Ranch Rounds & Storm Clouds

 

Mark's garden is doing well, 

considering the amount of rain we have gotten. I'm thankful for that rain. 

  That's a Sonic billboard tarp under his gro-bags. 

:) 

Purple hulls are about to turn

Bitter melon

(Someone at the farmer's market gave it to him)

This little girl was watching me mow. 

She appeared to be a statue, just frozen. 

One of our baby martins that just wasn't quite ready to fly. 

I'm imagining it's hiding from it's family because 

they will dive-bomb the heck out of it to make it fly

(He finally took off)

I didn't get any photos, but we have a couple of hawks that are very interested in our babies.

I've listened to them screech out front and the other day they tried to cruise over the houses but thankfully  the martins came out in force and chased them away.  

Just a few more weeks and the birds will all take off for their winter vacation.  I will breathe a big sigh of relief that the predators here didn't kill any.  

I'll finish my rounds with these storm photos from the other day. 

Nothing came out of them for us, but others got a ton of rain. 

I'm thankful for small blessings- here, there and yonder. 

Have a great weekend, y'all! 

sharing with   Michelle for Thankful Thursday ,Eileen @ Saturday's Critters,Yogi for Skywatch Friday, and NixPixMix for Sunday Best