birdfeeder, snow

[eub]

Yesterday I took down the birdfeeder to add a squirrel cage so we could start using it again. It had turned into a terrarium (picture), with leftover sunflower seeds sprouting in the bottom. And wasps had built a small nest inside, excellently sheltered and protected -- empty now, but when I cleaned it all out I found white grubs creeping in the seed-gunk, so the animal kingdom was still represented. And for a third kingdom, the growth of wiry blackish threads I think was Nostoc (flagelliforme-looking), cyanobacteria.

I built a chicken-wire cage around the birdfeeder, filled it, and hung it back up. Early results are that none of our birds are filtrable through chicken wire.

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It snowed four feet an inch or two last night.


Pictures from the Arboretum

Comments

[marzipan-pig.livejournal.com]

My weekend: did laundry and slept

Your weekend: found a little world in your backyard and then made it safe from squirrels

[3smallishmagi.livejournal.com]

Love the photo. Might like #36 more. Like #32 and #42 too.

Interested that I imagine I can start to recognise the photographer.

[eub.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Do you know what you like in 36? I actually almost tossed that one, feeling it doesn't quite do it as form and doesn't quite do it as texture.

1000369 is pretty characteristic, I think. But I think other people do it too.

[(Anonymous)]

I think composition is important, but only because it doesn't stand out. It is balanced, which is enough. I think I like it because my first thoughts were _interesting!_, then _what it it?_ and all the little details you try and look into to figure it out. And while you're doing that, it's nice to look at.

I like the tree one for a much different reason. It looks so prehistoric. It looks like a child's science book. You could imagine a line drawing of a standard human for scale, and a mastadon in the background, and little labels describing all the trees and things.

[beaq.livejournal.com]

It does it as both form and texture, though. It's not a restful image, or satisfying, but it's very alive.

[pir-anha.livejournal.com]

it does it as texture and colour for me. form not so much, but even that is there. it's balanced in an interesting way. i like it a lot.

369 is awesome, my favourite of the lot. anon gave a perfect (for me) description of it; yes, that's what it feels like.

i also like the one with the car for the fun value.