KEMPS-RIDLEY-SEA-TURTLE

KEMP-RIDLEY-SEA-TURTLE.......COMING UP FROM THE OCEAN TO THE BEACH TO LAY HER EGGS. THEIR NESTING PROCESSIONS IS CALLED (ARRIBADAS.) THEY CARRY THEIR BODIES THROUGH THE SAND FOR MILES TO FIND THE RIGHT SPOT TO LAY THEIR EGGS.
SHE DIGS A HOLE AND LAYS HER EGGS...............................
SHE LEAVES HER EGGS AND BACK TO THE OCEAN SHE GOES...............................
THE EGGS ARE HATCHING, AND THE BABIES ARE BORN WITH A SMALL TEMPORARY TOOTH CALLED A (CARUNCLE) USED FOR BREAKING OUT OF THEIR SHELL. THEY WILL GROW TO BE 2 FEET LONG AND WEIGH AS MUCH AS 100 POUNDS. THEY LIVE ON THE OCEAN FLOOR , AND THEY FEED ON CRABS. THEY HAVE A LIFE SPAN OF 50 YEARS OLD.
THESE ARE A PAIR OF BABY KEMP-RIDLEY-SEA-TURTLES.
THERE THEY GO BACK TO THE OCEAN, THEY TRY AND MAKE THEIR JOURNEY AT NIGHT BECAUSE OF THE PREDATORS.

ALTHOUGH SEA-TURTLES CANNOT WITHDRAW THEIR HEADS INTO THEIR SHELLS, THE ADULTS ARE PROTECTED FROM PREDATORS BY THEIR SHELLS LARGE SIZE AND THICK SCALY SKIN ON THEIR HEADS AND NECKS.

WHAT IS MORE BEAUTIFUL THEN THE OCEAN..............RIZZI

SEA SHELLS BY THE SEA / LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK STATE

THIS IS A LADY CRAB SHELL, IT WAS FOUND ON THE BEACH AT LONG BEACH, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK STATE. YOU CAN FIND THEM FROM CANADA TO GEORGIA.

IT IS SO BEAUTIFUL, IT IS HARD TO TELL, BUT IT IS MARKED WITH A PURPLE PATTERN ON THEIR SHELL.

LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK STATE
THEY LIVE ON THE ATLANTIC SURF CLAM. THE SURF CLAM ALSO IS EATEN BY HUMANS. THEY USE THEM TO MAKE CHOWDERS, AND SUSHI.

FISHERMEN SAY IT IS EXCELLENT FOR BAIT, WHEN THEY ARE FISHING FOR STRIPED BASS, AND OTHER SPECIES.

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

TEA PARTIES IN THE GARDEN WITH BERNIDEEN ON SATURDAY, WEEK 3

MY TEA PARTIES ARE STILL INSIDE THIS WEEK, WE HAD RAIN

ALL WEEK LONG.

TEAPOT AND WARMER

SUGAR COOKIES

PINK

SURPRISE SANDWICH LOAF

FILLED WITH A LAYER OF TUNA SALAD, A LAYER OF EGG SALAD,

AND A LAYER OF HAM SALAD.

FROSTED WITH CREAM CHEESE

MRS TIGGY -WINKLE HAVING TEA WITH

LUCIE.

TEA TIME FOR MRS RABBIT AND HER BUNNIES.

MY BEAUTIFUL TEA SET I WON FROM BERNIDEEN.

ISN'T IT JUST BEAUTIFUL.

ROSES IN A TEACUP

FOR ROSE HIP TEA.

YELLOW FORSYTHIA-A SIGN OF SPRING

VEGETABLE GARDEN

WITH ALL THE RAIN WE ARE HAVING, OUR FLOWERS

ARE REALLY LOOKING PRETTY

OUR WEATHER IS SUPPOSED TO CHANGE FOR THE BETTER THIS

WEEK, THEY SAY THERE SHOULD BE MORE SUNSHINE AND

WARMER WEATHER. LETS HOPE THAT'S TRUE, MAYBE I CAN

EVEN HAVE A TEA PARTY IN THE GARDEN.

MOTHER'S DAY BREAKFAST......MADE BY MATTIE

HERE IS OUR MATTIE, COOKING FRENCH TOAST FOR HER MOM, AND ME.  SHE IS MAKING FRENCH TOAST STICKS WITH WHIPPED CREAM, STRAWBERRIES,  DUSTED WITH POWERED SUGAR.

THIS IS SO DELICIOUS.................

STRAWBERRIES SO SWEET AND DELICIOUS.

MY BLOG WAS NOT PUBLISHING MY POSTS,    I PUT IT ON NEW EDITOR, BUT IT NEEDS MORE, EVERYTHING I DO IS JUST A LITTLE BIT OFF.  OH WELL, AT LEAST I GOT THIS BLOG PUBLISHED, PLEASE EXCUSE THE MESS.

