by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 31, 2022 | nature, poetry
Surveying Property in Alabama Acres of yellow wild flowers carpet a field Soft and fragrant beneath the hooves of grazing cattle. A half mile further west, another is clothed in white. A pond mirrors the blue of the April sky As a single white cloud admires its own...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 27, 2022 | nature
Just yesterday I had noticed the first white blossoms of Bridal Wreath around town. They make me smile. Anytime my Daddy saw them blooming he would say their scientific name..”Spirea Van Hootii”… According to Mother, it was the only blooming plant...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 26, 2022 | nature
from 3/25/19 Now that the reconstruction work on the seawall, dock, and fence are complete, we are able to begin serious work on restoration of the yard. I hauled dirt to fill in low spots, transplanted 3 shrubs to new locations, and repotted a few plants. A...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 26, 2022 | nature
Now this is cool….. Terrie McCook DePerro and I sat on the beach today and talked about the earth’s water cycle as it moves about the planet, watering, cleansing, renewing the earth…. It is the circulatory system, the heart and pulse of the earth....
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 10, 2022 | appearances, lake, life change, nature
Three years ago, March 10, 2019, I noted these first blooms on the flowering almond shrub at Deerpoint Lake. Last year on the same date I stopped by the our then vacant house to check on this shrub and enjoy the signs of spring…….. An old fashioned shrub...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 3, 2022 | nature
3/3/2018 The full moon over Deerpoint Lake this morning is stunningly beautiful! Moonlight filtered through oak trees falling on the patio stones makes patterns that look like puzzle pieces. The silvery shimmer of the moonlight on the water resembles metallic...
