Showing posts with label spring. Show all posts
Showing posts with label spring. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 28, 2018

Goodbye Winter


I saw daffodils today!



HAPPY SPRING, EVERYONE!

Today my post is over on
the
Tick Tock: A Stitch In Crime Blog.
Featuring my story
Cypress, Like The Tree


It's all about
Stop by for a visit.

Also, the WEP Winners
have been announced.
Please stop by and
congratulate them.



&

In case you're interested




Whatever you do,
take a moment to enjoy the 
spring flowers.



Tuesday, June 9, 2015

BAFFLED



I apologize for the grainy photo, but trying to get pictures of active animals isn't easy. They have a habit of running away before the camera is even eye level. Some day I'll have them on webcam, so you can enjoy their antics too. There is one on the ground cleaning up the seeds the birds drop; the other is relaxing on the fence - formulating the next attack. He doesn't like eating off the ground.

 
As some of you know I'm feeding the birds and fighting the squirrels, who love sunflower seeds. You can't blame them, I love sunflower seeds. But they make little piggies of themselves. So far, and after several 'squirrel proof' feeders I have resorted to the 'squirrel baffle' to dissuade them from their ravenous consumption.

The 'baffle' is the large black umbrella like thing above the feeder; it's slippery, but these guys are big and smart. I'm hoping I've got the right distance between the baffle and the food. These guys will hook their tails around the hook at the top and stretch to reach the seeds. It's amazing, so we'll see...


 
Tomorrow I will know if I've finally beaten them - funny thing is, I'm betting on the squirrels!

 
 
I have a nest of cardinals in my pine tree, but he simply will not pose for a picture, I shall continue to try though, he's beautiful!

Oh, and I know another distraction from writing, do you blame me? The weather has been so beautiful!


I also have a new post on my blog Murderous Imaginings - I hope you check it out and become a follower. I've dedicated that blog to research and information on murder for the writer so inclined.


Monday, May 18, 2015

SQUIRREL PROOF




 
 
 
 

This is new growth - we planted ten pine trees last fall - eight survived.
 
 


 Meet Margaret -  my neighbor.
 
 


I hope you enjoyed some of the colors from my yard. Of course, I did not have my camera when the most curious thing happened. This bird feeder is advertised as squirrl proof, put weight on the top and it closes.
 
The culprit!

Yesterday I walked outside to find a squirrel inside the feeder, pushing the seeds out for his friend on the ground. His tail was coiled around the top and should have been my first clue, but honestly, I thought the poor thing was trapped inside. I walked toward the feeder to help and the squirrel scrambled out. The next morning I found the entire feeder in pieces on the ground.

Enjoy your week; I'm in the middle of edits - a seemingly never-ending process. I wanted to participate in the Blood Boobs & Carnage Bloghop - but can't take the time away from edits.

My choice for the hop would have been the movies Kill Bill: Vol 1 and 2.


Do check out the Blood Boobs & Carnage Bloghop, it promises to be fun if not eye opening.