the Cat Distribution System delivered me to The Hill.  I arrived at 11:29, on a chilly April morning.

Mom said it was “Love at First Sight❣️”.

 I was exhausted from my journey & spent the first few days sleeping. But every time I woke up, Mom was right there to assure me she would never leave! 

I love Kat, Cali, my peeps, Auntie HiC, & all my blogging friends. Life is Good! 

Video from my first week here:

I quickly went from sleeping on the sunporch to

sleeping with my humans.

💓

 Rocky the Gingerbread Boy

Rocky this is proof pawsitive how a loving home filled with lots of loving staff and siblings can turn a Gingerboy's life around.  Auntie HiC says you were so very very brave and she is so proud of you.

Awww Monday with Birding Facts with Rocky



 We thank our Hostess Sandee at Comedy Plus   

Dear Auntie HiC,

Spring bird migration is in full swing here on The Hill. It’s alway exciting to see the variety of visitors at our feeders this time of year. 

Here are some interesting facts about bird migration:

About 4,000 species of birds are regular migrants, which is about 40% of the total number of birds in the world. 

Birds can reach great heights as they migrate. Bar-headed geese are the highest-flying migratory birds, reaching altitudes of 5 1/2 miles high. 

To prepare for their long journeys, birds enter a hyperphalgia state, eating massive amounts of food. 

Kind of like bears preparing to migration. 

Thanks to Merlin Bird app we are able to identify the songs of birds we aren’t lucky enough to observe. 

These birds were in our backyard today:

This is an incredibly cool website that allows you to track migration in your vicinity! Change add your county to the top. 

https://dashboard.birdcast.info/region/US-GA-311

We did see a pair of male Rose-breasted Grosbeaks this week. The doves were not thrilled to share their feeders. 

❤️ Rocky

Dearest Rocky,

You know Auntie HiC is a lover of all our fine feathered friends...however, 

I must say the doves are really bird brains if they don't realize how very very special it is to have Rose Breasted Grosbeaks stop at your home for some R&R and food.

Lovingly your Auntie

Bryan thanks each and everyone of you for the very lovely birthday wishes.

Happy Birthday to my Hubby aka Dad of Angel Madi

Flashback to April 27, 2011 

Madi and I started her blogs in June of 2010...  

Today I am sharing her very first happy birthday post to her Dad  April 27, 2011.

Happy Birthday to Dad...he is the one in the purple shirt

Every year the last weekend of April there is a live steam meet in Apex, NC by a local live steam railroad club. The trains run on 7 1/2" gauge track and are quite powerful for their size.

Luckily it coincides with Dad's birthday (4/27). Mom and Dad attended

this year's meet on April 24.

Many of the engines are made by their owner's as in the one shown below.
This gentleman traveled from Kentucky for the show. Most burn coal, some burn
oil and some propane.


The meet is held on the property of one of the local members. Below are a few pictures of his
property. We aren't sure how many acres he has but there are 2.1 miles of meandering track

throughout lovely woods and gardens

below is on of the 3 bridges the trains cross over.

The engineer on our ride around the property traveled from Michigan.

Below is the train we rode taking on water drawn from one of several ponds on the property.

Below is a picture of Dad shortly before he was given the privilege of playing engineer for a day.

This train is owned by one of his close friends from Virginia.

and finally  picture of Dad just before became the engineer for a few seconds.  It was his first driving a live steam engine for the first time after many, many years of attending this meet.