In, no out, not sure, is there anything else available?
Well mum has collected a few birdie houses that are like ginger houses. You can see the ginger head in the back, plus this ginger cat in front.
So is this one any better?
The view is OK, even from the top, you are in the nice crabby apple tree. Near the feeders too.
Mum is now at me with the flashy box, never ending flashy box.
You keep that up I give you the paw of doom!
Happy weekend everyone!
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Across the street, there is double decker seating.
The first of many color guards coming by.
The War Dogs made an appearance again this year.
Here is a closeup of one of the war dogs. And this year even a few kitties made an appearance.
Slyvester
Garfield
Just a few horsies
Plus a fly over of some Blackhawk Helicopters. At first mum saw three.
They flew right above mum and she got two of them in this shot.
But as they helicopters flew past, there were actually four of them that came to visit.
Honor and Remembrance to all who have served our country.
It is our second ever HugFest. We started this after, as will happen from time to time, a few our furiends had a dust up. Also it is a way to convey our love to our fellow blogging buddies who are here for us no matter what and to remember those who have gone before.
Nothing wrong, just the rooster shots and home. Mum gave me some stinky goodness to cheer me up, then I just curled up on my nice bed to rest and pretty much stayed there all night. When mum got up she was worried that I hadn't come into the sleepy room to watch birdies first thing. I am fine, just keeping to myself. I have joined her this past evening on the couch, to mooch treats and get my scritches.
Flowers, our lilacs are in full bloom. Since I would eat them, mum goes out and does great big sniffs of the flowers. She loves lilacs and this dark purple one is one that mum got a start from Grampie's old house.
The crabby apple tree is just about done flowering too, we have pink confetti all over the ground
Mum saw and heard Mr Oriole singing the other night way up in our tree. We still can tell they are eating the fresh orange halves mum puts out. So we are hoping they stay around and bring babies.
Here you can see Mr Bunting feeding with Mr Goldfinch. Mum is happy to see these guys around too. Must mean they like our yard and our foods. They entertain me too!
Georgia, you are free. Have fun with all of our furiends who are already at The Bridge. We will meet again.
Happy Purrthday Aunty Deb! You take care of yourself now!
Mum says it looks the same from the outside, but the inside is different.
It is thicker and insulated which will make the metal monster room warmer in the winter. Plus a new machine to lift it up that is so much quieter. Mum is furry happy on the way it looks and sounds.
Then as soon as he was done, another guy showed up. Mum picked me up and put me in her sleepy room until he left. He made lots of noise in the dungeon and the heaty spots first blew hot air and then cold air. Mum says we will be OK for keeping cool or keeping warm, as needed.
Virginger and PHE moved to the backyard to sit on a table. Then mum mowed the lawn, again. Then finally she could come inside and sit down. For taking the day off, mum certainly did lots of work today.
I'm not so sure about not seeing mum's flaws. She doesn't give me enough treats, sometimes disturbs my sleeps and all. But I love her anyway.
Since we live in Whiskerconsin mum has a book that specialized in birdies that we are most likely to see here.
It has actual flashy box pictures and words that tell you about the birdie. Here you can see Mr Hawk!
Plus she has another book that shows all of North America birdies. Mum uses that sometimes to help her too.
This book has drawings of the birdies, lots of related birdies all on one page.
Then on the other page it tells all about the birdies too. It has maps of where you can normally or usually see these birdies.
Me, I just hang out by the windows and enjoy the birdies, bright colored ones or the brown colored ones, I love them all.
Orioles will drink nectar, so mum bought a feeder for nectar and the nectar concentrate. Mum saw one of the birdies at this feeder Thursday AM, but couldn't get a picture before he flew away.
She also got a feeder that will hold orange halves and has little cups to put jelly in them, these birdies eat jelly, but not peanut butter. No PB&J for them, just the J!
Mum put out orange halves on this feeder, plus on the other feeder where she put the oranges on the weekend. Yesterday she checked and they had been eaten from, so she has seen them and we can tell they are eating.
Most of the spring flowers are done, but the iris is just opening. The allium is also blooming now too.
Happy weekend!
The Crew, my local buds from the town next door awarded me this
Red winged black bird and we get lots of them, every day. We can hear them sing and they wake us up in the morning.
Mr Cardinal, always a treat to see his flashy red fevvers.
White Capped Sparrows, the are just passing through on their way to Canada for the summer.
Lots and lots of rose breasted grosbeaks. Mum was reading that in the spring the guys show up in groups. We saw 5 or 6 males at one time, plus another 4 females.
You can see the trunk of the tree out the window second from left by the blue stained glass thingy. Mum says she will think about what if anything to plant here again. There is a very old white lilac nearby and power lines over head.