RIZZI

SEASHELLS BY THE SEA

SEA URCHINS.....................INVERTEBRATES ARE ANIMALS THAT DON'T HAVE A BACKBONE.

GREEN SEA URCHIN...VANCOUVER ISLANDBLUE SEA URCHIN....................CHANNEL ISLAND

PENCIL SPINED URCHINS OF KINDOM REEF........................................

RED SEA URCHINS ARE HAZARDOUS TO SWIMMERS...........BRITISH COLUMBIA

OCEANS COVER 3/4 OF THE EARTH......................THERE ARE 700 SPECIES OF SEA URCHINS WORLDWIDE...............................................

SOME CULTURES THINK SEA URCHINS ARE DELICIOUS........................

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

LAVENDER

" HERE'S YOUR SWEET LAVENDER,
SIXTEEN SPRIGS A PENNY,
THAT YOU'LL FIND MY LADIES,
WILL SMELL AS SWEET AS ANY."

THAT IS WHAT THE PEOPLE WHO WERE SELLING LAVENDER WOULD YELL IN THE STREETS OF LONDON, ENGLAND. "THE SELLER'S CRY"






BEAUTIFUL FIELDS OF LAVENDER...................

" WITH IMMEDIACY AND INTENSITY, SMELL ACTIVATES THE MEMORY, ALLOWING OUR MINDS TO TRAVEL FREELY IN TIME."

I LOVE LAVENDER, I BUY LAVENDER CANDLES, SACHETS

AND LOTIONS AND POWDER.......IT IS SO SOOTHING, AND THE SMELL IS LOVELY. RIZZI

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL MY FRIENDS IN BLOG LAND............................


HOPE YOUR DAY IS FULL OF JOY..........RIZZI

TEA IN THE GARDEN

THIS IS MY FIRST TIME DOING A POST ON TEA IN THE GARDEN WITH BERNIDEEN. ALL MY LITTLE TEAS THAT I HAD WERE INSIDE. BUT I LOOK FORWARD TO MAKING A TEA PARTY OUTDOORS. MY GARDEN IS JUST STARTING TO BLOOM AND THERE IS MUCH PLANTING TO BE DONE.



I CALL THIS BRIDAL BOUQUET....SO LOVELY....




THIS IS PART OF THE ROSE FAMILY...........................

IT FEELS SO GOOD TO SEE THE BEAUTIFUL SPRING WEATHER BRING IN ALL THE BEAUTIFUL PLANTS AND FLOWERS.

MY TEAPOT SET I GOT FROM MY DAUGHTER, IT IS SO LOVELY. I USE IT ON OUR WEDNESDAY TEA WE HAVE.

AS YOU CAN SEE THE GARDEN IS STARTING TO BLOOM,

BRINGING THE LITTLE FAIRIES TO LIFE..........

MR. AND MRS. FROG ARE SO DELIGHTED WITH ALL THE SUNSHINE............................

FORSYTHIA.................LOVELY YELLOW FLOWERS...............

A SURE SIGN OF SPRING......................

I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO MY NEXT POST, HOPING TO HAVE MORE IN MY GARDEN, AND SIPPING TEA IN THE SUN. THANKS FOR STOPPING BY......RIZZI

GOOD MORNING ROBIN RED BREAST

GOOD MORNING, IT'S 10:01 AM, A VERY GLOOMY, CHILLY MONDAY. WE ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE RAIN TODAY.
I WAS SITTING OUTSIDE HAVING MY MORNING COFFEE,
AND I SPOTTED THIS BEAUTIFUL ROBIN SITTING IN HER NEST. THE NEST THAT SHE BUILT WAS IN A TREE WITH NO LEAVES. THERE WAS NO MR. ROBIN, SO MAYBE SHE'S A SINGLE MOM. I FELT A LITTLE SAD FOR HER, BECAUSE THEY SAY RAIN TODAY, AND SHE HAS NO LEAVES TO SHELTER HER. GOD BLESS HER, I HOPE SHE WILL BE ALL RIGHT.


HOPE EVERYONE HAD A NICE WEEKEND, OUR WEATHER WAS BEAUTIFUL ALL WEEKEND. WE DID SOME SHOPPING, AND WENT OUT TO DINNER. I ORDERED THE OLD FASHION TURKEY DINNER WITH ALL THE TRIMMINGS. WE BROUGHT OUR DESSERTS HOME, I HAD A NAPOLEAN.....VERY DELICIOUS.
THANKS FOR STOPPING BY.............RIZZI

THE ROYAL WEDDING

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY.....HOW ELEGANT IS THIS......

HAVE A GREAT DAY. RIZZI