Look! Up in the Sky-it's a BIRD...no, a feather...wait, a Cloud!!

Of course y'all should know by now I love searching the fields for wildflowers. I think these were strategically planted, and perhaps plant-nursery-grown for the city's parks. The sunlight was on them the other day, and it brightened the pathways...

This looks like pea vetch to me, but I'm not 100% sure on this. Perhaps someone knows more...


This is a bush more than low lying wildflowers...a Coral Bean Blossom. Baltimore Orioles LOVE these!!


This resembles Brown-eyed Susan

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I spotted, along the walkway, far from the property fence, a couple of critters that would LOVE chomping away at those wildflowers, I betcha, uh-huh!!


I think goats are awesome!!


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Along Packery Channel Park's new boardwalk and observations areas, in conjunction with the City Parks and Rec and the Audubon Club/Society, they have been busy doing some improvements and landscaping. Along with a small pond and palm tree area, flower beds, and tree planting along the new and extended boardwalk, they have placed several 'watering' holes for the bird/wildlife. They're actually stone drip systems. With the intricate designing the water tubing is artistic and shapely....they also spray the water to attract the birds more easily. Not only the spray, but the tubing also drips onto the stone and there is water run-off along the edges. Moving water is a great attraction to all wildlife. This is a plus in my book. I tried to wait so when the spray comes out, I could get the water to show in the photo; near top right of the photo with the water spray cascading downward. This is the best I got...

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On the subject of 'feathered friends'....several days ago, I spied this in the sky. Bud thought it resembled a broom, I immediately went to the bird FEATHER. Any other ideas? It stayed this formation for a LONG time as it drifted toward the sea with the upper easterly wind currents. I'm wondering how many others from below saw this cloud formation as I and Bud did.




On a side note:

I think that one of the two earliest acronyms is AM and PM [both refer to time]. A M of course is short for ante meridiem {before noon} and P M is short for post meridiem {after midday}

I was wondering about TV...when was television shortened to TV? Of course it can't be all that long ago since television is relatively 'new', comparing to AM and PM.

Looking for it [never found it 'cause I was sidetracked]....I did find, however, the LONGEST acronym ....the longest acronym, according to the 1965 edition of Acronyms, Initialisms and Abbreviations Dictionary, is ADCOMSUBORDCOMPHIBSPAC, a United States Navy term that stands for "Administrative Command, Amphibious Forces, Pacific Fleet Subordinate Command."  There was another with Russian lettering stated as the WORLD'S longest...click here to see the acronym reference....and scroll to 'extremes'.  It hails at 56 letters in length [Guinness World Records]

A few other acronyms in use as words today.  For instance:

self-contained underwater breathing apparatus  SCUBA

light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation  LASER

canine... used to designate police units utilizing dogs  K9

 a couple that come to mind that are mispronounced in a way...

 personal identification number  PIN  often spoken with a 2nd 'number'....PIN-Number

 automated teller machine  ATM often spoken with a 2nd 'machine'....ATM-Machine.

I OWE YOU {IOU}....shouldn't that be IOY?

I never did find the origin of the acronym TV. LOL