Before you report me to the grammar police, consider that ‘sprang’ is a textile technique. Oh, yes. It is a method of crossing threads to make netting. Sprang is ideal for making hammocks. Hammocks are a spring sprang thang!
But this isn’t about hammocks, it’s about birds and flowers, so maybe you had better report me anyway. Here’s an early sunflower. Hmmm. It has buttons for seeds. If I planted them, would they grow more buttons? Bachelor buttons, maybe?
This is one of my favorite flowers from way back: Antelope Horns milkweed. They are so strange and wonderful. Monarch butterflies love them.
We have barn swallows nesting under our carport (babies have been seen), mockingbirds in the mulberry (eggshells under the tree), big old pigeons in the juniper trees, and a wren under the lid of our propane tank. When we had the tank filled the other day, I took some pics. My husband has seen the grown-up bird fly in and out since then, so we are expecting baby birds any day now.
