Lightning Struck Trees

Unfortunately the trees that I blogged about earlier that were struck by lightning have died or are dying.  I thought maybe the bigger ones might survive because we have had enough rain and not a lot of really hot days.  But alas it doesn't look like that will be the case.  The cycle of nature will continue, however, and these trees will provide food for insects and the insects will provide food for the birds; particularly the woodpeckers as the trees start to decompose.

 

We have several different type of woodpeckers who visit our feeders for suet.  They are such beautiful birds and ever so wary; particularly the red-headed Flickers.  When I hear the rattatattat of these woodpeckers it amazes me that something so small can make such a loud noise...particularly in the morning!

 

I'm publishing this post from a web-based word processor program called Zoho Writer.  Pretty cool!

 

Wikis

Wikis can definitely be useful tools. After playing with PBWiki, however, i found it to be a little outdated, kind of hard to navigate and not in keeping with Web 2.0.

Just for fun, my kids and I created a wiki on wikihow -- how to build a finger church. So we've expanded the knowledge base of the world with this enlightning information! Here's the link:
http://www.wikihow.com/Create-a-Church-With-Your-Fingers

Web 2.0 & Library 2.0

I'm having so much fun adding all these Web and Library 2.0 features to my blog. I think not only libraryland but most business have been and will be effected by the web. One must catch the wave and keep current with technology and the web in order to keep the library a valuable benefit for the community.

Technorati Profile

Gardening

I just love gardening! We had our 7th Annual Plant Swap at work this month. It rained the weekend before our plant swap which could have made digging up plants for the swap something of a chore. Our gardeners, however, are a hardy bunch. A little rain and a continuing deluge on the day of our plant swap didn't deter the gardeners. We all had a good time and exchanged some fun and interesting plants.

I've included a link for my Rollyo search on gardening. Looking for some gardening advice about plant diseases and slugs or what to plant where...try my gardening search!

http://rollyo.com/cbrand/gardening/

LibraryThing

I just created an account at LibraryThing. I cataloged several gardening, birding and bird song identification books and audio. I love the bird song identification CD. I listen to it on the way home from work. It's amazing how in no time you can learn to identify which birds are singing and calling in your backyard. My family thinks I'm nuts, of course, but can they identify our feathered friends...I think not! Here's the link to my LibraryThing list of materials:
http://www.librarything.com/catalog/cbrand

The Fury of Nature

Last Thursday's scary thunderstorm left several trees in my neighborhood damaged by lightning. The bark must have just exploded off the trees! Whole strips of the bark can be found littered on ground up to 20 feet away. A line of exposed wood runs all the way up the trees; from the ground to the very top of the trees. Poor trees! I don't think they will survive. I've Hockneyizered the photo on the left.