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don't all cheer at once!!
:) :) :)

so
see ya when they are done doing
!!!

ugly pictures and going to pot

today

holes

made by voles

take their toll

appearing whole

in the grass

as they pass

 underground

and all around

I hope very few of you saw my childish rant yesterday

and

 I apologise to Tammy who got cut off mid comment

but I thought I would show the evidence

of what is going on outside

(Yes, I have looked up online and elsewhere how to get rid of the little buggers

for years I have tried

 and

for years I have failed

old men who have worked the land told me what to do

suggestions of

chewing gum in the holes

chili pepper

garlic

bleach

salt

pepper

and the most tempting as of today

dynamite

and

gasoline!!!

cats roaming around the garden can help

but mummy's little angel is not an outdoor cat

she was de-clawed and we had to promise

when we adopted her that she would remain inside

and to be truthful

she isn't the outdoorsy type

she freaked out the few times we took her out

and she is much much happier loafing around on her many beds

and eating on demand as opposed to having to hunt for a meal

and anyway dogs run loose and I don't want her chased!!)

and the neighbours cats can't keep up with them and they take too long anyway,

playing and batting them around, for it to make a difference!!!

so back to the little bastards churning up our real estate

sorry but they are

I have no proof of wedded bliss!!!!!

so, I am not going to try to fight them anymore

what they haven't eaten

chewed upon

dug up in passing through

pulled underground

or right out killed

will be left in the ground

and nothing else will be planted

I will put plants in pots

and.....

if

the squirrels allow

by not

unpotting what I pot

and throwing it on the ground

 I will have a potted garden

that will dry up in the heat and look miserable and very weird

as we have almost

3/4 of an acre that should be planted

as it used to be

way back when

bed upon bed of flowers

daffodils, tulips, the first to go, crocus, the few that are left you saw

plants given and shared with and from friends

wild flowers saved from the bull dozers that came to replace the woods with

houses and sterile lawns, now all dried up and going back to nature

roses given for anniversaries

by children

and a mother,

 who used to love to watch me dig and dig

and plant until I couldn't move

bringing in the flowers to put in vases

 or take to a friend's house

who can't grow mold in the fridge!!!

I have come to the realisation that those days are gone

and the fact that all that digging broke my back

and I'm not as supple as I used to be

but we won't go there!!!

my days of digging and weeding and growing are gone

so

to pot I will go.........

thank you to those of you who saw the post and sent love

I really appreciate it

I'll be back later to show what I will pot first!!

and it's coffee time!!

♥♥♥



Mr. Cardinal

for those of you who don't have them or have never seen them

they are the state bird of

Viginia

they share the parenting

and male cardinals are very good dads

when the babies start to fly

the male stays with them and brings them to the feeders to eat

I have watched them for years and always marvel at their tenderness with their young

but as tender as they are

they can be just as fierce when threatened

by either the bluejays or the robins

many a war has gone on outside the house

when these three come together.......

these photos

bad photos

are from last year

I noticed today how very busy he seemed to be

maybe a nest has been made and he's either helping or feeding his mate

the young are quite ugly until the feathers grow in and the males get the mask

they have many calls

but my favourite is

 tom-ay-to burrito laredo

!!!!!!!!!

rainy sunday

it's raining

just hard enough to be able to hear the drops on the roof 

and for it to make the puddles dance

 I stood outside under the eaves waiting for them to come in

 and get something to eat

before the rain gets too hard

but they didn't want to get wet!!!

I could hear them all around in the trees

 and then in a flash of red

he swooped down and was off before I even knew it

the cardinal

the Mr.

 I was humming

raindrops keep falling on my head

as I put out some fresh seed

and I heard the familiar sound of the

mourning doves

to find one sitting on the wire above me

A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song.

Chinese Proverb

and because breakfast is being served

!!!

 

diamonds at play...

"I cannot cause light; the most I can do is try to put myself in the path of its beam."

~ Annie Dillard