Thendara's Blog

The odds and ends in the creative  world of Thendara M Kida-Gee.

Golf Cubes

Not being a player of golf myself I never knew there were cubes involved until staying at a golf based resort.

It was a restraint to not move them, being a language i don't speak I am not sure what that would do to the game of golf.

I like the idea of walking round and wacking balls but I dislike the contamination golf courses seep with their sprays to keep those lawns so perfect, the water use. An  elitist sport based in upper class white male culture, secretive and you know when things are that tidy on the surface it's a real mess beneath, maybe we don't  that and I just assume it in my own biased fashion.

I do like the cubes, let the tetris begin.

Beyond Pesticides

USGA-Potential Groundwater Contamination from Pesticides
and Fertilizers Used on Golf Courses

Many a mushroom

There were so many flushes of shrooms this year- perfect conditions as explained by a friend of ours an avid mushroom hunter since childhood. A good year for shrooms, one of the healthiest foods around. Maybe not this one I am not yet a fungus spotter and will be working towards these credentials so I can appreciate them with my mouth as well as my lens.

More mushrooms at Nature Big Nature Small

the edge of a mushroom in Hamlin park 2013

oh this one is just lovely, gills and all.

Throwing Stones on Ice at greenlake

Monday was very cold, especially with a missing car window.

While the car had it's hole fixed we walked greenlake, mingled with ducks,crows,geese and coots. witnessed a Heron standing on one leg and eventually found about half the lake frozen and ever so fun to throw stones on and make these sounds.

The Barred Owl

I feel very lucky to have the nature I do in my life.

I had never seen an Owl in public before until living here (only sadly tied to perches in zoos.) I am sure by the looks they give me I am annoying them, I try not to annoy them. They make me smile.

These guys are all over the east coast to the middle of the country  and in the Pacific Northwest

For a few weeks our afternoon walk included seeing this fine feathered fellow , The Barred Owl.

We listen to the birds, alot.

The Crows always mention whats going on, in a less the subtle way.

Many a lunch time has been spent spotting this owl, We have the pleasure of having been in his presence in many a local park.

more great info at National Geographic.