{"id":603,"date":"2011-05-28T12:59:51","date_gmt":"2011-05-28T17:59:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ericsiegmund.com\/gazette\/2011\/05\/28\/110528-frontyardupdate\/"},"modified":"2022-04-01T10:25:11","modified_gmt":"2022-04-01T15:25:11","slug":"110528-frontyardupdate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ericsiegmund.com\/fireant\/2011\/05\/28\/110528-frontyardupdate\/","title":{"rendered":"Front Porch Update (or, “Doo doo doo, lookin’ out my front door”)"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s important to keep the Historical Records up to date, so here’s what’s happening in the front part of la hacienda:<\/p>\n

Barn Swallows – When last we checked in<\/a> on the little #@*%&<\/span> fellows, their nest was almost complete. It’s now finished and positioned so close to the ceiling that we can’t see inside the nest, even with our tallest ladder. They think they’re so smart, but they underestimate the vastness of my tool inventory, specifically the small round mirror mounted on the telescoping, articulating arm. (I knew<\/i> I’d have a use for that someday, besides helping me locate stuff that I drop behind the workbench.)<\/p>\n

So, here’s what’s inside the mysterious nest:<\/p>\n

\"Photo<\/p>\n

Interesting that there’s only one egg in the nest. I thought they usually had a multi-egg clutches.<\/p>\n

By the way, I hope you’re impressed by the photo, as I stood near the top of a 12-foot ladder, holding the mirror in one hand and the camera in the other, while Debbie re-read my life insurance policy.<\/p>\n

Moving on to the flora, I’m pleased to report that our pomegranate-tree-reborn-as-a-bush is growing like a weed, which it is, by definition. Anyway, we put this funky three-sided tomato cage around it to tame its wildness, and it’s now 3′ tall. Pretty sure it won’t have any fruit this year, but we’re hopeful about 2012, assuming the world doesn’t end.<\/p>\n

\"Photo<\/p>\n

And, finally, our palm tree has fully recovered from its close encounter of the frostbite kind. It’s still a bit lopsided from where Debbie had to prune the dead fronds following that bitter freeze (feels a bit weird to be writing about it, given that it’s around 100\u00b0 as I type this).<\/p>\n

\"Photo<\/p>\n

By the way, don’t let the apparently green grass in our lawn fool you; it’s becoming increasingly heat-stressed due to the watering restrictions. I’m not sure why it looks this good; the back lawn is more brown than green. And based on the long range weather forecast, it’s going to get worse before it gets better. Pray for rain!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s important to keep the Historical Records up to date, so here’s what’s happening in the front part of la hacienda: Barn Swallows – When last we checked in on the little #@*%& fellows, their nest was almost complete. It’s now finished and positioned so close to the ceiling that we can’t see inside the… Continue reading Front Porch Update (or, “Doo doo doo, lookin’ out my front door”)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,5,6,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-midland-odessa","category-nature","category-photography","category-wildlife-birds","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ericsiegmund.com\/fireant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ericsiegmund.com\/fireant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ericsiegmund.com\/fireant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ericsiegmund.com\/fireant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ericsiegmund.com\/fireant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=603"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ericsiegmund.com\/fireant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9388,"href":"https:\/\/ericsiegmund.com\/fireant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603\/revisions\/9388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ericsiegmund.com\/fireant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ericsiegmund.com\/fireant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ericsiegmund.com\/fireant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}