Friday Music

Written and recorded by Canadian singer-songwriters Ian and Sylvia Tyson in 1964 it was popularized by the Kingston Trio a year later. 

This is a nice cover by Suzy Bogguss...

Sunset

Tonight's sunset was improved on the reflective direction...

View west

View east 

 

Brood Flock

For a stretch there were no poults to be observed.  I was wondering what was up with wild turkey recruitment this year.

And then they were revealed - even cruising thru our backyard.

August 14

Three hens and upwards of sixteen to twenty or more of their of their combined brood.  

August 29

The newborns are the size of chickens or larger now. and those wise old matrons are keeping it movin'.

Raising a toast to big families!

Notable Quotable

There are people that you’ve never heard of, people that are in the dark shadows. People that you haven’t heard of. 

They are people that are on the streets, they’re people that are controlling the streets. We had somebody get on a plane from a certain city this weekend,  and in the plane, it was almost completely loaded with thugs wearing these dark uniforms, black uniforms with gear and this and that. They’re on a plane. A person was on a plane, said there were about six people like that person, more or less, and what happened is the entire plane filled up with the looters, the anarchists, rioters — people that were obviously looking for trouble and the person felt very uncomfortable on the plane. 

I will see whether or not I can get that person to speak to you, but this was a firsthand account of a plane going from Washington to wherever, and I’ll see if I can get that information for you, maybe they’ll speak to you, maybe they won’t. 

I’ll tell you sometime, but it’s under investigation right now. But they came from a certain city, and this person was coming to the Republican National Convention. And there were, like, seven people on the plane like this person, and then a lot of people were on the plane to do big damage.

-President Trump

*Fox Broadcasting Correspondent Laura Ingraham's exclusive interview with President Trump on 'The Ingraham Angle'

Breakfast of Champions

Once and a while I'm fortunate to get a photo of a raptor on one of the trail cameras. This is not anywhere near as spectacular as the bald eagle photos from earlier this spring but it is interesting nonetheless.    

 

A red-tailed hawk. 

 

 

Over a period covering fifteen minutes the camera recorded this bird dining-upon its prey.    

 

 

I wonder if it was one of the fox squirrels photographed earlier at the same location.......

 

click on images for a closer look

 

Movie Time

Here's a handful of fifteen second, silent video vignettes captured by the Moultrie camera positioned in the unusual spot...

 

Corn Moon

Commonly known as the Corn Moon - it is also known as the Fruit, Barley, and Hungry Ghost Moon. 

This month’s full Moon will peak after midnight on Wednesday morning, Sept. 2, 2020. The Moon will appear full for about three days this time of year from Monday evening through Thursday morning. 

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The Farmer's Almanac first published Native American names for the full Moons in the 1930s and over the years these names have become widely known. Algonquin tribes in what is now the northeastern states called this the Corn Moon - as this was the time for gathering their main staple crops of corn, pumpkins, squash, beans, and wild rice. 

European names for this full Moon are the Fruit Moon, as a number of fruits ripen as the end of summer approaches, and the Barley Moon, from the harvesting and threshing of the barley. 

This full Moon is also associated with the Chinese Hungry Ghost Festival. The seventh month of the Chinese calendar is the Ghost Month and a Full Moon is known as the Ghost Day – when spirits, including those of deceased ancestors, come out to visit the living. 

Have a terrific full moon. 

Autumn is definitely in the air.