M&Ms – Monarchs and Milkweed

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M&Ms – Monarchs and Milkweed

By Carol on Sunday, June 27th, 2010 | No Comments

For some reason I always thought milkweed was like a weed and that you couldn’t kill it if you tried. Well, apparently I’m quite able to kill it in my butterfly garden. But not before I had a lot of monarch butterflies come visit and lay eggs.
I think I have too many birds in my [...]

My New Bird Feeder

By Carol on Friday, June 25th, 2010 | No Comments

My poor old green feeder finally died. For the past week, it kept falling off the hanger and cracking. All the ground eaters (squirrels, doves, mice) loved that because all the seed dumped onto the ground.
So I went to Lowes and bought a new one yesterday afternoon. Then I managed to leave it on the [...]

Who’s Territory Is This Anyway?

By Carol on Friday, June 25th, 2010 | No Comments

Sometimes I look out my windows and see the darnedest things. There are always squirrels and rabbits hanging out. Way more squirrels. But they usually don’t pay any attention to each other. In the backyard under the bird feeder, everyone eats together quite happily. (minus the rabbits now that they were all evicted)
So it was [...]

More Baby Birds

By Carol on Thursday, June 24th, 2010 | No Comments

Just because I think they’re so darn cute, I had to put up a few more baby bird pictures. Catching it just right with my camera is tricky. I’ve missed so many good ones especially when my automatic lens just refuses to focus on the right spot.

I’m sure glad I didn’t have to feed my [...]

No Bunnies Allowed in the Backyard

By Carol on Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010 | No Comments

There is a herd of bunnies living in my neighborhood. I suppose the real word for that is a ‘warren of rabbits‘, but ‘herd of bunnies‘ sounds much cuter. And they are cute … except when they are naughty.
I had a nice morning glory growing up the trellis recently. Beautiful dark purple flowers all over [...]

One Tall Sunflower

By Carol on Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010 | No Comments

Gavin planted the seed for this sunflower in March after the nasty winter freezes were over. I give him flower seeds and he randomly plants them wherever he feels like it.
This one tall sunflower is in the small bed by my garage and is well over 5′ tall now. Gavin didn’t believe it was taller [...]

I’m Hungry Mother!

By Carol on Monday, June 21st, 2010 | 2 Comments

Between April and June every year, the birds that stay here year round raise their babies… and I go through about a TON of birdseed. They can really suck it down. The babies grow to adult size pretty fast but still demand to be fed – even when they’re sitting on the feeder!
I can always [...]

New User Of The Bird Bath

By Carol on Sunday, June 20th, 2010 | No Comments

Do I think this is cute?
Well, actually, yes…. however, one of these always leads to a family of them sooner or later. Then they come out around dusk and play on my deck as if it were their own personal yard. They’ll even chase the birds who are scrounging around under the bird feeder looking [...]

Econo Pool!

By Carol on Saturday, June 19th, 2010 | No Comments

In an effort to save money, instead of buying a kiddie pool for when the grandkids come over, I give them a couple of empty kitty litter buckets! We’re not too proud.. and they still have a ton of fun on a hot afternoon.

Bath Time

By Carol on Friday, June 18th, 2010 | No Comments

My deck is an endless source of entertainment for my cats and me. Recently a little house sparrow decided that just a drink wasn’t enough and took a bath.

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