Wild Birds
Cat On a Cold Tin Roof
I was sick recently. Just now recovering and recovery is slow. I don’t cough very much anymore but I can’t work long and hard, if I try, my legs get shaky and I just want to lie down wherever I am and take a nap. Both Bet and I were sick at the same time. … Continue reading
Big Update!
Hatching Day! Reclaim my garden day! The killdeer who’s mother laid them in between two beds in the Market Garden are hatching! I was off a few days on my guess. I expected them in a few days, this means that mom got in there and laid those eggs moments after I ran the tiller … Continue reading
Bran’ New
Bran’ New Goslings, my entry for this week’s Header Challenge. And yes, it was my choice for the theme, and yes, I knew exactly what I wanted to put up, so yes, I picked the theme to fit my picture! I don’t usually take advantage of my choice week like that but I couldn’t resist. … Continue reading
Just Now – Tips of Red
It’s Red this week for the Headbanger challenge, not much red out were I’m at, oh wait, look at those tree tops and the catkins beginning to bloom and the red twigged wild roses down low. Even reflected in the water, which I dedicate to Tom who chose the theme, spends much time on the … Continue reading
Hate To Leave You Hanging
I’m sorry this picture is so fuzzy but in a way it rather fits. This is high up in one of our many many cottonwood trees on the Farm (high up and a small little camera is why it is fuzzy). The “cotton” hangs in great clumps awaiting a breeze to launch itself to swirl … Continue reading
Help! We Have A Mystery
After Anna reviewed the recommended identifications she, Bet and I agreir with the Merlin/Peregrin Falcon id. The difference between the two is there size and details about their face. So it was either one of these two, Anna is certain of it (she is the one who actually saw it. )She saw a male, the … Continue reading
One Of My Favorites Return
A group of redwing black birds were at my feeder to greet me this morning. One of the advantages of having the big beaver ponds right in the backyard has been spending twenty-three years getting to know this marshland bird.Some may not see them as exceptionally beautiful if they are looking for a brightly or … Continue reading
In Bed
On the eleventh day of Christmas my True Love gave to me A good reason to stay in bed. A Cold No, worse, the Romantic_Influenza take II.Kathy that I have been holding off what I thought was the making of a cold for nearly a month now with large doses of vitamin c, good amounts … Continue reading
I’d Like Sum Moor Plez, Mum.
The first day of winter and it sure looks like it! Feeding time at Vicktory Farm and Gardens means putting several bales of our grass hay and a half of alfalfa into the tractor wagon, throwing a few helpers in the back and heading out into the pasture. The animals are split and some of … Continue reading
