Stairway in Burlington, Vermont

 

The Spinnaker on Loch Nest is Royal Blue

 

 

Something Cool

Classic Strawberry Daiquiri [Click]
Nonalcoholic Strawberry Daiquiri [Click]
Banana Daiquiri (with or without alcohol)">Banana Daquiri

June Christie: Something Cool (YouTube) [Click]

Loch Nest (#101) on the Lake

Nature's Wonders: The Amazing Sea Slug

Nature's Wonders: The Amazing Sea Slug Absurd Creature of the Week: This Crazy-Looking Sea Slug Has an Ingenious Secret Weapon [Click]

All over our world’s oceans, the many astoundingly colored species of nudibranch are eating things like the vicious Portuguese man o' war, incorporating their stingers or toxins into their own skin, and using them to fend off predators.
- (Wired: November, 2014

Nudibranch on Wikipedia [Click]

Dragonboat Races!

Lighthouse with Boat; Lighthouse from Boat

What's it all about"

NASA discovers giant question mark where universe failed to render correctly [Click]

">NASA discovers giant question mark where universe failed to render correctly

Pink Coneflower attracts Fritillary Butterflies

 

Burlington Harbor Marina

    Loch Nest sailed around that point, past the lighthouse, and into this new Marina! 

Headed back today.

Today "Loch Nest" sails from this Bay down to Burlington!

The voyage was postponed from July 15th, due to the Flood

 

Orange Jumpsuit

 

Yellow Day Lily

 

Halfway between hatching and fledging

 

Please be good to us, August! 🌻

 

Time to GO, July!

 

Peace Roses

 

🥳 HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Catreona's DAD!!! 🎉

Rene's Bluebells

Today should have been Rene VanHulle's 70th birthday,

but he died when he was 53.  He was Thankful's beloved brother.  In my garden, I keep Bluebells in his honour. 

Here are Rene's Bluebells from this year.

 

Dark Red

 

Three Musketeers

 

Consider now the Lilies

 I think the cherry red is my favourite.   ~ listener

Hatching Day!

 

Got this photo because USPS left a package on our porch,
which caused Mama Robin to fly off the nest.
I got the package and was coming back in the door
when I noticed a blue eggshell on the porch floor.
So I quickly got a photo on the way by!  Lucky shot.

Robin's Eggs and Nest in the Porch Basket

 

This Boat is For Sale! (It's moored nearby and is rather decorative!)

 

Smoke Haze Over the Landscape

 

Loch Nest Sunset (smoky evening)

Lighthouse

 

Storm Approaching

 

Burlington Boathouse

 

Burlington Vermont Waterfront

 

Barn Cat

 

In the Barn

 

Say "Cheese"!

 

⚠️ Vermont Devastated

listener: This is about 15 minutes from my house, where my doctor's office is. 

 The only part that is supposed to be water is the river that flows under the bridge.

                                                  Richmond, Vermont            ~ from Pat Brown, VT

                                                       
                                                              Richmond, Vermont (click to enlarge photos)
                                                          27 June 2023                                    11 July 2023

President Biden has declared a Federal State of Emergency
for ALL FOURTEEN COUNTIES in Vermont

Here's Why: WCAX Viewers' videos (click!)

                  Red dots mean closed road
                   (and there were more)
            ~ VTrans 

                              ~ Good Morning America

     
                                                                  ~ NY Times

                                                                                                               ~ NBC News

                                                           Downtown Montpelier          ~ Trevor Hughes, USA Today

Daphne, Maddie and Chaka

 

Phoebe

 

Reflections