A Gardeners Forum Forums General Discussion The Banter Hall Web Cam ~ Gardens, Birds, and Critters

I cropped the picture off the webcam to see the Finch on the tube feeder better,, I love the look on it's face Looks like it's looking up at the web cam and saying, " is that thing on ,Am I on camera?? " ,,,,,,,,

I bet this scene will look awesome in the "golden" hour of this evening

Wow! I think there are even more foxgloves at the bus stop than there were when Diane and I were there last summer.

There are about 300 "volunteers" out there. Many are short and just beginning to produce their spike. It is very hard to walk up the pathway without brushing by the Foxgloves on both sides. They don't belong where they are, but there was no way that I could tear them up. Next fall I will transplant many of them somewhere or another...
I'll try to get a dusk pix of the Bus Stop, but its thunderiffic out here, so I must shut down for now...

I think I see a flamingo in that top picture.

you do sheri. bill's sister got it for him a couple years ago. it's pretty cool looking

Is it rainy there today Bill?? I see on the side bar it's only 62 degree's ~ that's pretty cool for this time of year for you isn't it?

It is normally about 10*-15* warmer here (2 weeks ago it was in the nineties) It has cooled down considerably lately and we got some MUCH needed rain in the past 5 days...

Uhhhh tell Me One more time what the purple blooming large plant is again on the left of the driveway is,, Please
Why can't I remember after asking you the last 2 years??

Rhododendron Fastuosum flora plena I gave it to my Mommy for Mother's Day, 35 years ago...

awwwwwwwwww,,, Now I promise I will remember the name,
She has continued to give you Beauty every year for 35 years too Beautiful!

I just looked at the weather of Cedar Hill ,, What a gorgeous day your having there, well compared to Tx anyway
Wish I was there this evening you'll have clear skies ~ what an awesome view of the stars you'll have
Are you going to shoot any fire works there this evening Bill,,? I could watch it on TV But I'd rather see some on the Web cam

I am doing absolutely nothing (but margaritas) all day. I spent the past 3 long, hard days trying to get my computer restored after a ghost in the cave caused a MAJOR crash.
I had to format 4 times before I finally got the ghost exorcised from drive CDH (the ghost created his own drive with a mix of all three drives) I had to re-install the camera and webcam software (and everything else) to turn it back on today. Unfortunately you won't see any CH fireworks today, but the birds are out there...
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Happy Fourth of July!

Gee, I'm sorry to hear about all the tech troubles you have had, Bill. Something like that would have simply overwhelmed me. Glad you got it all figured out!

Now that I have a better pc & monitor, I can more easily see photos here, so it is great to look at what I've been missing. I'm glad you have a web cam.


Merme

OMG I'm glad you got the Ghost exorcized It's scarey when things happen to our computers especially when things take over on their own, and it's dang near a career to straighten things back up again.
Thanks for getting the Web cam going again
and I could use one of those margarita's my self ,,, I don't have any tequila tho ...... hmmmmm But I DO have orange Dream cycle and some vodka,, BRB,,,, Going to go get some of that

Okay I'm back with my 3rd dream cycle sure tastes good today! very good in the blender with crushed ice and a couple of splashes of xtra vodka,

Where's the birdy's today??

Uh Oh,, it looks like it's stuck on 15:52

I like the scrolling line on the side bar

Herrrrre Birdy birdy Birdy Looks like a birdy's buffet to me,,,

The big "plan" is to get the birds comfortable with the camera right there... on top of the swamp cooler... that I can make some 5 minute videos for the side bar.... someday.....

Coooool,, I'm sure someday you'll make it happen too

I bet I missed some great bird pictures today,, I don't see any there now,, Should I call them again,,??


Herrrrrrre Birdy birdy Birdyyyy

well if you think it will work, Diane, go right ahead....

This was yesterday But It's still there,,

I wish I had Yellow Finch here

This is today!! Will show birds, when they come, really well!!!

They always seem to fly away a second before the camera clicks (every 5 minutes) Some times there are a dozen or more song birds on cam at a time.... uhhhhh... really, there are! They are still a little wary of the new feeder.

Well, I might click on it at jusssssst the right time....soon.

Where are you Shirley,, you need to be clickin'
It's alright I've got you covered this time

Not any birds right now but plenty of willys under the feeder

In the picture above I see a pink bird with Long legs too

But now the cam isn't loading at all

OH, thank you both for the pictures!!!

The Willies look like they are looking up there watching for birds too!!!

(I still can't type on the GH and I don't know why!!! Anywhere else is just fine!!!)

Have you asked Mr. Gizmo about that yet?

Cindy sent this picture to post Cuz we missed it on the web cam

who do suppose that is in the back ground

No cam since Tuesday

... another major mainframe crash.... lost everything on the hard drive. Luckily I have almost everything backed up on Puter #2

Oh man Bill! this has been a rough few months with your 'puters there
I have faith you'll get everything Fix'd even better than before!
Wishing for rain for You,, we finally got a good down pour ~ praying it heads NorthWest.

I love the monitor that came with my new pc... I can FINALLY see the pictures from the web cam clearly! YAY!

Ain't technology lovely?!


Merme

most of the time......
Apparently my birds have seen the weather forecasts of 90-100+ temps for the next week/10 days and have moved down to the river woods to keep cool, so even if I had the cams installed there wouldn't be much to see right now.... Hopefully I have removed all of the ghosts in the cellar and have my main computer fixed this time and I will get the web cams operational again by the time my birdies come back to CH.
After 20 years of looking, I have finally found a company that will bring tankers of water to me, so my gardens will get their rain by artificial means and survive the summer.

Congrats on the water find, Bill. I have hired a water truck to come spray my hillside twice when our well broke down. Now my neighbor has one. I haven't needed any help from him but it is nice to know it is there. You don't appreciate water so much as when you don't have any.