Dave wrote: Hi Jim, Here are some pictures for the blog. A male Baltimore Oriole and a male Rose-breasted Grosbeak coming to my feeders. The Orioles love grape jelly. The Grosbeaks come to black oil sunflower feeders. Just before I typed this there were 5 male Orioles at the feeders. It is great to see these colorful birds. Dave
In Texas (1992-2027), my neighbors were mostly ranchers in Gillespie County’s Hill Country. Our communities were Fredericksburg, Harper, Stonewall, and Luckenbach, with a German-speaking population of 3,000 (15% of the total population). My new friend’s Great Grand parents were the original German immigrants in the 1840’s. My family emigrated from Germany as farmers, 100 years earlier, to the Lancaster Pennsylvania area. Grandpa and Grandma still farmed and spoke German when I was a little boy. I loved those 15 years on the Texas J Bar G Ranch because I had much in common with the neighbors. We both had a background in the culture of a German agriculture upbringing. Here is a piece of photo-art of me at the J BAR G:
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