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Wild Morning Glory in Bloom As I had previously posted I have been pulling out this pesky vine year after year until after I researched it and found out that it is Wild Morning Glory which is also known as Bindweed (Convolvulus sepium). Well this year I decided to let it go and see what blooms. As you can see it gets these nice trumpet shaped white flowers.       

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February is not even over and we have already had the most snow ever recorded in for the month. We are on target to possibly the most snow ever in a single month. Here are some pictures of the ice on my house. All of this snow is lovely to see but now everyone is having problems with water making its way into their homes and businesses and there have been some building collapse from the weight

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I had taken alot of pictures of the recent snow storm, way to many to include in my prevous post. So I made this photo collage. Click on the picture for large view. var addmerch_conf = { image_url: 'http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_F1SD7MB9JjE/S4NehQVr_DI/AAAAAAAABIw/W6lm1q_zEfo/s640/Storm2010Collage.jpg'}; AddMerch.generateLink(addmerch_conf);

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Yesterday a record setting snowstorm hit the east coast. Pennsylvania has declared a state of emergency and Allegheny county has declare a state of emergency for the entire week. Here in northern suburbs of Pittsburgh I received about two feet of snow. This is the 4th largest snowfall in a 24 hours period. The last time we had a storm this bad was in 1993. Almost nothing was open and most roads

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This is Tiffany, she is a Rottweiler who belongs to a friend of mine. The Rottweiler originates from Germany as a herding dog. It is an intelligent breed of dogs. Rottweilers were used to pull carts to carry livestock to slaughter and other meat products to market giving them the name "Butchers Dog". The Rottweiler was by butchers until the mid-19th century when railroads replaced the dog’s

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I came across and photography site that showed a photo of the photographer in his own pic multiple times. I thought it was cool and so I decided to try it myself with my own simply camera. This was the end result. I wanted to be in the shot 3 times but only got my arm one that last one. You can see it in the far right of the picture. Click pictures for large view I used my old reliable 

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This is a video I made from the pictures of my posts from this past year. This has been and interesting adventure since this was my first blog and my first year of blogging. Posts included in video are American Goldfinch, Domestic Short Hair, Carolina Chickadee, Crane Fly, White-tailed Deer, Dusky Land Slug, Earwig, Eastern Grass Tubeworm Moth, Pittsburgh's First Major Snow Storm, Flying Ant,

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There seems to be no end to the snow here and we are expected to get 2-4 more inches tomorrow. This usually means I get 4-6 here. I created a photo collage of several pictures of Ozzy my Basenji mix puppy, the trees in my yard and the woods near my house using Picasa 3. Click Picture for Large View

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December 19th was our first major snow fall of the season. And it’s the first snow for my 8 month old Basenji mix puppy named Ozzy. Since he had never seen snow before he was at first afraid to go out into the yard. I had to go out into the yard and call his name several times before he decided to venture off the porch. Now all he wants to do is go out all day and play in it. As you can see I

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This is a Silver Maple Tree that is on the border of my property. I had helped my neighbor cut the tree down about 13 years ago. Well needless to say we did not remove the stump and the tree has since grown back to its original size and more. It also developed multiple trunks which it did not have before. The one picture is of a red leaf that had fallen off in my yard. It shows the "red" phase

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I believe this to be a variation of tree fungus knows as Daedaleopsis confragosa. It is a variable species usually recognized by its elongated, maze-like pores; its thin whitish to brownish cap with zones of color; and the tendency of its pore surface to bruise reddish. But as you can with this one that I found it does not have the typical colors. It does have the typical elongated, maze-like

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At first I thought these were fruit flies but after some research I found that they are actually called Moth Flies or Drain Flies. I have had these in my house on occasion for years now. They are small flies with short hairy bodies and wings giving them a "furry" moth-like appearance. The adults have long furry antennae and the wings are shaped similar to that of the common Housefly. They

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This is Ozzy, he is a Basenji mix puppy who I adopted few days ago from the Animal Rescue League of Western Pennsylvania. I do not know what he is mixed with. Pure bred Basenjis usually have solid white from under there chin down over there entire chest and a white muzzle that extends up between there eyes. Ozzy only has a small batch of white on his chest and a small line of white about ½ long

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This gorgeous cat (commonly known as a pussycat) has been hanging out in my back yard for the last week or so since the passing of my Chocolate Lab.  Now I am not normally a cat lover but this one is adorable. One big problem I have with them is my cat allergy. I have had sever reactions were my eyes water and burn and my nose starts running to the point that I can not see. A domestic

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The Carolina Chickadee was named by John James Audubon while he was in South Carolina. In researching this bird I was visibly able to narrow it down to one of two birds. Because of its close resemblance to the Black-capped Chickadee it took some extra reading and a closer look at my photo to get an exact match. The Carolina Chickadee is grayer where as the Black-capped Chickadee has more brown

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This is an American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis), also known as the Eastern Goldfinch or Wild Canary. I get a lot of birds at my bird feeder and happened to spot this handsome one feeding one day. It is native to North America and is from the finch family. It is a migratory bird, ranging from southern Canada to North Carolina during summer and from just south of the Canadian border to Mexico

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This is Maggie a 6 year old Scottish Terrier, they are also known as the Aberdeen Terrier. She belongs to a friend of mine who provided me with the pictures. I know some of you may say “she is not in your yard“. Well I’m not sure that I ever indicated that was a rule but even if it was, I have broken this rule before and it’s my site so I can, Ha Ha. There are five breeds of terrier that

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Flying Ant I saw this just ouside my front door as i was walking out of the house. I hurried up and ran back in to get my camera.  I was sure it was a flying ant and after some research I found that my assumption was correct. Some people think these are termites but are not. An ants antennae has a bend or elbow in it, where as a termites antennae are straight and beaded. Also and ants body

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White-tailed Deer - Odocoileus virginianus Here are some pictures of some deer that I saw grazing in my upper yard near a narrow stretch of woods that run along the back of my property. I think this is one of the best features of my property. I love watching the deer though my neighbor does not like how they are always eating his plants. I was lucky to one be sitting on my back deck and got

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Jumping Spider (Salticidae) I saw this Jumping Spider on the deck post out back. There is an uncroped picture below to give some reference to its size as compared to the 4x4 post. Jumping spiders have an internal hydraulic system that extends their limbs by altering the pressure of blood within them. This pressure allows the spider to jump 20 to 80 times the length of its body. It always

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Bindweed (Convolvulus sepium)/Wild Morning Glory I have spent year after year pulling this wild vine off of the plants that I have growing near the back corner of my deck. It has been a few weeks since the last time I cleared some of it off and I was surprised to see how big the leaved have gotten. After some research I found that this is a variety of Bindweed or more commonly know as Wild

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Brown Stink Bug - Euschistus I saw this Stink Bug sitting on my gas grill outside. Stink bugs damage crops they feed off of over 50 plants and they multiply quickly. A single female can lay hundreds of eggs in one season. It only takes 5 weeks for a newly hatched stinkbug to become and adult. I would not handle stink bugs because they can emit an odder from pores on their sides and they do

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Earwig – Dermaptera I was standing on my back porch and I was about to lean against the deck post when I saw this out of the corner of my eye at head level. People think that they can not fly because they don’t appear to have wings but in fact they do. The wings are concealed under leathery covers on its back. The pinchers on its tail are simply to hold its prey, they are not stingers. One

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Plume Moth (Pterophoridae)

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