Category: Uncategorized
Happy Birthday to Our Favorite Jesse
We love you! Grandpa and Grandma High
Pretty Moon on Friday Morning, June 25
When I got up shortly after 4:30 am, I was fascinated by the full moon shining in our kitchen windows. A moon like this compels me to go outside with my camera. The moon was even prettier one hour later as the sun was coming up in the east. The internet tells me this is […]
Red-Headed Woodpecker
It has been fun to see our Red-headed Woodpeckers fairly often during the late spring and early summer. I googled this bird and learned a few fun facts about them. They are One of the most skillful flycatchers among the North American woodpecker species. One-third of their diet is insects and two-thirds is plant materials […]
Father’s Day ~ Part 2
~~~ Sunday, June 20 ~~~ It was a pleasant – leaning toward warm – afternoon to be enjoying lunch on Jere and Kristen’s deck. When Kristen was looking for something masculine for napkin rings, she noticed these small rolls of black electrical tape at the Dollar Store. How creative. Each person was encouraged to take […]
Father’s Day ~ Part 1
~~~ Sunday, June 20 ~~~ Early morning on Father’s Day. I love hazy, pastel mornings. Looking toward the farm. Earlier in the week Jere and Kristen asked if we were doing anything for Father’s Day lunch. We didn’t have plans and were delighted to enjoy a meal with their family. We went right after church, […]
A Pesty Wren
I watched a female downy as she ignored a pesty, domineering wren – and kept on eating suet. Finally the angry wren attacked the downy by biting her. Somedays I think the wren is convinced that it owns the birdfeeders and their contents. 🙂 Finally the downy gave up and left until the wren was […]
This is How We Spent Saturday Morning
~~~ Saturday, June 19 ~~~ Late in the week I noticed that my friend Nancy announced on Facebook that there was a neighborhood yard/garage sale – mentioning that she had pies for sale. We love pies (and I’ve heard that she makes good ones), I ordered a mixed berry. When we were there, we also […]
Daisies & Daylilies – That’s What’s Happening in Our Yard
Oh, the beauty of early summer.
Inge’s Retirement Lunch
~~~ Thursday Afternoon, June 17 ~~~ She knew the TFC Global office staff would be there, but there were a few surprises! That is Chris and Clair Leaman (son and father) hiding on the left. Ron Fraser, TFC Global President and CEO is on the right. Clair was working in the TFC office at the […]
Dogwood Tree Got a Haircut
~~~ Tuesday, June 15 ~~~ Cerwin decided it was time to give the patio dogwood tree a trim. I know when he tells me that he is going to trim a tree – it will look quite different when he is finished. 🙂 Now I can see the bird feeders again.
Happy Birthday to Our Favorite Nicodemus
We love you! Great Grandpa and Great Grandma High
Goldfinch Visitors
~~~ Most of these pictures were taken during the past three months. ~~~ They are some of the prettiest birds that come to our feeders during the summer. I went online to find some fun facts about goldfinches. They are found across most of North America, though they avoid thick forests. Only breeding males are […]
My Favorite Skunk
~~~ Monday Morning, June 14 – 4:56 am ~~~ I love when I get up early and one of our neighborhood skunks is eating dogfood or old birdseed or suet. If I want these critters to eat old birdseed or suet, I put it in a ground feeder, hoping they will eat that and not […]
Truck Rally Volunteer Picnic
~~~ Sunday, June 13 ~~~ After turning Truck Rally responsibilities over to TFC Global’s Headquarter’s Office earlier this year, the committee decided we needed a farewell picnic – just to see each other one more time and be with those who ever served on the Rally committee or were key volunteers during the years. Since […]
A Large TFC Global Mailing
~~~ Wednesday, June 9 ~~~ There was a bit of a saga to this mailing, one of the largest I have ever done in total numbers – like more than 3,400. Most of the bulk mailings I do for TFC Global are between 200 and 600, sometimes 1,000 or more. I received the mailing from […]
Our Day Began with a Thud
We were just ready to watch the local news at 6:00 AM when there was a thud/boom. I momentarily thought a bird hit the window, but instantaneously our electric went off. I texted PPL (our electric company) to report it and messaged the neighbors on either side of us. Karen (to our south) said she […]