Title: Garden Party
Description: What's in your backyard?
Loon - July 22, 2006 08:18 PM (GMT)
Where do you live? Where do you play? What makes home, home? What kinds of curious critters, loony lawn ornaments, silly signage, stunning scenery, fascinating flora, or quirky characters do you get to see everyday? Whether you live in the city, suburbs, country, or somewhere in between, take a picture, no habitat is too humble.
So come on, get out your camera and pull up a lawn chair, this cat is dying of curiosity!
To start off, what’s a garden party without some flowers?...


sackville - July 23, 2006 10:54 PM (GMT)
Cool idea Loon. Love your flower photos!!
So where are you at? And... you must post your kid pic in the Muppet Wing for us. ;)
Here is what my cats looked at today... sorry for the poor web cam photos... and here is a photo of our sky today... at the 40th latitude & 83rd longitude.


Sackville
Ningi - July 24, 2006 01:14 AM (GMT)
Loon thanks for sharing natures beauty .
They are really beautiful .
Ningi - July 24, 2006 01:22 AM (GMT)
Sackville your Fur Baby looks like he is surveying his domain with his right ear from behind just slightly tuned into what is happening behind him in the house .
Nice photo's too , Clouds are mother natures way of adding beauty to this earth .
Loon - July 25, 2006 03:26 AM (GMT)
Oooh, I love it. Is the feline always that vigilant or was he just putting on a good show?
Baby pictures…erm…would you believe my dog ate them?
| QUOTE |
| Clouds are mother natures way of adding beauty to this earth . |
I agree Ningi, they’re that dynamic component that do so much for mood.
Here’s a little Canadian scenery…I just call it a glorified mosquito hatchery.

How about some wildlife…Lions and tigers and…squirrel?
Ningi - July 25, 2006 01:30 PM (GMT)
Loon it might be just a glorified mosquito hatchery but still it is a nice looking place .
I like the squirrel :) .
Keep posting more Pics please .
sackville - July 25, 2006 01:51 PM (GMT)
Hey that's the squirrel my cat was watching! ;)
I've got 6 kitties that keep watch each day. They have a nice bird bath outside the window and tons of chipmunks, birds, and squirrels (2 babies plus parents) to watch. Luckily, I've got 8 oversized windows with "perchs" in front of them... so there normally is only cat fights when there are only 3 open windows... and more than 3 want to sleep in them. ;)
I'll have to dig up some fall pics and take some of the little artsy things in the yard.
Keep the posts coming. :)
P.S. - Ningi... you are right.. my kitty was keeping tabs on everything all at once. :)
Loon - July 28, 2006 01:47 AM (GMT)
I agree the scenery is great...it was just that I was standing in a swamp when I took the picture.
Does each cat have his or her prefered post?
I wasn't lying down on the job, I swear.

Yet another ferocious forest beast.
sackville - July 29, 2006 03:58 PM (GMT)
Cool photos!!
As to the kitties, they all have their favorite spots. Most of the time you'll find 2 trying to share a spot... most of the time they are good at sharing... but other times they'll try to pull "rank" and get the spot for just their own enjoyment. I think.... there is a spot for each of you... view is the same... just spread out... but nooooooooooooo. ;)
Porcupine Girl - July 31, 2006 08:38 PM (GMT)
Well ladies, I live in the city. Here is a pic out of one of my back windows on the second floor, this window happens to be to my office. This view is the common area of my condo.
Loon - August 1, 2006 02:44 AM (GMT)
A very eclectic collection of lawn chairs your neighbours have. Is the pool usually very busy or was it just the time of day? (I’m assuming it was evening because one of the tenants has a porch light on.)
I’ve got a few more pictures.
It’s this type of scenery that makes me think I’ll go stir crazy in an office job.

