The Hills are alive ♫ ... with the sound of music ♪ ...!
Spring music, that is. Which in a way is nice, as you can see, all those spring flowers, just happily flowering away ...
But unfortunately there's other music too, 'spring-break' music to be precise!
The Park is quite full and we have neighbors with kids (eeks) on both sides but all in all it's not too bad I must say. We're not having any rowdy teenagers (so far, let's quickly knock on wood) and most families are actually of the nice and nature loving kind.
Talking about nature, as I said, there's lots of pretty wildflowers:
Texas Bluebonnets everywhere (or Lupines if you will), I even spotted some rare white and pink ones.
The pond still has ducks coming through, amongst which again some 'firsts' for me in the form of a small flock of Green-winged Teals:
'Common', but quite elegant in their pearly grey and that raquish green eye stripe ...
They're dabblers, which means they feed by tipping down in search for their food sifting through surface water.
Always a rather comical sight when they're all 'dabbling' away ...
I know, this blog is going to the birds, but I really haven't much else to talk about these days so I'm also going to throw in this Northern Flicker I saw around the pro-shop:
This is the male, showing off his yellow underside which defines him as a Yellow-shafted or eastern/boreal bird in difference to the 'Red-shafted' western or Mexican birds.
Other than taking pictures of my feathered friends I keep myself busy planning our trip North to the Black Hills of South Dakota.
We're thinking of leaving somewhere around the 15th of April so I'm checking out places to stay and I'm waiting for some maps and info from the tourist boards of Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska for the sightseeing part of the trip.
James is working on getting both the RV and truck in perfect traveling condition by making some repairs and replacing worn out parts.
I think this water heater heating-element was on it's last legs!
He's trying to get in as much golf as he can because our free golf situation will end soon and this summer we'll end up paying for it again!
And although the cacti are still not flowering the flowering stems of the Yuccas are popping up everywhere:
Internet has been very, very ... very ... very ... slooow sice the park filled up so I don't know when I'll be able to get this uploaded.
It might be quite old news before it does ....
Such lovely blooms you are seeing! The desert here didn't live up to my expectations in the flowering category. I'll be happy to be on my way out of here in a week and a half.
ReplyDeleteI think those teals are just gorgeous. I love their beautiful colors.
How long will you be in SD? I may buzz through there in August on my way to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN.
Oh, I'm jealous, only a week and a half to go! How wonderful! We'll be in SD until the first of October (or until the first snow flies) and we'd be delighted to meet you! One word of caution, August 1-10 all campgrounds in the Black Hills are booked solid due to the Sturgis motor rally. We even have to move out of ours for that time and are thinking of taking a little trip, so if you have to come through around that time you better avoid the area altogether.
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