Anne Elliott's photos with the keyword: interestingness#130

This is Mom and one of her two owlets in their nesting tree. The young ones have now been standing on the topmost edge of the tree trunk and then jumping down into the nest : ). A cropped photo, so they are further away than they look : ).

I finally made myself go out into my tiny backyard this afternoon, to get rid of any branches/stems that were growing through the gaps in the fence. It is like stepping into a jungle, especially as ferns have taken over much of the flower beds. Beneath them, I did find several of these tiny Violas, though, and couldn't resist using my camera. Help!! I need someone to come and dig up almost all the "plants" and maybe put down some of those wood chips, so that there is no, or very little, maintenance to cope with.