Looking out my back door...

[skyppere]

Oh my! I have my swim suit right here. I can be there in half an hour. well ok, maybe not but I can dream!
skyppere

[skyppere]

What a wonderful natural looking garden you have! It looks so peaceful!

[manoeuver]

From the back porch:

neighbor's house and yard. the house is 100 years old, a young childless couple in their 30s is apparently buying it. If the house doesn't eat them the yard will.


view from my back door. Not bad for Baltimore City. That's planks screwed together on the right, covering a dry well whose bottom I've never been able to see.

[Bogon07]

Manoeuver that looks wonderfully lush and green.

view from my back door.
Not bad for Baltimore City. That's planks screwed together on the right, covering a dry well whose bottom I've never been able to see.

How long do rocks take to hit the bottom of the dry well ?

[manoeuver]

Manoeuver that looks wonderfully lush and green.

view from my back door.
Not bad for Baltimore City. That's planks screwed together on the right, covering a dry well whose bottom I've never been able to see.

How long do rocks take to hit the bottom of the dry well ?

can't tell now, I tossed a bunch of broken-up concrete in there a few years ago. My best guess is it's about 10 meters deep.

(after doing the math and estimating fall time at just over a second, my guess isn't half bad. ​shudder.)

[jbb]

We store our birdseed in this garbage can on the patio. Look who figured that out and managed to get the lid off.

[Tracy Lee]

We store our birdseed in this garbage can on the patio. Look who figured that out and managed to get the lid off.

Look at that huge tail!!! Very impressive. Squirrels here in Florida are so scrawny and their tails positively anemic.

[Bogon07]

JBB, That tail is enormous, great pictures. The mosaic work on the garbage bin looks good did you do that ?

[snedwos]

Not quite out my back door, but about 5 minutes' leisurely walk...

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This one is of the garden

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I wish I had a decent camera...

[jbb]

JBB, That tail is enormous, great pictures. The mosaic work on the garbage bin looks good did you do that ?

Thanks. Yes, I did the mosaic and quiet a few more on my patio.

[elderberry]

What an awesome thread! Can't join in myself because all you could see are the fronts and backs of other city houses, but love to look at your pictures.

[peterpen53]

What an awesome thread! Can't join in myself because all you could see are the fronts and backs of other city houses, but love to look at your pictures.

Hello! Good to see you here. Herzlich willkommen!

Cheers,
Peter

[skyppere]

I used to live not too far from you in Bowie, Maryland. I'd forgotten just how green it is there... beautiful!

[Tracy Lee]

We had a visitor this morning. These guys live in our retention pond but we haven't had them come this far up into the yard before. This is a few feet outside of our screened patio, in the landscaping. The thing was digging with back legs so I couldn't tell if he/she was burying something or what? We don't see anything. Thought I would share since it was out my back door . . .



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[jbb]

Wow! How big are those turtles?

[Tracy Lee]

This one was probably 12 or so inches across the top of the shell, maybe 14 (width) and maybe 14 or16 long. I have seen them closer to twenty so they get very big. No predators in these ponds they can just live a happy undisturbed life. Unless a gator gets in through the drainage system, which has happened, then all bets are off for turtles and ducks alike.

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[cwent2]

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not quite my back door - more like my kitchen window

Cwood

[Tracy Lee]

What a great open space!

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[jbb]

What a great open space!

....and so green! the grasses turn brown here in the summer.

[woosang]

We had a visitor this morning. These guys live in our retention pond but we haven't had them come this far up into the yard before. This is a few feet outside of our screened patio, in the landscaping. The thing was digging with back legs so I couldn't tell if he/she was burying something or what? We don't see anything. Thought I would share since it was out my back door . . .



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If the turtle is digging with its back legs its female and burying eggs. There should be a mound somewhere. You obviously have a safe place for them to be so secure. Look out for baby turtles!