Damselflies at the Creek

Posted on by Julia

June 13, 2025

On June 5 (Wednesday), Bruce and I walked down to the mailbox to see if we got any mail.

Bruce checked the mailbox while I checked to see if there were any fish in the creek. The tiny fish (about 1/2 to an inch) dashed under the culvert as I watched. I wasn’t able to get a picture of the fish. I admired the damselflies in the creek.

The Creek
Floating Primerose
Male Ebony Jewelwing
Female Ebony Jewelwing

Bruce admired the damselflies after checking the mailbox.

Heading back to the house, I noticed this red clover blooming. Mushrooms were fruiting on an old pine stump.

I paused near the front porch to look at the damage to the purple magnolia from the big storm that took down three of our pines.

Branches Bent Back and Partially Broken

I enjoyed seeing what was in the garden. I spent some time tying up the tomato plants and training the cucumbers, vining zucchini and pumpkins.

Bush Zucchini

Bruce spent some time mowing and cutting up pine tree one. I dragged the branches into piles while Bruce cut them off. It was very tiring work.

After the hard day of work, we sat out on the front porch watching fireflies, the moon, and the sunset.

Here are some evening sunset pictures.

Reflection of the Sunset

13 thoughts on “Damselflies at the Creek”

    1. I do enjoy gardening again. I do find I miss my kitchen from the Golden house. I don’t miss cleaning such a big house though. 🙂

      Bruce and I had always planned to have a place to garden, so Blackberry Homestead is our long term dream.

      I do find myself missing traveling in the RV and seeing things. We are going to visit another blog friend at the Great Smoky Mountain National Park. She and her husband are camp host at one of the campgrounds.

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    1. The creek (it is nameless) cuts a corner of our property by the road. The creek runs into the ditch and underneath our driveway. It runs down the ditch underneath our southside neighbor’s driveway to a much larger creek, Shegog Creek. Shegog Creek runs into McKiernan Creek, which runs into the Tennessee River. The McKiernan Creek is used as part of the Tennessee River flood control system. The Wilson Dam makes the Wilson Lake on the Tennessee River nearby and the McKiernan Creek becomes a small lake. In the rainy season, it is kept low so flood waters can accumulate safely. Remember our front yard flood? That’s where all the water went before running into the Tennessee River.

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I am a retired software solutions architect. I have been married to my husband, Bruce, for over forty years. We have a 12-pound dog, Nox, who we love dearly. She has been with us since 2009. We went full-time RVing for 3.5 years and saw much of the United States. We bought a ranch house on a hill in the middle of five acres. We are working on creating our homestead. I love cooking and enjoy sharing recipes. I am also an artist and I’ll share my current projects. Reading is my favorite hobby.