Hanging out with the baby plants!
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01/20/2024 wren feeder
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01/16/2024 walk to OU duck pond
It’s 22 degrees F and sunny and with very light north wind now, so we walked over to the OU duck pond to see what was happening. All the geese and ducks were at the north end at a patch of open, flowing water on the creek. We also saw two Belted Kingfishers tangling in the air – squabbling? Courting?
![A woman in a long blue quilted coat looks into an iced over pond at some big slider turtles.](https://i0.wp.com/garden.eeclaire.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/img_4175-1.jpg?resize=525%2C700&ssl=1)
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![A big iron sewer or water cover with the tidy graffiti described in the caption as well as a small geometric pattern of partial squares at right angles. Briar the dog sniffs the concrete under the lid.](https://i0.wp.com/garden.eeclaire.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/img_4178-1.jpg?resize=525%2C700&ssl=1)
![Paula holds a purplish leaf of the spring beauty. It’s very narrow and long, with dry tan bits of bermudagrass around it.](https://i0.wp.com/garden.eeclaire.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/img_4182-1.jpg?resize=525%2C700&ssl=1)
![Briar’s fluffy tail near a geodetic survey marker in low bermudagrass and small forbs.](https://i0.wp.com/garden.eeclaire.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/img_4183-1.jpg?resize=525%2C700&ssl=1)
01/14/2024 not very efficient plant window
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08/22/2023 partridge pea in morning
![Yellow legume flowers with brown and black centers are clustered along stalks that have compound blue- green leaves.](https://i0.wp.com/garden.eeclaire.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/img_9128.jpg?resize=525%2C700&ssl=1)
06/15/2023 late for storms
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12/2022 backlog of infrastructure and little babies
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12/23/2022 feeding our friends
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12/22/2022 definitely no birds only leaves
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