Saturday April 7, 2012

 

 

Around Here

 

Some things that have been going on around here lately.

 

 

Jared playing a computer game.

Jere & Kristen’s three youngest boys were here last Friday night when they took Jana to a Casting Crowns concert for her birthday.

 

 

Grandpa and Ian playing Othello.

 

 

Jesse and I played Chinese Checkers and…

 

 

Uno.

 

 

On Monday evening Jordan grilled sausage for some of his friends who were coming here to watch the championship basketball game.

 

The filet was for Jordan.

 

 

The other week I bought this suet holder at the Penryn Mud Sale.

 

It has been a hit with the Downy Woodpeckers…

 

…and Nuthatches.

 

 

The male Goldfinch’s feathers are changing from winter grey to summer yellow.

 

 

Robins are loving the worms that crawl through the topsoil under the grass.

 

 

I enjoyed seeing a Northern Mocking bird the other day.

 

They are not a frequent presence in the tree outside our kitchen window.

 

 

I would have liked to see this Northern Flicker a bit closer, but had to be satisfied to watch it looking for ants and insects in the middle of our yard.

 

 

Cerwin bought this pretty birdhouse at the Mud Sale. I’m anxious to see if a bird will use it this spring.

 

 

Our yard is beginning to look pretty with forsythia, dogwood, cherry trees and tulips blooming.

  

 

Last year we had tulips in abundance, but this year only a few of them bloomed. The others have only foliage.

 

 

 

We have one white and two red dogwood trees.

 

I’m not sure what this is, but it has multiplied since last year and is beautifying the flower bed on the south side of our house.

 

 

Our garden tea is getting green and lush. This is peppermint flavored.

We also have fuzzy leaf mint.

 

 

Our yellow daffodils are finished blooming, but the white ones are pretty. The bleeding hearts are also in full-bloom.

 

 

The early morning moon is even pretty these days.

 

 

If I had to choose a favorite season, it would be springtime.