I was going to have a wonderful picture for you from one of our readers but a glitch with my upload has prevented me from doing it this week. Hope it will be taken care of by next Saturday and you can see this beautiful photo of a place in Summerlin. In the mean time this weeks will again come from me. The other morning I saw this and just had to have a picture. What do you thinK?
A Flower For Pan (Summerlin Saturday)
June 28, 2008 By
Charleston Model Sun City Summerlin
June 25, 2008 By
The Charleston is the smallest of the duplexes. It is 1032 square feet. Very well laid model perfect for one or two people. The bedrooms are separate for privacy. The kitchen is long and well laid out, with a space in the corner for a table. When my mom lived in the Charleston model before we bought our Glenbrook, she had a cafe type table with a TV on it. She also made the second bedroom her TV room. This is a great duplex.
Austin Model Duplex
June 24, 2008 By
Summerlin Saturday
June 21, 2008 By
Summerlin Saturday is dedicated to our local picture takers. If you have a favorite Summerlin scene you would like to share. You can email the photo to me (Chris@ChrisShouse.com)or join the group I set up in flickr called Summerlin Saturday and put the photo into the group pool. I am shouses4houses on flickr but I still think you could find me under ChrisShouse. The pictures can be of anything you want as long as they were taken in Summerlin. Your backyard, your children playing, a nice sunset, a party you had, let your imagination run wild. Everyone will get full credit for their photo’s or not what ever you decide you want to do. I know we can make this fun and show off our love for Summerlin. The very best place in Las Vegas to live. I will start this off.
Summerlin Saturday Photo taken along Villa Ridge in Sun City Summerlin 
What are those Blackbirds flying around our Neighborhoods?
June 20, 2008 By
At 7:15 PM every evening I break up bread that I have purchased at Von’s in Town Center for $1.19 a loaf. Or I break up left over hot dog buns or hamburger buns. I Then put them outside for the mysterious black birds that seem to be every where in our neighborhoods. What are these birds? Grackles a kin to the blackbird and crow.
If you drive by the trees about twilight time, at the corner of Del Webb and Lake Mead or the trees right around Town Center you will hear a chatter that sounds like a scene out of The Birds. It is a whole group of Grackles just chattering up a storm. My mom and I always say they are talking over what has happened to them that day. Maybe the best places to pick up food. They must talk about us a lot because we have a growing number show up at 7:15 PM. They know too. If I am a few minutes late they fly over where I can see them out the door.
There is the Great Tailed Grackle which is most common around here. The Common Grackle and Boat Tailed Grackle.
Some facts about Grackles as written by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology all about birds
- The Common Grackle commonly engages in anting, allowing ants to crawl on its body and secrete formic acid, possibly to rid the body of parasites. In addition to ants, it has been seen using walnut juice, lemons and limes, marigold blossoms, choke cherries, and mothballs in a similar fashion.
- The Common Grackle has benefited from human activities. The clearing of the Eastern forests was to its liking. The expansion of agriculture, along with the use of mechanical crop harvesters, improved overwinter survival by increasing the supply of waste grain. In the West, the Common Grackle has moved into new areas by following the planting of ornamental trees.
- Some people think these birds are nothing but a pain but I love feeding them and talking to them.
- They also have very noisy children, eggs hatch in 14 days and the babies can fly with in two- three weeks. They are like spoiled brats especially the male of them.
These bottom two pictures are from Lani @ gosinglepointe realty in Austin Tx.
