HI EVERYONE,

WELL, IM BACK AND ON MY NEW COMPUTER...HAVING A FEW QUIRKS........BUT ROLLING RIGHT ALONG....SO GLAD TO BE BACK....MISSED YOU ALL SO MUCH. RIZZI

WHEN IT RAINS....IT POURS

HI EVERYONE,

MY COMPUTER IS ACTING UP, MIGHT HAVE TO SEND IT OUT TO BE FIX, OR BUY A NEW ONE. (HOPE NOT) SO I MIGHT BE GONE FOR A WHILE, I WILL MISS YOU GUYS.

TAKE CARE......................................RIZZI

SUMMER VACATION

MATTIE AND MAKAYLA ARE HAVING A GREAT SUMMER SO FAR. THEY JUST FINISHED HORSE CAMP FOR TWO WEEKS. REALLY ENJOYED THEMSELVES, AND LEARNED A LOT TOO.

MATTIE AND BOWZER
MAKAYLA AND AGGIE
THANKS FOR STOPPING BY.........RIZZI

LITTLE WOMEN / LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

FAR AWAY THERE IN THE SUNSHINE ARE MY HIGHEST ASPIRATIONS.......

I CANNOT REACH THEM, BUT I CAN LOOK UP TO THEM, SEE THEIR BEAUTY, AND TRY TO FOLLOW WHERE THEY LEAD.

LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY.....RIZZI

CHRISTMAS TEA IN THE GARDEN ON SATURDAY WITH BERNIDEEN

TODAY I AM HAVING CHRISTMAS TEA IN JULY , WITH BERNIDEEN. IT WON'T BE IN THE GARDEN I'M SORRY TO SAY, I TOOK OUT ALL MY CHRISTMAS PICTURES AND PUT THEM TOGETHER TO MAKE CHRISTMAS TEA IN JULY...........

SO PLEASE COME IN AND HAVE A CUP OF CHRISTMAS TEA...........

OLD FASHION TEA PARTY

SCONES AND MARMALADE
A CUP OF CHRISTMAS TEA

BYE...BYE....HOPE YOU ENJOYED YOUR CUP OF CHRISTMAS TEA...............RIZZI

HORSESHOE CRAB

THE HORSESHOE CRAB (ALSO KNOWN AS THE KING CRAB) IS A HARD SHELLED INVERTEBRATE THAT LIVES IN WARM, SHALLOW COASTAL WATERS ON THE SEA FLOOR. IT IS NOT REALLY A CRAB, IT IS MORE RELATED TO THE ARACHNIDS (SPIDERS AND WATER SCORPIONS.) THE HORSESHOE CRAB HAS BEEN AROUND FOR 500 MILLION YEARS AGO AND HAS CHANGED VERY LITTLE SINCE.

THEY HAVE HARD OUTER SHELL (AN EXOSKELETON) FIVE PAIRS OF JOINTED LEGS AND A PAIR OF PINCERS. THE HORSESHOE CRAB IS UP TO TWO FEET LONG AND WEIGHS UP TO TEN POUNDS. IT MOLTS IT SKIN MANY TIMES AS IT GROWS.

THEY EAT SEA WORMS (MOLLUSKS, LIKE BABY CLAMS.) THEY HATCH 20,000 SMALL GREEN EGGS IN HOLES THAT THE FEMALE DIGS IN THE SAND ON THE BEACH.

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY..........................RIZZI

GUESS WHAT I GOT IN THE MAIL?

I GOT MY GIVE-A-WAY GIFT FROM TWYLA AND LINDSEY. LINDSEY MADE A LOVELY ALICE IN WONDERLAND JOURNAL, AND MY NAME WAS PICKED. YOU DID A LOVELY JOB ON THE JOURNAL LINDSEY, IT IS ADORABLE, AND I LOVE ALICE IN WONDERLAND.HERE IT IS , ISN'T IT JUST LOVELY. THANK YOU TWYLA AND LINDSEY FOR MY VERY NICE GIVE-A-WAY GIFT.
THANKS FOR STOPPING BY..........................................RIZZI

FOURTH OF JULY DAY

WE HAD A GREAT 4TH OF JULY, PLENTY OF DELICIOUS FOOD, SPARKLERS AND LOTS OF FUN. HAD A PROBLEM WITH MY CAMERA, THIS IS THE ONLY PICTURE THAT WAS NOT BLURRY. JACKIE MADE HER SPECIAL 4TH OF JULY CAKE, AND IT WAS YUMMY.

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY.............RIZZI

SAND CRABS, GHOST CRABS, AND FIDDLER CRABS

SAND CRABS

IN THE SUMMER ON LONG BEACH ISLAND, NJ, YOU CAN SIT ALONG THE WATERS EDGE AND DIG FOR SAND CRABS...........ARE THEY REAL CRABS? THEY DON'T PINCH !

THESE LITTLE ANIMALS ARE CALLED ATLANTIC MOLE CRABS. THEY ARE NOT TRUE CRABS, BUT THEY ARE CLOSELY RELATED. THEY ARE COMPLETELY HARMLESS.

THEY CAN NOT PINCH, BITE, OR STING SO THEY ARE LOTS OF FUN ON THE BEACH.

EVEN THOUGH THEIR REAL NAME IS ATLANTIC MOLE CRABS, MOST PEOPLE CALL THEM SAND CRABS. THEY GROW TO BE 1 1/2 INCHES LONG, THESE ARE THE FEMALES, THE MALES ONLY GROW ABOUT 1/2 INCH. THEY HAVE FAT SHORT LEGS TO DIG IN THE SAND. THEY DO NOT MOVE SIDEWAYS LIKE THE TRUE CRAB.

GHOST CRAB

GHOST CRABS ALSO CALLED SAND CRABS, ARE CRABS OF GENUS OCYPODE, COMMON SHORE CRABS IN MANY COUNTRIES. THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE GENUS INCLUDE ONE CLAW BEING LARGER THAN THE OTHER, BUT THIS DIFFERENCE IS NOT AS MARKED AS IN MALE FIDDLER CRABS.

THE ATLANTIC MARSH FIDDLER CRAB (UCA PUGRAX)

THE FIDDLER CRAB IS A COMMON CRAB OF THE MID-ATLANTIC AND NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES. MARSH FIDDLERS DIG BURROWS IN THE MUDDY OR SANDY BANKS OF SALT MARSHES, WHICH THEY USE TO PROTECT THEMSELVES FROM PREDATORS, HIGH TIDE, AND EXTREME TEMPERATURES. THEY FEED BY FILTERING DETRITUS OUT OF MUD, AND DEFEND THEIR BURROWS AGAINST OTHER FIDDLER CRABS.

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY.................................................................................RIZZI

TIME FOR A NAP............................

DO YOU EVER FEEL LIKE THIS SOME DAYS?

WELL..............WE ALL HAVE DAYS LIKE THESE.........THANKS FOR STOPPING BY....RIZZI