Here was today’s breakfast:
Loon - August 1, 2006 02:46 AM (GMT)
I couldn’t resist any longer.
Some creepy crawlies:

Porcupine Girl - August 1, 2006 06:07 PM (GMT)
Loon,
That pic was taken at 6 AM before the pool was opened, I was thinking about waiting for the cute blonde in the white bikini to come out before I snapped that photo, but.......
Loon - August 2, 2006 03:00 AM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Porcupine Girl @ Aug 1 2006, 11:07 AM) |
Loon,
That pic was taken at 6 AM before the pool was opened, I was thinking about waiting for the cute blonde in the white bikini to come out before I snapped that photo, but....... |
Ah, the fine line between curiosity and voyeurism “where doth ye lie?”
Toni~ - August 2, 2006 02:10 PM (GMT)



What a lovely thing!
Sent to me by a friend of mine. Thought they were worthy of a post.
sackville - August 2, 2006 11:14 PM (GMT)
Loon - Great photos!
Toni - Wow! How adorable are those?!
P.G. - Psst... remember to NOT use a flash when you take a photo of the cute blonde... or you'll be busted. Wait! Maybe you should try to get one of some being "busted".... no bra/top in the pool. ;)
fromdownunder - August 3, 2006 10:19 AM (GMT)
Wow, cool pics!
Especially like the horse and fawn
HuskiesFan - August 3, 2006 12:23 PM (GMT)
Toni...that has got to be one of the cutest pictures I have ever seen! :hug2
Loon - August 4, 2006 04:10 AM (GMT)
It's great! The horses are like gentle giants.
I may just have an overactive imagination, but can anyone else see a sort of mask figure made by the trees?

...a flower for good measure
sackville - August 5, 2006 12:25 AM (GMT)
I kinda see something between the 2nd and 4th tree (not counting the tiny bit of a tree top on the immediate left of the photo in the numbering scheme) that is mask like...
HuskiesFan - August 5, 2006 12:44 PM (GMT)
My water garden that I built a few years ago complete with fish and my 3 resident frogs that seem to return every spring.
sackville - August 5, 2006 01:03 PM (GMT)
Beautiful HF! Having a bit of running water to listen to is always nice. :)
HuskiesFan - August 5, 2006 09:31 PM (GMT)
Thanks Sackville......it has a fountain and waterfall
Loon - August 6, 2006 07:39 AM (GMT)
Cool garden HuskiesFan, I’m impressed, I can’t even keep a cactus alive.
I came across a frog the other day.
HuskiesFan - August 9, 2006 01:40 AM (GMT)
Taken in my hummingbird perennial garden
song_stress - August 9, 2006 02:24 AM (GMT)
Love watching hummingbirds. Thanks for sharing.
and that frog nice close-up Loon
HuskiesFan - August 9, 2006 03:38 PM (GMT)
This is a typical scene in my backyard, but it is unusual to have the fawns come out of the woods to graze.
HuskiesFan - August 9, 2006 03:48 PM (GMT)
One of the frogs from my water garden above.
Loon - August 14, 2006 04:21 AM (GMT)
I really like the picture of the frog in the water.
Some random shots

Loon - August 14, 2006 04:23 AM (GMT)
Some more random shots
A swamp that I, for once, did not fall into.

As the crow flies
song_stress - August 14, 2006 11:30 AM (GMT)
oooh love the frog...and the shot of the crow..niiiiice
Toni~ - August 25, 2006 01:42 AM (GMT)
Okay, so I was doing a tree inventory the other day when my co-worker said "Hey, look up" there he was about 3 or 4 feet right above my head. Anyway, I thought I'd share.

And for those of you like me who really want to see his cute little face he is ready for his close-up....Thank you song_stress!!
Loon - September 16, 2006 09:19 PM (GMT)
I went out birding this morning and happened to come across this carved in a tree.
Loon - September 23, 2006 09:36 PM (GMT)
Either someone in the Parks Service has a sense of humour or the pack rats are getting crafty.

Loon - September 30, 2006 11:15 PM (GMT)
It's getting colourful in these parts

Some funky clouds over some funky smelling sewage lagoons...be glad this is not scratch and sniff.
song_stress - September 30, 2006 11:40 PM (GMT)
nice shots...the 1st would be nice wallpaper for the pc
GeauxGurl - October 10, 2006 01:07 AM (GMT)
Okay ~~~ here is what is in MY backyard
GeauxGurl - October 10, 2006 01:11 AM (GMT)
Our version of the "backyard dog" ~~~~~

:rofl :rofl :hat
Ningi - October 10, 2006 01:21 AM (GMT)
Hey G G lovely set of dentures your family pet has there what is his or her name , Is it SNAPPER by any chance . :lol1 .
GeauxGurl - October 10, 2006 01:30 AM (GMT)
Okay, cher ~~~~ shrimping is a way of life down here

I took these while fishing out in the marsh of Louisiana and the Gulf